Happy Holidays 2009
Nothing says holiday spirit and festive winter cheer like a bunch of carnies. Enjoy the latest addition to our infamous collection of holiday cards…

Nothing says holiday spirit and festive winter cheer like a bunch of carnies. Enjoy the latest addition to our infamous collection of holiday cards…

Just when you thought the Tiffany and Simon photos were over, we have one more set to add. This time we’re going behind the scenes: Ali left her toe print on the official “guest toe print poster” and the kids thought it would be fun to harass me while I tried to take group photos (and juggled three cameras!).
Thanks, Tiffany and Simon. When you schedule the encore events we’ll be there!

The latest edition of “Where in the World is Cooper Carras” brings me to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m here for Connie and Andrew’s upcoming destination elopement on Monday (super exited about that)! I made it in Saturday morning, napped at the hotel for an hour or two (plus three hours of sleep on the 15 hour flight) and hit the town with some ex-pat friends from the US for steak (of course), barhopping, and eventually a random rooftop party complete with video art projected on the side of the neighboring high-rise. Good times! I finally made it home at 4:30am, which I’d like to blame on jetlag, but that’s just how they roll down here.
Here are a few photos that I took while wondering around this afternoon.

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!
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.
Ali and I enjoyed a white Christmas in the beautiful Colorado mountains this year. Best of all I managed to squeeze in a day of snowboarding…. yay for me!

Tis’ the season when small children shriek in horror as they open the mailbox. Our annual holiday card has been sent out and will soon bring chaos and bad taste to fireplace mantels across the country. Ali and I weren’t sure if we could top last year’s effort (view it here) but judging by the feedback that we have already received I think it was a success….
“You guys are working some kind of International-Male-Miami Vice-psuedo-figure-skating-couple like I’ve never seen LOL!!!”
“I almost peed my pants.”
I should mention that the inspiration for the “white” theme came from shooting three separate white events in 2008. One was a wedding and two were pre-wedding parties in Mexico.
P. Diddy would be proud!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth. My poor blog has been severely neglected since earlier this summer, but it certainty wasn’t for lack of content. In fact, 2008 has been the busiest year of my life. To top it off Ali and I recently moved to a fantastic new (actually old and rustic) loft in Emeryville. I can’t wait to share some photos of the new pad and the heaps of beautiful wedding photos that I’ve been sitting on.
Here’s an interesting fact. I added up my destination wedding travels for the past two months and the total number of miles is greater than flying around the world 1.25 times. Approximately 32,000 miles according to my calculations.