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Fearless Bridals are an artful collaboration to channel your inner model and my inner art director. They're heavily conceptualized shoots that take elements of fashion photography, but unlike the work you see in magazines, infuse the images with a whole lot of your unique personality.

These fashion bridal sessions are fine art adventures scheduled before or after the wedding depending on how involved you'd like to get on-location. We've worked in all kinds of places and find that the more unexpected the location seems, the more interesting the photos will be by default. Alternately, we love to take mundane locations and explore the possibilities to find the surprising images. You probably wouldn't believe me if I showed you the incredible bridal portraits we have taken out in a student center bathroom, or that college campus' parking garage.

This is artful photography that celebrates you exploring the world... in a wedding dress.
Email rachel@mergeweddings.com to schedule a consultation and reserve your spot today.

 

 

[ fashion bride illustration by Julia Denos ]

Colleen.

February 15th, 2010

more horse farm photos

February 14th, 2010

A few of my favorite frames from the experimental film photo shoot with Leah at a horse farm in Massachusetts. Film looks strange and wonderful compared with the perfect digital images we see everywhere nowadays.

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Thanks to Leah and all involved for making this cold, experimental photo shoot a success!

bridal session at a horse farm.

February 10th, 2010

Some images from the experimental part of our photo shoot.

bridals with horses

top 2 images = Holga film
bottom 4 images = Ricoh point-and-shoot digital camera

leah.

February 10th, 2010

horse bridals

I did some bridals with Leah at her aunt’s horse farm in Massachusetts. Most of the session featured experimental photos using holga and film, but I took a few frames with my canon camera as well. Leah’s wearing the “Lindsey” tartan in the image on the left, and a stunning faux fur stole in the image on the right.

going up?

November 29th, 2009

MIT campus elevator Cambridge MA

Greek and Roman influences.

November 25th, 2009

Some photos from one of the beautiful autumn days in October, at MIT’s Killian Court. This area is an elegant respite from the chaos of the Infinite Corridor, and used to be the front entrance for MIT back in the days when you had to take a boat over from Boston. It was also in this area Livia and Jeff somewhat awkwardly professed their mutual interest over blue chips and guacamole.

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This was Livia’s third dress from the wedding day, her dancing dress. I’ve always been a fan of that greco-roman look so I was so happy she decided to do a post-wedding bridal session with me.

Chinese wedding dress: Quipao

November 25th, 2009

Livia the neuroscientist rocked her quipao on our bridal session on campus. MIT is where she and a certain astrophysicist met and fell in love.

Don’t you think these photos look like they belong in a fashion magazine with some cheesy name like “East meets West”??  The best part about all of these images is that not 20 feet from any point we were shooting, there was an MIT grad student, professor, or staff member working hard to solve the world’s problems while Livia was trying her best just to walk in the tight, slinky red dress.

OUTTAKE: MIT campus tour

November 23rd, 2009

Hahahaha :)

amongst the leaves

November 5th, 2009

I photographed Jenny’s wedding in Pennsylvania in September. When she got back from her honeymoon, we did a lovely little bridal session at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline at the peak of the fall foliage.

Larz Anderson Park photography Brookline MA

I chose this image in particular because you can see my feet. :)

Livia

October 28th, 2009

neuroscience building MIT

A sexy and artistic image from Livia’s bridal session at MIT this week.
This image in her wedding qípáo. In the MIT neuroscience building.
YES!