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A couple weeks ago, I posted the final pic of my Trash the Dress session with Jenna, this one with her holding a paintball gun. I felt the picture was wrong, too bright, too colorful, for the concept I had in mind. As I worked through the series of pictures, I went with a much more grungy look at the Paintball location.

You can see the original post here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1307711/0#12476226

Not all the pictures in this series has that grungy look. I didn't really do this with the idea that they were all supposed to have the same editing process. As we went from location to location for the shoot (seven in total, although three were at one park and two were on the same creek just a few hundred feet from each other), I was more interested in finding the best shot for that location.

I had told Jenna at one point in time that we were going to get into a mud pond, and I don't think she quite believed me. But she was a real trooper. By the way, for most of the shots, I wanted more of a tranquil expression from her. For every shot where she's looking like that, I got others of her smiling and having a good time, as I knew Jenna would prefer those. But, largely speaking, this was the look I wanted.

These shots are actually in the order taken throughout the session. Her hair, for example, gets messed up more and more as we go along, and I just really thought that was fitting as we kept moving toward more of a grungy look as the session went on. I didn't fix a single flyaway hair, and have no intention of doing that.

Comments welcome.

1. First shot of the day, obviously not yet in water.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14657820010_8de3027af0_b.jpg

2. First place where she got in water, she wasn't really comfortable yet with it. I brought her husband down for a shot.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3836/14657979867_eca4ff1fed_b.jpg

3. We moved downstream a bit and this water worked out nicely, I thought.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5588/14657876249_785caa9c91_b.jpg

4 color. I usually don't have a problem choosing between B&W and color. My wife likes the color of the water here, but I like the contrast I was able to pull in the B&W conversion.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14657979247_e964e4c26b_b.jpg

4 b&w.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/14658124800_b144f2eda4_b.jpg

5. Same spot, just having some fun.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14844294882_8b6299ee37_b.jpg

6. Now we're at the mosquito-laden mud pond.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5582/14841433611_ef9155e89e_b.jpg

7. We're at the side of a very small creek now, just though this tree trunk would provide a contrasty look to the beauty of the bride, but also an earthy touch to her muddied-up dress. One of the few shots that weren't full body.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3848/14844514015_5af1b5afac_b.jpg

8. This shot is a work-in-progress. We're in a shady area in mid-morning light with the light coming in behind her and to the camera right. So the leaves and foliage are insanely bright green. I tried toning them down but it just came out looking unnatural (which I don't mind in the grunge looks), then thought it would work well in a b&w conversion, but still not happy with the leaves/foliage. They're too muted for me, so I need to keep working on the b&w conversion here. You can tell this shot is more for Jenna than me, as she smiling big time.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3887/14657897598_f37dcbc010_b.jpg

9. Now I'm going a little more grungy and that's why the grass is the color it is on the side. I wanted it muted so the attention goes straight to Jenna in the small creek.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5578/14844513545_1be07f3d44_b.jpg

10. Okay, now we've left the nature scenes and we're at a paintball location.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/14657875039_a07e0fddba_b.jpg

11. As I shot this look, some guys in a neighboring paintball environment looked over to see what they were doing. I thought that really added to the concept of her being shot and killed here.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3840/14864388353_b89a7f4df3_b.jpg

12. Jenna works in education, so this was a must-shot.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3889/14657874369_41efd3a514_b.jpg

13.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/14864387943_1aa1381c7a_b.jpg

14. This was a shot I had in mind. Andrew, her husband, having killed her off.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5588/14841432111_4dc226d109_b.jpg

15. And now, the new version of the final shot of the day. You can click the link above to see my first version of this shot. This one, I wanted way over the top grungy.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14821541566_9da8219f84_b.jpg



Aug 06, 2014 at 11:17 AM
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All are good Ron but for me 1 & 5 are just spectacular!
Great series.
Greg



Aug 06, 2014 at 12:59 PM
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Thanks, Greg. I'm very interested to see which shots resonate with people, so I appreciate your comments about 1 and 5.



