Ok, so when Kim told me she wanted to take part in my post-session offerings, she didn’t want to necessarily TRASH her dress, I told her not to worry, brought a towel and we were all good! If you remember their wedding then you know that we were kind of rained out on the day of! We had plans to go to downtown Long Grove and take advantage of all the neat areas and shops, but the weather had other plans. All in all it worked out in the end! Kim contacted me and said she and Mike really wanted pictures still in Long Grove in wedding attire, so Kim got back in the dress, convinced Mike with some coffee and there we were! Thankfully on the early November day, it was warmer than it was in October! Who knew!? Kim and Mike are the type of couple I love to photograph, they just act themselves and don’t need much direction, and well, just generally FUN! Their wedding turned into one of my new shiny sample albums (of course I’ll post when they come in!!)

So without further ado, some post-wedding photos!

At some point in this one, they realized I was laying on the ground. Seriously. Laying on the ground. I apparently scared a lot of Long Grove by doing this as well!

We found a local park and Kim was in.

nothing like carrying your bride, or maybe stealing??

love.

and finally this one:

It was great photographing your engagement session, wedding and now trash the dress!!

Kara

I’m on a roll today huh? (I still have a wedding and an engagement to put up today on the blog!!) I decided to do this trash the dress in downtown Naperville and it was like going back home (I lived in Naperville for a little over 5 years!) I knew all the nooks and crannies of the riverwalk where we did this trash the dress! Kaitlin was being stared at a lot for walking around in her wedding dress and me following photographing her. I’m sure she felt like a model!

love.

Kaitlin then changed into a short white dress to get wet in! She didn’t want to hurt her wedding dress too much but I hold it wouldn’t have hurt it at all!

there’s nothing like a good water fight!

Ah how I love to see wedding dresses get dirty! I hope you enjoyed them all Kaitlin!

Kara
kara@karaschultz.com

Lauren participated in my Trash-the-Dress-Palooza event and I’m finallly getting around to uploading and editing these! She’s been super patient because I’ve been so busy! I just love trash the dresses! I wanted to edit it sooner but still had so much that was going on all the time! Sometimes I call it a post-session because some people don’t want to fully get crazy with their wedding dresses.

Kara
kara@karaschultz.com

Me and Jenn met up at Redfield Estates, we got eaten by mosquitoes, we laid in the grass, we got scared by some sort of very scary beetle that attached itself to her dress (which I so very courageously removed…ok, so I panicked…), got visited by a raccoon and some bunnies! Needless to say, we had a lot of fun and laughed too!

Who doesn’t love some shots with her big-girl-car!

I love doing trash the dress sessions! Even if I didn’t shoot your wedding! They’re just so much fun to me and I get to try a lot of new things that I normally don’t have time for during the wedding day or I really can’t ask you to lay on the ground, well, I could, but you probably wouldn’t oblige! My brides, let me know what you’re comfortable with on your day, blankets and sweaters can be sat on!

Until next time!
Kar

It turned out to be a much better fall day than expected on Saturday when I went out to do Tracey and Brian’s engagement pictures! It was pretty calm and the perfect Fall weather for that day! Enjoy:

There was lots of laughing!

I love fall colors:

We added on a family session after the engagement pictures! It was fun, but challenging with 2 little ones

I call this one: ok, now everyone look away from the camera!

How do you get a kid to smile?

Let him cover his younger brother in leaves!!

Hope you enjoyed!

Kara

I spent a cold and windy day with Marisa and Tim in Milwaukee, they’re friends of Michelle (see other trash the dress below) and loved her pictures and wanted some for themselves! I was delighted and they were troopers! Marisa even wanted to get in the freezing Lake Michigan water! So enjoy!

Ok, so I couldn’t just pick a few…there’s tons more good ones too!!  Hope you enjoyed!

Kar

The website is up!

www.karaschultz.com

So Amanda and Kevin wanted a lot of fall colors in their TTD and they chose the PERFECT venue for it!  It was a tad bit cold but warmed up quickly, it was a bit slick in the forest but no one fell and my camera did not fall either, which was my BIG worry!    But we had a good time and even escaped a parking ticket!

My favorite:

We headed to a local park to do some regular pictures for christmas cards (hint, hint, I’m available for these!)

Don’t worry Amanda, I have normal ones, but I couldn’t resist!!

Until next time!!

Kar

(and the website is almost done…look for a post next week…)

So I got to go up to Milwaukee and hang out with Michelle and Josh and take their Trash the Dress pictures. I had some great models And a ton of fun! Josh even got into the water when he didn’t know there was going to be water! Beware: these pictures are edgy edgy edgy and I love them! See for yourself!

We started out with some more traditional photos down at Miller Park, they’re HUGE Brewers fans!

We then headed down to the 3rd Ward for some great city shots!

Then onto the beach for some more romantic shots

Hope you enjoyed them as much as I do! (coming up next, more engagement pictures…)

Kar