Jamie and Glen's Trash the Dress Session

I have the best brides! Jamie had planned on trashing her dress before she even started shopping for a photographer. When she contacted me and asked how to include a trash the dress session into my pricing, I was thrilled! The wedding ceremony was held in the yard of her parents cabin on Cedar Lake in New Richmond, WI. The following day we met again and Jamie and Glen took the plunge.

Here is the sequence from their first jump...

Love this one!

Love this sequence too!

Another favorite!

Most of the wedding party was with me in the second boat suggesting ideas and dive techniques. So they jumped again and again, perfecting their timing. I must mention we spectators were bundled up in jackets and blankets on a brisk September day.

This was so much fun for me to shoot! Lots of brides don't mind doing a session after their wedding since the dress gets so dirty at the reception anyway, but this was a photographer's dream! I love that Jamie was willing to jump in the lake that she grew up on. And the dress turned just fine.

Lisa and Robert

We luckily had a dry day to do some extra pictures. Lisa and Robert have quite the history of rainy days. Their wedding was in June and it downpoured the entire day. The session is one version of a trash the dress session. Lisa didn't mind getting her dress a little dirty but certainly didn't want to trash it. We went to a few locations at Como and got some great variety. I think we really captured the pretty greenery that Lisa had hoped for on her wedding day.

Trash the Dress- Maria & Nathan

A trash the dress session is great way to get more amazing photos at great locations. It's an excuse to wear that gorgeous dress and go out on location to capture fun and artistic photos that you would never have time to do on a wedding day. After the dress has made it through the wedding and reception it is usually quite dirty on the bottom. Before getting it cleaned and preserved or just shoved into the back of a closet, why not take it out for a trash the dress session? The session can vary from getting the dress a little more dirty to getting totally into a lake or stream. Maria was willing to do anything, however the weather didn't cooperate. It was freezing and so windy, however the overcast sky was perfect for portraits. Luckily this location had plenty of shelter from the wind and we took lots of breaks for Maria to warm up.

Maria and Nathan were married last month at the Historic Courthouse in Stillwater, MN. I took them to Raspberry Island in Downtown St. Paul. There is a ton of great variety on this tiny island.

Amazing skyline views...


Plenty of water...

Huge pieces of drift wood, or I guess you would call them "drift trees"?

I love the MN Boat Club. The doors are so cool.

A very modern look at the band shell and the metal stairway.

It's never to late to pull that wedding dress out and head out to a cool location for a Trash the Dress session!