A big trend lately have been the day-after photo sessions (aka trash the dress) where the bride and groom will take fun/crazy photos after the wedding day. There are a couple great reasons to consider doing a day-after session with your photographer. 1) It eases the stress of having to get as many photos of the both of you on the wedding day. 2) Great way to get some totally fun, artistic photos of you and your hubby in a unique location other than your wedding venue.

My husband and I decided to take day after photos after being inspired by the fab Jessica Claire’s “We Did” photos! I emailed my photographer to get his thoughts on it and he was very excited to try something different. We ended up taking our photos at Ocean Beach, Chrissy Field, and Embarcadero area in San Francisco. It was cool because we were able to get the beach look, the Golden Gate area, and the city shots….all a completely different look from our wedding venue. It was sooo fun to dress back up in our wedding attire and go romping around SF to take photos, without the constraints of time or worrying if my dress would get dirty. (hence the term Trash the Dress!)

So does your dress actually get trashed? I guess that depends on how wild you get! My dress was a bit dirty…but nothing that a little cleaning didn’t solve. After you get your dress cleaned, you can store it in your closet or donate it to a charity like Brides Against Breast Cancer.

Inspired yet? Below is a photo from my day-after shoot with HyStudio!