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Welcome to Cou Cou Studio ©


Cou Cou Studio is based in Missoula, Montana and provides wedding photography in Missoula and across the state.  At Cou Cou Studio © we believe in modern photos with stories to tell.  Happy, funny, breathtaking, ridiculous stories.  On a scale of importance from 1 to 10 we rate creativity with a 23.  We are obsessed with making clients ecstatic and consistently exceeding expectations.  We believe you share in our love of life, frivolity and fantastic photography.  And a day-in-day-out fascination with color, composition and artistic expression for good measure.

So let's start a conversation.  Let's start talking about what kind of images you believe in.  What kind of moments you want to freeze and how Cou Cou Studio © can be a part of them.  Every story has to start somewhere.  We hope yours starts with us.  You can also follow us on Twitter or fan us on Facebook.

Category Archives: love

Ginny and Matt :: San Francisco Wedding :: Headlands Center for the Arts Part III

Party time!  After their sweet and simple wedding ceremony Matt and Ginny kicked up their heels with friends and family at the Headlands Center for the Arts.  This location was a great back drop for a wonderful party celebrating this couple’s nuptials.  You can see details here, all the wedding festivities here, and just scroll […]

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Ginny and Matt :: San Francisco Wedding :: Headlands Center for the Arts Part II

Outside my window right now it is a snowy, wintery, wet mess.  All the more reason it’s been so great to edit thru Ginny and Matt’s San Francisco wedding.  Beautiful weather and unseasonably warm temperatures were the order of the day for this sweet celebration at Headlands Center for the Arts.  No detail was left […]

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Ginny and Matt :: San Francisco Wedding :: Headlands Center for the Arts

  It is a well known fact that Matt Cate makes some of the best biscuits around.  Maybe that’s why Ginny LaRoe decided to marry him.  Or maybe – it’s just another example of her great taste.  This wedding at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin County, California was beautiful from start to finish.  And […]

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Ginny and Matt :: San Francisco Wedding Preview

I’m rapidly editing thru all the San Francisco goodness of Matt and Ginny’s wedding.  I’ll have some more all inclusive posts up soon but for now here is a mini preview of their amazing wedding.  Congrats you two!!

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Best of 2011 :: Montana Destination Wedding Photographer ::

It’s that time.  End of the year list time.  It’s one of those things that I love reading what other people have to say and then I procrastinate forever about doing my own.  I’m really lucky to consistently have great clients who I love working with every year.  And I’m normally so focused on what’s […]

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Erin + Kyle + Mexico = Wedding Fiesta

What do you get when you add friends, family, a fun couple, and Mexico together?  One helluva party that’s what.  Erin and Kyle tied the knot at a resort in Playa del Carmen south of Cancun, Mexico.  You really can’t go wrong with an intimate beach ceremony followed by a mariachi band serenading the wedding […]

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:: Erin & Kyle Get Hitched :: Mexico Wedding ::

Erin and Kyle are awesome.  This is just a min-preview of their wedding in Mexico this November.  Check back soon for more images….

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Montana Portrait Photographer :: Monica and Teague ::

In short: Monica and Teague are ridiculously fun to be around.  Despite the rain, despite the cold, and despite being pretty drenched by the end of the shoot they were still up for running and jumping in the rain.  I had a great time shooting them running around at their home in Whitefish playing follow […]

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:: Emily and Mark :: Bigfork, Montana Wedding

Emily and Mark are basically ridiculous fun people surrounded by friends and family who love them very much.  If that is all you know as you look at this blog post I think you’d have the main idea nailed.  Lido and I had a great time shooting them as they got married at John Paul […]

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Union Ceremony of Mike and Tom :: Whitefish, Montana

What a fun celebration.  Mike Eldred and Tom Patterson celebrated their union with friends and family at Snowy River Ranch in August.  Every wedding is different but you could feel how much these two cared for each other and how much they had shared over the years during the ceremony.  Afterward, guests celebrated with huckleberry […]

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