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Are you ALIVE? I love SHOOTING PEOPLE with a camera, click.  I love wine, good music (I stay far away from the "Top 40"), great art and LIFE.  In fact, I love life so much that it compels me capture it professionally with a camera, but if you stick around you might catch me catching life with video and audio as well.

This brings me to the most important question that I have for you:  Are you ALIVE, not just breathing and eating, but LIVING?  

If you answered YES, we should talk, I want to capture it (your life that is).  If you're just an eater and breather, give LIVING a shot, we'll all be dead soon enough.
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Where do I start?  Getting ready at the Poplar River Villas at Lutsen Resort, some time with the wedding party and families around one of the most beautiful resorts in Minnesota, Lutsen Resort, then a wedding at Temperance River State Park, all topped off with a party on the deck at Lutsen's Main Lodge, what a celebration!

Laura, Nate and I met for the first time on the morning of their wedding day and they are fun, creative, energetic and great people to be around.



My day started with some of the hardest working bridesmaids I've met.  When I arrived they were making their own bouquets, then they got Laura all beautified.
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Laura and Nate met for the first time on their wedding day on one of the two beautiful bridges at Lutsen Resort.
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Then we met the wedding party and on our way across the bridge the ring bearer's pillow ended up in the river!  Luckily Laura and Nate have a fast wedding party!
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Nathan wanted to bulk up a little before the ceremony, but there weren't any weights around!
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Poor girls didn't have an umbrella, good thing she's smart!
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Nathan and Laura.....   thanks so much!

Tim



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Laura:

In Anabel's exact words: "OMG Tim's a genius!" Thank you so very much for capturing every moment perfectly! Wish you could document all of our memories!!! Looking forward to the aftershoot shots!

(08.13.09)
Matt Schuldt:

Great wedding sets Tim! Wedding season is in full swing!...keep up the great work! My heels hurt :) Matt

(08.15.09)
Bianca Ward:

Ah Lutsen...I love it! More great photos!

(08.17.09)
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Matt and Kate are a beautiful couple with beautiful friends and family.   You may recall their engagement session on my blog v2.0.

Matt and Kate's wedding was overwhelming with love, from Kate's friends helping her get ready and scrubbing with their Tide Stain Sticks to Matt's friends and their joyfulness to both Matt's and Kate's families singing at the wedding and the list could go on and on.

My day started with Kate at Cragun's Legacy Golf Course surrounded by her awesome friend.
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Here are Kate's and Matt's family members singing during the ceremony.  The music was phenomenal.
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After the ceremony Kate, Matt and I went around the golf course at Cragun's Legacy while their guests settled in to the cocktail hour and chipping contest.
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Matt and Kate's band was The Casablanca Orchestra and they were completely awesome, I would HIGHLY recommend them.
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Matt and Kate, you guys are unbelievable and wonderful.  Thank you.


Tim
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The Brainerd Lakes Area is full of wonderful resorts and facilities for a destination wedding.  Friends and family end up with a mini vacation with a wedding in the middle; great for everybody.

Madden's resort is a perfect example of a Brainerd Lakes resort perfect for a wedding.  It has beautiful grounds, a great beach, an awesome lake, great golf nearby, good food, great service and unique "up-north" facilities; the list is endless.

Michael and Ali hail from Chicago, but the beauty and feel of the Brainerd Lakes drew them up here for their wedding.   Here are a few images from their day.

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Ali and Michael, thank you.

Tim


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Anonymous:

Great job Tim! I actually swam with Ali in high school. Small world!

(07.28.09)
Sawra Maurer:

Great job Tim! I actually swam with Ali in high school. Small world!

(07.28.09)
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07.22.09
This is not my video or a wedding I was at, but the video is hilarious and light hearted for all you brides that feel a little over-whelmed with planning!

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Jill:

LOVE IT!!!!! Laughing and crying at the same time!!

(07.22.09)
Kristi:

Very funny! I would have loved to have been there... very unique.

(07.23.09)
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Wedding season is full-tilt right now!  I just returned from the North Shore shooting a wedding and am leaving the tomorrow afternoon, so I am crazy busy in the office today.

I wish I had time to write more about Erik, McKenna and little Addison because they are great people and had an awesome wedding.  Since I don't have time to write, I'll let the images tell the story...

Erik and McKenna, thank you.

Tim


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McKenna:

Thank you Tim for everything! We could not be more pleased with the pictures! We are so happy with how you captured all of our moments with Addie! They are perfect in every way!

(07.23.09)
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