A wedding is probably the happiest ceremony happening to couples taking the next step in seeking a life together. The event oozes with lovey-dovey quirks and romantic notions, but not everyone thinks that that is the only wayt to go with their wedding portraits.

Some newlyweds take the opportunity to tell the world their love story from proposals, to the actual day itself. Then, there are these creative couples who really pushed the envelope and turned their wedding photos just downright crazy!

(Image Source: Matt Shumate Photography)

Fortunately when it comes to crazy ideas, the Internet is the best source for you. Here we compiled 28 shots to show you various ways of catching out-of-the-ordinary wedding portraits. If you are looking for ideas to use in your wedding portraits, you’re in for a treat!

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Blessings in a Frame. In a plot twist, the bride and the groom are kept out of the frame (literally) in this heartwarming shot. (Image Source: I Love Farm Weddings)

Beyond the Frame. Now that’s a love story right out of the… er… wall. Prop or Photoshop, Matt Shumate is the inspiring wedding photographer you should contact for shots like this. (Image Source: Matt Shumate Photography)

Bride and Bat. The bride is hardly dressed for the part but everyone hits a homerun in this cool shot! (Image Source: Worden Photography)

Forever Alone. "Three down, one to go"
or "forever alone brother"? No worries bro, at least now you know who is next in line for the next upcoming family affair. (Image Source: imgur)

He’s Mine. Bridesmaids can be a dangerous group if your groom is hot, and that’s exactly why you have to pick your guests carefully! A cheerful shot from Inna Makeenko. (Image Source: Inna Makeenko)

Hero League. The league of extraordinary best men (& groom) strikes again, in this awesome geek-inspired wedding portrati shot of a lifetime. (Image Source: Hoffer Photography)

I Fished A Husband. Tthe ‘there’s other fish in the sea’ phrase finally makes sense with this portrait. A hilarious one from Sergio Miguelez Martinez Yeli indeed! (Image Source: Sergio Miguelez Martinez Yeli)

iPhone Kiss. Now there’s a shot to behold. (Image Source: Manuel Orero)

Just Married. The umbrella gives you a behind the scene, shadow look of a ‘just married’ couple. Romanticism at its peak. (Image Source: Freddy Ku Photography)

Light Painted Love. You know I’m going to say this – what a dazzling shot! By the way the technique is called Light Painting, and we even have a collection featuring it. (Image Source: William Walker Photography)

Love Defies Space. You don’t really need to bring up Photoshop every time you talk about creativity, just hire Joe Hendricks to help you think differently. (Image Source: Joe Hendricks)

Marineland Wedding. Awww, how much cuteness and sweetness is captured in this single photo! (Image Source: Sarah and Ben Photography)

Witness the Kiss. The one-for-all solution to shoot the kiss, while keeping all guests in the highlight. (Image Source: Ashfall Mixed Media)

Marriage is Fun. Marriage itself is already a wild act, but you can always go wilder with photography. (Image Source: Alexandre Bourguet Photography)

Protect Our Love. Those are some real dangerous bridesmaids. Hot and loaded. (Image Source: Extra Medium)

Show Off. It’s the men’s turn to be bedazzled by the rock on the groom’s finger. She put a ring on it boys! OMG OMG OMG! (Image Source: Plum Tree Studios)

Reception. A wedding portrait inspired by the Inception movie poster Jordan Nakamura puts the inception in their reception (Get it?)! (Image Source: Jordan Nakamura)

Transformers Ambush. Easily the coolest and scariest wedding portrait of all time, and the bridesmaids and best men are all in on it! Where’s Bumble Bee when you need it? (Image Source: IXsf Skillforum Design & Photography)

T-Rex Attack! Looks like attacks at weddings are becoming a trend. And part fo the success of the illusion comes from the right (screaming) guests! (Image Source: Quinn Miller Photo + Design)

Zombie Hunt. What’s more fun than doing a zombie hunt during the wedding photography session? Also watch how Josiahx nailed this manipulation! (Image Source: Josiahx)

