NEW BLOG IS UP!

My New blog is up! Make sure to check it out at HERE.

During the process of setting up my new proofing system (which will be completed in the next few weeks), the design company that I hired for proofing also had a new solution for blogging that allows for much larger images and faster loading so make sure to update your bookmarks.

Coming up next will be the new proofing and order system that is truly awesome. My clients will be able to view proofs, order prints, preview cropping and set their own cropping if they want, add images to album orders, pay for retainers and packages and a ton of other awesome new things, so stay tuned. Not here but at http://timlarsenphoto-blog.com.

Tim

Jill and Jake

Got a call on Tuesday or this past week from a quiet, kind woman who was wondering if I was available to shoot her wedding on Sunday. After a little time chatting I learn that her fiance is returning from the Marines on Saturday, they are getting married on Sunday and he has to report back on Tuesday.
I am ever so grateful for our armed forces and all that they do for our country, so I had to shoot this wedding.

Jill and Jake were getting married at her sister's house in Crosslake and when I arrive I am expecting a quiet, reserved, nervous bride. Julie, the brides sister, finds me and brings me back to were Jill is getting ready. One thing I learned about Jill is that she is so full of energy and was so excited about getting married that she just exuded joy, energy and fun. Plus she's beautiful.

Here are a few images from their wedding.















Also, my new blog will be rolling out in the next few weeks so check back for the link in a few weeks.

Bigger and more images, plus faster loading.

Tim

Nathan and Jessica E-Session

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 E-Session

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

Book #2

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

Bookmaking

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

DADDY!!!

Winter E-Session - Nate and Nicole

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

Spring 2007 | Newsletter

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

Do not covet your ideas.

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