This was not only a special shoot because we were trashing an actual wedding dress but the bride was our fellow photographer, Sarah, and her husband, Sam. The trashing weapon of choice-paint. I’ll admit while editing this session I was particularly inspired by the paint, blank canvas, and thought of unique creations. I did something a bit different with the images below. I always treat each photograph as a piece of art but tend to find a particular “look” I like with most of the images and tie a whole shoot together. Well, I’m not sure if it was the paint that inspired me or the memory of something Sarah had said while we we photographing her (she and her husband planned on framing the dress and hanging it to display in the house) but I treated each photo from this session completely as it’s own canvas and processed them each individually without regard to how I had edited the previous photo. It took a bit longer than normal but I really like the result.

Also, with this post I’m trying out a new image display and watermark. I think the result is a step up, with cleaner lines, larger images, and a more simplistic representation of the company name. I’ll be using “P.S.” for some creative branding in the future so stay tuned for that.

This next shoot, with Andrea and Lucas, featured some food products. Specifically of the ketchup and mustard variety, and I’m not going to lie, this session had one downside. Ketchup and mustard in large quantities smells REALLY bad. At one point the breeze blew in just the right direction, sweeping mass smells of stink into the majority of the photographers nostrils who were unfortunate enough to be standing down wind. I was one of those photographers. We all took a gasp of air and let out a harmonious “ewww…”. We weren’t the ones even covered in the condiments and for a second lost our composure.

So, Andrea and Lucas, thank you from the bottom of my heart for smelling like that and still managing to look that amazing.

We started with some “clean” shots. These two weren’t afraid to get a little kissy and it turned out great.

Hotness…

Seriously? Love these shoes!




Ok, can we say canvas? Really big canvas! My fav from this shoot…

Then it was time to get messy.


I’m thinking about using this one for a promo card… or is it a bit too Hitchcock-esque?

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