Wedding Wars. Perfect for the Star Wars fan. At least this story has a happy ending. (Image Source: Steven Kowalski Photography)

Lord of Surprise. Wedding portraits can’t get more magical than this. Superior manipulation skills from Sergey Ivanov! (Image Source: Sergey Ivanov)

Wedding Gang. Now, that’s a way to make an entrance. Love the tie-color coordination too.(Image Source: Maurice Ramirez)

You Can’t Escape. Not sure what this one’s about but from the looks of things, both the bride and groom are enjoying this setup. And that’s the whole point, isn’t it? (Image Source: Sergio Miguelez Martinez Yeli)

Makankosappo. The guests are having a ‘blast’ with this one! More hadouken photography here! (Image Source: Jordan Weiland Photography)

Vadering. When the bride asks where the groom is, she demands answers! *breathes out loudly* (Image Source: RSB Photography)

Don’t Piss Me Off! They are barely out of their wedding attire and the fight has already begun – in jest! (Image Source: Extra Medium)

Groom Kidnap. There’s no stopping this wedding, especialy when you stuff the groom in the trunk to make sure he gets to the chapel. (Image Source: Stelmakh Studio)

Reflection

While it may look like these awe-inspiring wedding portraits were created out of pure fun, they are very carefully executed ideas with lots of detail forged in the post-processing stage. Thus, a hat-tip to all photographers for really bringing out the beauty (and laughs) one could expect from a shot like that.

Now it’s your turn! Which portrait do you wish to shoot during your wedding photography session? Have you discovered your favorite portrait somewhere on the Web? We can’t wait to see what you have to share!

More

Here’s more on weddings we’ve previously published:

• Wedding Photography: 20 Top Photographers & Their Masterpieces
• Tools To Create Wedding Photo Slideshows
• 5 Wedding Proposal Videos You Have to Watch

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The calendar is a critical organization tool, particularly for freelancers and teams that work remotely. While apps help us cope with distractions or keep track of time, the calendar is still the go-to tool to mesh all your upcoming events and meetings together. One online calendar I believe most of you are using is Google Calendar.

Just like Google’s other services, Google Calendar has flexibility which lets you work faster and more efficiently. With Gmail, separate calendars for work, school or home affairs, keep them altogether in the same view, and share your calendar with colleagues.

If you’re already using Google Calendar or about to start, here are 10 things you can do to get more out of Google Calendar.

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1. Quickly Add Event Details

As you know, you can quickly add events to Google Calendar by clicking on a date or time and typing into the box that pops up. Next time, just type in the time, followed by the agenda, and its location (see shot) as well.

The information that you have entered into the ‘What:’ text box will be recognized and placed in the appropriate fields by Google Calendar.

2. Enable Email Notifications

Even though we use Google Calendar a lot, not all of us check it faithfully. So, for real important events or meetings, it’s good to enable email notifications. To do this, press on the arrow button next to a selected calendar, then select Reminders and notifications.

Once there, you’ll be able to set what kind of email notifications you want for each calendar. You can also choose to send a reminder email at a determined time before each event. If you do not want to overwhelm yourself you can just set email reminders for your most important calendar.

3. Add Holidays & Sport Calendars

Google has included many pre-loaded calendars that you can subscribe to. To view their wide selection, click on the arrow button next to Other calendars and select Browse Interesting Calendars. You’ll then be able to see holiday calendars for multiple countries.

You can also follow the game dates of your favorite baseball, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, rugby or soccer team.

4. Hide Inactive Hours

Ideally your work calendar would only occupy working hours where there are no events or meetings slotted in between 10pm to 6am the following day. With that premise, it is safe to assume that you won’t need those hours in your calendar.

You can customize what your working hours are and hide irrelevant hours by enabling Hide Morning and Night under Settings > Labs.

5. Add World Clock

Need to work around the clock literally? get a world clock add-on to get international times into your calendar and keep track of everyone’s working hours. To enable it, go to Settings > Labs tab. Look for World clock and enable it.

