I agree. I think it's best to use the real dress. How bad can the water ruin it? You aren't going to wear it again and I bet it would make better pictures. However, my photographer is leaving (we are bringing her) early the next morning so we won't be able to do that. I am thinking I still want to do it before the wedding, but if so, I'll have to get another dress and something totally different because I don't want my fiance to see what I'll look like before the wedding day. Do you think it would be weird to do it before the wedding day?