Karen & Brad | Encore Session

Karen was one of Sarah & Nick's bridesmaids, married just a month later. After seeing their Encore Session, she and Brad had to have one too. We had an incredible time chasing light and getting dirty, just days after they returned from their honeymoon. We even managed to hit the spot where they got engaged.

It's a picture heavy post folks - sorry, I loved too many to edit it down any more.

Nancy & Eric | Encore Session

Yeah, I changed the name again. "Repeat Performance" suggested that something went wrong the first time. At the moment it is an "Encore Session". No matter what you call it, it is a trashing of the dress, light on the trashing this time.



Nancy and Eric bid on an Encore session from me in a charity auction and won, and so two weeks after their wedding, we hit the streets of Racine (my hometown) for some fun in their wedding day duds. Okay, well Eric wore a suit, but he looked great anyway.




Since it was a session won thru an auction, I presented the option to Nancy and Eric of opening it up to other photographers as well. They were game, and so my pals Scott Patrick, Nat Devauer and Mia Stevens joined in on the fun. Having other photographers there obviously changed the way I shot the session. We were all calling out direction to Nancy and Eric at once (well, we took turns), and so there are plenty of set-ups I wouldn't have thought of, or locations I wouldn't have seen normally. It is always fun to stretch outside of the proverbial box. If you want to check out someone else's interpretation, you can see Mia's version here.




Feroche, again:


I hope Nancy gets some of these of her printed up beautifully for Eric as a gift.

Nancy brought these fabulous pink shoes as an alternate choice and we, as photographers, were completely obsessed.
You have never heard a group of people tell a bride "lift up your dress a little so we can see your shoes!" so many times, trust me.




I hope that Hubby and I look this good when we are parents to an 11 year old (which these two are).




Nancy & Eric, you rocked the camera for all of the sessions I had with you. Hope you had fun!

Sara & Nick | Repeat Performance

Still not sure on what to call these sessions.. but for now I'm taking Claire up on "Repeat Performance". I like the idea of the name eluding to it being the last time you wear these clothes, and implying that it comes after the wedding, but I'm just not 100% on anything yet for a final choice on the name.

I love doing these sessions because there is no stress, the couple is still blissfully full of newlywed glow and we get to have a ton of fun. And, yes, the dress does survive just fine. A trip to the cleaners and no one is the wiser.

Sara and Nick rocked their session like no other. Sara was a little nervous about getting her dress dirty - but she got over it pretty fast, much to her credit. And Nick, I am convinced he was a male model in a previous life.

I'm super stoked to share these shots with you. Hold on to your seat, because there are a lot of images coming your way...





My love for this shot is endless:










Sara asked for this one:




Nick showing off his super strength:









There is still plenty of time to get a session like this in for you if you've been considering it. I have a few booked for this fall already, only one of which was one of my brides originally. And yes, you can do it without your groom. And wouldn't it be fun to do it with your bridesmaids and "trash" all the dresses? Now that is a bridesmaid's gift!