Melissa McClure Blog » trash the dress http://melissamcclure.net San Diego Wedding Photographer Tue, 15 May 2012 22:53:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 David and Suzie – The Day Before session! http://melissamcclure.net/2011/02/06/david-and-suzie-the-day-before-session/ http://melissamcclure.net/2011/02/06/david-and-suzie-the-day-before-session/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:06:48 +0000 Melissa McClure http://melissamcclure.net/?p=6658 Suzie and David decided on a destination wedding this past September and brought their friends and family out from South Dakota for the celebration!  I’ll be posting their gorgeous Hotel Del wedding this week.  But first, we met a few days prior to their wedding for a fun trash the dress session. They loved the idea when we met for the first time in my studio so Suzie found a cute 2nd dress and we had a blast!  I must admit, they were awesome troopers because it was super chilly and overcast the day we shot these!!

]]> http://melissamcclure.net/2011/02/06/david-and-suzie-the-day-before-session/feed/ 3 Elisa and Ryan – One Year After Session http://melissamcclure.net/2009/10/31/elisa-and-ryan-one-year-after-session/ http://melissamcclure.net/2009/10/31/elisa-and-ryan-one-year-after-session/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:15 +0000 Melissa McClure http://melissamcclure.net/?p=3179 For their one year anniversary, Elisa and Ryan hired me to take some fun portraits of them – with Elisa in her wedding dress!  Sometimes these sessions are known as Trash the Dress shoots, but we didn’t even come close to trashing her dress!  We were still respectful of her dress (her mom will be happy to hear!) but got some awesome photos for them to hang on their walls!

They spent their anniversary weekend at Jamul Haven, a little Bed and Breakfast in East County where they spent their Wedding night!

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Elisa is a good friend of mine – and I love it when my friends laugh, it warms my heart.

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Ryan is so gentle and sweet to her

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One thing they love to do – picnic!

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Since the one year is the Paper Anniversary, Ryan made this flower for Elisa!

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And since they didn’t have a cake smash at their actual wedding…they reenacted the feeding with their year old wedding cake (I tried it – it wasn’t bad!)

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Elisa and Ryan – Congrats on the first year of wedded bliss, here’s to many many more!

xoxo, M

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J&J were married this past November and although I was not their wedding photographer, I was so honored to be able to shoot some awesome portraits for them!

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H-O-T!

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Wilson Creek has a brand new building they use for weddings and it is phenomenal!  If you are planning a wedding in Temecula, go check them out!

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The grapes/leaves aren’t blooming this time of year, but we couldn’t leave without a visit to the vines!

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We jumped back in the car and headed south to Escondido to catch the last of the light!

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Meow!  Jennie’s makeup was done by the fabulous Meghan Tyson (email me for her info!)

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Thanks you two for being such great models! You two know how to work it!

xoxo, M

 

PS Shout out to my good friend Christina and her fiance Frank for coming along on this shoot and helping out!

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How exciting is this!  I got notice from my good friend Charise that Gretchen’s Trash the Dress session in Downtown San Diego is featured TrashTheDress.com today!

Head on over there to peek at some awesome photographers that have been featured on there in the past (and feel free to leave a comment there too!)

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Big thanks to the Trash the Dress team!!

XOXO, M

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