I Don't Get It.

I don't get it when girls do a photo shoot of their wedding dresses before the wedding.

I understand you love your dress.

And I get the fun in getting dolled up and doing a photo shoot.

But shouldn't you do it after your wedding?

Maybe I'm too traditional, but I didn't let Tom see me until I was walking into the chapel.

And I wouldn't ever do it any other way.

I didn't even show pictures of my dresses to my friends.

(And if you did see them on my phone, consider yourself a very special friend. I only showed about five people...)

So I can't wrap my head around doing an entire photo shoot, and then posting the shoot on facebook, days, sometimes even weeks, before your actual wedding.

I just feel like the wedding dress is [the] most important part.

Well, aside from the groom, of course.

But as far as my own wedding went, I didn't care about anything more than I cared about my dress. 

It had to be stunningly gorgeous.

It had to be "me."

It had to be perfect.

And I wouldn't show it to anyone.

As much as I wanted to see Tom's face when he saw me for the first time coming down the aisle, I wanted everyone else to be in "shock & awe" as well. 

It's precious, ya know?

I don't know, maybe I'm just too opinionated.

But it seems the trend for the past year has been increasing.

A lot of photographers we talked to even included a wedding dress shoot prior to the wedding as part of different wedding packages. 

The also offered "Trash the Dress" photo shoots as well.

Where you "trash your dress" after the wedding with mud, dirt, rips, and who knows what else.

Why the heck would you want to do that to your dress???

It's your {wedding} dress!!!

Really?!
I don't get it.
Maybe I'm not the norm.