I had some fun this past week, attending a seminar and photoshoot put on by John Michael Cooper of AltF infamy. John, whose work inspired the whole “Trash the Dress” craze, was in classic form - teaching, shooting, and inspiring.
The day started off mildly, with John sitting down with us to discuss some of his background and thoughts behind his more famous images, then led us through some exercises in photographing engagement sessions. In the afternoon a couple recently married came in and we spent a little time shooting “pretty pictures”:
before moving into the more interesting part of the day, JMC’s re-creation of Bonnie and Clyde’s takedown, with a modern-day bride and groom twist:
Just a note that no bride was harmed in the photographing of this event. 
To the contrary, people line up for the chance to experience one of JMC’s one-of-a-kind events. After taking their mug-shots they were free to go, with images worthy of 30″x40″ canvases. 
Great day If you are interested in doing some out of the ordinary photography, contact me soon to discuss how we can put some fun images together for you.
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Hey Allen,
It was great meeting you too. I enjoyed the workshop and wish it was longer, but oh well. The models did help our pictures look better. Thank you for the compliment on my logo, it took me forever to design it. Hey, I really like the letters you used on your logo, is that a regular font or an actual handwritten design? Take care.
Thao a.k.a “Theo”
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Hi Allen - This is Adrienne (a.k.a. Bonnie Parker). I love the photos you took, particularly the “pretty” ones! I hope it’s ok with you if I upload a couple of them to my Facebook profile. (Of course, I’ll give you full credit and a link to your website.)
Hi Adrienne
Sure, use them
If there are any you like and want the larger file just say so, I’ll email them or post them so you can download to print. And thank you and your husband for being such good sports - really made the day 
Hey Allen -
Thanks for coming out the house for the big AltF Summer Extravaganza! I am glad all of us got so much out of it, and I’ll pass on to John that next time it needs to run 3 days long
Eric
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LOL this is excellent. I love this. They must have had a blast doing this. Good creativity.
Holy fun photos batman!
Look like you had some fun and everything was creative too!
I enjoyed those
Josh B
Love the ‘take down’ idea. Your style is great.
Wow, these are amazing! I love the uniqueness of them and the story telling. Impressive work.
I love the pictures you show stile and creativity.
Wow, these certainly are out of the ordinary, very creative!
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Allen, these are beautiful! Well, not the ones of them being arrested!
What a fun thing to do–obviously you and the bride and groom enjoyed each other and had a blast. It’ll be interesting to hear their kids’ remarks a few years down the road!
Gretchen
Cool, fun images Allen! Your photography is already great. I’m really impressed that you don’t just settle for that and you go out to workshops and continually bring your work up another notch.
LOLOL! These are a hoot! Looks like you all have entirely too much fun! lolol
Andrea