Trash the Dress Sumner! | Sumner & Orting Anniversary Portraits

I was so excited that Mr & Mrs S were available for this very special Trash the Dress session!  They used to live in the area and have had little dates at one of these great local haunts.  They also are approaching their 10 year wedding anniversary and are also celebrating a weight loss.  So many great reasons to celebrate and indulge in a fantastic photo shoot!

Our approach was to set up a story of a first meeting, a little date and a visual progression of the relationship but with all the intensity and passion that they've gained and learned over 10 years.

 

 

 

Mr S & Mrs S - may your marriage continue to be richly blessed, as we have already seen!

 

 

 

Local locations kind enough let us shoot there!
Kristi's Country Store, Sumner, WA
KC's Caboose, Sumner, WA
Orting Bakery, Orting, WA



For more information on Trash the Dress and other ways to celebrate anniversaries and milestones please contact me through email (info@ndrobbs.com) or leave a comment here!
Thank you!

Trashing a Dress | Sumner and Orting Wedding Photographer

If you've followed me for a while, you've heard and probably seen a few examples of a Trash The Dress photo session.  But if you're a new fan, this may be a completely new concept so I thought I'd take a few minutes this morning to explain what we are doing.

 

Trash the Dress is a very fun portrait session (although it's more like an adventure session!) for a couple that is already married or is about to be married. 

 

We usually start out not with water and ocean waves, but somewhere more simple but interesting and colorful.  For the next few we were in Seattle and had found this great red loading dock.  It is so bright it sets off the simplicity of the black and white perfectly!

 

 

I like to have fun and get silly as well as incorporate some glamour when we can. 

 

For this young lady, she wanted a view of her hometown in a park where she had played as a little girl.  Now grown and having moved away many years ago, revisiting this location was not just about the photo opportunities but it was a moment for her.

 

 

Slowly, we get dirtier and dirtier.  This location had a very fine dust-like dirt.  It wasn't anything to be concerned about in the long run, since we are not trying to stay clean!

 

 

 

 

After we've had enough of the unusual and perhaps slightly dirty locations, we go for some water.  This is my favorite part!  The dress gets "clean" and we get amazing images.  This one below captured the intensity of the waves as we tried to decide how deep was safe.

 

 

Safety is a huge concern for me.  I want to photograph the fun part of a wedding dress floating, but I never want my friends and clients to be in danger.  For almost every session that had us in the water, we never went beyond knee deep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

None of these dresses were ruined, each one was easily cleaned and put away as each lady found fit.

 

All of these images are from 2009 and I am so excited to begin again tomorrow morning! 

Mr. & Mrs. S have been married 10 years.  There is such a different kind of passion among couples who reach milestones like this and I can't wait to see it!

 

For more information about engagement, wedding or anniversary portraits please leave a comment here or email me at info@ndrobbs.com.

 

Thank you!

 

 

Help me pick a new header photo! | Graham Wedding and Family Portraits

Hey friends!

I have decided it is time to  update the header photo here on the blog.  I love this photo, still even 3 years after it was taken.  But I want to update a little and freshen up this space.  I won't be changing the background because I adore this blue & black damask pattern!

I'd love to have your help picking what to put at the top here. 

My criteria for a new photo are:

1) needs to evoke a strong emotion

2) needs to be simple in color

3) needs to communicate my focus on relationships

4) needs to connect with my fans

5) needs to be easily identified

Here are some of my picks:

So what do you think?  If you'd like to let me know, please leave a comment here or on FB, where I'll be posting these same options.

I'd love to hear from you!

Model Call Out! | Puyallup Area Trash the Dress

Do you love these images?

Do you want to help me out by modeling a few dresses?

Do you fit into your dress, or close to it?

Are you anywhere near a (normal) dress size 4x 6 or 8?

Are you ready to give your wedding dress one last fling before having it cleaned & sealed away for posternity?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, we need to talk!

I currently have 3 dresses that are in need of an adventurous young lady to model.  I am also looking for adventurous couples who would like to celebrate their relationship with this truly unique experience.

To be eligible for modeling please email me your age, contact information, approximate dress size and a current picture.  Models under 18 will be required to have a parent or guardian's permission.

To get more information on a Trash the Dress session as a couple, please email me your name and contact information and a little story on your life as a couple!