Trash The Dress - Brittany

*All images are copyright of Kevin Monahan Photography

We had a blast filming a Trash the Dress session with one of our former Brides, Brittany. We filmed Andrew and Brittany Ramsey's wedding last June in Colorado at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, CO. The couple has since relocated to Boston. Andrew and Brittany flew in from Boston last week and we filmed this last Sunday. We scouted for a location and found a beautiful farm in Mooresville, IN. The farm is owned by Mutt and Joyce Robinson. Their home was featured on HGTV last year. A special thanks to Mutt and Joyce for allowing us to use their property. This was an edgy kind of shoot and I had to laugh as I saw Mutt up on the hill looking down at us while Brittany was in the water with her dress on. Mutt had this bewildered frozen smile and then said; "They sure do things different now".

There are varying opinions about these kind of shoots and I've heard everything from "How Cool" to "Why on earth would someone want to do this?" From the Brides point of view there can be a host of reasons. Some have the opinion that after the wedding, it's going to be tucked away and never be seen for years. Some Brides have said that this is the ultimate committment to her husband in that, there will be no next time. It may be something that she wants to express and for her, this is one way of communicating to her husband and a direct expression of her personality. Some Brides may not have any hidden meaning or expression, they just want to have FUN!

From the artist point of view, Videographer / Photographer you have to push the creativity and to be able to use the environment you are in to enhance your subject and to tell the story. These types of shoots allow the gloves to come off so to speak, for the videographer / Photographer and let the moments and inspirations dictate the flow of the shoot.

This was so much fun. I feel like we came full circle with Brittany. We shot their love story months before the June wedding and then we had the pleasure of filming Andrew and Brittany's wedding, which was a great memory in and of itself. Now here we are nearly one year later having a blast playing in the mud and water. The cows even had a look about them trying to figure things out.

We invited our good friends and photographers, Kevin and Alicia Monahan with Kevin Monahan Photography. They are increadibly talented and they consistently produce stunning imagery. Alicia sent me the very first photo with the torch and I was simply blown away. Thanks Kevin and Alicia for bouncing the creativity around.

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to build a torch and as I planned this shoot there just had to be a torch. It took a little time to build but it turned out very Indiana Jones like.

We had two of our assistants, Steve Moon and Ryan Riggs. Steve was camera backup and managed the fog and fire stuff. Ryan ran the Glidecam all day. Special thanks to Nikki Mecklenburg from LaPosh in Sheridan, IN for doing hair and makeup for Brittany.

Stay tuned for the video we shot. Filmed in High Definition. Also shot some Super8 film. We have a very edgy song that was selected for the video. We have all the footage logged. The first step is to rough cut the footage and then we go through a time intensive color grading process and then fine tune the edit and then complete final color grading. Taking the time to boost colors and getting a nice contrast takes time but it will show in the end product.

We have another Trash the Dress shoot scheduled this summer so be on the lookout for that one as well. We have a few open dates if anyone else is interested in these types of shoots, even if we were not your videographer, let us know and we can meet for a consultation. Just shoot us an e-mail at info@northernlightfilmworks.com or give me a call at 317-605-9177.

Comments welcome.

Live life....Have fun.

-John