Real Weddings, Advice, & Inspiration

Catalyst Wedding Company highlights weddings by and for game-changers. We seek to amplify and empower voices and viewpoints that are usually missing from the Wedding Industrial Complex. We're a community of badass wedding professionals who love all things funky, fresh, diverse, unique, and personality-driven; we convene twice yearly for (un)convention, a collaborative workshop, styled shoot, and dinner party. We're also the publishers of Catalyst Wedding Mag, a resource for couples looking for inspiration and affirmation that doing things differently in wedding-world is not only ok, it's wonderful!

AuBrey is the kind of girl that you love because she knows exactly what she wants. She found me on Instagram, and it was seriously love at first email. We talked for a few weeks, planning all of the details of her shoot (like the gorgeous dress she wore!), and by the time her shoot came around it really felt like I was just going to hang out with a friend.

We were so wrapped up in each other that I don't even think I got her fiancé's name until the day before our session. His name is Ronnie, and while AuBrey came in ready to work, he was the real star by the time the sun was setting in the city. They are getting married in Nashville, Tennessee, this October and I can't wait to continue to document this incredible love story.

Words and photos by Akia Ng

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AKIA NG

Akia Ng is a wife, tattooed mama of two, and photographer living in the 'burbs of Atlanta, GA. She and her husband do this as a team and make sure that everyone they shoot leaves feeling all the feels. They pride themselves on turning clients into family.