Melissa S. Trash the Dress Shoot

Last Saturday we had the pleasure of doing a trash the dress shoot with Melissa S. We absolutely love TTD shoots since they are such a blast for us and the bride or model. It's a easy way to be Fun, Sexy and Elegant all in one.

We headed up to an old abandoned bowling alley and took advantage of the departed building.

Half of the building was missing but the lanes were still there, the ball returns were filled in with dirt and gravel but make a great leading line.

and the boots with the Wedding dress COME ON, how hot is that?

The sun coming through the huge hole in the ceiling made a awesome cast on Melissa and completely accents her.



We found some construction tape lying on the ground that made a dope accent with the fallen bricks she was propped up on.

We then moved to another location where there was lots of great backgrounds everywhere.

So all in all it was a great time, Melissa was a super trooper especially when there were many people driving by, beeping and honking. It made us all laugh and figured out that doing a shoot like this in the open public on a main road and getting that response was a great ego booster for all of us.

Trash the Dress video of Melissa

So Maggie has been working on putting a montage together from a trash the dress shoot we did back in the fall of 2008. Take a look and let us know what you think...

Amanda K. Trash the Prom Dress Shoot

So this past Sunday, my fiance Maggie and I had the pleasure of photographing Amanda in her prom dress. The dress was absolutely stunning and it looked great on her. So the three of us took our photographing adventures to the West Haven Beach and later to an old abandoned building. (I guess I was all about the beach this past weekend)! Anyways it was absolutely freezing out but Amanda was such a trooper and we really captured some amazing photos of her.

So to start we took it slow and took some pictures of Amanda on one of the park benches. Maggie has been increasingly more involved in our photo sessions and this is actually one of her shots! I love how she has the bench side railing here.

This next shot was also taken by Maggie. Amanda is still on the same bench as the above picture but this time we tried capturing the same picture from a different angle. Amanda looks stunning here, so Marylin Monroe.

Here Amanda was really starting to get cold but she still stuck it out and started climbing on the door of the building.

So its probably important to mention that there was a lot of snow and ice at the beach, probably because it is January and Amanda slipped a couple of times and although i went to go help Amanda get back up Maggie did not miss a beat in capturing each fall, take this one for example. But the picture truly shows how much fun we all had playing in the snow!

At one point it actually got really windy while we were standing at the edge of a cliff over the beach. I just love how the wind blew her dress, and you can see her boots and leggings (she was trying to stay warm to by bundling up under her dress.)

We ended up venturing out onto the ice just off the beach and between the near slips and falls and places that were not really ice but very big puddles (that were freezing cold) we finally got to a place where we could take some pictures safely. Now at this point Amanda was probably freezing even though she did not show it (but i know that i was) but she kept her hands warm in her dress and danced around on the ice as if it was super warm out!!!

We had such a great time at this photo shoot but we were all so glad to get back to the house and huddle in front of our pellet stove, drink some coffee and hot chocolate (Maggie doesn't drink coffee) and get warm!!!