So it's been over a year since my wedding, and the ladies just posted a few "trash the dress" photos on Facebook (our session was only yesterday!!) and I might just die from excitement. But I should probably back up to where we left off:
To recap, Red Carpet Studios gives you two gals, all day, as many spots as you like, for the day of the wedding. The women are talented and will do their best to capture all angles of your wedding (romantic, fun, wild, endearing, vibrant, etc). And they're fun to be around.
I really really wanted to get the photo books for the parents in time for the holidays so that we could present them in person. Monica worked incredibly hard touching up the photos, presenting me with ideas and options. To the point that we were emailing photos and ideas in the middle night! Every time I got a new batch of photos to look at I was always more impressed and more excited. Thanks to Monica's help (& Monica & Stephanie for taking such great photos) the books turned out great!! (for the sake of full disclosure there was a tiny border issue after printing which Monica had fixed immediately. She was willing to do everything to make our experience & the books perfect, and the border thing wasn't even her fault!) Our parents trotted the books all over America for a good three months showing them to everyone they could. Actually i should check my mother purse, the book might still be in there....
Two thumbs up for the small books, now on to our album. I was supposed to pick maybe 80 photos, I think I narrowed our 800+ photos down to about 200. Otherwise, the book planning process was easy; pick a list of photos, send list to Monica, get a full design back. The design had cover options, lay out options, and what Monica recommended. With only 1 or 2 tweaks we were done with the design and our order was off to Italy. What we got back is the best wedding album I have ever seen. This 14"x10" (rough dimensions) leather bound album with a photo as the cover is fantastic. I don't have to do anything, this beauty shows itself off!! I love flipping through all the old photos. Not only did these ladies take fantastic photos of us they captured the people we love. Some of the best photos that I have of grandfather, may he rest in peace, are from this wedding. He was so vibrant at the wedding, and they really captured that. The wedding album is extraordinary.
Part of the package we got included an engagement shoot, but instead I wanted to do a "trash the dress" session. A session where we get to take photos we might have been afraid to take the day of the wedding / a chance to wear my dress again!! The past year has been kind of crazy and I really appreciate that the girls didn't pressure me into doing the shoot right away. It allowed me to time to prepare for the shoot, save money for flowers, hair & make-up. My first objective was that the shoot had to involve horses (which I do not currently own) and I wasn't comfortable just renting any old pony out. Lucky for us, the girls have a friend who was nice enough to let us use her horse in the photos. The photo shoot was a grand old day sitting/rolling/laying in the grass, and feeding apples to Dollar (the horse). We had a lot of fun and I was looking forward to seeing photos. I am absolutely blown away by the photos they posted today.. I mean, I have always loved their work, but these pictures take my breath away, and I AM IN THEM!!!!! I hope these girls can tolerate me, because when I need amazing photos I know exactly who to call. I definitely think you should call them too :) read more