pardon another contest interruption, but yummy images are involved. 

last weekend, my favorite red-headed photographer friend extraordinaire, michelle ross of under grace photography, organized a little fashion shoot, a.k.a. "trash the dress."  about a dozen crazy photographers descended upon the city and wreaked havoc.  not really.  there were a dozen of us, but we didn't really wreak havoc, though at times, we did draw a large crowd.

we started off at the world's fair pavilion in forest park and then moved to the beautiful concordia seminary and finally settled in the central west end.

keep in mind the dress doesn't always get trashed.  it's sometimes a bit of a misnomer.   it's a time to go out for an edgy fashion shoot after your wedding when you're no longer worried about keeping your gown spotless.

thanks to beth and griffin for being such knock-out models.  usually photographers don't like being on the other side of the camera, but beth was amazing.  so natural, so comfortable.

these cats have been blessed with great weather x2- first for their early february wedding with 60 degrees and sunshine and second for their after session friday afternoon.

liz and rob, thanks for doing everything i asked!  you guys rocked out!

i dig after shoots (a.k.a. trash the dress minus the "trashing").  they rock.  we started at turtle park and then moved on to the graffiti wall and our top secret north side locations.

UPDATE:  thanks, rob, for reminding me about the pimp car!  how could i forget to mention that????  as we were driving up our secret, undisclosed street, we saw this shiny, candy apple red pimpness with two equally pimp guys sitting in it.  we kept driving toward the gas station.  when we passed back by, it was still there.  i slowed down and almost stopped in the middle of the road as i tried to get a feel for whether or not liz and rob would be up for stopping.  and THEY WERE!  i parked the car, got out and walked over.  i was almost swallowed up by a pot cloud, but i mentioned that i had a crazy question.  i am a wedding photographer...we love your car...can we take a few pictures...you sure can.  WOOHOO!  the car owner congratulated liz and rob and then the two men just disappeared while we shot a few frames.  you'll have to view the slideshow for the results.

i've been eying this abandoned gas station for a long, long while.  i was thrilled to finally make use of it!

each nook and cranny of this warehouse brought another ooooooooooooohhhhhhhh, omg, i LOVE this.

and their fabulous slideshow!

Labels: BentonParkPhotographyCo, GraffitiWall, NorthStLouis, StLouisWeddingPhotographers, TrashtheDress, TurtlePark

you may remember emily and dennis from their beautiful backyard october wedding.  well, adam and i had the fantabulous pleasure of photographing their day after session yesterday and it was yummylicious. 

sometimes i just get flat out giddy when i stumble upon a photographer's playground of sorts--an urban landscape, it seemed, created just for us!  each series of steps visually juicier than the previous.

as always, scroll down through a few favorites and check out the slideshow.  emily and dennis, you guys rock!  thanks for being up for everything!

Labels: BentonParkPhotographyCo, DayAfter, EmilyAndDennis, slideshows, StLouisWeddingPhotographers