Samm and Robert – Chicago!

August 22, 2014, 5:14 pm

Photography and blog post by john michael cooper
YES – we will travel across the country just to photograph an engagement session, especially if it’s an amazing city like Chicago! Once I found out that Robert and Samm lived in Chicago I was pretty quick to suggest the session there. With Samm and Robert as my guides we pretty much covered the city from the lake to the river to downtown and even a few on lower Wacker. If you have yet to visit Chicago, please enjoy the brief taste from the images below of Samm and Roberts engagement session!

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Derick and Heather

June 24, 2015, 12:30 pm

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Photography by Dalisa and John Michael Cooper, Blog post by Dalisa

It’s always a double edged sword when a family member marries – as a photographer I am torn between the slight chance that I might just one day get to attend a wedding as a guest or the opportunity to share what I work so hard for with my family. Although this wedding was bittersweet, I am so happy that I had the chance to photograph my cousin Derick’s wedding to his new bride for many, many reasons. The importance of photographs and documenting our lives really hits home with this wedding and leaves me so completely content and fulfilled to know the importance of what it is that we are doing on a daily basis. Family and friends are so important and the moments that we share with them will echo through photographs for the rest of our lives. Allow me to introduce you to my newest family member and cousin, Heather as she prepares for a full day of love, laughter and DRINKS!

The ceremony took place in Dana Point, CA on a high point over looking the ocean – ironically this is the exact same location that another cousin of ours wed 21 years ago. I absolutely love this moment between Heather and her father before they head down the aisle….

After the ceremony we had plenty of time to run around SoCal for some great photos of these two and of course, I recruited the help of my super talented husband, John Michael Cooper for the portraits!

My favorite three images of the day are right above and below!

The reception brought the blending of two very different families, traditions as well as a lot of laughs, dancing, singing and drinking! What a celebration! I’m so thrilled to Congratulate these two and to welcome a whole new chapter to our family! XOXO – Dalisa

Bridesmaids hair and make up by Krystal at Blowout Beauty Salon
Ceremony Design by California Beachfront Weddings

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Jessica – Brooklyn

July 1, 2015, 11:34 am

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Brooklyn Bridal just has a certain ring to it, right? Note to self – when in DUMBO take full advnatage of the cool surroundings especially when you have such a great client to work with! Thnaks for being so bad ass, Jessica! We hope you had as much fun as we did!

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Alex and Henry – Iceland Engagement photography

September 25, 2015, 1:13 pm

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Iceland! Yes, Iceland. Although being a destination wedding photographer can be challenging and difficult with 10+ hours each way on a plane to get to and from your destination, the rewards can easily outweigh the effort. Unique and beautiful locations with everything brand new to my eyes, add a gorgeous and adventurous couple and you have what i call a playground for photography. Iceland and it’s capital, Reykjavik, is just one of those playgrounds, it just couldn’t get any better unless…. disco stormtroopers.
Whenever I travel to a distant location i generally try to add an extra day so i can hopefully get an extra session in. Alex and Henry were game for the extra session, so the day before we ran around Reykjavik shooting in as many locations as we could and shooting a “day before the wedding” engagement session.

Disco Stormtroopers? Yes i did mention Disco Stormtroopers, but you’ll have to go to Alex and Henry’s wedding post HERE and you will have to scroll down and suffer through a long post with a lot of images of beautiful locations, a black wedding gown, a black church and gorgeous skies, then…. at the very end – disco stormtroopers.

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Alex and Henry – Iceland Elopement

September 25, 2015, 1:13 pm

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photos and blog by John Michael Cooper
Amazing! Amazing location, amazing couple, amazing photographer. A close friend who happens to be well respected in the wedding industry said that the word “amazing” is so overused in wedding photography blogs. We are always trying to describe our locations and couple with the word “amazing”. “what an amazing black wedding dress” “this couple is just so amazing”, “the flowers..Aaamazzing” . I guess we are also guilty of that since we tend to get so many cool clients, but lately we have been trying really hard to avoid the word. So as a destination wedding photographer traveling to a place like Iceland with a beautiful couple like Alex and Henry, how do you avoid using the word “amazing” without breaking out the thesaurus. hmmm…. not sure, let me try.

Before selecting us as their photographer, Alex searched the web for a “dark wedding photographer”, thank you google. We skyped. she said she would be in a black dress, the wedding would be in Iceland, a ceremony in a black church, plenty of time for photography with an extra day, and disco stormtrooper helmets. fuck yeah! Let me say that again: Iceland, black church, black wedding gown, beautiful couple, disco stormtroopers. FUCK YEAH!

Now to the images – i’ll just start with one of my favorites and drop the mic…

picking mic back up…After the engagement session in Reykjavik we headed to Hellnar which is in the very west of Iceland. The photographers in Iceland just have to love this place, the light is just so a, a, a lot of fun to look at..

A few getting ready shots, obligatory dress and shoe shot and we had alex and henry dress outside just before their first look.

The ceremony was in this famous little black chuch in Budir.

and………. disco stormtroopers!

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Amy and Connor – SPTV – Littleton, Co

October 13, 2015, 12:09 pm

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So a few days ago JMC and Dalisa ran off to Denver to meet up with the rad crew at Sandy Puc’s gorgeous new studio to film a presentation for SPTV thanks to Finao Albums – AltF’s official sponsor/squad/albumcompany/friends to film some online educationals for photogs interested in either learning something new or on the search for something different and a little inspiration. It would be weird to call this “work” since we had so much fun. SPTV decided to switch it up a bit.. instead of one consecutive segment, they broke the presentation into four pieces – each being shown for a consecutive 24 hours, one day at a time. Day one was on Theory, two covered gear, three was shooting and four was all about the post production. Here, you will find photos captured on the day of, processed, completed and just all around bad ass. Amy and Connor, a real couple – not models and married just a few days past a full year were total sports, easy going and down to earth. If you want the scoop and are interested in how we made these images happen (in just 142 frames, nonetheless!!), tune in to SPTV asap!

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Leanne and Matt

November 21, 2014, 5:41 pm

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Photography by Dalisa and John Michael Cooper, Blog post by Dalisa So what happens when you bring on someone super talented, organized and who truly understands how to make a...

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Samm and Robert

July 4, 2015, 10:50 am

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A super cool, laid back couple in a small town in Long Island, New York – we had a blast photographing these two and their fab friends and family! The...

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Michelle and Michael

July 27, 2015, 8:05 pm

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Photography and blog post by Dalisa Michelle and Mike have a dynamic story. They met as kids in school in a small town in the Bay area of Northern California....

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Dana and Jason – Palm Springs

October 26, 2015, 5:25 pm

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Photography by Dalisa and John Michael Cooper, Blog post by Dalisa We typically keep our blog posts pretty lean. Why? Because we are not posting to share someones entire wedding...

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