Highlights of a New Torah Scroll Dedication at Chabad of Westlake Village

The Sofer (scribe) writes the last few Hebrew letters into the Holy Torah Scroll.A Jewish lady is sponsoring a portion of the Sofer's writing and asking him to concentrate on dedicating those letters for her.
The completed Torah scroll is festively dressed and paraded around the synagogue.

David C. Cooper Announces: Exclusive Winter Location Portrait Sitting

David C. Cooper Photography is proud to announce our first ever, exclusive location portrait sitting Friday, December 30, 2011 at the Conejo Creek Park behind the Thousand Oaks Library in Thousand Oaks, CA.

How often does your family get together?  This is a great opportunity to have a custom family portrait created while everyone is visiting for the holidays.  

If you'd like to have a custom portrait like this:

We are now booking sitting appointments for December 30th.  You can reserve your sitting time by contacting David by email at cooperdavidc@gmail.com or just call 818.564.7427.

Great Simchas and Mazel Tov

G-d recently blessed me to capture some amazing images while covering the celebration of a boy becoming bar mitzvah or "son of the covenant."  

A grandfather helps his grandson don the traditional leather phylacteries, known as tefillin, which are worn by Jewish men after they become Bar Mitzvah.

The boy's father helps him find his place as the boy begins his first ever public reading of the holy Torah.

The family prepares for their portrait. Since the father works for the winery, I had exclusive access to the restricted floor of the barrel room. I chose that setting for the family portrait to highlight the family's connection with the industry and for the interesting contrast of the industrial equipment and the family's elegant wardrobe.

This is the resulting family portrait.

His uncle holds up the traditional loaf of challah bread to illustrate the size of the loaf.

Finally, all of his hard work pays off.

Graphic Design Work

Recently someone asked for samples of my graphic design work.  So, I am posting here some of the layouts upon which I've had the privilege of working.

First up are some designs we did for a start up film production company.  We were going to seek funding to produce a film by Edward J. Walsh called Fool's Gold.

First, we created the logo for the production company.

Next, we did a rough mock up of a promotional card for the film.

This is the back of the card which was intended to be delivered attached to piece of actual pyrite, or "fool's gold."

Another design project I worked on involved creating marketing assests for a jewelry design company beginning with their logo and business card.

These were fold-over labels which were attached to each piece of jewelry.

As a sample of my writing and typographic design skills I am including a link to the Executive Summary for a startup company for which I work called iplaymusiclive.com. The document is in .pdf format. Click Here.

More recently, Rabbi Chaim Bryski at the local Chabad hired me to produce their souvenier banquet book for the ten year anniversary banquet.  The experience inspired this article about graphic layout and design which I published here not long ago.

Here I will include some of the inside pages along with the final cover design.

These are the first four pages with the writing courtesy of Rabbi Chaim Bryski.

So, those are a few samples of my design work to give you a taste of my visual and linguistic style.  As with most creative work, the whole presentation is usually a collaborative effort and these creations are no exception.  I want to give credit to the countless people that I am fortunate enough to have worked with on these and every other project with which I've been involved. 

If you have a project with which you'd like help, you can talk to me on the phone totally free by clicking the "call me" link at the left.  You can also just dial me up at 818.564.7427 or email me at cooperdavidc@gmail.com.  Either way I'll get back to you as quick as I can.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Messages Through Music Cabaret Highlights

These are some highlights from my the Messages Through Music Cabaret.  Order prints and gifts from my PRINT ROOM gallery at http://davidccooper.printroom.com/.

Be sure to check out the whole collection and order your copies at http://davidccooper.printroom.com/.