What's this?

A trash the dress gone wrong?

Nope! Merely a shot from Designing Weddings' new ad campaign which I recently had the pleasure of shooting for wedding coordinator extraordinaire, Tina Robinson!

Tina also creates these gorgeous gift card boxes that brides can purchase for use at their wedding. The boxes are personalized with your photos - a great use for those engagement pictures! The samples you see here was created with some of my wedding/engagement favorites!






While we were shooting, we did some new head shots of Tina and her helper, Vicki, for their web site. These lovely ladies are a fun, low-stress duo to work with - perfect for the bride in need of a little wedding planning assistance!

Fun with friends

Every so often a group of local photographer friends get together and shoot for fun. We grabbed a few models and did some urban bridal portraits/trash the dress shots, had a little food (mini corn dogs - does it get any better than that?), and talked a lot of shop. Here's a a little sneak peek from the day - I still have a bunch of editing to do!

Randomness

So I'm out and about doing errands and such when my hubby calls and says "I just saw one of your clients on TV!" Now he's not good with names, so after a few questions, we figured out that it was Maggie & Chris. My husband had come to assist me with their Trash the Dress shoot at Wekiva Springs, which is how he recognized them.

Maggie and Chris met through eHarmony and were filmed to appear in one of their commercials! Read all about it in Maggie's blog. Her post (which is a few months old) talks about them running in Canada, but they're definitely appearing here in the US now!

It's great to know that eHarmony works for people - Maggie and Chris are such a fun couple that are so well-suited for each other and were such a fun couple to photograph!

Maggie & Chris Trashed the Dress!

I had the pleasure of photographing Maggie & Chris' engagement photos last spring and was thrilled when Maggie contacted saying they wanted to do a trash the dress session. We headed over to beautiful Wekiwa Springs (where Chris had proposed) and spent the morning splashing around.

First we did a few quick dry shots on land...



I love this one!


then the real fun started...everyone knows you just gotta jump right in!



It was a little chilly, but they were troopers!



Thanks for a great shoot you two! Your gallery will be posted soon.

Florida has fabulous Flickr-ers

Say that 5 times fast! It's the truth, Florida has some of the coolest Flickr-ers out there. About once a month we grab a few models and get together and shoot, just for the fun of it. We got an early start this past Saturday and Suzanna wasn't kidding when she said she was showing up in her slippers!

It wasn't long though before her dress got a little, well, trashed.

Thanks to Jake Carter and Nick Haskins for their informative post processing workflow demos!

Tiffany and Mike got trashed

These two are hot. Need I say more? Thanks for being such good sports you guys!

Let's get Trashed!

Trash the Dress is bigger and badder than ever before! Check out trashthedress.com for the latest buzz - including appearances in the NY Times and the Today Show!

You might remember a recent Trash the Dress session I did with Christina & Matt. After the session, Christina said she rinsed her dress out and save for a few black scuffs (which she felt could be removed it she tried) her dress was in perfect shape!



Remember, location options are limitless! Brides can be photographed alone or couples can be photographed together, your choice!

Package A - $125
Photo session and one 8x10, two 5x7, and eight wallet prints

Package B - $150
Photo session and one 11x14 wall portrait

Package C - $200
Photo session and one 5x5 10 page (20 sides) hardcover coffee table style book

Packages are valid for sessions booked by August 1, 2008 - so even if your wedding isn't for a while, call and book today to take advantage of these great savings!

Christina & Matt: Trash the Dress

I had the pleasure of doing a Trash the Dress session with Christina and Matt, who've been married for 6 months. They were both such good sports about getting wet and sandy and we had a blast shooting! Aren't they a gorgeous couple?