Is it going to rain or not? Well, we guessed not, but it did, just a litte. Jessica's parent's have a beautifully landscaped lake home.
Right when we are on the end of the dock, the sprinkles started. 
Then the rain came and went, but in between we captured some great images.
Thanks Nathan and Jessica and sorry to my other couples who were rained out later that afternoon, we get you into our schedules soon.
Tim
Lis and Tate grew up here in Brainerd and are returning from St. Paul this summer for their wedding. This past Saturday we headed to the Gull Lake area to shoot their engagement session.
HOLY BEAUTIFUL EYES BATMAN!!!
We were blessed with a beautiful day.
Wowza......
Awesome couple.
Nothing needs to be said...
I couldn't have asked for anything more....
Next time-
Tim
This is the second book that I've made from scratch.
Again, shot by me on my Nikon Camera system, edit and layout done in Photoshop on my Apple Dual G5, printed on my Epson 3800 on Moab Kayenta Matte paper, trimmed, bound, covered and coated all by me.
Wedding Season 2007 is starting to rev-up, so I won't be making any more books for a while, but I really enjoyed making these.
During the experience of making this second book, I am starting to consider offering these to wedding clients. Not to replace the current lineup of albums that I offer, but to be able to offer a truly on-of-a-kind product that is hand produced from start to finish by the artist. Ansel Adams posters are worth about $30 or so, Ansel Adams prints made by a master printer such as Alan Ross run from $500 to a few thousand, Ansel Adams prints, printed by Ansel Adams are worth exponentially more than even those printed by a master printer. Why? Because they are printed by the artist himself.
Now I am no Ansel Adams, but I still think that some of my clients may find extra value in a book or box set, that is captured, edited, printed and bound all by the artist.
We will see.
The Cover
The Back
The Spine
Later
-Tim
I absolutely LOVE digital photography, but the only thing that I miss from film, is the hands on, not staring at a computer, part of photography.
So I picked up a hobby over the past few weeks - Bookmaking.
Here's my first book. I loved making it, but even more than that I love the idea that I created the entire project from shooting the images, printing them on my Epson 3800 (the best B-Day present EVER from my wife), trimming, binding, covering, building the box, everything. Just awesome. Now I just need to get REALLY good at it.
Here's the first go. I made a box for the book as well.
I am not offering these to wedding clients, I am only making them as a hobby right now.
Let me know what you think.
The box.
The book in the box.
The binding.
The book upright.
The pages fanned.
Out-
Tim
Nate and Nicole were real troopers for their engagement session. We have had very little snow in the North Woods until just a couple of weeks ago. Then we got over a foot in about a week. Nicole and Nate's e-session was the next day.
First we had a little fun down by the old Mis-i-sip. Nicole and Nate wanted to take their jackets off, I told them they were crazy, but they took them off anyways.
I talked them into keeping their jackets on for the rest of the shoot.
Nicole has beautiful red hair.....
...and a great smile when Nate's holding on tight to keep them both warm.
We should have all been wearing pack boots and snow mobile suits, but you can't shoot an engagement session in that, unless you love snow mobiles. I think Nicole's feet started to get a little cold.
So, we headed into my studio, which is in the Franklin Art Center in Brainerd, MN, and wandered the halls for a few more images.
Thanks Nicole and Nate, it was great to see you guys.
Click here and turn up your volume to watch their engagement slide show.
What's coming up? Look for an online gallery of my new line of albums from Vision Art.
-Out
Tim
Today we sent our first newsletter.
Well, I guess it is a little more than a newletter. It is actually a 16 page mini-magazine that highlights what's new at our studio, some recent weddings, a few other wedding vendors and what to expect in the future from us.
If you haven't received your copy yet and would like one, please email me and I'll get it in the mail.
Also, we just received our first Vision Art Book album and it is AWESOME! One of my upcoming posts will be about this cool new fine art album.
Later-Tim
This is a quote from a book by Paul Arden:
"It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be."
I am a big fan of the book after my wife gave it to me for Valentine's Day. The layout is great for provoking thought, each page is basically a chapter, very concise yet informative and each page contains an idea that can be thought about for a day or a week.
This page talks about how a truly creative person should never covet their ideas because doing so causes the person to get by on their reserves of already created ideas instead of approaching each project with an idea truly created for that project.
When your way of making a living is based on being creative it can be hard to share ideas and watch others implement them, but it is essential to share your ideas, as the only alternative to sharing is to become stale.
There's nothing captivating about stale ideas.
Tim
My wonderful wife Jill, beautiful daughter Grace and myself (the big ogre in the back). Not sure how I got so lucky to be surrounded by two beautiful women!
I thought it would be nice for the visitors to my blog to meet the two most important people in my life.
Minnesota Bride contacted me to use images from two weddings that I shot in 2006. I want to send a special thanks to Lee and Keri and Darcy and John for participating in the article. To view the article visit any local book seller and pick up an issue of the most recent Minnesota Bride. Look for this cover.
Then turn to page 96 to read the feature article titled "Love in Lake Country".
I also want to send a special thanks to Berit Thorkelson who contacted me and wrote the fantastic story.
Tim
