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Angela, aka. New York based wedding photographer Milestone Images, is back with another guest post full of her offbeat and wonderful wedding porn! This time Angie shares with us her Top 10 favorite wedding details from the offbeat weddings she shot this year. Psst: Make sure to read all the way through for a chance to get hooked up with something extra special. -Megs

Why is Angela doing the Thriller dance with the bride and groom? Keep reading to find out...

I've been thinking a lot about Ariel's Thanksgiving post, about how grateful she is for this community. (Me, too!) She talks about the emails she gets from vendors that took a chance with Offbeat Bride and now email her to say they can support their families doing work they enjoy. I confess, I sent her an email like that about a year ago.

Look, wedding photography is HARD work. The hours are long. The labor is physical, and the post-production work and retouching can be incredibly intricate and therefore sometimes tedious. But, oh, when you LIKE the couple you're photographing, it's a whole other ball game.

Because of all of you, I am able to work on my own terms for people I GENUINELY LIKE. The clients who find me through Offbeat Bride keep me inspired. Their creativity sparks mine. Their love stories lift me up and make me laugh. I can't tell you how many times my offbeat couples reach out to me and say, "We're gamer/marching band/Ren Faire/theater geeks" in a "crazy Jewish/Italian-American/special needs" family and I'm like, "Y'all are my people!"

So here, for your enjoyment, are my top ten favorite ideas, personal touches and offbeat couples from the latest busy season. Steal 'em, adapt 'em, make 'em your own! My gift to you...

In honor of Star Wars Pride Day, I gift you this wedding cake... Thanks to Elizabeth for sharing her most awesomest cake EVER with us. There is really nothing more that needs to...

Today is Human Rights Day and I wanted to feature a wedding that illustrated just how absurd it is that two people this in love can't get married everywhere in the world. – Becca

Tribe member AmandaMan put out a wedding planning update looking for ideas for how to make her recently purchased welcome/gift bags look awesome and still be something that people...

Sometimes I get the feeling that my fellow Offbeat Lites feel out of the loop on Offbeat Bride. They let themselves feel pushed aside, and unrepresented. I'm here to tell you that's not the case.

In honor of the last day of Hanukkah or The Festival of Lights, here is Dori and Ben's Jewish wedding, which fittingly (I thought) ends with a bonfire! Happy Hanukkah! – Becca

Save the Dates are weird — they're often looked at as an unnecessary, silly extra expense and have the WORST acronym of the wedding world. But they can also be the perfect way to infuse a little personality into your wedding and to give your guests the heads-up that this event isn't going to be your typical white wedding. That's why I'm all about these nerdy Save the Dates, the perfect way to say "we're two total nerds in love and we're abouts ta get married!"