| Bride: | Kristina RD |
| Location: | Banff |
| Photography: | Kyla May of K.Mae Photography, Calgary |
| Gown: | Kyla Mae! (read below) |
| Hairstyle: | Kyla Mae! (read below) |
| Makeup: | Kyla Mae! (read below) |
There is a very very interesting story behind this beautiful photograph. We are going to let the shooter, Kyla Mae, tell us how this came to be, exactly:
Kristina originally did her wedding photos with another photographer, a long time ago. But they were not quite happy with the pics, so we did a second, post-wedding, trash-the-dress fun shoot that was more their style (her and her hubby are both construction workers; so we did the non-traditional pics at a construction site!) Since we had pieces of the (trashed!) dress still remaining, we decided to follow up with yet another photo-shoot!
Kristina is so much fun because she is ok with being adventurous. In her spare time she LOVES antiques and scrap booking. For a Trash-the-Dress session, I always offer a gown service - I will recreate a gown or provide them with one if they dont want to use their own. So I designed and constructed a dress that would suit this theme best: I got buttons and pins (embellishments off another dress I had used with her for yet another shoot!) and combined it with the "trashed" one.
I brought it up on the edges to reveal her legs and sexy pumps and made a Beauty and the Beast "Belle" designed draping in the front. And I wanted to make sure she was not cold (Banff; its just a little chilly!). And I wanted to create a rich shoulder design that would be a little different from other dresses you see out there.
So I had this sweater that had a swoop neck and the quarter length sleeves: I cut off the neck, sewed it to the bust area and made a "Frauline" German-kind of style around the neckline. At least that is my best way of doing it. And I made a bow-tail at the back with the rest of the sweater material and a bow out of the satin skirt.
photo (+dress, + hair & makeup): K.Mae Photography, Calgary
I created a bouquet to match. Initially, I added a bush of matching magazine ad-leafs around the base of the bouquet, to create that scrap-booking feel. But afterwards we took it off, because we ended up getting her to throw the bouquet petals in the air.
Her hair, I did as well. The foliage is potted plant flowers because they are so much stronger for pinning and I also provided the jewlery.
I have quite a few people doing Trash-the-Dress shoots and I LOVE it - because I always make Brides happy :) ~ Kyla
Great photographs of real Canadian brides, exemplifying "bridal beauty": style, grace, poise and emotion; a picture-perfect image for a picture-perfect day!