TRASH the dress!

There is a hot new trend among brides right now. After the wedding is over, they are arranging a more "artsy" type of bridal session. One where they aren't concerned about ruining their dresses. Kind of sending the dress out in style! Well, since I don't shoot weddings, I really wouldn't be getting many "trash the dress" session requests. However, when I got a request for one, I jumped all over it! I thought it would be so much fun, and so beautiful, and I was right!

This couple was married a year ago, and they are one of my favorite couples. So carefree, so open to anything I want to try! So, we headed to the beach to try to catch sunrise. Didn't get the sunrise we were hoping for, but that didn't stop us from having a terrific session. Probably the best part of the session was the reactions from other beach go-ers. Some just kept walking back and forth past us. Others came up to me and HAD to know what we were doing. Some of the comments we received (from different people) were:

"Why EXACTLY is she in the ocean in her wedding dress? Is today her wedding?"
"She does realize she will be ruining that dress, doesn't she?!"
"Ron Jon is having a sale on swimsuits right now if she forgot hers. She doesn't have to wear her dress in the ocean you know!"
"NOW I have seen everything. Swimming in your wedding dress?!"

We got a big kick out of them!

Anyway, here are just a couple from our trash the dress session:





And we saw this sign as we were leaving, and I just HAD to take a photo of them by in. Perfect ending shot to our "Trash" session!


If anyone is interested in doing a session like this, please contact me jps@jpsearcyphotography.com. They are a lot of fun, and don't HAVE to be done at the beach. It is a great way to get some amazing shots of you in your wedding dress one more time, without all of the pressure of the wedding!