We would like to welcome you to our site. If you have been here before, and are wondering….”where’s the pictures?” It’s because we’ve made our site private. If you are already an approved member, and are seeing this message, than you are not logged in. Once you log in, everything will be as normal.

Ellie and I are into Trash the Dress and glamour Wetlook Photography. Trash the Dress is a growing movement among brides who, after their wedding day, get back into their dresses and hire a photographer to shoot them in unusual, and interesting environments. Typically those with the greatest impact are those with the highest contrast of norm. Such as the bride who poses in an industrial environment, or possibly an old abandoned warehouse, or maybe in a railroad car, and yes….in a creek or fountain.  Wetlook is the act of getting wet in clothes that would not normally be considered “normal” swim attire. It can be as simple as a going swimming in a pair of jeans, or as elaborate as going into a fountain in a business outfit. The idea, is for us to do it, and then shoot it in a manner that is appealing, alluring, glamourous and yes…at times, sexy.

It’s the “sexy” part that has brought us trouble. Ours is not a pornographic site. That said, not all of the photos contained here are suitable for all viewers.  At one time we had our site wide open to share openly with anyone who wanted to see them. After a trial by fire, we have had to restrict access to our gallery to only those whom we know desires to have access to the photos, and who will not likely try to do us harm.  Which brings me to the latest and final phase of restriction. Our site is now fully private. That is, both registered and unregistered guests, can no longer view any of the posts, or photos other than what is available on this page. Preview Members, and Full Access Members will continue to have access as usual. If you would like to have access read on……

If you are one of those people whom are interested in seeing the rest of the photos, you must take the following steps. Remember nothing on this site happens automatically, for everything that is required, I have to approve it. Most times that happens pretty quickly, sometimes it might take a day or two..please be patient. You may want to print this page so you can review it while you are away from this page.

• The first step is registration. Click on the register link in the sidebar, fill out the required information. USE A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!!! You will be sent a password. If you use an invalid e-mail address you will not get it. If you use AOL you probably will not get it either. In the interest of blocking spam AOL blocks A LOT  of important e-mail messages. I strongly recommed you kick AOL to the curb and get a real ISP. However if you insist on AOL this is easily fixed by getting a free e-mail account at google, gmail, yahoo…..etc. Then use that e-mail to register with. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and mine. 
• Didn’t get your password???? Check your spam folder. The password notification e-mails often times get flagged as spam. if you are an AOL user, please read above. 
• When you get your password and are logged in you will initially be taken to your “Dashboard” think of this as a User Control Panel. The only thing you can do with this page is edit your profile….see “profile” in the upper right hand corner.  You can change your password from that ridiculously long and hard to remember password to your favorite password that you can remember…you know..the one you’re supposed to change every 30 days??? Yeah, me neither!! When you are ready to leave your dashboard and go back to the site, simply click on “visit site” at the top of the screen. Here’s a tip….if you want to avoid the whole logging in process, and going through the “Dashboard” and all… as long as you are on a private computer click on “Remember me on this computer” the next time you log in and you will be automatically logged in from then on!
• OK now you’re registered, and you’ve logged in…now what??? You still can’t see anything…That’s because your only a registered member. You are one step closer to being there. First I have to screen you. You need to go to the gallery. But don’t just click on the gallery link….too late…you already did, didn’t you. You’re not approved to go to the gallery yet…BUT you can click on the random picture in the sidebar. As long as it’s not a red X, hit refresh a few times..one will pop up that you can view.
• Once you’ve entered the gallery briefly it sets up the software, and you are fully registered. Now…click on the e-mail link in the sidebar. Send me an e-mail requesting Preview membership. I will check my logs, and see if there is any more information that I need from you and will get back to you. Remember it might take me a day or two…
• Once you’ve been approved for Preview membership I will usually send you an e-mail. Not always. Check back from time to time, and see if you can enter the gallery. Once you can enter the gallery you’re official.
• When you’ve become a Preview member you will be able to view our updates, and also all of the photos in the gallery. Our free preview thumbs are the biggest in the community. A lot of our friends are perfectly content with Preview Membership, but if you want more, you will be able to upgrade to full access for just a few bucks. Or if you want really high resolution photos you can get those too. All of the information is there for you.

I apologize for the inconvenience. I promise you that if you share our interests, the photos available on our site are worth the hoops you will have to jump through to get to them, and once you have cleared the “process” it is much easier to get around the site.

Thank you for your patience and understanding, and for respecting our privacy.

MJ and Ellie

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