Trash the Dress, Part 2

Park Day, July 11

It was so nice to spend our second day of Trashing the Dresses in the shade! We picked the always beautiful Centennial Park (and the surrounding area) as our location to finish up our big weekend. Even though the weather was warm, we kept nicely tucked under the trees for most of the day and made it through with some more amazing photos! Special thanks to the lovely Tracy Park at Park Place Floral for being our "park day sponsor". Love the bouquets, she's amazing.

First off, we met up with Sara, one of Misty's brides, and a friend of both of ours from back in our GVSU Photography days! Sara is another photographer who got married last summer and decided to spend a few hours with us in Holland. We wandered around the park for a bit and then did some much more "gritty" brick poses in an alley across the street. They turned out great!

^Love the peonies from Park Place Floral!

^Misty dubbed Sara our "rockstar" bride... see why?

^LOVE these two of Sara! She's a natural.

Next, we met another of Misty's former brides, Melanie, who got married at the beginning of this year. It was great that she came because we got to give her some photos of her in her dress outside that getting married in the winter doesn't allow. Melanie has the "diva look" going on, and she was totally rocking the feathered bouquet from Park Place Floral! We also found a great sculpture at the local library and an awesome marqui outside a theater where the pretty veil by Eileen's Design's Etc. and the wind finally decided to work together. Special thanks to Melanie's new hubby who came out to help us carry around all our thing!

^Melanie is all glam. And workin' it!

^Melanie is the only one that the veil and the wind worked together

with, although I think Misty was helping here.

Last, but definitely not least, was the beautiful Liz! A friend of mine from college, although I didn't shoot her wedding last summer, was happy to come model her pretty dress for us. She brought along her husband, Bryan, who in turn brought a nice outfit and got into the photos as well. It was a nice change to the dynamic of the day, and we got some lovely shots of the two of them. Being that these two were pretty much up for anything, they were all for hopping in the fountain outside of the Macatawa Bank and splashing around for us. The perfect end to the perfect photo weekend!

^Yay! Our first husband model, thanks Bryan.

^A very serious shot is great in black and white.

^I love this bouquet by Tracy, but it made Misty sneeze!

^I learned about this alley when the photographers of my friend's wedding shot the bridal party here. I've been dying to use it myself for the past year. Finally!

^Probably one of my favorites!

Next year, Misty and I would like to session like this. We're thinking we'll get a hair stylist, make-up artist, and a hotel room for one night. If you have any suggestions or are interested, let me know.