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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Andy and Tessa - June 13, 2009

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Amanda and Jessi are captured Andy and Tessa's wedding at picturesque Rice Park and The St Paul Hotel. Great flowers, dressed up dogs, and the first "cake in the face" picture we've seen in awhile. Don't mess with the guys with their long chains and lint roller!

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Andrew and Laura - June 6, 2009

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Tom and Shannon - June 6, 2009

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Sam and Elisa - May 30, 2009

I hadn't been to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont since I was about 5 years old. I will not wait that long again to go back! After a late morning thunderstorm, this picturesque place yielded some stunning photos as my cousin Sam von Trapp married Elisa in a storybook wedding.
Jeff Kolodny out of Florida was the primary photographer for this wedding and here are a few images I captured along the way as a second shooter. Here's their video!


The picturesque setting...

Fun shot of one of Kristina's daughter dropping petals...

"Eye of Newt" anyone? Sam showed ringbearer Henry how to pick it up and get it off the trail to safety.

95-year old Maria von Trapp - father of the groom Johannes' sister.

The first dance - best man Mike told me to record some HD video so he could remember Sam's dance moves.

Elisa on the way to "The Birches" for the cocktail hour...

My favorite...

Just before the ceremony with some nice backlighting...

Elisa and Sam in front of the chapel that Sam's dad, Johannes, helped to build with his brother in the 1950's.
What wedding would be complete without a bonfire / lamb roast scheduled for 12:30AM?

...And only the best partiers stay up until sunrise! This shot was 15 hours after the first shot I took of the (yester)day - yikes. Made for a long 3-hour drive back to Boston at 7am. You only live once. :)


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Chris and Catherine - May 16, 2009

Some "Sass" from Cat.

Maybe a new shot for the wall of the studio!


Easily the classiest shot we have ever taken...?

I stole this from Craig, Cat's dad - totally didn't recognize him at first...


My favorite!

A quick shot on the way out the door...

This ring shot doesn't show how shakey Cat's hands were!


A blustery spring morning today - couldn't wait to capture this wedding in the Basillica! It was incredibly windy but we made it work and grabbed some great shots in the Basillica and Stone Arch bridge. Cat was a bridesmaid for Ellie and Aaron's wedding two years ago so it was fun seeing them again. The "romantic biffy" shot FOR THE RECORD it was not my idea! Beautiful, fun wedding, with two hilarious speeches from Denny and Craig - the two dads. Cat and Chris are going to be in Italy for 3 weeks on their honeymoon - can you believe it? Lucky. Cat if you check the blog from overseas, email me a shot of you guys there and I'll post it! Go to our facebook page if you want to tag yourselves in any of these blog shots!


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-Judd, Jessi, Troy, and Aron

Eric and Ashley - May 16, 2009

Joe gets to document Eric and Ashley out in Plymouth today - we'll release their video highlight here when it's ready!

Best Rainbow ever?

This was the view over the 30 acres that backs up to our outdoor studio Wednesday night - unreal!

Wild Weddings / Studio J Pictures tonight!

A couple funny clips from our 2008 weddings will air tonight on TLC's "Wild Weddings!" - 8pm and 10pm central time tonight. The clips are Floest catching Devin drinking before the ceremony (the end of our demo video) and Mike pushing Christine down to a chair that was no longer there after the garter toss. Fun stuff. :)

Christina Marie Events Vendor of the Month

If you want to find out crazy things about me like "the only time I don't wear crocs is at weddings", read about us as vendor of the month for (awesome) wedding planner and one of the FIRST Studio J brides back in 2005, Christina Marie Events. -Judd

Chase & Stephanie - May 2, 2009

What an amazing Spring day to have a wedding! The sun was shining and St. Catherine's campus was beautiful... Chase & Stephanie celebrated their wedding on a perfect day. The spontaneous olympic event of "M&M Toss" was a blast and I've never seen such a cooperative group during the chicken dance :) Everyone danced their night away and we are excited to unveil the photos from an amazing day!

Joe & Chad

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Brad and Anastasia - March 27, 2009

A fun March wedding at Calhoun Beach Club that Joe shot and edited. Brad, great speech: "...and she's beautiful too!"

Firend Julie got this great shot of Sophia the flower girl dropping her basket in the aisle!

Phone service upgrade

We are in the process of upgrading our phone services so email is the most reliable way to get through to us right now. We have just a few open dates left for 2009 and dates are filling up in 2010 already!
Email us for availability at judd@studiojphoto.com

FREE hour for April booked weddings!

All weddings booked this month will receive a free hour of coverage (up to $300 value). Second photographer is always included as well. We have about 90% of dates full, but we have 5 crews available this year so we still have some openings - email us for availability info.

Senior Portrait Launch

We've done some unadvertised senior portrait photography over the last few years, but now we've hired extra studio staff to launch the senior portrait division of Studio J Pictures. Andrea and Kirsten were more than up to the task of being our models to create some really unique, high class senior images. What I like most about how we're shooting now is that two of these three pictures are straight out of the camera - no Photoshop. Love that.

Mosquito

So I'm sitting on the deck watching my kids play outside during the amazing weather today; it was so nice I almost forgot that we had 10 months of winter. A day too perfect is not without the requisite buzzkill which manifested itself as a lone mosquito that landed on my arm. I just let it fly away; I didn't even want to make the effort. But maybe it was the queen and I could have stopped millions more from being born if I had killed it?

No phone today!

If you're trying to reach us by phone, it won't work until early next week. Public service announcement today is that Voice-over-internet (Voip) is about half the price as a land line, but Qwest may disconnect you by accident and not be able to reconnect for at least 4 days! Awesome. So, e-mail me at judd@studiojphoto.com if you need to get in touch with us this weekend!

2009 Best of Weddings Award!!!

It is such a privilege and honor to create special and unique memories for our clients, and totally thrilling to have our brides rate us as one of the top wedding vendors - back to back. Thank you! We are honored - check out the latest issue of THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2009 magazine that hit news stands yesterday. -Judd and the whole Studio J staff

Recommended Reading

Your wedding is just the beginning of the marriage. We love capturing great images at weddings; I have recently felt an urge to share the following resources with our past and future clients - or just blog readers! As a married father of 3 young boys, these resources have all made an impact in my life as well as many of our friends and family. Whether you are single, recently married, engaged, or married for 50 years, I think you will find something very useful in any of these resources. I believe the world is a better place with solid family structures. Take a peek if you get a chance!
1. The Five Love Languages (great for everyone!)
2. Take Back Your Marriage - Sticking Together in a World that Pulls Us Apart (when you have been married for a bit)
3. All Pro Dad (for fathers)
4. iMom (for mothers)