Would you ever do a TTD shoot?

[saraandmichael]

maybe.

i don't have many pictures of myself, so that might be kind of fun to have for my kids to see/have when they are older.

but i am also hella cheap and wouldn't want to pay for it.

[mkesweetie]

I totally see the appeal of them, but I didn't love my wedding dress enough to get into it again.

[hubes]

Yes. I thought it would be awesome to do one on the farm. I loved my dress though.

[iamgrace]

I see the appeal,but no. I love my dress too much.

[pantsparty]

I think the day-after shoots are nicer if you didn't have time for that many photos on your wedding day. I don't need pictures of just ME, frolicking and whatnot.

Between our engagement pictures and wedding pictures, though, I didn't really feel a need for MORE. Like, who cares to see that many pictures of us?

[Deleted]

If I had the money just sitting around? Sure! I'm also a narcissist. lol

Plus, dude, I spent money on that fucking dress. I want some use out of it. And my wedding pictures are cute but nothing approaching creative or non-standard.

But the idea of trashing TTD sessions because one should donate their dress is laughable. Most people just keep the fucking thing so it's not like those who go for it are doing so in lieu of providing downtrodden poor folks from wearing Maggie Sotteros.

[laptopvixen]

I think it would be fun, and might have done one if they had been a thing when I got married. I've seen some really cool ones.

[KKD]

Part of me thinks they're vain, but another part of me can see the appeal. Although as much fun as it might be to splash around in the ocean in my wedding dress, I'm much to sentimental to risk ruining it. Even if the alternative is that it's stuck in a box in my closet.

[TrickyBob]

I would do it in the sense of;

I love photos done in fields or other such places where the dress might get dusty. I would NOT want to do that day of my wedding or even before hand.

I have seen some really pretty photos being staged in grass and forests. Another place I would not take a dress the day of the wedding.

Stuff like that, yes, I would do.

But the real hard core ones where they rip and mangle and harm the dress beyond cleaning and repair? No.

[LLL]

no. that's not really my thing. I've seen some really neat ones though

[wedbliss5]

See, I'd rather get a group of women to all wear their dresses and go to Vegas. I don't need more pictures, I just want another excuse to wear my dress ... well, if it ever was to fit again.

[amberlyrose]

I wanted to do it, but my parents paid for my dress and my mom said she'd kill me if I ruined it. It was a big deal for them to be able to afford the dress, so I decided to not push any buttons.
I think she also regretted not preserving her dress for me to use (I wanted to wear it!) and doesn't want me to have that same feeling in 20+ years.

[Deleted]

I've seen some interesting pictures from them, but I wouldn't do one. It's just not for me. Partially because I love my dress. I'm saving it in case I have a daughter who is interested in it. Or a granddaughter.

[scotty]

No, I can't stand the idea of ruining such a pricey dress, plus I like the idea of saving it for my phantom daughter who would, of course, absolutely jump at the idea of wearing it someday.

[eddy]

No it is wasteful. Like I don't care what others do but I can't imagine trashing a dress I spent so much money on. I happen to like having it in a box in my closet.

Also I think the pictures look stupid. Plus what would you do with them? Hang them on the wall? Weird

[LLL]

Aug 27, 2012 12:57:37 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Aug 27, 2012 12:54:36 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I wouldn't pay for one, but if someone wanted to shoot it for free or as a gift, I'd do it. I am a self-involved AW. As for what I'd do w/ the pics... aside from AWing them out here and on FB, I guess I would just gaze at them every so often and admire my beauty. I mean, what do you do with any pictures?

Yeah, I guess nothing. I hated my wedding photos though, so it would be nice to have some good ones I like of me in my dress. Never hire your cousin who is a fledgling photographer to shoot your wedding. No matter how much your mom pressures you.

is your cousin still a photographer, or have they since abandoned the "craft"?

[frauschmindy]

I would. I hated my hair on my wedding day, and I put on stress weight at the last minute. I feel like I look fat, pissed, exhausted and frizzy in our pictures. I wouldn't do a TTD just me though, it would be both of us.

I've always wanted to do a shoot with MH, having a brightly colored paint filled water balloon fight. In our wedding outfits. Why not? Fuck it.

[peachykate]

I would, I am pretty sure my dress is trashed anyway so why not.

[jamlsull]

I did one, but I didn't "trash" my dress. I did get in some water but my dress looks the same after as it did after the reception. I also didn't pay much since I split a session with my friend & the photogs gave us a great deal so they had the pix to try & get more clients to do it. It was fun & I loved putting my dress on again.

