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We noticed that comments are still being posted to this old website. We want to make sure everyone is aware that Trash the Dress has moved to www.trashthedress.com. Please update your RSS feeds to http://www.flosites.com/ttd/rss/feed.xml.

Thanks!

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Our member list includes:

North America (US and Canada)

Alabama

Jessica Messer

Gresham Photography

Alberta, Canada

Fuller Edge (Chad and Erin Fuller)

Unique Images Photography

Shannon Pratt

Infinite Images

Perspective Eye

Arizona

Sergio

Pangburn Photography

Sloan Photographers

Sierra Blanco

Purple Nickel Studio

Kimberly Jarman

Erin Michelle

Arkansas

The Hudsons

British Columbia (Canada)

CJ Scott

Chris + Lynn

John Heil

Bebb Studios

Through the Lens Photography

d’Soleil Studios

Rick Collins Photography

California (Northern)

Ed Pingol

Jen and Chris Stewart

Tinywater Photography

Keith Simonian

Lydell Photo

Denise Neufeld

Regas Chefas

Memory Journalists

Kate Harrison

Scott Andrew

FC Wong

California (Southern)

Ed Atrero

Ohana (David ad Kim Baxter)

Luna Photography

Curt Apanovich

Greg Bumatay

Candice Cunningham

Hybrid-Photography

Photography by Charise (Charis Proctor)

Frazier Photography

KLK Photography

Elle G

The Image is Found

Mathieu Photography

Amelia Lyon

Henry Chen

Melissa McClure

Jason Q Tran

Eight 20 Photography

Natalie Moser

Katy Regnier

Colorado

Paige Elizabeth

A Photo Opportunity

Art and Soul

Jennifer Schumacher

L’amour de Vie

Autumn Burke

James Christianson

Andy and Angie Wood

Andrew and Jessica Photographers

Connecticut

RE Photo Design

Autumn Photography

Studio Foto

Carla Ten Eyck

JAG Studios

Robin Dini

Eric Foley

Val McCormick

Carley Photography

Tina Parsadanov

Robert Norman

Seshu Photography

Studio 1923

Raw Photo Design

Creative Image Collections

Nikki Nicole

Florida (North)

Agnes Lopez

Scarlett Lillian

Paul Johnson

La Dolce Vita Studio

Kara Pennington

Courtney Craver

Mary Beth Tyson

Rae Leytham Photography

Inga Finch

Meg Baisden Photography

Florida (Central)

Tim Co

J & E Images

Stephen Dohring

Kenzie Shores

Matt & Krystal Radlinski – The k Gallery

DL Weddings

Mandy and Me Studio

Studio 222 Photography

Sargeant Studios

Karla Fountain

Audrey Snow

Florida (South)

Studio Julie

Carlos Baez

Astrid and Rene

Riccis Valladares

The Wedding Couple

Cordele Photography

Studio by Carmen

Georgia

W Scott Chester

Our Labor of Love

Alea Moore

David Christensen

Donna Von Bruening

Harwell Photography

Dan & Anne Almasy

Blue world Studios

Hawaii

Sara Wall

Illinois

S1 Weddings

Amanda Hein

Life On Prints

Imaginative Studios

YazyJo Photography

Olivia Leigh Photographie

Monica Z Photography

Misha Media

Laura Meyer Photography

Jeremy Lawson Photography

Indiana

bobbi + mike

Maya Laurent

Chad Franz

Turtle Pond Photography

Line 11

Kiera Photo

Meyer Photography

Lady and the Lens

Kansas

Jason Domingues

Kentucky

Kathy Puckett

Melanie Mauer

Louisiana

Jason Cohen

Kelly Moore Clark

Mark Eric

Studio Tran

EauClaire Photographics

Robin Depaula

Katherine Tolentino

Dawn Earles

Kim Ashford (AK Studio)

