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karen & nick trash the dress

Tim — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:39:21 +0000

meet karen and nick. i photographed their wedding back on may 1, and due to time constraints and location issues, we decided to do a TTD (trash the dress) session from the get-go. this allowed us more time, to not have to feel rushed between ceremony and reception… it was perfect.

** for those of you wondering (especially you brides), trashing the dress does not mean actually trashing the dress. basically, it’s taking advantage of the fact that you have worn your gown on your wedding day, crisp and clean and new… and you have not yet taken it to be cleaned and stored. so, why not make the cleaners work a little extra hard perhaps, and get your dress in the sand of the beach, dust of the field, what have you. **

now, remember… 25 comments on this posting awards the happy couple with 2 free 5×7 prints of their choice. so leave them a little love, won’t ya?

we did this shoot on saturday and i just wanted to pull a few of my faves from the day before i get back into editing.

again… big congratulations to you both, karen & nick. i wish you both the best as your lives continue together. i had a great time this weekend with you. and give your little dog sarah a big kiss for me. :)

melissa: a very special TTD

Tim — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:49:31 +0000

TTD is another common term for photographers to use (i.e.: e-session, SOOC, etc.) that sometimes we will just say and people will cock their heads to the side a little. TTD stands for “trash the dress”… said dress being a wedding gown. don’t get too uppity… you don’t literally trash it. it is just a means to get some different and edgy photos of the bride in her wedding gown after the ceremony. i love it when a bride says she is interested in doing a TTD shoot.

my wife’s wedding gown is still hanging in plastic in our closet… it has not gone to the cleaners yet. so, just a few weeks before our wedding anniversary, we decided to go off to one of my favorite places to shoot. my magical tree spot :)

i need to applaud my wife… she was quite the trooper out there. this place is clearly not the most fun place to be, in a wedding gown, during the recent So Cal heatwave. she totally pulled it off (said in as much of an un-biased way as possible).

it was quite sunny out, so once we escaped the shade of the trees it was almost impossible to tolerate the sun for long. i plan on going back to this part of the site for sure when the sun is not so high.

one week from today is actually our anniversary, so these have a little more meaning for me. maybe next time we will bring our little girl into the photos as well. i cannot thank my wife enough for not only the daily putting up with a buffoon like me (that is a combo word of “buff babboon”, right?), but for getting herself all glammed out and being a champ through this photo shoot. i love you!! :)

alli & sean: wedding by the harbor (part two)

Tim — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:28:35 +0000

this has taken me far too long to get the second portion up. my apologies. this was my first wedding of the season this year… and due to the time crunch, we were unable to squeeze in an engagement session. we decided to get out for a sort of “trash the dress” shoot after the reception and everything. we were all kind of jazzed about the prospect of it, and it made me okay with missing out on an e-shoot.

before we even got to the beach, we took a few shots off (and on) PCH.

this was a happy little accident. i was crossing behind them and had my camera at my hip and just decided to lift it and shoot wildly.

i sent them down to the sand with some vague instructions while waiting to take some shots from afar.

i joined them down on the beach shortly after…

as a photographer, i get all giddy when a bride is willing to get her dress sandy “for the cause”.

this beach had some fantastic and funky little niches to shoot in and around.

sean drew this gigantic heart for them to stand in. unfortunately, the tide kept washing it away.

we returned to where they were staying that first night. they were such good sports, they stood out in the street for a while to make this shot work. not as much traffic in that spot as i had hoped for. but they were loving it because of how many people gave them the “car honk of congratulation” as they passed. who doesn’t love that?

a couple final shots and it was a wrap…

they were so much fun to spend the day with and i was fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with them.

again, i wish you two a life full of happiness and love. from the look of your first hours as husband and wife, there will be no shortage of either! :)