I did one. I had a destination wedding and we did our TTD session the next day. We were more relaxed and it was fun. We were married in Mexico and went to the small city near the resort and took pictures around the town and then on the beach and in the water. (Not like on top of each other sex pictures or anything). I love the pictures and much prefer them to the staged pics of us on our actual wedding day. I wasn't all done up like I was at the wedding, but my sister curled my hair a little. I honestly don't get why people think it's narassistic. We wanted more pics of our wedding, so we took them. How are they any different than engagement pictures or bridal portraits (which I will never understand - don't need a giant picture of myself, thanks!)
Trash the Dress is a misnomer for most TTD I have seen. My dress was totally fine afterwards and I know other people whose dresses were cleaner because they were filthy after the reception and being in the water cleaned them.
I totally roll my eyes at the wasteful comments too - considering how much some people spend on a dress they only wear once.
Post by mrssavy42112 on Aug 27, 2012 13:54:35 GMT -5
I would. Mostly because I never got any solo shots on the day of. I really would’ve liked a portrait or one that really focused in on my dress. Then again, I already got it preserved sooooo, oh well!
I didn't have an exceptionally nice wedding dress, so I'd totally trash it for fun. I can't see me doing have the crazy shit that people do in TTD photos though.
Yes, also my dress was cheap and is still hanging in my closet, uncleaned, 6 years after the fact.
I just got mine cleaned last month after it sat in my closet since October of 2009. The girl at the cleaners was telling me how they would hurry and get it back to me and I was like..."uh....it's been about three years, so no hurry."
I don't think so, I would not want to risk permanently ruining my dress. I saw some a girl did around DC, the day after the wedding, which were really nice. Her hair was down, rather than up like the day before, and it was not so much that she trashed it, she just was not trying to keep it pristine.
they did some shots in the reflecting pool which were pretty neat. After cleaning, her dress was spotless.
I think it would have been nice to have some nice pictures taken where i was not constantly worried about it getting too dirty when I had a reception to attend.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Aug 27, 2012 14:12:09 GMT -5
I did it with a few other brides. It was ridiculously fun and yes, I have one of the pictures hanging on my wall. One of the pictures also landed on the front of pictage for awhile ie I was FAMOUS, ok not really, but I felt cool
PS - I did get pics of my DD in my wedding dress, so I'm glad I kept it and in a condition where I could get pictures with her. While I'd love to let her have it for her own wedding to do with as she pleased, if nothing else, I have some pictures that can be displayed with her in it.
Post by TemperanceBrennan on Aug 27, 2012 15:17:45 GMT -5
Maybe. But, I would rather lose more weight and then get a dress that fits (so I could have a wedding dress picture where I was thin-ish). That would be even more wasteful though. I'm guessing my dress would be a bit too big right now, anyway. I think more relaxed pictures would be fun and I haven't done anything with my dress since we got married, which was 12 yrs ago. For me, as long as my dress wasn't in any worse condition than it is now, I wouldn't have a problem doing them.
I did one. I had a destination wedding and we did our TTD session the next day. We were more relaxed and it was fun. We were married in Mexico and went to the small city near the resort and took pictures around the town and then on the beach and in the water. (Not like on top of each other sex pictures or anything). I love the pictures and much prefer them to the staged pics of us on our actual wedding day. I wasn't all done up like I was at the wedding, but my sister curled my hair a little. I honestly don't get why people think it's narassistic. We wanted more pics of our wedding, so we took them. How are they any different than engagement pictures or bridal portraits (which I will never understand - don't need a giant picture of myself, thanks!)
Trash the Dress is a misnomer for most TTD I have seen. My dress was totally fine afterwards and I know other people whose dresses were cleaner because they were filthy after the reception and being in the water cleaned them.
I totally roll my eyes at the wasteful comments too - considering how much some people spend on a dress they only wear once.
To me, this still seems like part of your wedding. Getting all dolled up in your wedding dress weeks or months after the wedding is weird. I barely want to see pictures of people's actual weddings. If you tried to show me wedding photos taken months after the ceremony I would not be interested. To say the least.
Where do people donate dresses? I guess I could take it to Goodwill? Not that I think people should donate instead of trashing, but now it seems like a better idea than leaving it in the closet.
I like the look of them (from what i've seen) ... but i HATE the term "trash the dress" THAT is trashy to me! haha
And, like... when do you get these done? Soon after wedding, right? not cool for an almost 40 year old to be like, "hey! I want to wear my dress again and get pics of me in the water with it on!!" right?? lol
I say it's cool for new brides who want to go for it. why not!?
I wouldn't say no, but it wouldn't be a big deal (like maybe a 20 minute shoot) and maybe not even professionally done. Just a few friends with a good camera and some fun.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Aug 27, 2012 18:46:40 GMT -5
I like some of the TTD sessions I've seen, but only the ones where the dress isn't actually really trashed. There are so many places you can donate your dress if you don't want to keep it and it seems wasteful if the dress is actually ruined.
That said, if the dress can be salvaged, I don't see anything wrong with it and if it was cheap, would have considered doing something like this myself.
ETA - One of the places you can donate is to Brides Against Breast Cancer. It's where I bought my dress and I plan on donating it back one of these days.
Post by shananagins on Aug 27, 2012 20:26:58 GMT -5
I did one with some friends and was on the Today Show. A photographer I know was asked to do a segment on TTD shoots for the Today show and posted on FB asking for a group of girls to do a TTD shoot riding 4 wheelers in the mud and be on TV. It was messy and fun! After getting super muddy and jumping in the lake my dress came out perfectly clean. There was a couple there with us who did a paint war shoot that was really cool!! I think her dress did get ruined and it was $$$$$
Here's the clip of the segment. I'm the tallest of the group of 4 girls.