Trash the dress is a fantastic and innovative way to create more beautiful images with your wedding attire.

Are you looking to Trash the Dress? Then you have come to the right place.

Andy Warhol has always been one of my key inspirations ““The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”

Common “Rock the Frock” Objections…

  1. “What a disgusting waste of a dress!”

    say many old fashioned ladies.. Well I have news for you.. In over 300 weddings that I have photographed or filmed, I have only ever had ONE bride wear her mothers dress.. She completely chopped it up and redesigned it beautifully, so had her mother used the dress in a Trash the Dress session, this would not have been an issue. 

    Most wedding dresses end up sitting in a box in a closet, taking up valuable real estate space in your home. They turn yellow, even unsold dresses in Bridal Stores turn yellow after a few months if the stock isn’t moved. The dresses also often involve tulle and lace, which are both magnets for moths. Long story short, if you’ve ever gotten your mothers wedding gown out of the closet, I’m sure you found a bit of a disappointment. I remember wanting to use my mothers veil from 1965… and 40 years later not much of it came out of the closet.. it was ridden with moth holes and completely eaten.

  2. “Why would I trash an expensive dress?”

    As you can see, I’ve shot a lot of Trash the Dress photoshoots, and I’ve actually only ever had one bride trash her actual wedding dress. The bride in question had lost around 100lb (50kg) by her 1 year wedding anniversary, and was really unhappy with her wedding day pictures (that were not taken by me). She found me online while looking for a trash the dress photographer, and booked me for their one year anniversary. They had their toddler son squirt liquid paint on them from squeezy bottles.

    Another Bride Tara (Pictured below underwater) had purchased 3 wedding gowns as she kept changing her mind. The first one she bought, ended up being her least favorite, and that was used for the trash the dress session the day after the wedding. Another bride looked at $50 sale gowns on racks for her Trash the Dress gown, and another had an unfortunate Chinese eBay experience while wedding gown shopping, and she used that dress to trash.

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Best TTD Shoot Atlanta
Trash the Dress with Wet Paint
My all time Favorite Paint Trash Photo
a behind the scenes look at Sky during Trash
Behind the scenes
Spa Photographs inspired by Andy Warhol
Underwater Spa
Underwater Trash the Dress Photographs
Underwater Submersion –
TTD Atlanta
Powder Paint Photos
TTD with powdered Paint
Sky on the job during a trash shoot
Behind the scenes
Underwater Photography
Underwater Submersion of the Bride and Groom – A Romantic Interlude
Published underwater photos
Published
Bride and Groom on Motorbike
Jeremy + Shante rode his motorbike on the wedding day
Paint with powder
Powder Paint
Underwater Spa kissing
Spa Trash the Dress
Spa photos
Underwater Atlanta Trash the Dress
This one reminds me of an album cover and I LOVE it.
TTD Atlanta

Brave Brides Swim in their Wedding Gowns

This phenomenon has been popular since approximately 2007, although it apparently originated in the late 90s. I remember my friend Chris who (like me) was a photographer and videographer, had a Trash shoot at an old abandoned prison with a bride with a live snake. I thought it sounded amazing, therefore when another photographer named Steve invited me to come along to one of his Trash the Dress shoots as a videographer I said yes.

Funnily enough I’ve still got the video (I think it’s on my youtube) however a LOT has changed in my video style since 2008.

Brides do not need to destroy their real gowns.

Women have so many option to choose from. Between goodwill thrifting, eBay $100 Chinese wedding gowns, or second hand ball gowns. The most popular styles of TTD Photography are frequently either paint or water. Originally the first photographer who really made TTD shoots famous photographed the bride in the wedding gown with her dress burning.. Considering that I think I’d prefer to stick to water and paint. Besides this, it’s also common for the bride and groom to go to some dirty locations and roll around in mud.

With that in mind, it seems that my couples have always opted for the water or paint approaches. My portfolio contains plenty more TTD images to add to this page. I’ve had brides zip-line in paint, and fight with silly string. My favorite images are usually the ones around water.

Honestly I wish that every wedding would add a post wedding day Trash the Dress shoot to their package.

Spa photography

TTD Atlanta
Romantic artistic shoot
A romantic moment on the pavement
Graffiti portraits
Getting into the street photography, down and dirty on the pavement
Powdered paint toss
Powdered Paint
Painting with liquid paint
Liquid Paint
Published underwater shoot
Published again, Online TTD Atlanta
Skaters with bride and groom
Atlanta Trash the Dress
Street Cred – Atlanta
Laundrymat wedding photography
Getting into the Washing Machines –
TTD Atlanta
Spa bride and groom Atlanta trash the dress
Underwater Spa
with Atlanta Photographer Sky Simone
Underwater bride and groom
Atlanta
A Dance of Romance
Rock the Frock Atlanta

Many times these post wedding day artistic portrait shoots create a more unique image. Additionally this can be a more unique expression of your love, being equally unique. How fantastic to look back upon these images in 20, or even 40 years time and know that you dared to be different.

For the bride who wants to stand out from the crowd,

and express herself in a truly unique way, this is for you. For the fearless bride who likes to wow people, this is for you. For the bride who loves to swim, or be covered in paint, this is for you. Any other ideas you have that I haven’t already demonstrated? Mud, or being buried in sand, are options that I’m willing to explore as your photographer. I hope that moving forward this style of shoot gains more momentum. It’s such an amazing way to create captivating images.

If you would like to book a Trash the Dress photoshoot in Atlanta please Contact Sky.