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!
OMG! Totally loved all of them, hard to pick out a fave but if I must it has to be the one with both of you together with the backdrop of the jagged black rocks! Speechless!
These came out awesome!!!!