Trash the Dress Winter Edition

Today I had a wonderful opportunity to shoot a bride in the snow. We took our very brave bride, Ashley, up to Castle Lake in Siskiyou County for this very unique session. The frozen lake served as a magical setting for our latest edition of Trash the Dress.


There were hikers, snow mobilers, and ice fishermen all around the area. They thought we were a bit crazy, I'm sure. One hiker even got down on one knee and proposed to Ashley, much to the amusement of his fellow snow-shoers!

Ashley wasn't the only one to roll around in the snow. I spent much of the day sitting in the cold too!

Ashley was a very good sport, despite the cold and lots of crazy stares. We had a great time experimenting in a new and unusual setting.

Nowain Photo wins another Best of Show!

Tonight I was awarded Best of show in the PPNV print competition for the image below, "Beware the Sirens' Song".

This image came to be over the Summer of 2008 when we staged a "Trash the Dress" fashion shoot at Skinny Dip Falls near Montgomery Creek. We dragged 1 photographer, 2 assistants, 4 brides, 1 videographer , 7 children under the age of 8, and 1 babysitter out to the falls for a day of fun and creativity. Three of the brides were previous Nowain Photography brides.


We set up a makeshift dressing area and play zone for the kids and started shooting away. It was more of a "dunk" the dress than "trash" the dress shoot as each bride said her dress came out cleaner than when it went in! We had a great time on a hot July day. See below for more images from the day.