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Aug 27, 2012 12:58:16 GMT -5 eddy said:

No it is wasteful. Like I don't care what others do but I can't imagine trashing a dress I spent so much money on. I happen to like having it in a box in my closet.

Also I think the pictures look stupid. Plus what would you do with them? Hang them on the wall? Weird

I don't get this thought process tbh. How it is any less of a waste to let your wedding dress just hang out?

And what do you do with your wedding pictures?

Ugh, now I feel like I'm being forced to defend a practice I think is pretty self involved and useless. This is just like that time imoan tricked me into defending Taylor Swift.

I feel shame.

[laptopvixen]

I'd like to trash it in a mosh pit, but the likelihood of me ever being in a mosh pit again is pretty teeny.

And I'm not sure I would even care if I had photos, it would just be sort of fun to roll down the street in it.

It was from David's Bridal though, and on sale, so it's okay if I trash it, lol.

[laptopvixen]

Aug 27, 2012 13:07:47 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Yes, also my dress was cheap and is still hanging in my closet, uncleaned, 6 years after the fact.

This, except 9.

[angelaa73]

I think they're gay. But I like looking at them. Especially if mud or tattoos are involved. Anything cringe-worthy that can keep my attention is a plus!

[eddy]

Aug 27, 2012 13:02:29 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Aug 27, 2012 12:58:16 GMT -5 eddy said:

No it is wasteful. Like I don't care what others do but I can't imagine trashing a dress I spent so much money on. I happen to like having it in a box in my closet.

Also I think the pictures look stupid. Plus what would you do with them? Hang them on the wall? Weird

I don't get this thought process tbh. How it is any less of a waste to let your wedding dress just hang out?

And what do you do with your wedding pictures?

Ugh, now I feel like I'm being forced to defend a practice I think is pretty self involved and useless. This is just like that time imoan tricked me into defending Taylor Swift.

I feel shame.

Because I can get my dress out and prance around in it still=not wasteful!

Wedding pictures are in an album. But why do I need MORE pictures of myself in that dress? that is my point. I already have wedding pictures. What am I going to do with additional pictures of me in a wedding dress. Hang them next to the pictures of me in my wedding dress lol?

It just seems dumb to me. I don't give a hoot what other people do with their dresses/money/time.

[fluff]

I would. They look fun and my dress wasn't that expensive, so I would be fine with ruining it. It's just sitting in my closet right now.

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Aug 27, 2012 13:10:48 GMT -5 eddy said:

Because I can get my dress out and prance around in it still=not wasteful!

Wedding pictures are in an album. But why do I need MORE pictures of myself in that dress? that is my point. I already have wedding pictures. What am I going to do with additional pictures of me in a wedding dress. Hang them next to the pictures of me in my wedding dress lol?

It just seems dumb to me. I don't give a hoot what other people do with their dresses/money/time.

See, I can't get my fat ass into my wedding dress now and I'm hoping pinky will let me sew hers instead of wearing mine.

[sydney02]

I would have loved a picture of me in my dress on my horse. I wish these had been a thing back in 2000 when I got married.

Narcissistic? Ummm not any more than having a wedding itself with 100 pictures of "bride looking wistfully at flowers" or "bride looking out the window to see if her knight is arriving on his big gay white horse".

I think the name trash the dress initially put me off to it but now I see the purpose. It's just a way for a bride or bride and groom together to relax, have some fun, and get a picture that might tell a little bit about their personality. My friend's daughter is a country girl to the t. They pictures of her 4 wheeling in the mud in her dress. Not my thing but it's totally her. And her muddy dress is not any more wasted than mine is sitting in my closet untouched for 12 years.

[laptopvixen]

Now I sort of want to go to Vegas again and bring my dress so I can jump into the pool at the Moorea in it while being cheered on by nexties.

lol

[Tacocat]

I've seen some really cool TTD photos, but I wouldn't spend the money to do it. We had over 1100 wedding photos so I don't think I needed more of me in my dress.

[sydney02]

Aug 27, 2012 13:15:23 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

My dress was not custom or super-expensive, so I guess I don't see it as wasteful. Plus unless you're seriously destroying it, in most cases you can just have it cleaned afterwards.

I like TTD photos because they're not as boring as wedding photos. Everyone's wedding photos are the same. And also because I like the idea of a big fluffy dress somewhere it shouldn't be.

yes exactly!
My wedding pictures bore me looking at them. I can imagine how boring they must look to others. BIL's girlfriend at the time was a photographer. The pictures are the same old tired crap. I love the creativity of a TTD shoot. Standing in a church? meh. Rolling down a big grassy hill? woo hoo!