On Focus – Trends in Wedding Photography
-By LatterDayBride
June 17th 2009
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Trash The Dress
So what do you do with your wedding dress after the wedding? The standard treatment is to vacuum seal it and store it away in the hopes that one day in 20 years or so your daughter will want to wear it to her wedding (suuure she will). Some brides have a different answer – they trash the dress! For photos and video, of course.
While clearly not to everyone’s taste, the trend follows the logic that a bride will never really get a second wearing out of her dress, and many of them want to create a unique and indelible memory without having to worry about keeping the dress pristine.
“We’ve seen brides under water, brides in the mud, brides and grooms having paint fights and even one bride on fire!,” says Mitch Burt of ZumaPhoto. “But those are extreme examples – it doesn’t need to be that crazy to be unique. It’s really about creating, not destroying.”
Mark Eric, owner of the “Trash The Dress” forum agrees. “The goal isn’t to destroy the wedding dress, but to create an experience where the bride (and groom) can have a fun filled shoot without having to worry about getting the dress a little dirty or wet.”
Ok, so that sounds fun, but maybe a little wasteful. What can you do with the dress once it’s trashed? Both Burt and Eric suggest that after your “Trash The Dress” session, you donate it to a good cause.
Brides Against Breast Cancer
Brides Against Breast Cancer is an organization that provides assistance to breast cancer patients through the sale of used bridal dresses. Fran Hansen, National Director and Co-Founder of the organization says most of the donations they receive arrive in fairly dirty condition – whether from food, beverage or dirt stains – and 90% of them clean up completely. Even if the fabric has been torn or scratched, BABC can use the fabric to make quilts, which also brings in revenue for their cause. Fran highly recommends brides send in their dresses, even after a “Trash The Dress” photo session. The funds go to a great cause, and it’s tax-deductible too!
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