Well folks my husband and I have hit our 8th year of marriage and to celebrate we created a new farm style wedding album!
Many of my girlfriends from college have started doing “trash the dress” photography sessions. Apparently it is a great way to reuse your beautiful dress, rekindle the romance, and remember your special day. Most of these girls took awesome shots in the ocean or the woods. It sounded like fun, the only problem was I didn’t want ruin my miracle dress in case my girls want to wear it someday.
The reason I call it my miracle dress is because I found this dress on Ebay and won the bid at $130 though it retails at David’s Bridal for around $900. My husband is a photographer, so he decided he would set up his tripod and take our 8th Anniversary celebratory photos on our farm. Amazingly I kept my dress perfectly clean!
My bouquet was created by my sweet girls! They had so much fun gathering these beautiful wild sunflowers from our pastures.
Poor Michael was running back and forth from the tripod wearing himself out, but he was having fun too! He loves photography and he says I am his favorite subject. (He is a Sweet Talker)
The chickens, ducks, and even Annie the pony got in on the anniversary shoot!
Thank you for making me feel like a princess and loving me all these years Michael. You are my rock, my partner in crime, my love. Happy Anniversary Baby!
Love your,
Sara Jo
These turned out so pretty! You have a gorgeous setting there for wedding pictures. I remember us staying up late together to wait on the auction on that dress. So intense! Still looks beautiful! Happy anniversary.
Yes, that was so stressful/exhilarating staying up late hoping to win that bid! Haha what an adventure! I’m kinda sad that there aren’t more pictures of Michael in this photo shoot, but as you know it’s hard being the photographer and the subject! He was running back and forth from his tripod like a chicken with his head cut off 😂😂😂
He did such a good job! I think these turned out better than anything we did for a real wedding.
I really, really like them. Wonderful poses, lighting, romance…. just perfect. I would be surprised if folks started asking him to do wedding again. Haha!
Other than family weddings I think he has decided he doesn’t want to do wedding photography anymore. I think he really enjoyed this shoot because there was no pressure and he felt very comfortable with his “subject” ☺️ Thanks for all your sweet encouragement! I absolutely love my romantic present ❤️
I love this idea! Your husband captured the perfect essence of your love for each other and your love for the farm. The lighting is perfect, the captures are creative & scenic, and all your farm pets cooperated for a lovely album of photographs. Happy anniversary and wishing you a lifetime and beyond of precious times together!
Thank you Sweet girl ❤️ Michael is a great photographer and it was so sweet to get farm-wedding shots for my gift! I definitely had way more fun posing for these pictures than the one real wedding photos 8 years ago! I was so stressed out, tired, and hungry on my wedding day that I just couldn’t relax. Now I would recommend this for any couple wanting to find a fun way to commemorate their special day!