Ella - 1 year portraits

Ella, Sophie, and Maxwell came over Sunday for Ella's 1 year pictures and the kid is so cute I could have seriously stopped after 5 minutes of shooting. But I took about 150 more and got this fun one of Sophie on the rope swing and Maxwell and Sophie searching for frogs in the grass. It's more fun than I imagined to chronicle the lives of growing children; this is the fourth time this family has been to the studio for pictures! -Judd

Dan and Bethany - June 20, 2009

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Dan and Bethany & wedding party braved the humidity today to get some fun shots on the Stone Arch Bridge and beautiful Oak Ridge Conference Center in Chaska. They got married in a small Lutheran church in Minneapolis where they met in Sunday school class where Dan's dad, Bob, was the pastor. Bob made a funny quip during the toasts that Bethany still owed a couple sermon notes from when she was in confirmation class (Dan had perfect attendance for confirmation class that year!). The Stone Arch Bridge always yields great photos as well as colorful characters! This gentleman below tipped his cap for the camera. The pictures in front of the fireplace at Oak Ridge were made possible by a nicely placed coffee table that I propped up with my feet while sitting on the ground to get the top of the huge smokestacks out of the fireplace. This was an HD fusion video wedding for us as well, so we'll post that edited video here when it is ready in a few weeks! -Judd & Jessi

Jessi caught this cool image of Bethany while she was being bustled (the image of Dan looking through the window at her was when he realized that dresses can "transform" magically.) Bethany's reflection happened to be close enough to get in the shot.











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Kossy and Bisi - June 19-20, 2009

This weekend was a blast! Josh, Troy and I captured some traditional Nigerian wedding celebrations and couldn't have had more fun doing so. We tasted great food, danced to fun music and saw beautiful authentic dresses. Everyone was very genuine and down to earth and understood us "men in black" aren't necessarily familiar with the culture :)

Bisi & Kossy had an amazing ceremony Saturday at the Cathedral in St. Paul and we got some great shots along the river. Kudos to Kossy on the height during our jumping shot! Another highlight was having dollars thrown at us during the celebration, check out Josh's expression. As we ran out at the end of the night to get a send off video, the New Jerseyian was a little tuckered out!

Congratulations Bisi & Kossy! - Joe, Josh & Troy

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Jeff and Janet - June 19, 2009

Kristina, Aron, and Josh captured Jeff and Janet's wedding today. It was a great venue we haven't been to for awhile - the Summit Manor. The heaven's opened to break the mugginess right as the receiving line ended - great timing! Aron climbed out of one of the upstairs windows (like a cat burglar) to get some overhead shots of the ceremony. I called my insurance agent to see if my worker's comp insurance was up to date... Even in the rain Kristina and Aron got some uniquely-lit shots around the pillars and street sign later in the evening (below).

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Constance - H.S. Senior Portraits

Constance is one of our 2010 senior ambassadors and a ballerina, so we thought we'd get her on Josh's motorcycle for some fun shots. With our expanded staff this year, it's fun to open our studio to the high school senior market!

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Koos wipes the mirror

Paul and Heather - June 13, 2009

Chaska here we come - the Chaska U of M Arboretum is a really cool place! Lots of cool garden areas, etc. It was a challenging, sunny day to photograph in there but we found some really unique spots for some of these images. Paul and Heather are two of the most genuine and sincere people, it was such a pleasure capturing their day. They had been igbors for years before getting together. With characters like Dirk, Darrin, and fellow nurse Sam in the wedding party it made for a very interesting evening! The "Rapunzel" picture in the tower is EASILY the cheesiest picture I have ever taken and Paul and Heather were up for it. :) Joe added our HD fusion video into their Growing Up video later in the evening for the first time which turned out great!

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Click here to view their wedding photos! We'll post their video fusion link here as well when it's ready in a few weeks. -Judd and Joe