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I'm just curious what the majority view is on this issue. While I do understand that a bride is allowed to do anything she wants with the dress she paid for, I dont really understand the point of TTD photo shoots. I've heard them described as being fun, and artistic, although there are many fun and artistic ways to take pics in a wedding dress that don't destroy the dress. Brides who dont have anything to do with their dress after the wedding, can donate it to brides against breast cancer or other charities that would gladly take them in.
How do you feel about TTD?
@mandy83ala: TTD is trash the dress.
@bells: I love it when other brides do it, but for me, I think it is a waste of a perfectly good dress. I would rather sell my gown than trash it. And for those that purchase a different dress to TTD, I think the money could be spent better elsewhere.
i would love to do it but it is a lot of money and i already spent a lot of money on our photographer! we had a fantastic day and were able to take some time to take some shots while soooort of in the ocean.. so we had the look without doing a full TTD. i love photography and had a ton of fun with our photographers so i know we would have a blast with it. we will see, if i feel inspired! in the mean time i really want to sell my dress with the proceeds going to breast cancer. i'm walking in the Avon Walk and am committed to $1800.
I think the water ones are ok...beach, river, lake etc. I may consider that....
I am not a fan of the dirt, mud, paint, whatever TTD sessions. No way jose! :P
*shrugs* They are fun photos. I wouldn't do it. It's very wasteful.
I think some of the ones I've seen have been really awesome, but it's not something I would ever do. I know some brides get a cheap second dress to do it, but to me that makes even less sense because it's not the dress you were married in and really has no significance. If that's what some brides want to do, it's their choice, but I just choose not to.
I see no problem with it but I'm not sure if its something that I'll do. When we originally got engaged and were planning on getting married in Bermuda, the photographer that we were considering posted a number of pictures of past TTD sessions. The pictures are A-MAZ-ING and it totally made me want to do it. If we would have ended up getting married in Bermuda, I would have done a TTD session in a heartbeat since my dress would have been much simpler (and cheaper).
When the TTD is done in a classy way, I really like it. If its just something stupid then I don't really see the point (but to each their own).
All photos courtesy of Amanda Temple Photography
I would've loved to have done it! But I wasn't going to shell out extra money for more pics. I know a lot of people complain about a dirty dress but you can always get it cleaned; if you're donating your dress a lot of charities will still take them assuming the dress isn't covered in paint or something unwashable.
I personally love my dress way too much to deliberately harm it, but I can see why some brides do it. My sister got married three years ago, and her dress is still in the closet at my parents' house. I'm going to preserve mine, I think, but if you're just going to leave it in a closet, you might as well. I know you can donate them, but I know my sister is stuck between not wanting to get rid of it and not wanting to commit to keeping it. I kind of rambled, but basically, I wouldn't do it, but I also wouldn't judge anyone for doing it.
I voted "I think it's pointless and will not do it" However, for those that have reasons, and really want it-- I will not judge. That's just how I feel personally about it.
the word trash is a bit extreme trash is an american word for rubbish or to vandalize something in the uk so there for your rubbishing your dress doesnt sound right does it really. like a lot of people have said it all depends on you if you want to do it then do it if you dont then dont no1 should be forced into anything. how often is a dress actually trashed? alot of times its fun different & can create some memories. most dresses are cleaned stored or donated or sold afterwards anyway so whats the big deal? its all upto the bride really
Thanks for all the feedback ladies. and to chantelle, the cost of the cleaning a wedding dress that has been "trashed" can sometimes be very xpensive and not worth it
I'm jumping in the water after our wedding. I was considering getting a cheap knockoff so I don't ruin mine, but the consultant at the shop I bought the dress from told me she got in the water with her dress and didn't have any issues cleaning it afterward - plus, mine is chiffon, so it's more breathable anyway. I say, do whatcha want!
We didn't do this... but if we were married on a beach, I would have totally wanted to take some pictures in the water! I love the water/beach pictures I've seen around here and on other sites.
My opinion on this is a bit ... extreme. I think that the kind of trash the dress photos I usually see are pointless. If the dress can be cleaned and preserved afterward, it's not really "trashed." Those photos with the bride and groom in their wedding attire in a pool look more like a baptism to me than a trash the dress session. I'm all for the paint and fire and total destruction variety, however.
It's not something I would want to do and I don't understand the desire, but for those who like it, why not? I just wouldn't want to ruin my dress!
I never trashed anything that I paid a lot of money for, so I don't see a reason to start now.
Even if I wanted to do this, I didn't have a dress to trash. Some day, my wedding outfit will wind up in the good will bin or the garbage because it'll get worn out since I still wear it. I chose an outfit (a skirt and top, both timeless, classic pieces) from my closet for my wedding day. They will wear out before they go out of style and I still wear both pieces!
I think most people don't actually "trash" the dress. Most dresses are perfectly fine after and can still be given to charity, etc. There are some exceptions however that do go all out and trash their dress.
I am doing one because I am having a beach wedding and absoloutely love the pictures in the water. If I was getting married at home I probably wouldn't bother.
I have seen some great photos and they sound like a lot of fun but I don't think I could ever convince myself to do that to my dress. I like my dress too much and plus, I already decided I wanted to keep my dress so I could make a christening gown out of it for my daughter. That and the expense of having a TTD. I can't afford another photo session and the additional cost of cleaning the dress other than normal wear and tear from my wedding day. I will continue to be jealous of people who do it though. :)
I like the ones at the beach and I like the ones where it is outdoorsy. I actually may do this with some of my girlfriends, we will all be getting married in 2012 so we may go to a park with our dresses and sit under trees etc. I don't like the ones where the girls actually destroy the dress because I think that they could have donated that to a less fortunate girl.
