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Last week I met up with Beth Bennett, my favorite fashion designer in the mid-west, to do a quickie “Rock the Dress” mock bridal shoot. The shoot was less than 30 minutes, but with Steph and that dress it was a breeze to get heaps of beautiful photos. You can see more of Beth’s many creations on etsy as well as online at www.btrousseau.com. If you are a bride wanting something really unique I urge you to contact Beth!

The model, Stephanie, had on Beth’s newest creation. It was a lovely tea length lace applique wedding dress that was vintage like and timeless in it’s own right. I hope to see more of these dresses on brides in the near future.  I can’t forget to mention the caged veil headband and jeweled headband Beth made. Both were extremely well made and delicate in appearance. I want to shoot more of these gorgeous creations Beth!!!

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The day after Erin’s gorgeous wedding in Loogootee, Indiana she wanted to do a Trash the Dress session with one of her horses. She hoped on her horse with her gown from That Special Touch in Columbus, Indiana and rode around the Indiana fields. Some of the trees had already started to turn that golden fiery fall color which contrasted nicely with the horse and Erin.

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A couple weeks ago I met with some of my favorite models and a new favorite fashion designer in Indianapolis to debut her spring 2010 collection. The collection has a very bo-ho goddess feel with colors such as wasabi and a salmon number. I can’t explain it as elegantly as Beth Bennett, the designer of B Troussaeu, but the spring collection just asked for movement. You can see her some of her many creations on etsy as well as online at www.btrousseau.com/ Not only does she make wonderful custom dresses that will make you feel like a goddess, she also makes these amazing wedding gowns both fancy and formal along with unique destination numbers. If I had known about her before our Guatemala Wedding last year I would have used her creative dress making abilities.

Onto the shoot, the lovely Stephanie and Tonie graced us with their gorgeous presences and really completed the looks. Stephanie wore the ombre pale to vibrant fire pink number that fit her perfectly. She swayed, jumped, and busted a ballet  move to get the dress to show it’s many facets. Toni stepped up next with her wasabi green halter gown and twirled, posed, and shimmied to show off her threads. There were two more looks following which was a lighter wasabi caftan on Steph and a gorgeous shift boho on Toni. Again, they worked the studio creating designer/photographer/model magic.

To complete our shoot, we headed to my favorite location in Indianapolis to get a on location vibe. Enough of my ode to gorgeous dresses and great models… check out the photos as my words can not do these dresses justice!

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A couple wedding photography trends I’m loving are Trash (or Rock) The Dress and Day After Sessions. These both are about donning your wedding dress a couple more times before it goes into hibernation. At my wedding in Antigua, Guatemala last November, my husband and I were so busy the day of the wedding we had little time to have photos of us together, so we chose to do a Day After Session in and around the beautiful streets of Antigua, Guatemala. We put on our wedding attire once more and the photos were much more relaxed than the day of our wedding. I am so thankful to have done those photos!

This summer I have done quite a few Trash the Dress Sessions and I have just finished one of my first mixed Day After/Trash the Dress Session. Being a Columbus Indiana photographer I often work with couples in Indianapolis, Bloomington, and even Cancun, so Indianapolis is a quick hop north. I met with a gorgeous couple at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and we did a Wedding Photography/Day After Session. Sometimes couples choose to do this prior to the wedding as well so they can display a couple prints or a slide show at the wedding reception. My photography goals were to get some dramatic fashion like photos as these two are gorgeous. My job was pretty easy I must say! He wore a beautiful white suit and she had a lithe silk gown. He played the cello, she was a dancer so you can see they had elegant style all their own. From hastas in bloom, to the fedora and vintage suitcases this wedding photography session was all about creativity, space, and creating something new and fresh in Indiana. These photos really feel cinematic to me and show the evolution in photography style I’ve gone through. They scream creative which I love as that’s what I want my work to be!

Take a peak at one of my favorite trash the dress/wedding sessions to date:
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Bridal portraits are a series of formal pictures of the bride in her wedding dress taken weeks before the wedding sometimes at the photographers studio but more commonly on location. If the session is done outdoors and special steps are taken to ensure the dress does not get dirty. Sometimes a couple may choose to have a picture taken of them both (similar to an engagement/”e-session”) in addition or instead of a bridal portrait.

Many brides use the bridal portrait photos in wedding announcements, albums, online, as well as display a large print at the reception. These sessions are great for a bride who is picky and is concerned about getting the best photo without the rush and nerves of the wedding day. Step forward a couple years, when the bridal portrait is on the grooms desk or framed and displayed at family members’  homes, the bride is happy she had these portraits done. Going to school at Clemson in South Carolina, I noticed several brides getting these bridal portraits.

The best time to do these may need to be timed along with local newspapers and invitation designers as the bride will have to check with them to see what their time lines are. Other things to consider are getting hair and makeup done to ensure the bride has a polished elegant look similar to her wedding day. As for flowers, pho-flowers or a quick trip to a farmers market for local flowers will do. Spending tons of money on a bouquet for the bridal session isn’t necessary.

In addition to the Trash the Dress Sessions I’ve been doing, I’ve done some elegant bridal sessions. Most recently, I shot Kyissa in Columbus, Indiana in a studio like setting. We did not harm the dress and even did some almost trash the dress-like shots as we used my vintage french fainting couch outside, but her dress did not come in contact with dirt.
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Finally, a true trash the dress. In an earlier post this year, I explained what trash the dress means. I have been shooting a fair amount of these lately and met up with Andria to do a true trash the dress. What I mean by true, is we trashed the dress. Andria was up for anything, so we headed to a park in Columbus Indiana which had a clean waterfall. Andria hoped in dress and all. Good thing this lady is a personal trainer as once that puffy gown became wet it must have been upwards of 30 pounds. Regardless, Andria posed beautifully and we found out it’s harder to hear while under the waterfall vs underwater. In shooting this, I kept thinking about the RocknRoll bride blog as if you’ve seen her blog it features the most beautiful photography with focus on creativity and “rocknroll” style.

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Brittany and I have been trying to get together to do a trash the dress for around 6 months. Either snow, ice, or scheduling have prevented us from shooting. Finally, in late June we were able to coordinate and get together for a trash the dress/bridal session extraordinaire.

We decided to start with a studio setting to get some dramatic bridal portraits then move to downtown Columbus, Indiana and neighboring areas to get some fashion and themed shots. I believe my favorite shot from this session which was hard to me to chose, was the mock Cinderella photo. Brittany, besides having the longest eyelashes I’ve ever seen, brought these amazing white heels which really completed the Cinderella theme I was going for. It was a whopping 87 degrees outside, and Brittany carted her Disney dress around with a smile and lots of laughs. That dress had to weigh at least 30 pounds!

This shoot  got the wheel of  ideas going in my head and I’m leaning to do some more fairy tale trash the dresses as well as senior portrait sessions with a prom/fashion trash the dress theme. I can’t wait for what’s coming up these next couple of months.

As you can see below, trash the dress doesn’t necessarily mean the wedding dress will be trashed. It’s about celebrating the wedding dress and being able to wear it one more time before it goes into storage.

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