Aug 06, 2014 at 01:22 PM
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Nice shots Ron. At first glance on #2 it appears he is grabbing her , then it registered that his hand is on his knee.

-Tony



Aug 06, 2014 at 01:33 PM
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tsilva wrote:
Nice shots Ron. At first glance on #2 it appears he is grabbing her , then it registered that his hand is on his knee.

-Tony


"Groping her" would be the correct term, Tony. Yeah, I saw that and wondered whether it ruined the shot or not. I finally decided to just let it go. It is his wife, after all....



Aug 06, 2014 at 01:43 PM
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1, 3, 6, 10 & 15 for me - sorry to choose so many
thanks for sharing



Aug 06, 2014 at 01:44 PM
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Wonderful set ! I really enjoyed looking through them and I'm sure they will love them too.

#2 - Don't like the yellow sign top left. I'd crop vertically from just left of the steps & horizontally from just below that sign, thereby cropping off all the pillar. Something like a 16:9

#5 - again don't like the purple whatever @ top right intruding. Again a tighter crop 16:9 perhaps.

#12 - again I'd crop off the top right at the bus roof level as the slatted windows are out of place (for me).

#14 - this is the only one which doesn't work for me - I didn't even notice her initially !

Simply love #6 & 7 (she has very arresting eyes !) and #9-12 are all just great !



Aug 06, 2014 at 02:06 PM
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Cute. She really went all out for these! Nice work.


Aug 06, 2014 at 02:49 PM
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These are fun and you did a great job!

I know I'm a traditionalist. I never have understood the "trash the dress" concept. I photographed some weddings where the bride wore the wedding dress passed down to her by her mother.



Aug 06, 2014 at 02:57 PM
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1 & 5 are awesome!! Love the motion, colors, and her expressions. Cool concept with the paintball, although I would've liked to see the husband in his tuxedo/suit and the two of them battling it out


Aug 06, 2014 at 02:58 PM
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Kenneth, thanks! I'm glad you selected so many!

Haseeb, thanks! She was definitely all in on this!

Doug, thanks! I just did a wedding like that myself, no way would that dress end up in a creek or mud pond. But I also get it. In most cases, the dress gets put away and basically never sees the light of day again.

Reese, thanks! Husband had no interest in getting dirty. I did get some shots of him shooting up his wife, and it was pretty comical watching her reaction. "Ow!!!" And then the husband would laugh and shoot again! And the damned paintballs weren't breaking. Hilarious!



Aug 06, 2014 at 04:34 PM
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11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are bomb!!! Great concept and amazing work. Love it


Aug 06, 2014 at 04:40 PM
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Nice!!!! All of them are really really good. Your colours are so friggin gorgeous, I don't know if the B&W add much, but that's just my preference.

#1, 5 and 15 are mind-blowing!

Cheers,
Sean



Aug 06, 2014 at 05:21 PM
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I'm speechless amazing !





Aug 06, 2014 at 11:23 PM
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Fun shoot -- for you and your model. I like the rework on the last shot, Ron. Good stuff!


Aug 07, 2014 at 12:52 AM
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Thanks, Danny, Larry, Sean and Adam! Glad you like that rework, Larry.



Aug 07, 2014 at 07:09 AM
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Many really nice shots/comps in this series. Solid work.


Aug 07, 2014 at 07:42 AM
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All are really good, but 1,5,6,10, and 12 blew me away.
Great work. GREAT!



Aug 07, 2014 at 08:11 AM
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Agree with everyone. This session really worked. And I'm glad you went back and amped the contrast. Success!!


Aug 07, 2014 at 10:36 AM
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Thanks, Rob, Anthony and Steve! Really appreciate the comments!

Steve, another big change was changing the color of that building from this bright teal color to the darker red. That really changed the mood of the shot, I thought.



Aug 07, 2014 at 11:01 AM
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