Trash the dress, also known as fearless bridal or rock the frock, is a style of wedding photography that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is out of place. It is generally shot in the style of fashion and glamour photography. (wikipedia)
Usually brides decide to have pictures taken on a beach, but other locations include city streets, rooftops, garbage dumps, fields, and abandoned buildings.
Some sources claim that the trend was originally started in 2001 by Las Vegas wedding photographer John Michael Cooper. However, the idea of destroying a wedding dress has been used in Hollywood symbolically since at least October 1998 when Meg Cummings of the show Sunset Beach ran into the ocean in her wedding dress after her wedding was badly interrupted. Since then the style has spread around the world and most notably in the UK, with photographers like Steve Gerrard and Mark Theisinger, amongst others, shoot their unique ideas of Trash the Dress.
A model often wears a ball gown, prom dress or wedding dress, and may effectively ruin the dress in the process by getting it wet, dirty or in extreme circumstances tearing or destroying the garment.
It may be done as an additional shoot after the wedding, almost as a declaration that the wedding is done and the dress will not be used again. It is seen as an alternative to storing the dress away, never to be seen again.
How to Trash Your Wedding Dress
A new trend in wedding photography offers brides an edgy alternative for the wedding dress after the ceremony. “Trash the Dress” allows a bride to abandon the idea of a perfectly preserved wedding gown by taking post-wedding photos in edgy, artsy settings. Brides wear wedding gowns in settings such as peeping out among corn stalks, climbing into the loft of an abandoned barn and splashing around in the ocean waves.
There’s nothing more fun for a wedding photographer than “Trash the Dress” photos. They require timing, skill, and often difficult locations to get the shot just right.
Things You’ll Need:
- Wedding dress
- Photographer
- Sense of adventure
Step 1
: Commit to the trashing. You’ve committed to the groom. That was the easy part. Now you must commit to trashing the dress. While this may be an easy decision for some, it will be difficult for others, and it’s not for everyone. Depending on your photography session photos and poses, your dress will likely get dirty, snagged or torn.
Step 2
: Know that it’s not about destroying the dress. Trash the Dress is a non-traditional and artistic way to capture additional memories of the dress you love so much. Chances are, you won’t be wearing it again, and neither will your daughter.
Step 3
: Select a photographer. Preferably, you will want a wedding photographer who has conducted a Trash the Dress session or is familiar with the concept. Otherwise, set up consultations with a few wedding photographers in your area to discuss the idea.
Step 4
: Choose a location. Be creative and imaginative, exploring intriguing settings in your city or town. You probably pass great venues every day without even realizing it. Consider subway stations, abandoned warehouses, salvage yards, farms, fields or lakes.
Step 5
: Trash the dress. (Again, you don’t have to totally trash the dress here.) Just relax and enjoy yourself during the photo session. Again, this is your chance to preserve your wedding dress in a distinctive way. Use your imagination and don’t be afraid of a little dirt or a minor snag.
Step 6
: Clean it up. After your session, you can still have the dress cleaned and preserved for safe-keeping. Who knows? Maybe you’ll want another session in a few years. Or, one altruistic alternative is donating your dress to a charitable cause.
By: Dahlia Rideout
Photo by Bartosz Jastal / Poland
Photo by Javon Longieliere / Georgia – United States
Photography- Del Sol Photography
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