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| 1 Apr | Jen & Neil’s Tofino Trash the Dress Sessionposted in: Wedding Photography | Apr 2008 |
The morning after the wedding, we headed back out to long beach for our trash the dress (and tux!) session. It was freezing, but the photos are gorgeous! The beach filled with spectators wondering who the crazy people in the cold Tofino water were.
Here are a few of our favs -
| 13 Sep | Shawn & Eri – After Sessionposted in: Wedding Photography | Sep 2007 |
Earlier this week we headed onto the beach and into the ocean with Shawn & Eri for their After Session!
As Eri told the reporter who interviewed her for the Province last week, she wanted for her and Shawn to run into the ocean together – and so they did. And, of course, so did we. Who are we to get our clients to do anything that we wouldn’t do?
The pictures are stunning and speak for themselves. Are they typical wedding pictures? Of course not. But they are art, they’ll look fabulous on the wall, and they will have these guys talking for years to come. The dress was sandy and wet but very likely recoverable. And of course, we all had a blast!
Ode to our friend and fellow photographer out of Las Vegas, John Michael Cooper
And my fav shot of the set!
Love you guys! Thanks for playing with us in the ocean :)
| 10 Sep | Tie the knot and trash the dressposted in: Blue Olive Photography News | Sep 2007 |
I was interviewed for an article that ran in the Vancouver Province yesterday on trash the dress sessions. Eri, one of our recent brides, was also able to contribute – as we’ll be doing her session tomorrow!
The full text of the article can be viewed on the Province site here.
Here’s an excerpt:
Tie the knot and trash the dress
It’s a new kind of liberating bridal tradition that’s starting to catch on
Cheryl Chan, The Province Published: Sunday, September 09, 2007When Eri Wagner dons her beautifully beaded, silk-and-satin wedding gown next week and walks barefoot on Jericho Beach, photographer in tow, she won’t care about hiking up her skirt.
It’ll drag on the sand. It’ll catch on logs and tall grass. And when she reaches the edge of the ocean she loves so much, she won’t stop.
“I want me and [husband] Shawn jumping into the ocean together,” said the 27-year old bride-to-be. “It’s OK if my dress is completely ruined.”
This isn’t your ordinary wedding photograph shoot — the gardens, parks and sunsets.
This is a Trash the Dress session, a gleeful romp of post-wedding destruction, where brides climb trees, sprawl atop hay bales, frolic in fountains, crawl on moss, or ride horses and rollercoasters in their pristine white dresses.
Wagner’s photographer, Miranda Lievers, said the Trash the Dress concept has been around for years. Called “day-afters,” dress trashings are common at destination weddings, where brides don’t want the exotic landscape to go to waste.
She credits John Michael Cooper, a Las Vegas photographer, as being “instrumental” in increasing the profile and branding of this new kind of bridal photo. A popular website, Trashthedress.com by Louisiana photographer Mark Eric hosts photos of dress trashings.
The trend is only just catching on in Vancouver. Only eight Canadian photographers are listed on the site, including one in the city. But “it’s definitely picking up momentum,” said Lievers. Her Gastown company, Blue Olive, did five Trash the Dress sessions this year with four more scheduled between now and May.
The brides who do it say it’s liberating, a catharsis, a fun way to combat the prissiness of the regimented wedding day. Photographers say it’s art. Critics say it’s disturbing, a twisted action worthier of bitter divorcees than blushing brides.
But “Trash the Dress,” with its rebellious, anti-wedding undertone, is a bit of a misnomer. “Trashing the dress is never the purpose. It’s about not being inhibited by it,” said Lievers. In most cases, the dress can be salvaged. “Drycleaners do amazing work nowadays.” …
After sessions (trashing optional!) are a fun way to create images that further reflect the personalities of our clients, and that typically just aren’t possible on the day of. Sessions are fun for our current clients, and also a great way for those of you already married to get some Blue Olive art for the wall if you weren’t able to have us for your wedding.
Contact us for details! Sessions are available weekday evenings and select Sundays by appointment.
| 30 Aug | Stef & Kevinposted in: Wedding Photography | Aug 2007 |
Of course, more than just the 3D movie, we all want to see how it went, right?
It went off without a hitch! Now let’s get to the pics, shall we -
Stef getting ready
One of many details – the sandwich board. I LOVE the sandwich board!
When you get married on Zombiewalk day, you are pretty much obligated to get a photo. Well, you are if you’re into that sort of thing. Having been active Zombiewalk participants in the past, it was only fitting that we plan their session around grabbing a few shots with the zombies.
Reilly and I have been shooting under bridges for years, and we hit up 2 with these guys. The light is amazing and perfect for portraits, and especially for cars. Having shot our ’69 beetle under this bridge and many others in the past, we knew just where to head with the ’53 Ford that Kevin just finished! Isn’t it gorgeous?
And one of the bride here too, for good measure
For bridge #2 we ditched the car and climbed a steep hill – for an amazing image that was totally worth it. HOT!
And one more from the same location
And, finally, I’ll finish with my favourite reception detail – the record cupcake towers, handmade by Kevin & Stef.
I haven’t even touched the surface with these guys, so I’ll be sure to share the finished slideshow in a few weeks when all is said and done. I could probably do an entire post of all the guests who’d dressed up as well, not to mention the dancing, but that will all have to wait until the end!
Congrats again, we had a blast. See you both soon!