Aussie trash the dress session on beach

[sej]

hey all

I had a trash the dress shoot on sunday. I wanted to focus more on the couple having fun as most of the shoots I have seen have been more modelling session orientated, focussing on the bride. I did a few of the bride by herself but I think the best shots were the last ones in the water with both of them.

brave couple!

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3
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[sej]

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Some more at ;

http://www.catoandpade.com.au/Featured_Weddings/Pages/S%26T_Trash_the_Dress.html

cheers

Gav

[BrianAZ]

cool shots!

[CHICAGO-N]

great photos. really amazing!

[leninglass]

That is outstanding! I love #4!

Please number your photos.

[sej]

good idea, I've numbered them now

[ironchef31]

I love #14. But your horizon seems a bit off.

[david888lee]

great job!

[cledwards]

Excellent amazing shots!

[BrantG]

Love #11. I almost think a tighter crop would be nice to see.

[yonders]

A very different concept - thrashing the dress, which I'm sure not many brides would want ot do. On the photographs - they've come out very interesting :cool:

Derek

[Chantua]

love 3,4 and 16, but they are all brilliant, I would love them.

[SarahBeth]

These are fabulous!

[Coastwatch203]

Lucy you got a bride that was willing to "trash her dress" - !! they are few and far between.
- Fantastic job. Well done and some great captures.
Mark

[sej]

thanks everyone. I should be doing more soon, I've emailed a link to the photos to my recent brides who haven't done their album yet and a surprising number said they want to do it.

[Grace]

GREAT job! I love that you got the groom in their too! Really - good job!

[jillybean]

They are all really wonderful- but for me the last one is "smokin" hot- I love it

[welkcar]

One of the best of this type series I have seen.

I'm still waiting for my first brave couple. Since I own a couple Bridal Shops, I just might take an old gown and stage one. Don't think it will be the same though.

[rachelsne]

awsome shots, I couldnt do that to my dress though... lol

[auroraskye]

Beautiful and fun captures. I love the colors of the sky and also how you captured the crashing waves.

[hawk911]

I love #14 also; the contrast of him shirtless and her in the dress is very cool. I didn't pay attention to the horizon, sorry.

[tania622]

These are great pictures

[drogos]

pictures are great but do You think You could make your logo any bigger ? :)

[AdamJT]

Agree with the others, some of the best of this type of work I have seen on here! What a great location to have access to. I really like the crashing wave pictures!

[Grace]

pictures are great but do You think You could make your logo any bigger ? :)

I used to be bothered by such...until I had SEVERAL images ripped from here, my website, my blog... it happens.

whatever it takes...

[sej]

Yeah sorry about the logo guys. By putting it in bottom right I'd hoped it wasn't overly distracting.

I have seen my images get "stolen" before so have used that watermark for 3yrs or so now

[mezorn26]

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I think most of them look too contrived. In my opinion, at TSD session should be fun and spontaneous, not posed, uncomfortable and boring. That's how I read it. That being said, there are couple of shots that look much less contrived and more natural.

[BenJammin]

There are some really good photos here. #3 and #4 are really nice. I also like the photos of them in the water. Good timing!

[sej]

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I think most of them look too contrived. In my opinion, at TSD session should be fun and spontaneous, not posed, uncomfortable and boring. That's how I read it. That being said, there are couple of shots that look much less contrived and more natural.

Well mate you are entitled to your opinion certainly - looking at them though I can't see for the life of me that they are contrived, posed, uncomfortable & boring. Really I can't.

[Angdvl089]

Now that's the way you trash a dress. These shots are beautiful.

[County Man]

Stunning shots.
Not something I would like to try around here though with water temp at 4 deg c just now.:)
The couple here looked like they thoroughly enjoyed this shoot and this comes over in the shots.

[p3photogal]

you made a non-size-2 bride look absolutely GORGEOUS! for that you get major kudos!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE 15!

[ToddziLLa]

Very nice! Excellent composition.

[sweetypie925]

These are amazing!

[vincewchan]

nice stuff! title should have been trash the dress and the suit =P

[sando]

They're great when they got warmed -up and started having fun. I think the first few are a bit stoic. :)

Loving the last few!

[djthemac]

What a great set! 8+15 are my favorites.

[nellyp]

What gorgeous photos! Can i ask what lens/es you used please? Thanks

[sej]

hi nelly, I normally swap lenses a fair bit if you ask which particular photo I can tell you.

I think it was a mix of the 200/1.8, the 135/2, the 16-35 and the last bunch were the 70-200.

[ninab]

fun! I really hope I can get a bride to go for it sometime...

[chris250]

some fantastic shots there, i've never heard of a trash the dress shoot before but i like the idea, just wish it was warm enough here in Scotland to get into the sea for something similar

[Desertraptor]

Not your typical stuffy wedding shots
This looks like it was a lot of fun and a fair couple to shoot

[roentarre]

Seriously stunning series. Love the courage and the genuine mood from the shots

[sej]

after seeing the shots, I've had a few brides say they want to do it.

First one next sunday :)

[Dorman]

This is a great set, well composed, exposed, good color, good black and white conversions. What makes this great about all of the technical goodies, is that they genuinely looked like they had a blast and you were able to capture it. Kudos!

[mamabravo]

sooooo cool

i love them all!!