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Trash the Dress – Part 2

Katy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:16:19 +0000

I have suddenly realised that I’ve not published the photos from the 2nd part of our “Trash the Dress” day. We had so much doing the shoot that I couldn’t go without sharing some of the photos with you.

After doing the shoot in the morning with Laura from Little White Book (Wedding Planner) we decided to change tack and go for a different location with 2 new models. We managed to find an amazing location in Sheffield which really complimented the glamour and vibrant colours of our “paint the dress” shoot. We started the afternoon with a few “rock the dress” shots and then got out the paint and asked Sophie (Sophie Mei) and Katy (KTmakeup) to throw paint at each other. After the initial…”really? You’re OK with us throwing paint over these dresses” they went for it and we got some brilliant shots. Both Katy and Sophie have done a number of model shoots but I think this was by far the messiest and most unusual!

There is an increasing interest in the Rock/Trash/Paint the Dress photo shoots here in the UK. The idea has come over from the USA and I think is a great one. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the bride and groom to wear their wedding outfits again (before they go to be dry cleaned). The shoot can be in a completely different or unusual location to where you wouldn’t normally expect to see a bride and groom. It can go from the glamorous shoot of “rocking” the dress in a high end fashion style shoot to “trashing” or “painting” the dress. It all depends on how adventurous the couple are feeling but all shoots are fun and will result in some fantastic photos which can be kept as wonderful memories. This is something I would love to start offering to my couples as it gives us an opportunity to take those wonderful shots that maybe we weren’t able to take on the day due to time or location.

The Ethnic Bride

The "Mad Hatter" Bride.

Through the arched window.

Top Hat Fascinator by Imogen's Imagination

Bridal Wars

Paint the dress

Paint wars

Bridal Art

The painted lady.

Trash The Dress – Part 1

Katy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:10:20 +0000

About a month ago I met Laura from Little White Book wedding planners for a coffee. We hit it off and were coming up with lots of different creative ideas of how we could work together. When I left the meeting I was buzzing with ideas and couldn’t wait to make them happen. The thing we both wanted to do was to do a “Trash the Dress” shoot. These are becoming more popular in the wedding industry and a great way for couples to have a bit of fun after their wedding doing something a little different in their wedding outfits. Trash the Dress shoots can range from “Rock the Dress” which is where the bride and groom have the chance to wear their outfits again and get a little more creative to “Trash the Dress” which is exactly what is says on the tin…the dress gets trashed but lots of fun is had in the process. Photos can be taken in the sea, a lake, climbing a wall, running through mud or even cutting the dress up!

Laura and I planned a day which would consist of two shoots, a “Rock and Trash the Dress” shoot and then a “Paint the Dress” shoot. This part is about our “Rock/Trash” shoot which we did in Rivelin Woods. Laura volunteered to model for this and was brilliant on a sunny but freezing day. We did a mix of shots in the river and a few “sex and city” inspired shots as she was walking through the woods. The shoot ended up with Laura jumping up and down in the river, getting water & mud in her boots. We even had a few passers by helping out by throughing wet leaves at Laura. One old man got really involved and I almost had to step in to get him to stop! There are a few “behind the scenes” photos which I’ll blog about later.

Laura created her dress from an old dress she had. The bouquets are from Petalis and the head pieces/hats are by Imogen’s Imagination.

Taking a stroll

Rocking that dress

Sex & The City inspired...

Fun & Sassy

Bouquet by Petalis and Hat by Imogen's Imagination

Trashing the dress

Doing what we all want to do!

Mud, mud glorious mud!