Trash the Dress
Harsh as it sounds "Trashing the dress"
doesn't automatically mean that you are going to destroy your £2000 wedding
gown, although it could, and it probably means that when you clean it - it will
require a good clean. So what is it and why am I blogging about this
?
Harsh as it sounds "Trashing the dress"
doesn't automatically mean that you are going to destroy your £2000 wedding
gown, although it could, and it probably means that when you clean it - it will
require a good clean.Some of my
friends and colleagues over in the US have been trashing the dress for some
months now and last week it hit big time with articles in the NY times, on Good
Morning America and the other TV channels and interviews with John Michael
Cooper even making it over to the UK wedding
media.So what is it and why am I
blogging about this ?Well trashing
the dress is the in
name for a post wedding session. In it the
bride dresses back up in the gown, and either with or without her new husband
has a photo-shoot in an environment where there might be some chance of the
dress getting dirtier or indeed damaged. More fashion oriented than traditional
or even most contemporary wedding photography these images could make it into
your wedding album, be in a separate album or just maybe a print on the wall or
in a frame.John Michael Cooper
, based in Las Vegas, has some iconic images of a bride on fire (not really the
bride - but it looks that way with some computer trickery), a bride floating in
a lake, one being carried away from a blaze over a fireman's shoulder, and one
dumped in the boot of a car, with the groom brandishing a shovel
!Definitely fun oriented this
session is for the bride who is prepared to take the risk that her dress might
not get cleaned perfectly, or one who doesn't feel the need to use it again, or
believe that her daughter in 25 years time will want to wear it. The session
could also be seen as a demonstration of the commitment that the bride has for
her new husband by showing she has no more need of the wedding
dress...So I'm blogging this for a
couple of reasons - one is to raise some awareness of the photoshoot and style.
To see more about trashing the dress and some amazing images go to www.trashthedress.com
Secondly this is something I would
love to try out. As we are down on the south coast I am thinking beaches, I'm
thinking urban environments, I'm maybe thinking theme parks, I don't think we
have any local sub-terranean pools but I'm up for ponds, rivers, fountains and
the sea. If any of my 2006 or my
2007 brides are interested in doing a shoot then please get in touch. Your shoot
would be complementary, and I'll gift you a print from the session. If you have
not engaged us for your wedding and would like to trash your dress then the
first two couples in the South Hampshire area that contact me for a session will
also get a free session and complementary print. These sessions would require
your release for advertising as I'm looking to build my portfolio in this
area.After that I'll be looking to
price up a trash the dress shoot, and also a package that includes it in the
overall fee.
Posted: Thu - June 21, 2007 at 05:36 PM
