socal shootout: trash the dress

This part of the Shootout was really fun. By the time we were done, the dress wasn't exactly TRASHED, but she did get down and dirty for us photographers. Literally, laying down in the dirt. And climbing trees, and running through fields barefoot, and sitting in scratchy bushes. Lindsey was a trooper. I didn't get a chance to even see the other models because I was having too much fun with her!

These aren't necessarily my favorites, but shows a little range of all the types of poses we did. To see a few more pics, please check out my Facebook album!






Here are some of what the other models & photographers did - so cool!
(Arts and Crafts, Channeling Picasso, The Little Mermaid, Appetite for Destruction, Let Them Eat Cake)

socal shootout

On Tuesday I was lucky enough to attend an event in Orange County called the SoCal Photog Shootout. Every couple of months, talented photographers Hanssie Trainor and Matt Saville arrange it so that a bunch of photographers get to meet up and shoot photos. This month's event was held at the Bella Collina golf course in San Clemente. What a beautiful location! After we signed in and mingled for awhile, we split up into groups and took a model around the grounds to shoot photos and trash wedding dresses! I was in Sarah Chen's group shooting Earth, Wind & Fire with our H.O.T. model, Lindsey. She totally rocked!

It was seriously a lot of fun. You get a chance to learn from other photographers and show off your own chops. Not to mention network and get to know lots of people from the area. I definitely give props to Hanssie and Matt to arrange such a cool event that benefits photographers so much. I know for me, it gave some much needed practice and was very thrilling to see what my bridal-type shots looked like (since I haven't done any wedding photography yet). I am hoping to attend many more of these events and continue learning!

Here is the first batch of bridal portraits with the adorable Tiffany and Micah. I'll post some dress-trashing tomorrow!






A special thanks to all the vendors who made the SoCal Shootout possible:

Jay's Catering
Mary Lallande, Venue Concierge
Bella Collina Golf Course
Kimberly Bragalone, Makeup Artist
Kacee Geoffroy, Makeup Artist
Bows-n-Berries Hairpieces
Jay Jensen Florals
Avery J. Productions
The Models: Lindsey Addie, Stevie Marshalek, Joseph Sandoval, Tiffany Amber, Micah Hansen, Chelsea Ravitch, Shannon Bratton, Megan Bibbo (a lot of them are on Facebook)
The Group Leaders: Cean One, Sara France, Greg Bumatay, Sarah K. Chen, Matthew Saville, Chris Diset
Joe Photo, Speaker

bridals!

These are what I'm working on right now... Pretty sweet, eh? I'll explain more when I get some further editing done, but so far I'm loving these! Many more to come...