After wrapping up the Saturday wedding took a 4 hour “power nap” and got up in time to drive out to Cocoa Beach Florida for a sunrise Trash the Dress shoot.
Kristen is one of my past brides and also a professional model. She heard I was promoting the new Trash the Dress trend, and thought it sounded like so much fun she wanted to do it. She brought Ivy to do her hair and makeup, but that quickly evolved into the girlfriend’s version of trash the dress. Oh man was this a fun shoot.
We started with strolling down the beach and getting over the mental block of dress getting ruined as the dress’s bottom edges were getting muddy. Than Kristen started kicking the waves, splashing water around and it was a short time before she was completely submerged under water in this beautiful wedding gown having the time of her life!
As the day evolved I was coming up with new ways to trash the dress. Brought some water guns and the girls were having oh so much fun shooting each other, and the watercolor paints I brought became very useful at the “finger painting girl’s fight” as they were creatively re-designing the dress while kicking and screaming and completely letting loose.
Ever tried getting on a surf board with a wedding dress on? As Kristen was saying: “I wonder how much a wedding dress weighs under water?” it was so fully to watch them trying not to fall off of it.
Yes the dresses were definitely trashed at the end of the day. I also had two very happy girls who just had the time of their lives and created some of the best, most unique memories for them.
Just a thought: if you’re reluctant to ruin your own very precious wedding gown, but still want to do this fun shoot, you can always purchase a lower cost gown just for this purpose. Beth from Formally yours in Eustis, Florida http://www.formallyyoursbridal.net/ can hook you up. She has the most beautiful dresses, and many times she has some that are still just gorgeous only last year’s models as a special offer.
Bruce from Treasured Moments Video Productions http://www.tmvp.info/ was there to capture the "behind the scenes" of the shoot so check out a quick sneak peak at http://www.vimeo.com/1221356
Kristen is one of my past brides and also a professional model. She heard I was promoting the new Trash the Dress trend, and thought it sounded like so much fun she wanted to do it. She brought Ivy to do her hair and makeup, but that quickly evolved into the girlfriend’s version of trash the dress. Oh man was this a fun shoot.
We started with strolling down the beach and getting over the mental block of dress getting ruined as the dress’s bottom edges were getting muddy. Than Kristen started kicking the waves, splashing water around and it was a short time before she was completely submerged under water in this beautiful wedding gown having the time of her life!
As the day evolved I was coming up with new ways to trash the dress. Brought some water guns and the girls were having oh so much fun shooting each other, and the watercolor paints I brought became very useful at the “finger painting girl’s fight” as they were creatively re-designing the dress while kicking and screaming and completely letting loose.
Ever tried getting on a surf board with a wedding dress on? As Kristen was saying: “I wonder how much a wedding dress weighs under water?” it was so fully to watch them trying not to fall off of it.
Yes the dresses were definitely trashed at the end of the day. I also had two very happy girls who just had the time of their lives and created some of the best, most unique memories for them.
Just a thought: if you’re reluctant to ruin your own very precious wedding gown, but still want to do this fun shoot, you can always purchase a lower cost gown just for this purpose. Beth from Formally yours in Eustis, Florida http://www.formallyyoursbridal.net/ can hook you up. She has the most beautiful dresses, and many times she has some that are still just gorgeous only last year’s models as a special offer.
Bruce from Treasured Moments Video Productions http://www.tmvp.info/ was there to capture the "behind the scenes" of the shoot so check out a quick sneak peak at http://www.vimeo.com/1221356
You can also view the full on line TTD image gallery at www.halonwp.com
- click on "on line galleries"
- click on "portraits"
- click on Trash the Dress"
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