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.