Since I have a very inexpensive dress I love the idea. (but probably wont do it). I could not do it if I spend a lot on my dress.
I do however think it makes the coolest pictures.
I love seeing cool pictures of TTD sessions but I personally would not do it to my lovely dress. I feel like it would be disrespectful to the dress and to my mom, who bought it for me. I'd rather keep it forever or sell it and take my mom out to dinner with the money.
I love seeing pix of them. I would probably do it if I was having a destination wedding and could afford a 2nd set of pix. But I can see why some consider it friviolous
I love the artistic ones and plan to do some. I have a seperate dress for them as I didn't want to harm my pretty dress. My mom is an art photographer so that makes it free, and the dress I got for it was only $99. Well worth it for such little cost.
I actually encountered someone in a Burn ICU at a hospital who had gotten burns on a significant portion of her body due to a TTD shoot gone wrong. She had worked with a pyrotechnic whiz from LA (worked on movie sets and was very experienced) to actually start the dress on fire and take pictures, and it went wrong. Very sad story. It just furthered my thought that TTD shots are not for me. Why ruin something you paid a lot of money for? The photos just seem self-indulgent to me...you already got engagement pics and wedding pics, do you really need more pics of yourself? I'd rather donate or sell my dress if I wanted to get rid of it, or save the money to get some pro pics of me and my new hubby for Christmas cards.
I am not going to do it. I already will have my bridal portraits done prior, and I don't see a reason for another photo session.
I'm planning to do a TTD next summer, but not the kind where you burn the dress in an oil bin at the end. More on the beach/in the water/rolling down a dune, stuff like that. It's just for fun, I doubt we'll even get any prints from it, just the digitals.
IMO, it's one more chance to do a professional photo shoot, which is something I had never even considered doing before we got engaged. I have struggled with low self esteem for a long time, and am not "beautiful" in the traditional sense of the word, so seeing photos that our professional photographer took, and actually LOVING how I look in them - as opposed to hating almost every snapshot ever taken of myself - has been something of a confidence booster in my life. I like the idea of getting to do another session like that, and TTD is one chance for it.
Maybe that's ridiculous of me, whatever, but it's my money and my dress, haha. I don't think it's for everyone, and there's no way I'd do it if I had bought a more expensive dress.
My dress only cost $175 to begin with, and paying to have it drycleaned would be more than it's worth. I do hope to have it cleaned post TTD and then I'm going to make a Christmas tree skirt out of the skirt so I can have that happy memory every Christmas season :)
I did it on the beach and I love the pictures. I didn't trash it...it's totally fine just wrinkled because it got wet. In fact the only harm done to the dress was done on my actual wedding when some lace got caught on something. For me, I'm not doing anything with my dress. I'm not passing it down, I'm not using it for something else, so why not get some cool photos in it?
@daydreamwanderer: Your answer... all of it, might have convinced me to think about doing a TTD shoot. :) Thanks!
I think it's fine, I just don't know what I would do with the pictures...I'm already struggling with feeling weird about hanging wedding pictures up on our walls!
@hilsy85:If you're making a wedding album you can include the pictures in that.
@lightburnsblue: holy cow! That's horrible! There's photoshop filters for that effect!
I have a very picky love for TTD. I prefer the term "Fearless" and like to see it more of a, let's rock out your personality in your dress... because now we don't have to keep it pristine. If it's just a person aimlessly rolling in water/floating/look how shocking I'm being... eh... not a fan. But when you get a bride up on nasty fire escapes, on a skateboard, with her husband ice skating, boating, doing something that is very much... THEM without the fear of the dress... that to me is when you get the pictures that you will actually want to frame.
When you do bridals you're VERY concerned about your dress. There's not a lot of movement, extra care has to be taken in grass, on ground, before you sit, etc... After the wedding you can have as much fun as you want!
I like TTD photos and i plan on doing it after our ceremony. I don't think TTD necessarily means that you have to ruin the dress, but it allows you to take nice pictures without being afraid of the dress getting ripped, wet or dirty, for example while walking on the beach, lying in the sand or whatever.
However i have seen many TTD photos that i do not like. No offense to anyone, but rubbing dirt on the dress or just standing in a pool is not my taste, and honestly i do not see any sense in that. In my opinion TTD photos should be taken by a good photographer and look artistic somehow, everything else is just blah. They should also reflect the personality of the bride or couple, e.g. a photo of Bride and Groom jumping into a pool can look great if it they are fun-loving and crazy people, or it can simply look stupid.
My dress was cheap, but i probably would never even think of doing a TTD shoot with an expensive dress. But for me TTD is a good opportunity to get some great photos of me and FI instead of engagement pics.
My hubs and I got married a couple of months ago in MX on the beach and we did a TTD w/our photog. It was definately one of the best decisions I made re: the whole wedding. We had a blast doing it and those pics are by far my favorite!! After having my dress altered to fit my 4'9" frame, no way I could sell it, donate it, pass it down unless it was a child bride lol :) I would much rather have the once in a lifetime experience with my new husband than put more emphasis on a 'dress'. Don't get me wrong, I love my dress, but what's it gonna do besides lay in a box under the bed or in the closet? After all the $ I shelled out for alterations, I wanted to make sure I got my $$ worth out of that dress!! The whole TTD experience and our pics are priceless to me :) And btw, my dress isnt' trashed in the least-she is perfectly fine :) To each his own though....I will never regret doing ours :)
I think in my dress, a wave would suck me in and I would drown...so I'll keep my pretty dress and live! heeh! =]
I like when others do it! The only way I would do it is if I could buy a cheap one or something as a "filler" lol!
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