Just a few weeks ago the new 2011 issue of Southern Bride Magazine hit the newsstands. I’m so excited to show you some of the images that made the “World Chic Couture” fashion spread in this post. I shot well over 1500 images, and these were some that I narrowed down for the spread, I also included a few that were not featured, as they only had room for so many images in the spreads.

Working with a magazine with such a huge reputation as one of the leading bridal publications in the South is an honor. On a typical fashion shoot for the magazine, we will be working with a very large crew of hairstylists, makeup artists, dress designers, jewelers, set designers, and the editors of the magazine. We start early in the day and shoot late until the evening, and some shoots go into a second day. Visit www.southernbride.com to see some of these photos in the new issue. I also created a short film from the recent photo shoot with the creative team at Southern Bride Magazine in Memphis,Tennessee, The feature spread of the 2011 spring & summer issue offers readers a glimpse of chic bridal couture from Paris, London, Shang Hi, and Greece to Morrocco and other world couture influences, The magazine spread and the short film feature some of the most current, modern dresses for 2011. Our beautiful models offer a glimpse to brides to be on how these dresses will look, as well as breaking from traditional styles by seeing what brides are wearing across the globe.

The team at www.filmindesign.com comprised of Michael Allen at www.michaelallenphotography.com and Brian Crain at www.bkcphoto.com offer their amazing professional photography and HD cinema film to capture a look behind the scenes of the shoot. Special thanks to www.southernbride.com for producing and coordinating the project, selecting the models and styles of the shoot. Kathryn Ballard was the artistic director along with editors Lynn Walker, Sherra Meyers, and Lindsay Wolfe. The design team at www.estonsalon.com created the hairfashions using www.aveda.com haircare products for the shoot, along with an amazing team of professionals from www.sephora.com, www.mednikow.com, www.brilliantearth.com, www.christosbridal.com, www.JLMCouture.com, www.Martinaliana.com, www.cherylkingcouture.com, www.DGAmodels.com, and www.thepalladiogroup.com who all helped make this shoot possible.

For more films from Michael Allen, visit www.filmindesign.com, and be sure to visit www.southernbride.com to get the magazine. For the photographers out there, I used some custom presets in Lightroom 3 to create split tones to make the looks for the blog post. I hope you enjoy seeing the photos!