Trash your Dress Sam :) – or not . . .

Trashing your dress after your wedding day has become a new phenomenon here in Canada but has been in the United States for a few years. The idea is that you are going to be with your husband forever and why pay so much money on a dress that you’ll never wear again? Although it is certainly a fun session and one that is definite to create some memorable photos – it is not for everyone nor for every dress. I take a bit of a different approach to it – so I call it mess the dress, which basically is a nicer version. It means you can go swimming and do all the crazy stuff if you want to but it’s more about doing something you love or going to a beautiful location and taking more photos – but on a day when you are more relaxed. So when talking to my assistant Samantha about this she shyly asked if I would take some of these photos of her and then said that she wouldn’t be any good but that it would be nice to get some more photos of her for her husband. Well Samantha is extremely humble and modest in my opinion because she was amazing and we got some really killer shots – take a look

Slideshow of recent shoot

Hey one and all so here’s the first real post – my website is live! wohoooo and among all the other new and funky programs and equipment I have bought in the last little while – I got showitfasts web slideshow program and I have to say I love it! Check out a recent slideshow done for a client getting married in May – these are the engagement photos and the bride loved the slideshow – I have a good feeling about this program…. click here to view the slideshow. In other news I also did a couples portrait session with Jimmy and Brianne – Jimmy is a friend of my brother’s and is practically a member of the family at this point – so he came with his girlfriend Brianne to the botanical gardens (wearing the sweater my mom gave him for Christmas one year) and we got some really fun shots! On a side note Amanda Lachapelle Photography will be happy to welcome Brianne in January when she will start with us as a co-op student! Check out a few photos from the day