A little over two years ago, I shot my first Trash the Dress shoot with Stone Ridge Photographers at War Eagle Mill. The bride, Audrey, had actually gotten married two years before. She came out, got to wear her dress one more time, and got to get her hands wet. Trash the Dress is catching on across the US and worldwide, and photographers have been known to tear up the dress or even set it on fire–we weren’t that mean. This time.

The shoot was a blast, and it was a blast going back to re-process the photos. I’ve learned a lot about processing since then, and I think a lot of these turned out pretty well. I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to go through these–doing the same thing in Photoshop would have taken much to long. This way, I was done in just a few hours. If you haven’t used it, I highly recommend it. Plus, it’s cheaper than Photoshop.

So, if you think you might be interested in a Trash the Dress shoot, feel free to contact me. Do some quick searching online first and find out what you might want–I think you’ll find that this type of shoot can be quite rewarding and unique, and the images will be fantastic. Imagine showing those to your friends! (Guys are welcome too. Rock climbing in a tux? I think yes.)

Note: the dress turned out fine and good as new, after only a $80 dry cleaning fee. Perfect. (And you don’t even have to wear your actual wedding dress if you don’t want to.)

So here are a few of the images. Go to my Flickr page (click Galleries above) to see the rest. Let me know what you think!