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!

Rashan and Quanda are the type of couple that found each other late in life, but are better for it. They are both successful in their respective careers and decided to blend their families and lives later next year in Jamaica. Since they decided to have a destination wedding, Rashan and Quanda wanted to make sure to have their engagement session set in THEIR city: Charlotte, North Carolina.

We spent one morning a few weeks ago exploring the sidewalks of Midtown Park right in the heart of downtown Charlotte. They showed up dressed to the NINES for their first look and finished their session up in a casual ensemble topped with matching Jordans!

From the soon-to-be bride: "Rashan and I have been together for six years. We have a blended family. I have a 10 year old old boy, and he has a seven year old girl. We love making one another laugh, and we finally are making the decision to spend our lives together as one!"

Words and photos by Jessica Hunt Photography

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JESSICA HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY

I’m a big dreamer and a lover of all things coffee, purple, and photography-related. Oh, and I’m a Columbia SC wedding photographer serving wedding photography collections in South Carolina and world wide. I’ve been shooting weddings professionally for 7 years, and this job is my DREAM job.

Ever since I got my first little point and shoot camera at the age of 16, I've been in love with capturing moments we can never get back.