Let Your Hair Down... aka 'Trash the Dress'

We offer something in our wedding packages called a "Let Your Hair Down" session, which is the equivilent of what many photographers are calling "Trash the Dress". We prefer calling it Let Your Hair Down because we want to make it available to those Brides may not want to be quite as adventurous as others with a dress they paid so much for and have sentimental attachment to, or maybe want keep as an option for their future daughter to use in her wedding. So for these Brides we keep it simple and try not to get the dress dirtier than what can be taken out with a professional cleaning before the gown is stored.

However, other Brides see no point in keeping around a dress they will never wear again and would prefer to have some really awesome, one-of-a-kind photo keepsakes that that turn the dress into an unusual piece of artwork that will hang on their walls for years to come. For these Brides, we take the more daring approach to the photo shoot and can do anything from playing paintball to floating around in a river. Really, the imagination is the only limit and by the end of the session they truly end up 'trashing' their wedding dress.

These "trash the dress" sessions have been getting more & more publicity as they have become more popular. I wanted to share this article that includes a slideshow to hopefully inspire some Brides who have been thinking about something unusual like this but needed a little extra courage. Again, our sessions don't have to be 'crazy'. If all you want to do is jump on a trampoline or dance around in a field of flowers before preserving your dress, then that is just as beautiful as the extreme. The most important thing is that the photos are all about capturing you.

Chucky & Amy

I recently had the pleasure of having an awesome engagement session with Chucky & Amy.

Here are a few of my favorites to share with you!

It was so hard to choose because all of them were so great!

Friends and family click here to view their session.

Enjoy! ~Tiffany

Wedding Hairstyle Ideas

I know how hard it is to decide on just the right hairstyle for your wedding and I came across this video and this video that I thought might give some Brides a few ideas. For my wedding, my hair was actually too short to do anything interesting with so I ended up using a hairpiece that matched my hair color perfectly and it made it look like I had a really nice updo with curls. The best part was that I played around with it before the wedding and was able to do my hair myself in a matter of about 10 minutes. Always a nice option to keep in mind for those like me who like to do things themselves rather than pay others to do it :)

-Heather

Mountain Majesty

We are making an enlargement of a photo from Kathy & Wes' wedding for the PB Dye Golf Club to use and I thought the colors turned out so nicely that I just had to share. I think this picture is so beautiful - nature is truly one of the best backdrops anyone could ask for!!

Any day...

I am now officially only 2 days from my due date! I honestly thought that I would have already given birth but it seems this little guy just might be stubborn and follow what I'm told is the stereotype of first babies going past their due date.

Tiffany took a few pictures of me about 2 weeks ago and I guess I've done really well with my weight gain because I had to push my stomach out in the pictures to make my belly really rounded & get that "9-months pregnant" look. She is in process of editing an event so I won't see those pics for awhile but the one above with the baby blocks is what I took using my cell phone camera while I was hanging out playing with my niece & nephew (which I must say: cell cameras were such a great invention! I use mine all the time!) We are naming him using names from each of our grandfathers.

SO... hopefully in a few days here I will be holding my little guy in my arms instead of feeling him roll around in my stomach! Pray for me that I'll have a quick and easy delivery and that he'll be safe and healthy.

-Heather