You’ve heard about it–Trash the Dress–well, we call it our “Couture Bridal” session and we cannot wait for the weather to warm up so that we can do a session or two!
What is a Couture session? Well, it is basically taking a beautiful client in a beautiful dress and photographing her in a completely opposite location–think urban, industrial, water, etc. It is NOT about trashing a dress–it is about making a super-artistic image that is seen as sensual, editorial, and completely out-of-the-ordinary!
We have done a few of these sessions, but we are looking for some clients to REALLY want to do the session with no holds barred!
I talked to our November bride, Holli, yesterday, and she and all of her girlfriends are interested in doing a BRIDESMAID Couture Session! That’s right! A group of best friends doing a high-fashion model shoot in their favorite past bridesmaids’ gowns and they are gonna trash them! It will be a blast!
It can be a prom dress, a formal gown, or anything else you want to model in–and of course, if you want to do a Couture Bridal Session, then it doesn’t have to involved getting your dress trashed–we will be kind, I promise!
I wanted to show you some images from a full-throttle Couture “Trash the Dress” Bridal Session we did late last summer.
I actually did these images quite a while ago with our model, Lauren, in order to showcase how editorial these images can be–and I love them! We got the used dresses off of EBay for a tiny amount of money and we had a blast trashing those dresses!
We went to an abandoned warehouse area and to a bridge and creek by our home studio–I love the images–and yes, I shot them and Jon assisted me!
Here are just a few from the session–I know that they are not for the faint of heart, but I adore the look of them! And Lauren was a perfect model! Our assistant, Amy, carried the lighting for us–and a big thanks to her for that! Jon and I switched up on shooting and it was a blast!
For Lauren’s session, we were going for super-serious, high-fashion magazine style images–very dramatic body positions and facial expressions!
Love the blue and green tones in this one–
I love everything about this one…
A little cross-processing on this one to make it look textured…
Up against the wall–what a strong pose!
I am all about Lauren’s aqua-colored shoes she brought for the shoot!
Black and white is always good, especially up against a metal building…
This one is a little softer and more ethereal–I like it!
More in black & white…
Under the bridge–I told her to think “I feel so lost” in this one–and boy, does it work! Yes, the graffiti was already there–ready to use!
Her eyes are incredible!
Yes, we had to throw out this dress after we did the shoot–it was quite filthy and had a lovely smell of creek water and tadpoles! At one point during the shoot, a snake swam by, but Lauren was a trooper! What you can’t see is that Amy is standing in the water with a lighting stand and a battery pack that is high-voltage!
Yes, it’s a little morbid, but we were going for a bit of a Tim Burton look–if you know his movies, then you know what I am talking about with this image. Lauren’s head was propped up on a rock and it was around this time that a crayfish tried to get in her dress and it pinched her on the leg! We were laughing!
And this group of kids rode by the bridge as we got that shot above–they just stared–We had to look like a bunch of CSI photographers, but I guess that they saw we were laughing and weren’t worried about us. I wonder what they said when they got home…
So, thanks to Lauren! You were a perfect model!
And if YOU want to do a session, call us once the weather gets warm and we can treat you like a super-model for an hour or two!
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