Kevin Beasley

Jennifer Robison

Maine

Andree Kehn

Jennifer Stone

Manitoba, Canada

Kamp Photography

Maryland

Mark Gardner

Kimberly Brooke

Meaghan Elliott

Mary Kate McKenna

Massachusetts

Anne Ruthmann

Krista Photo

Teya Rutherford

Grazier Photography

Earl Christie

Channing Johnson

David Murray Weddings

Sarah Bastille

Jamison Wexler

Kate Rose

The Feds Studio

Lexi Photography

KCK Photography

Michigan

Parker Photographic

Nicole Ladonne

The Shooting Gallery

Daniel Pesta

Jessica Johnston

West Park Photography

Jonathan Thrasher

JK Photography

Abby Rose

Ben Harrison

Ksenija Savic

Lotus Photographic

Kelly Sweet

Amy Carroll Photography

A Girl in Love Photography

Minnesota

Erin Johnson

Verna Pitts

Flom Designs

Tim Larsen

Mississippi

Adam and Allison Hudson

Allison Rodgers

Missouri

Jason Domingues

CMAX Photography

Hawes Photography

Heather Cole

Turner Creative

Tyler Wirken

Nebraska

Geoff Johnson

Melenbacker Photography

Nevada

Studio ATG

Alt F

Suzy Min

Johnstone Studios

New Hampshire

Gwyneth Colleen

New Jersey

Steven Tackeff

Kella MacPhee

Neil van Niekerk

Onada Photography

New York

Jason Groupp

Sarah Smith

Erik Ekroth

Ulysses Photography

Aga Images

Turn Loose the Art

Joe Rumore

Yun Yang

Tim Ryan Smith

North Carolina

A Moment In Time Photography

Robin Lin

Shane Snider

Cheyenne Schultz

Regina Holder

Katy Cook

Make Love Real

Corey Cagle

Millie Holloman

Always Autumn

Ohio

Corey Ann

Maer Studio

openField photography.

Andrew Jordan

Shutter Love

Melissarudick Photography

Ontario

Rowell Photography

Mike Dickson (photos for life)

Isis Photography

Calla Evans Photography

Oregon

Jessica Watson

Pennsylvania

Leslie Gilbert

Laura Eaton

Kimberly Reed

Your Timeless Photos

Ryan Estes

Ash Imagery

Nicole Polk

Sofia Negron

Joy Moody

Puerto Rico

Noel Del Pilar

Rhode Island

Stacey Doyle

Merge Weddings

Jennifer Leatherwood

Saskatchewan (Canada)

Red Leaf Studios

South Carolina

Amy Wood

Lisa Carpenter

Socialite Studios

South Dakota

Shalista

Tennessee

McLellan Studio

Innamorata

Holritz Photography

Evan Baines

Chris and Adrienne Scott, Photographers

Texas East (Houston Area)

Suzy Min

Christine Tremoulet

TriCoast

Kelly Niemann

Decca Photography

Studio 979

Texas North (Dallas Area)

Lynn Michelle

Josh Rodriguez

Perez Photography

Table 4 Photography

Poser : Image

Bludoor Studios

Aves Photographic Design

Brooke Schwab

Fred Egan

Luke Edmonson

Texas West / SouthWest

Jennifer Nichols

Shannon Cunningham

Stacy Reeves

Sarah Q

Anahi Weddings

Bonnie Berry

Utah

Dustin Izatt

Jonathan Canlas Photography

Davina Fear

Virginia

Ever After Visuals

Lara Swanson

Heather Z

A Britton Photography

Don Mears

Mike Topham

Scott Hayne Photography

Laura Kay

Washington

Tana Huffman

Gerald and Airika Pope

Kate McElwee

Mode Photography

Coleen Donovan

Yvonne Wong

Ross James

Sarah Rhoads

Jennifer Wohrle

Mindcastle

In a Frame Photography

Washington DC

Jennifer Chase

Eleven Hearts

Mary Kate McKenna

Wisconsin

Ardent Photography

Studio Noveau

Life is Art

Areas outside of North America

Asia

Metro Photography

Mango Red

Cyprus

Amorphia Photography

Greece

Orasis Photography

Mexico

Lunadoble Fotografia

Important Notice! We are trashing this website!- Please read. January 26, 2008

The time for this website has come to and end. Up until now, TTD has been hosted at www.trashthedress.wordpress.com (a simple wordpress blog). Over the next few weeks, we will be moving to our new and permanent domain, www.trashthedress.com. From now on, you will only be able to access new TTD postings by going to www.trashthedress.com. The wordpress blog will no longer be active (although all current posts will remain)- so please update your bookmarks and rss feeds.

If you are an e-mail subscriber, your subscribtion should be automatically updated. If you are an RSS subscriber, you will need to subscribe to the new feed, http://trashthedress.com/rss/feed.xml

For photographers on our referral listing, you should have received an e-mail from us. If not, we need a logo, and paragraph about your business to add you to our new and improved referral listing. You’re going to love it! If you are a photographer wishing to be added to the referral list, please use the “Sign Up” tab on the new site.

Thanks to Flosites for doing an amazing job on our new site.

Congrats to our own Denise Neufeld, Published! January 25, 2008

Denise has been huge supporter of ours since we launched this blog in late 2005. In fact, it was Denise who helped spread the word to other photographers about our new site. I originally invited members of one of my favorite photography forums- www.opensourcephoto.com by David Jay, to submit their TTD sessions for this fun little project. All I ever really expected was to get a few hits, and have lots of fun showing off our amazing brides. Denise saw the site as something much bigger. She took the initiative to spread the word on another forum that I’ve since joined- and love, www.digitalweddingforum.com. The photographers on these two forums loved the concept, and have supported the website whole heartedly. (We still urge any photographer to become a member of these two forums, they are both tremendous assets to help you learn, grow, and remain creative).

