Trash the Dress Session - Desirea and Taj

I've been drooling over photos of TTD (Trash the Dress) sessions on their website, and other photographer's websites, for a while now. I put out the word to my recent brides to see if any of them were up for it, but all of them had already cleaned their dress.

So, good 'ol Craigslist got a response right away...Desirea contacted me a couple weeks before her wedding, and was very excited about the idea.

This weekend I met up with Desirea and Taj at the Santa Barbara mission, and after a few warmup photos to get them used to the camera, they quickly got into the fun spirit of this type of photo shoot. We all had a blast, and got some great photos!

Here are a few of my favorites:

Lili and Jason, Santa Barbara courthouse

I sooo enjoyed photographing this wedding! Gorgeous and sweet couple, in one of my favorite places in town, the Santa Barbara Courthouse. Check out the pics, you'll see why I like it so much...so many great photo ops!

Thanks Lili and Jason!


View a slideshow of some highlights here:

Sandra and Dale's Album

I worked with Sandra several years ago, and by total coincidence, she contacted me about wedding photography...SB is such a small town, we say here that there is only ONE degree of separation!

I was very excited when they chose me to be their wedding photographer. It was a beautiful wedding, and the ceremony was at one of my favorite places in Santa Barbara, the courthouse. The reception was at the SB Yacht club, right on the water...a truly spectacular day!

Sandra and Dale have a baby girl that is keeping them busy, but they finally got a chance to sit down and pick their favorite photos for their album. I'm actually glad they waited, because I just got some new album design software that I'm loving! Check out Sandra and Dale's Album