Destin Wedding Photographer – Trash The Dress | Natalie & Randy

So, if you’ve checked the blog recently (Hello, Blogstalkers ), then you’ve seen Natalie & Randy’s awesome destination wedding at Tops’l in Destin!  They are such a fun couple, and when we met Natalie knew right away she wanted to do a Trash The Dress Session.  Now, most couples coming in from out of town are dead set on the beach… and as it turns out – it was a good thing they didn’t have their heart set on the beach.  Because… well…. it RAINED and POURED… I mean it rained CATS AND DOGS!  BUCKETS of rain.  It was TOUGH.  But – it was amazing and awesome and fantastic & is totally deserving of it’s very own blog post seperate from the beautiful destination beach wedding!

Now, since we were trashing a dress… well a little rain never hurt anyone, and it sure doesn’t stop me!  In fact, it got me pretty excited!

Also as it turns out, that morning I was also hosting one of my monthly photography classes.  I had initially planned to just cut out of the class in time for the shoot, but thought… now that’s not fair… why not invite them along?!   So I cleared it with Natalie, and they were totally cool with a few folks tagging along!

So first… here’s what the day looked like:

And yes, these are pretty extreme conditions.  Although I have actually shot in the rain once before, it wasn’t raining this badly.  In fact, this was down a little dirt road that I was actually a little worried we would get stuck on if we stayed too long.  So this was a QUICK session – and although I must say the light is BEAUTIFUL while it’s raining, but it did have a few spells where it got REALLY dark REALLY quickly… and there were NO opportunities really for me to pull back from the camera to check shots & adjust my exposure, so I was working on pure gut feeling lol (thank god for shooting raw, although I was way closer to being spot on than I thought I would have been).

And here we are, getting rained on, trying to hide under umbrellas to keep our camera gear dry:

And now… what you’ve ALL been waiting for… the highly anticipated sneak peek of Natalie & Randy Trashing the Dress, complete with the bride’s daughter Carly who was also the Flower Girl (so really its a Trash The Dress & The Groom & The Flower Girl session!).

I loooove love love love love this picture.

Another of my favorites from the session:

I couldn’t help but catch this… this is too cute:

And I tell you what, was this probably not one of the MOST fun days this little girl has ever had, not to mention an UNFORGETTABLE moment, jumping in mud puddles… with her mom… in their wedding clothes! lol  I bet she told ALL her friends how she got to play in the rain, and jump in mud puddles!

And of course, this is one post that cannot go without a slideshow  So here we are, complete with very appropriate music lol.

Natalie & Randy Trash The Dress! from Bella Vita Photography on Vimeo.