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!

Charmekia Bias CharMarie Photography 4 Year Wedding Anniversary Photo Shoot Charlotte North Carolina The Queen Photographers

Name: Charmekia Bias

City: Charlotte, North Carolina

Business Name: CharMarie Photography

Instagram: @charmariephotography

I teamed up with a few other photographers and we came up with this awesome styled wedding. Using a real couple for models was very important. We wanted their love to be genuine. We wanted to capture the true essence of their love. Elliot and Tywanda Hansen were perfect! They had just celebrated their anniversary — 4 years of marriage!

Ever since starting in this industry, I've wanted to be on the wedding scene. I've gravitated towards small weddings and elopements. There's a beautiful intimacy to them and I love that. My husband and I chose to elope 13 years ago. I can honestly say if I had to do it again, I would, but would love a small and intimate vow renewal in the next couple of years.

When I think about the Queen Photographers I think about women coming together to support one another. That's exactly what we did. We all came together to create something beautiful.

THE QUEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS

The Queen Photographers is a national organization and community for women of color photographers. The mission of the Queen Photographers is to equip each other in business, cultivating savvy business owners, while building a supportive sisterhood. Each local chapter of The Queen Photographers meets monthly for in-person masterminds, photowalks, workshops, and fellowship.