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I like to imagine that in another universe, this is a bride on her wedding day, her fine feathered friends preparing to give her away.

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This getting engaged-getting dumped-getting married-writing a book about the wedding saga has become quite the curious journey as it looks that I am becoming, through no fault of my own, a wedding photographer. I just returned from a workshop in New Orleans with the very best in the wedding photography field where I had the honor of shooting with and learning from some of my photography heroes. My tastes run to the quirky, so nothing pleased me more than the privilege of shooting with Julia Bailey who is a New Orleans local, a brilliant artist, and all around bad-ass.

If you are getting married in New Orleans or have some serious bank to fly this woman and her gloriously deranged husband Max to your wedding, Book. Her. Now. I know I go on and on about the time machine I want to build, but seriously, I want it just to go back to my wedding and have Julia and Max impart some of their magic on my day.

You can find more of her work here.

My favorite photo from my "Julia" Day:

Manhattan Wedding Bureau Gets New Digs

Today's NYT announces that in their bid to rival Vegas as a wedding destination, the Manhattan Wedding Bureau is getting a 13 million dollar makeover. The happy news is that at least for a short while, it will still only cost $25 to get hitched there. No guarantee if this will still include the cracked out street hustler to serve as your witness.

I would argue that when you have a couple as radiant as the one pictured above getting married there, they are the only decor the clerk's office needs.

photo credit: Nicole Bengiveno