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Italy wedding in Brides Magazine

Cooper Carras — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:13:09 +0000

Check out Maria and Kalon’s Florence, Italy wedding in all 16 editions of Brides local magazine.

Mia and Scott – Tulum, Mexico

Cooper Carras — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:55:16 +0000

Check out Mia and Scott’s south of the border tequila shooting, luchador slamming, pinata smashing, cigar puffing, beach dancing fiesta extraordinaire.

Location: Tulum, Mexico
Venue: Ana y JosÃ© Beach Club
Dress: Carolina Herrera

Cat and Chang – Bali, Indonesia

Cooper Carras — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:07:58 +0000

Here are a few highlights from Cat and Chang’s ridiculously beautiful destination wedding in Bali, Indonesia.Â One of my personal favorites is the photo of the old man in a white turban.Â As the official “rain stopper” he was responsible for making offerings to the gods in exchange for nice weather.Â He was on his a-game for most of the day, but I think he lost focus around dinner time because we were hit with one of those crazy torrential downpours that you can only find in the tropics.Â It didn’t stop the party though!

Venue: Khayangan Estate
Dress: Rosa ClarÃ¡
Shoes: Jimmy Choo

Tiffany and Simon â€“ Montpellier, France #4

Cooper Carras — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:00:13 +0000

Tiffany and Simon just might win the prize for being the biggest photo troopers. Even after all the partying and extreme lack of sleep, the two were eager to do one more shoot the day after their wedding. Either they were so exhausted they didn’t know I was taking photos of them or they were so used to being in front of my camera…whatever the cause, beautiful photos came out of the session. Nice job, guys.

Tiffany and Simon – Montpellier, France #3

Cooper Carras — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:28 +0000

The night before Tiffany and Simon’s wedding we were told that the French party hard at weddings. We smiled and nodded thinking that it was just an exaggeration. Little did we know the party would end at 6am and the groom’s parents would be among the last people standing (we only made it to 3am). Now that’s a party!

Destination wedding tip #2487987: What to do if your guests are from different countries and don’t speak the same language.
The groom’s aunt organized a mixer where guests were randomly assigned to groups and given the task of acting out lines from The Little Prince in French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, etc.. The activity was a great ice breaker and the guests put on an entertaining show for the bride/groom.

Final note (no pun intended), everyone at the wedding seemed to be musically or artistically inclined in some way (one bridesmaid is even a Rockette!). The best man wrote a song for the groom (which we loved!), the groom’s sisters sang a song for the couple and the groom and his family serenaded the bride. Bravo!

Tiffany and Simon â€“ Montpellier, France #2

Cooper Carras — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:49 +0000

As my great great grandfather always said, “If you’re traveling all the way to France for a wedding you may as well do a second one while you’re at it.”Apparently Tiffany and Simon were given the same advice. Since Tiffany is American and Simon is French the entire week of festivities was actually a mixture of traditions. The following photos are from their civil ceremony, which is required by French law as part of the marriage process.

Tiffany and Simon – Montpellier, France

Cooper Carras — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:33:35 +0000

This has been a long time coming but we can’t wait to share the beauty of Montpellier and Tiffany and Simon’s wedding in the south of France. Tiffany and Simon invited us not only to take photos of their wedding but to capture several days of events leading up to it. We’ll share a bit of the experience over the next few days, but to start it off: wine tasting and an outdoor feast put on by Simon’s family.

Bali, Indonesia

Cooper Carras — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:56:08 +0000

I’m back from Bali! Last week I photographed Cat and Chang’s wedding in Indonesia (more on that fantastic event when the photos are edited) and I put together a little video clip of random sights/memories from along the way. Enjoy!

The world’s best wedding photographers

Cooper Carras — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:13:33 +0000

Today Junebug Weddings released their Best from the Best Fashion Report in which they showcase work from some of the most talented wedding photographers in the business. It is my great honor to be included among them!!! You can see my photos on slides #5 and #32.

Saratoga Springs, New York

Cooper Carras — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:46:15 +0000

I didn’t even bother to unpack my suitcase after returning from Colorado because I had to turn right around and head to upstate New York for the followup reception to Tiffany and Simon’s wedding in the south of France (I’ll get around to blogging about that one soon). It was a whirlwind trip so I didn’t really get to experience Saratoga Springs, but it was so much fun to catch up with all of the amazing people that I became friends with in Europe.