This past weekend I met up with Reiko and Steven. Their wedding is in a few weeks and we decided to do this shoot at the Water Works in Philly. The forecast was calling for rain, but the weather couldn’t have been too much nicer. These two were great, lots of smiles and laugh and fun to hang around with. (If their wedding is even close to this much fun, we’ll all have a blast!)
Here are a few
As a way to become friends with other photographers, build a tight knit networking community and also advance my own business and technical skills, I am part of an online forum of photographers around the world.
Last week there was a conference/seminar being held in Atlantic City, NJ. On Tuesday night, 11 brides and around 50 photographers gathered for a new trend called “Trash The Dress”
Some people are now thinking…”you do what to the dress!?”
The idea behind this type of shoot: To go out, after the wedding, and take some really cool looking images with out worrying if the dress will get a little dirty or not. Some photographers/brides take it to even more extremes by submerging themselves into water, mud, climbing up trees and all sorts. Also, you would be surprised what actually does wash out!
TTD may not be for eveyone. But for those that who want to get some very unique images, and don’t want to just leave the dress in a box in the back of a closet, Thats who these are for.
The group I was placed with was working with Jessica, who’s wedding was earlier this year. She was great to work with and super energetic through the whole shoot.
For those interested you can check out the official TTD site at Trashthedress.com.
…why trash the dress: (from the TTD site)
“Go ahead, you know you want to. Trash it. Get it dirty. Get it wet. Roll around in the mud. Drench it in the ocean. Totally trash it.Why? … Why not? You’ve made a commitment to your husband. He’s your one and only true love, right? Then you’ll never need the dress again. And no, your daughter won’t wear it in 20-30 years. So you have two choices:
1) Suffocate it in plastic and throw it in a closet
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2) Show your husband how committed you are by trashing the dress, and get some great fun pictures while you do it”
This past weekend an estimated 65,000 weddings were scheduled to be taking place across the country. (20,000 on the east coast alone!).
I had the chance to photograph Melissa and Justin, who had planned everything for the lucky day.
Their wedding was near their house in the Poconos. The weather was great, the couple looked wonderful and everyone had a great time.
While we were doing the portraits, we made stops at 3 different parks, and each time allowed us for some different types of pictures.
Here a few from the past weekend…Enjoy!
Thanks you two, and congratulations again!
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