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Gretchen’s Trash the Dress | Little 5 Points and Centennial Olympic Park | July 27, 2011

mprosser — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:14:42 +0000

You may remember Gretchen from her wedding earlier this year. She is a dear friend of mine, and is a makeup artist (who has assisted me several times as well. This girl knows how to style and help out!) She really wanted to do something fun and different for her trash the dress. Since we are kind of far away from swimming in the ocean, I suggested we do some fun stuff in Little 5 Points, then go really trash the dress at the fountains in Centennial Olympic Park. WOW. We had SO MUCH FUN! And, to prove Gretchen’s makeup skills, it was still flawless even after getting soaked! Contact Gretchen Zarett for all your wedding day needs!

Victoria’s Secret new Angel is in…You can’t make a shot like this up! Love this dude’s expression, and how they are almost holding hands as she walks by.
A hamburger and beer? Yes please!GORGEOUS! This little cutie wanted to see her wedding ring. How precious!Still looking hot!The dress definitely got trashed. It was soaked, and tattered. Luckily Gretchen had three slips on underneath!

Trash the dress…. just do it

mprosser — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:09:45 +0000

I’m too excited to wait until I sort through all these images from tonight… Had an amazing trash the dress session with a past bride/friend/makeup artist of mine at Centennial Olympic Park. OMG. More people need to do this! It’s just a dress y’all! Way to go Gretchen Zarrett! You rocked it girl!

Stephani & Jason’s Wedding | Be Live Grand Marien, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic | June 10, 2011

mprosser — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:27:26 +0000

I was lucky enough to get to travel to Punta Puerta, Dominican Republic for the wedding of Stephani and Jason Holbrook! Katrina and I stayed at the Be live Grand Marien with the couple and their super intimate guest list of 22 people. We all stayed on the resort for about four days and really got to be included in the family for our stay. It was so much fun! This blog post may read a bit different from most. We started the ceremony around 2, then immediately after the ceremony we took some portraits on the beach, in town, then ran into the ocean to trash the dress! We all then had a few hours break, then went to dinner and danced in the sand into the night. It was a long day, but so much fun for all! Thanks for having us celebrate with you guys!

Stephani’s sister did her hairIt had rained all week while we were there, then God decided to bring out the sun for their day!Gotta love the beach onlookersGood luck riceLocal children were hanging out on the far end of the beach, they were so sweet!Quick jaunt into town.Don’t think Stephani likes pineapple….BAM!Sexy!!!Two favorite images from the dayLet’s party!This is the whole crew minus myself and Katrina. It was a blast to get to know all of you! See the slideshow below for more fun!

Lindsay & Cody, the stables | Brasstown Valley Resort | June 5, 2011

mprosser — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:50:39 +0000

WOW. This was a photographers dream. Hot couple, free reign of the property, horses, cowboy boots, ropes, too much! Darryl from The Stables was nothing more than accommodating for us showing up unannounced to do a photo shoot in the stables and around the property. They were actually helping us get props, move horses, go in top of the barn, whatever we wanted! If you want to do some horseback riding in the mountains, I would highly recommend checking this place out! Thunder was our horse of choice. He took to the couple extremely well, and we all fell in love with his gentle soul. Doing a day after session is such a great idea. I’m so glad Lindsay and Cody asked us to do so. No pressure or timeline, just capturing some great moments of you and your new spouse! What is better than that?

Beautiful hair and makeup by Gretchen ZarettSuch amazing smiles!Great shots Curtis!Romance novel? Daryl is the man! Thanks for being such a great host!

August 29, 2009 | Beth & Kyle’s Wedding in Athens, GA

mprosser — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:25:45 +0000

This wedding has been a long time coming! I have known Beth and Kyle for some time now (Beth is my sister’s best friend). We have all just been waiting for the day that these two would tie the knot! It was a no brainer when they got engaged that I’d be their photographer. I even helped in some of the pre-wedding festivities like choosing a wedding gown. I’m very proud that I was the one to pick Beth’s dress out!

There were SO many people that I knew at this wedding. My whole family was involved in some part of it, and Jaime & Matt that I had photographed earlier this summer were there as well! Needless to say, we all had a great time!

So, without further ado, here are a few of my favorites. I’m sure you’ll see many familiar faces on this post. As always, you can see more at the SLIDESHOW.

My sister getting her hair done by my father

Beth getting her hair did.

All the girls

I did a good job picking out Beth's dress. Maybe that should be my side gig.

Beth's hanky was actually the baby bonnet worn by Kyle when he left the hospital!

Beth's high school trumpet ensemble

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Cutest Flower girls EVER!

Even my lil nephew Quin was in the ceremony!

Quin and TC My mom was designated baby spotter.

I love the entrance to the Day Chapel.

What's up Kyle?

Beth's Dad surprised her by having Hairy Dog be a guest at the reception!

Jeff Otwell from Brushfire serenaded the guests at dinner.

My favorite photo

Athens at Night.

Remember Jaime and Matt?

My sister, the little straight laced girl suggested we do this!

Peace out guys!

Probably one of my favorite photos. Ever...

Sorry for the overwhelming amount of photos in this entry, but it’s always hard to choose favorites when your friends and family are in ALL the photos! Thanks again to Brian for helping me out. Many best wishes to Beth & Kyle! I love y’all!

July 2, 2009 | Sacheen’s Trash the Dress

mprosser — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:00:08 +0000

I can’t even tell you how excited I am to share these photos with you. I have always been a fan of the Trash the Dress movement (just google it if you’ve never heard) but it is RARE that I get requests to do just that. Well, Sacheen was ECTATIC to trash her dress! I think we did almost everything we could do the gown except set it on fire (John Michael Cooper I am not)

Here are a few of my favorites. Please check out the SLIDESHOW to see more! Thanks Sacheen for being such an awesome model and doing all these crazy things! Especially sitting in that mucky nasty water!

I have so many bug bites from this blasted grass! I'm sure she does too!

I love this one. She reminds me of a Spanish Senorita.

This water was utterly disgusting. I'm so glad she was up for sitting in it!

My favorite

Even her son got in on the fun!

A very messy bride

I love her expression here

Dirty Reuben!

So when I say "trash the dress", we really did mean it!

Trash can closed, photoshoot finished!

What fun this was! BIG thanks goes to my FATHER for helping with the lighting on this shoot. I couldn’t have done it without you!