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

The Larsen's

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 Feature!

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

Christmas 2006

Every Christmas seems to turn into a time of reflection for me. We are so blessed! In 2006 my wife and I were blessed with our first child, Grace Katherine. She was a handful for the first month as she was born with a hole in her heart and a cataract in her right eye and we spent over half of her first month of life in hospitals. But God works in great ways and can turn everything that seems bad into a goodness greater that we could have imagined. A month of worry about your daughter every day with different test results coming back and surgeries being planned really makes you step back and remember what is important, PEOPLE and the memories that you create with them. Now Grace is doing great! Here's a picture of her with the patch that she has to wear over her left eye 1/2 of the time that she is awake in order to strengthen her right eye which had a cataract removed.



Also, if you are looking for a videographer in 15-20 years, feel free to contact my nephew.



or an personal chef in 10-15 years, feel free to contact my niece.



or a professional home-builder in about 20 years, feel free to contact my nephew.



God Bless all of you in 2007!

Tim

Andy and Kristina

What a beautiful wedding.

I think that if I can get enough couples to see Andy's and Kristina's images, I think I can make December my busiest month of the year. Wonderful job by the wedding coordinator at Lutheran of the Cross in Nisswa and Cragun's Legacy.

My wife commented on "what a beautiful bride" when she first viewed the slide show and my wife has seen pictures of a LOT of brides.

A great big thanks to Andy and Kristina for letting me be part of their wedding day.

Click play to watch their slideshow.



Tim

Tara and Carey

I've been so busy lately with launching my new website that the blog has been a little neglected. NO LONGER!

Tara and Carey. So much fun, because they trusted me to capture awesome images from their wedding. I want to thanks them so much. It was about 35 degrees Fahrenheit (2 Celsius for Carey's friend and family from Canada) and Tara wanted a lot of images outside so I want to thank everybody (especially the ladies) for being troopers and enduring the cold for photography's sake.

What a great wedding and what great people.

Click Play to watch their slideshow.



Tim