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Trash the Dress | Round Barn Winery and Vineyard

Ben — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:48:39 +0000

Here are a few pictures from a Trash the dress session at the Round Barn Winery in Southwest Michigan this past fall…. (yes I know I am WAY behind on the blog) The shoot was put together by a friend and fellow photographer Monika Caban (Monika Caban

Photography) who organized a DWF gathering here in Southwest Michigan. It was a lot of fun working with everyone and seeing all the different ways people could approach the same picture and scene! I think aside from the gorgeous pictures the one thing that

surprised us all the most was just how patient Linzi and Brice were, they were simply amazing and put up with wind, rain, and cold to allow us to capture all sorts of pictures! While trashing the dress doing vineyard wedding photos may sound harsh its actually a lot of fun and really

there’s no reason why you’d actually need to trash the dress. We’ve done quite a few sessions similar to this where the dress actually came out just fine, the whole idea behind the session is to be able to go take pictures you simply didn’t have the time to take on your

wedding day. Some couples book a bridal session/trash the dress shoot to celebrate an anniversary while others book them just weeks after the wedding just to have fun and have an opportunity to take pictures they never would have dared to take on the

wedding day! We can get crazy with the picture ideas or play it relatively safe and keep you clean and dry it’s up to you! The only thing we guarantee is that you’ll have fun and love your pictures! Many thanks to Linzi, Brice, and Monika for setting up such a fun opportunity for us all!

Trash the Dress portraits on the beach in Southwest Michigan

Ben — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:34:03 +0000

This past week I was invited by Monika Caban, another local photographer, to take part in a series of trash the dress photo shoots on the beach here in Southwest Michigan. The shoots featured beautiful locations in Southwest Michigan along with several couples looking for amazing pictures. The great thing about trash the dress portraits is that anyone can do them, you can be recently married or married for many years, all it takes is a desire to capture some incredible images of the two of you together.

While “Trashing the Dress” may sound a bit harsh to some couples you needn’t fear, you can be as adventurous or unadventurous as you’d like and in fact many couples choose not to trash their wedding dress but go for more artistic images instead. Some couples choose to do the shoot to commemorate an anniversary while others do it to make up for a missed opportunity on their wedding day. Regardless of the reason every couple loves having the opportunity to capture beautiful images of themselves

together! This particular trash the dress portrait session took place in downtown Saint Joseph on the beach in Jean Klock Park and featured a couple of amazing photographers from Detroit, Prem & Cherridy of Arising Images! Prem and Cherridy were actually married several years ago and while they did have someone shoot their wedding they did not have an opportunity to go on a

photo walk to capture the beautiful artistic images they really wanted to get on their wedding day so a shoot like this is the perfect opportunity for them to get some incredible images of themselves in Southwest Michgain. We met up for the trash the dress shoot

in downtown Saint Joseph where we found all sorts of neat locations in the alleys throughout the city. After we had exhausted the possibilities in Saint Joe we headed to the beach to do portraits in Jean Klock Park where we shot until sunset. We took some

amazing pictures and had a blast, it was a fantastic group of photographers and I can’t wait to shoot with them again in the future! Check out more Trash the Dress photos in Southwest Michigan here!

Curtain Call | A beautiful way to Trash the Dress

Ben — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:47:40 +0000

I must start this post by giving a friend and fellow photographer credit for coming up with this fantastic idea, Leda of LVL Photography approached me a few months ago to see if I would be interested in taking part in a Curtain Call shoot she was

planning with Stella Event Design. Basically a Curtain Call is photo shoot for a bride or bride & groom that takes place after the wedding day. It’s similar to what is popularly referred to as a “trash the dress” shoot, but rather than focusing on trashing the wedding dress we focus on taking incredible pictures of the bride in her wedding gown for the last time.

The beautiful thing about bridal portraits after the wedding is that there’s no pressure, no time constraints, and no stress from the wedding day! The shoot is all about having fun, looking beautiful, and capturing the pictures you could only dream of doing on your wedding day! We get a lot of questions about who a shoot like this is really for and the answer honestly is that everyone is welcome…

It doesn’t matter who shot your wedding or how long ago you got married! If you enjoy photography, love beautiful pictures, and want to have fun feeling like a model in your wedding dress one last time this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Of course there are more practical reasons for wanting a Curtain Call shoot, for instance you simply didn’t have time to do a photo walk on your wedding day, it rained and you couldn’t go outside for pictures, or you want to do something crazy and really get creative with the pictures… we aren’t out to trash the dress but we won’t stop you from trying if that’s what you want!! =)

Many thanks to David at The Veranda at the Whitcomb in Saint Joesph Mi for allowing us to stage the event there, Salon 1341 in Stevensville Mi for doing the brides hair, and Kim at All Star Productions for doing video of the shoot!

If you’d love to put your dress on one last time and have a blast being photographed by some amazing photographers we’ve got a marathon Curtain Call event planned for August 30th, contact Stella Event Design for details, pricing, and availability!

I would also like to thank the incredible bride and groom who joined us just 1 week after their wedding. Dan and Lisa where an amazing couple to work with and a lot of fun to take pictures of. Thanks for all your patience, energy, and willingness to go anywhere and do anything, I hope you love the pictures as much as we do!

If you want to see more amazing pictures from the curtain call event check out Stella Event Designs Blog post with behind the scenes pictures from the Curtain call, or you can see some of LVLs amazing pictures on her blog here!!

For even more examples of Trash the Dress photos in Southwest Michigan click here!!