Allie and Dave are one of our favorite clients.  They love edgy photography and will jump at any chance to do something unique and fun.  So when I discovered a cool location and told Allie about it, she was ready to go for her trash the dress session. 

We call our trash the dress portraits a “reprise session” just because most brides get nervous about actually destroying their dress.  However, Allie wanted to trash this dress like there was no tomorrow!  I brought paint and scissors and we had fun!

One of Allie’s favorite fairy tales is Alice and Wonderland and the location I picked was a bit bizarre, so it was pretty logical to have this story influence our shoot.  A surprise to me was that Allie’s husband was coming along for the shoot as well, so we even got to have a Mad Hatter.  We were also joined by my dear friend Wendy, who was a huge help staging the sets and bouncing ideas off of.  And a huge thanks goes to Sarah, owner of A Milestone Paper Company, who created the gorgeous labels for us! 

We started off our “Allie in Wonderland” journey with Allie finding the rabbit hole and then a mysterious drink and snack.  She paints the white roses red, and the rosettes on her dress also become red. We had a fabulous Mad Hatter Tea Party and hookah break.  Then Allie decided it was all getting too weird and headed home, where she emerged from a tree.  What happened after this was Allie cutting her glorious dress into bits and pieces, which was awesome to watch and photograph.  She now has a darling tutu.  I must also add that she has the perfect Disney princess hands =)

Dave and Allie, thank you so much for having me be a part of this fantastic shoot.  Anytime you want to have a creative outlet, give me a call =)  Here are my favorites, there are a million more to come!