Trash the Dress beach style | Myrtle Beach SC| wedding photographer

For me there is nothing better than a beach Trash the Dress Session. Having been born and raised in Surfside Beach, SC it is where I feel the most peace. Molly and I are both in the wedding industry. I photograph weddings and she makes custom cakes, cupcakes, and the best cake pops Tartlette treats.  I was really saddened to hear Molly say she didnt feel pretty on her wedding day. Apparently the wedding dress has a long story behind it, a not so good story, so long story short is Erin, Molly's friend won my FB Trash the Dress contest and Molly loved the pictures so she decided she wanted to turn a negative into a positive. Molly wanted to feel beautiful in the gown she were on her wedding day and trusted me to make that happen.

The planning that went into this was deciding on hair, make-up, and any props. Big thanks to Molly for letting me choose the hairstyle and the make-up. I knew I wanted the photographs to be a little edgy with some sex appeal, so I told Molly I wanted her to braid her hair wet and let it dry. Having done my 9 yr old daughters hair like it I knew the result  would be crimpy and stringy. For her make-up I knew I wanted a lot of black eyeliner and a very dark lipstick. Let me give you some insight on what this will do for some photos. By going with a very dark lipstick when you turn the image to Black and white the lips will really pop if you go with a light colored lipstick the lips will blend in nicely with the face, making it less edgy. The hair was done by me, Molly and Deshield, who by the way was a great help to Molly and myself during the shoot. Make-up was done by Molly herself, way to rock it girl.

We were going to start photographing around 4:30 but man ole man was it raining, so we took our time getting ready, had a couple cocktails, and then decided to venture out and within 5 minutes the sun was out and then 10 minutes later there was a rainbow over the ocean, I mean really?  2 days in a row I had been blessed with the presence of a rainbow over the ocean, thank you God! I hope you enjoy the trash the dress pictures and I hope you find one particular picture to be a work of art :-) View Molly's post here about the trash the dress

 

 

Wedding Photography in Raleigh NC

The photography of Eryn and Dustin's wedding was photographed in Raleigh,NC. I have to say this is one couple that I really enjoyed working with through out the year. Eryn lives out of town so we did the everything by phone and email and met for the first time at their engagement portrait session. We hit it off right away. They trusted me to just do my thing and I immediately realized they were going to be fun to work with.

Eryn wanted her getting ready photographed so I arrived at the time the make-up artist was to start on Eryn.  Lindsay Morse owner of  Made-up was the fabulous make-up artist for the bride and a couple of other people in the wedding. I have worked with Lindsay a lot and I must say she does fantastic wedding make-up. She is also on my preferred vendor's list. Once the make-up was done and Eryn got dressed we got into the limo and headed over to the church.

I loved the architecture of the church, but didn't like not being able to be in the sanctuary during the ceremony. Thank goodness there were glass doors to shoot through, still it would have been nice to hear what everyone was laughing about. The photography of the wedding ceremony turned out great. Once they exited the church we went back in to photograph the family formal portraits and then finished out side with the bridal party.

The reception was a blast. Why wouldn't it be DJ Marcus with Morse Entertainment was rocking the house. Morse Entertainment is also a preferred vendor of mine. I love working with them, their music is not too loud, and let me tell you I have been to some weddings where I wish I had ear plugs b/c the music was too loud to hear yourself talk. So if you are looking for a great wedding DJ, I highly recommend Morse Entertainment. I think the reception pictures speak for themselves, a good time was had by all :-)