Trash The Dress

Nowadays it is popular to have a trash the dress session. I must confess I too participated in this ritual! Personally I have never had the urge to either carefully keep my dress protected in a dress sleeve in a wardrobe nor, it framed in a large glass box on a my bedroom wall like a shrine! Yes it does happen! So I decided to have Annie photograph me in the sea with it!

It has been done in many ways; in water, on a quad bike, on mountains etc. The extent of how much you trash you dress is up to you. Originally the plan was to play around at the beach of Okeanos Beach bar and maybe partake in some jet skiing. I ended up on a small isolated beach which had a plateau going about 15 meters out into the sea. They turned out to be my favorite photos of the whole wedding.

Done well they can be amazing. They are great for abstract portraits and to be honest a blast to do. I highly advise it!

Photos by John Micheal Cooper, bq Photography & Brandon Wyness

After cruising the Internet for a while; here are some examples I rather enjoyed!  There are also sites that specialise in this a and it seems even the papers are writing about it!   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/fashion/weddings/10trash.html?  Enjoy!

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