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!

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Trash the Dress | Round Barn Winery and Vineyard

Trash the Dress portraits on the beach in Southwest Michigan