Angel and Neels have had a full run of photos for their wedding, from the engagement photos to their #Anglugs wedding which was a few weeks ago, and today it was their Trash the Dress shoot.

A Trash the Dress shoot is also known as a “Rock the Frock” shoot or a “Cherish the Dress” or “Day After” shoot and because it’s done after the rush of the wedding day, it’s a much more relaxed affair and allows the bride to wear her dress again… and this time it doesn’t really matter if it gets a little grubby in the process. You don’t really literally trash the dress

The second part of their Trash the Dress shoot was done in an old train yard (the first part was in her kitchen with her making cupcakes). Friends of the Rail kindly allowed us to use their Hermanstad station for the shoot, and it was AWESOME! The station was deserted apart from the volunteers who were getting it ready for the Woman’s Day steam train ride happening tomorrow, and they let us have full use of all the facilities, including allowing us to clamber into the old carriages and onto the locomotives

We had a blast!! I can definitely recommend doing a Day After shoot when you get married it’s just so much fun!

Angel and Neels have had a full run of photos for their wedding, from the engagement photos to their #Anglugs wedding which was a few weeks ago, and today it was their Trash the Dress shoot.

A Trash the Dress shoot is also known as a “Rock the Frock” shoot or a “Cherish the Dress” or “Day After” shoot and because it’s done after the rush of the wedding day, it’s a much more relaxed affair and allows the bride to wear her dress again… and this time it doesn’t really matter if it gets a little grubby in the process. You don’t really literally trash the dress

She wanted her shoot split in two, with the first part being done at their home with her, in her dress, making cupcakes (which were absolutely delish!). Which is of course perfect, considering she is the Cupcake Lady after all

Then we left the house (with cupcakes for snacks) to go to the next stop… a railway station

Yesterday, I spent the day at Olive Mystery with a group of photographers.  Olive Mystery is a wedding venue on the outskirts of  Johannesburg, and we were all there for a wedding workshop being run by Deon and Natasha du Preez.  And it was awesome!! We had the most awesome models and the most stunning dresses from  Papilio and Immagika and we spent the day shooting in full sun, and in dark chapels, and in the veld… it was so worth the day off work.  The best part was learning from the master of posing… Natasha!

These images are my favourites out of the hundreds that I took, but there are a few more on an album on my Facebook page too

Venue: Olive Mystery

Dresses:  Papilio and Immagika

I can’t resist posting a few more of the workshop photos I took at Forum Homini.  I’ve been editing more of them, in order to choose my favourites to submit for review by Dror and Andrea, and found more gems in the process.

I also thought I’d show you some shots of the other photogs that were there, because in true blogging style, I had to record other memories from the day, and not just take photos of the gorgeous couple!  They include Lisa,  Ichizu, Kat Forsyth, Stella Sassen, Ursula Tocik, Chanique and Monique

It was actually great having two people for our Newtown Trash the Dress photoshoot with 2 very different styles of dresses, as it allowed me to take very different photos in the same setting.  Here are my favourite photos of Fiona from the afternoon.

This was the closest that we got to having a “groom”

And that’s now the last of the Trash the Dress photos that I’m going to post.  I LOVE doing shoots like this, and hope to do another one really soon!