Autumn and Trent married one another in Arenal, Costa Rica, a beautiful volcano town with a cooler climate and stunning views and waterfalls. They wanted to take full advantage of the diversity of Costa Rica, and opted to trash the dress in Manuel Antonio later during their honeymoon, so that they could also have beach photos. We did a portrait session which ended with trashing the dress in the ocean.

Trent was a trooper! He was not feeling well at all that morning, but he did his best to make it through the photo shoot as it was their last day in Costa Rica and their last chance to get the beach photos they longed for. We took it easy during the session, and tried to focus more on Autumn to keep Trent feeling as good as possible.

Photography: Madison Baltodano Photography
Location: Manuel Antonio Beach
Wedding Planner: Blue Butterfly Costa Rica

The morning after their wedding day Anja and Matthias trashed the dress on the shores of Manuel Antonio. I love trash the dress sessions because by this time the couple is normally a bit more comfortable in front of the camera, and all wedding day stress has melted away and they can just be themselves. With Anja and Matthias it was no different, they were care free and had a ton of fun getting down and dirty at the beach.

The couple started with just a few portraits on the beach before dipping their toes in the water.

I am such a sucker for romantic, intimate, sexy photos, and this one just hit the nail on the head. It was the last photo of the morning and it was a great photo to end on.

The day after Christina and Dustin said "I do" we met up at the beach to trash Christina's beautiful dress. One of the things that I love about doing trash the dress sessions in the ocean is that the dress is normally completely salvageable afterwards.

The morning after Anra and Ryan tied the knot they met me at the beach for a fun trash the dress session, I love the contrast of the sunset photos to morning photos. Blue skies and blue water, so beautiful!

Leyla and Marvin trashed the dress one early morning a few days after their wedding day. It was high tide at the beach at Villa Caletas, which means the water comes all the way up to the stone bank that is built there. Because of this I had to be in the water to take pictures...which led to my camera getting wet when a bigger wave splashed up against my legs. I was freaking out a little bit inside, but trying to keep my cool as a few buttons stopped working on the camera. All I wanted to do was get back to the hotel and stick the camera in a bag of rice as quickly as possible. As I was trying to get Leyla and Marvin back to the hotel, Leyla asked if we could take one more at the beach with Marvin holding her. I couldn't say no and just prayed that my camera would be okay. I am so glad we took the photo because it turned out to be my favorite photo from the session. Simply romantic. 

After the beach we headed back up to the hotel to take some underwater photos in the pool. Leyla asked me months earlier if I could do it, and I told her I never had but was eager to try something new. It was a great learning experience and I am excited to experiment with it more!

I can just imagine the shriek coming out of Julie at this exact moment as the cool ocean waters of Guanacaste crash over her and her beautiful wedding dress. It takes some guts to do a trash the dress session, but I think it is totally worth it and so much fun!

The trash the dress session also provided us some time to get additional portraits around the grounds of the property, without the stress and time pressure during the wedding day.

Ida and Mike trashed the dress the morning after their wedding day. Ida wore a second dress as her wedding dress was just to gorgeous to get all sandy. Mike decided to go for a more casual look as well. 

One thing I wanted to say about Ida, that I forgot to put in the wedding day write-up, is just how excited she was. She was so sweet and bubbly and just EXCITED! She was excited to get married to the man she loved, but even more excited that all of their friends and family were there together to enjoy each others company and enjoy Costa Rica. She made it so easy for everyone to have a good time because her excitement was contagious. 

Chantelle and Richard got down and dirty the day after their wedding at Villa Sol. I love how much fun these two had during this trash the dress session.

Photography: Yours Truly
Location: Playa Hermosa

Gloria and Andrew were married a few months ago in Orlando, Florida. They didn't have a big wedding, and really didn't get any wedding photos, so on their honeymoon in Costa Rica they decided to do just that. They are a fun couple (in case Gloria's purple hair wasn't a dead giveaway) so they decided to do a trash the dress session which was a little bit more their style.

Photographer: Yours Truly
Location: Manuel Antonio Beach

Charlotte and Wouter decided to do a trash the dress session the day after their wedding. We started the session off with some more portraits of the couple, taking a path from the hotel front desk to the beach and stopping along the way.

Photographer: Your truly
Location: Playa Langosta