Photographers on another forum (which we won’t name) said that they could never see “their” brides doing this, and shut down the thread without hesitation.
We’ve received our share of criticism from the photography community for our light hearted way of showing Brides that the day belongs to them, and they should enjoy it. Our point was simple- if they get a spot on their dress, it’s ok! We urge brides not to be so uptight about getting the dress dirty that they become a statue during the wedding. Have fun, – take the time to actually enjoy it. And if they want to take it further by “trashing” the dress, we will certainly have fun and get some great pictures while doing it. Our goal never was to destroy wedding dresses, only to create great art for our clients. When the focus of a Trash the Dress session is on the dress- it’s for the wrong reasons. The focus should always be on creating artwork that the Bride will be proud of.

Denise, thanks for your insight and willingness to see that Bride’s truly are looking for more creative photography- and that this was the perfect platform to introduce those brides to some of the most creative photographers in the industry, you being one of them. Congratulations on being published in Wedding Inside Out this month. The pictures are gorgeous as usual, and we are very proud of you.

Salton Sea- more amazing Brides (and photography) January 25, 2008

Contributed by jonilyn

Contributed by Studio512

Contributed by Alyssa Lang of Hybrid-Photography (Alyssa also runs ours sister site for Seniors, www.letsgettrashed.com)

Contributed by Nely Photo

Contributed by Ohana Photography

Contributed by Govinda Jaya

A nice picture of Ed Pingol, taken by Louis Palos

Contributed by Alex Tharmin

Contributed by our own Denise Neufeld

Contributed by Kadie Pangburn

Contributed by http://regaschefas.com/

Down Under with Infinity Studios January 25, 2008

Contributed by Infinity Studios

New Contest- Sepia! January 24, 2008

We are launching a new contest for professional photographers. Send us your favorite Sepia Image (no more than one per photographer). We only have 2 rules for this contest.

1. It must be Sepia- not black and white, not color.
2. It must be wedding related.

Other than that, it’s open. It doesn’t have to be a recent image. We don’t care if it is a traditional shot, a photo journalistic shot, or a creative set up shot. Be YOURSELF, we want to see what the artist in you loves to capture, (or even create). Winners will be judged by our readers.

Send all images sized 550 long to mark@trashthedress.com. Please refrain from putting logos and branding on the picture, we want to give everyone an equal chance of winning. The winner will receive a full profile interview on Trash the Dress.com.

Submission Deadline – 1/31/2008.

We are also looking for Sepia Photoshop actions and Lightroom presets to make available to all of our readers. If you have created a Sepia action or preset that would like to give away, please send us a link. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

More from the Salton Sea Trash Bash from Ed Pingol January 24, 2008

We will be adding other submissions throughout the next few weeks.

Contributed by Ed Pingol

Photographers- Make plans for Image X in New Orleans, you don’t want to miss this! January 24, 2008

Image X ’08 is a “hands on” workshop and classroom experience bringing together 10 of the world’s leading wedding and event photographers into one of the world’s most charming and unique cities – New Orleans.
Workshops and general sessions will be held at the Omni Royal Orleans – right in the heart of the historic French Quarter.
Registration fee includes 2 all day workshops – 3 night stay at the Omni Royal Orleans plus a spectacular offsite event where you will experience a very unique social event where you will be introduced to the essence of New Orleans – food, music and Mardi Gras.
Class sizes are limited so sign up now to ensure you get your favorite instructors! Have fun and learn at the same time!!!

Image X will take place from October 6th – 8th, 2008.

Learn from:

Cherie Steinberg

Gene Higa

Jeff and Julia Woods

Julia Bailey

Victor Sizemore

John Michael Cooper *The Godfather of Trash the Dress*

Joe Photo

Chenin Boutwell *Check out Chenin’s interview on www.dontboxusin.com

Jessica Claire

Parker J Pfister

For more details, visit the Image X website at www.imagexworkshop.com.

Brides and Grooms (past and present) please take a minute to complete our survey January 23, 2008

Your input will be valuable feedback for the wedding photography and videography industries. We would appreciate your time. Please send the link to other couples you know, post it on your blog, and post it on the bridal forums that you frequent. We are looking forward to what you have to say.

Thanks!

Click here for the bridal survey

Photographers- please take a minute to complete our survey. January 22, 2008

If you are a visual artist in the wedding industry, please take a minute to complete our survey regarding the formation of a new organization for those who love to capture, as well as create. We appreciate your time. Thanks

Click here to participate in the survey