Once enabled, you can click on Settings under the world clock ‘widget’ to select what countries or time zones are to be shown. Morning and night are differentiated with light and dark backgrounds, respectively.

6. Enable Weather Forecast

Have events that are outdoors? The weather forecast information wil be real helpful. Go to Settings > General > Location and enter your country. Then, determine the metric for temperature, °C or °F.

After saving these settings, you’ll see icons that state the weather conditions of your location, for the next 3 days.

7. Google Tasks

Google Tasks is a simple to-do list that works with Google Calendar. It’s akin to the things you leave on Post-It Notes, only with Google Task you can see it right on your calendar and assign a deadline to it. Just check them off when you’re done.

8. View Google Calendar Offline

Installing the Google Calendar app for Chrome allows you to view your calendar offline. To make sure all your events are synced, click on the Gear icon > Offline. A green tick means that your calendar is completely synced for offline viewing.

Do note that you won’t be able to add or edit any events while viewing your calendar offline.

9. Use Keyboard Shortcuts

You can navigate throughout your dates and events faster on Google Calendar via Enable keyboard shortcuts in Settings > General.

Here are all the keyboard shortcuts you can use on Google Calendar:

Shortcuts	Descriptions
K or P	Previous date range
J or N	Next date range
R	Refresh calendar
T	Jump to today’s date
1 or D	Day view
2 or W	Week view
3 or M	Month View
4 or X	Custom view
5 or A	Agenda view
C	Create new event
E	Show event details
Backspace or Delete	Delete event
Ctrl + Z or Z	Undo last action
Ctrl + S or S	Save changes to event details
Esc	Return to main calendar page
/	Places type cursor on the search bar
+	Add a calendar
Q	Quick Add
Ctrl + P	Print calendar
S	Open settings
?	Show keyboard shortcuts list

10. IFTTT Recipes

IFTTT (If This Then That) is a service that allows you to connect 2 online services to interact with each other e.g. archiving your social media data. You can also use it with Google Calendar, for instance, add a new Google Calendar event through SMS, an awesome recipe for people constantly on the go.

As you may have calendar needs that are different than that of another readers, I suggest you browse and enable recipes of your liking from the list here at IFTTT recipes with Google Calendar. Automate your calendar events with IFTTT.

If you have ever been to the beach and frolicked through the light waves that caressed the shoreline, then you have felt the calming effect of waves. The sight of waves and the sea can also have that calming effect, particularly when they are captured in great detail in beautiful photography.

If work or study is preventing you from hitting the beach for a quick rejuvenating swim, make do with the following 19 soothing sea and waves wallpapers for this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday. We hope this selection will work wonders for you as it did for us.

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Morning Sea. Available in the following size(s): 640×960, 1024×1024, 2560×1440, 2560×1600.

Seaside Waves II. Available in the following size(s): 640×960, 1024×768, 1024×768, 1280×960, 1440×1080, 1680×1280, 2560×1920.

Seaside Waves. Available in the following size(s): 320×480, 480×800, 640×960, 768×1024, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×960, 1440×1080, 1680×1260, 1920×1440, 2560×1920, 3200×2400.

Sea. Available in 2560×1600.

Glacial Sea. Available in 3264×1968.

Waves And Coast. Available in various sizes.

Sunset Landscape. Available in 1680×1050.

Ocean Nature. Available in various sizes.

Sea Water Waves. Available in 2560×1600.

Big Wave. Available in various sizes.

Blue Wave Landscape. Available in various sizes.

Huge Sea Wave. Available in 1920×1080.

Ocean Waves. Available in 2560×1600.

Sunset Wave Wallpaper. Available in various sizes.

Colorful Waves. Available in various sizes.

Blue Wave. Available in 1600×1200.

Waves. Available in the following size(s): 1024×768, 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2500×1600.

The Sea Never Dreams. Available in 1920×1200.

Tide Desktop. Available in 2560×1600.