Trash The Dress Session

After seeing some work done by Matt Adcock (www.strobist.blogspot.com) I really wanted to offer this type of session to my clients for a while now but it is really hard to explain exactly what a "Trash the Dress" session is. Many brides have adopted the tradition of preserving the dress putting it in a box in the attic with the hope that one day their daughter will want to wear it for her wedding. Suffice it to say, none of the brides that I have photographed in the past eight years have worn a dress handed down to them by their mothers. Your wedding day is more likely than not, the only time that this dress will ever be worn. With all of the time spent searching for the perfect dress and all of the money spent on it, shouldn't you have some truly unique photographs of it?
To give everyone a better idea of what a Trash the Dress session entails I personally went out and purchased a wedding dress and photographed as if it were the day after. This album should give you a better idea of what you can expect from a Trash the Dress session.

Just in case you were wondering, the dress sustained very little damage other than getting wet, a little dirt from the river bottom and a small hole in the train (the hole is not unlike the damage that I seen made by a pair of high heels during the reception.) I will post photos of the dress when it returns from the cleaners for the skeptics. Remember that I'm not out to see how much damage we can do to your dress only how much fun it can be getting some truly amazing photos of you after your big day.