Many photographers are now promoting a “Trash the Dress” shooting after the wedding.  I’d like to say that I’m not the right person for this type of shooting for a number of reasons, this dress may be passed down, or it may have been passed down.

Respect the occasion. Celebration is great but if you really feel like you want to trash that dress you may rethink putting one on. What is your motivation behind trashing the wedding dress?

Maybe some other dress can be worn so you can take that money and pay for your honeymoon!

Someone paid for that dress, in most occasions someone else.  Would they like to see it trashed?

That said, if you are a swimmer or a scuba diver and want to take some underwater shots in your dress and tux I’m all for it.  As a photographer after the wedding, I like to see couples focus on the marriage and take an opportunity to take photographs that were not possible do to time and possibly location restrictions.  Maybe you made the decision together next to a waterfalls or other favorite location. Reliving that moment as Bride and Groom would have real meaning to your relationship all dressed up. 

I focus on just that, the love being expressed, the celebration of that love and union by the Bride, Groom, Family and Friends. I hope that you can see that in my photography.