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!

This past fall, I purchased a deck of Tarot Cards by Starchild Tarot that were so beautiful and inspiring, and ultimately ended up being the catalyst for the whole vision of this shoot. I knew I wanted to incorporate some "woo-woo" elements but wanted to stay away from the typical, trendy ways of incorporating these various elements. I envisioned the guest names being lettered on some type of crystal, using the tarot cards as table "numbers" and, most of all, having two brides be our models. I knew right away who would make the perfect brides, and luckily they were available and very open to being a couple, even though they had never met before. Their "reception" was spent getting to know each other!

The motivation for this shoot was to express creativity, get something atypical in my and the other vendors' portfolios, and connect all of my favorite woman-owned wedding vendors together in one room! It was truly an inspiring, uplifting experience to be with so many amazing women for the day as they supported my vision and made it a reality.

Words and photos by Emma Bauso.

emma bauso design stationery samples with moss and crystal

emily bauso styled shoot decorated table with cake and pictures

emily bauso styled shoot crystal name plates on cakestands and moss

emily bauso styled shoot geometric cake with leaves and crystal cake topper

emily bauso styled shoot table with empty glasses and a sign reading "grab a glass and fill it up"

emily bauso styled shoot bride holding bouquet standing under light fixture on wall

emily bauso styled shoot bride holding bouquet in front of window

emily bauso styled shoot smudge sticks bound with roses

emily bauso styled shoot bride in chair holding bouquet

emily bauso styled shoot second bride posing on stairs

emily bauso styled shoot second bride holding bouquet in front of window

emily bauso styled shoot brides holding hands and smiling at altar

emily bauso styled shoot brides on couch

emily bauso styled shoot brides holding champagne head table

emily bauso styled shoot welcome sign with head table and brides in background

emily bauso styled shoot floral centerpiece with brides standing in background

emily bauso styled shoot embrace in front of window

emily bauso styled shoot brides smiling under wedding veil

emily bauso styled shoot brides holding bouquets

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EMMA BAUSO DESIGN

I am a graphic designer with a major crush on anything that can be printed to paper. I'm also a natural light photographer who loves to learn who my subjects are and capture them as they are in the very moment before my eyes. As a designer and photographer, what I create for you will be detail oriented and unique because no two clients could possibly be the same.