Judd Sather Photography Blog

Fine art album deadline is Sept 22 to get revisions in for weddings and seniors! We can guarantee them for the holidays if revisions are in by then. Otherwise we’re at the mercy of the Italian album company (Graphistudio) after that. Hey, they make them by hand. Email us with ?’s: info@studiojphoto.com

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Album pre-design

The toasts are my favorite part of weddings because they are so unscripted and heartfelt. Cathy and Paul are amazingly articulate, well-spoken, and funny. Paul talked about Justin’s humility, and I was thinking about how both Justin and Melody have the same uncanny and perfect blend of confidence and humility.

I also love family farm receptions – they are so personal and it’s fun looking around at all the details that required countless hours of preparation: sod lines cut around the tress with perfect mounds of mulch, new wax on the hayloft dance floor, sheer fabric strings of lights in the animal stalls, underlighting in the seemingly cloned trees lining the driveway, homemade signs for parking, and crazy animals like the growling Scottish Highlander cow and spontaneously sprinting shetland pony. Nice job Syd and crew!

We have been lucky enough to capture images of Melody 4 times now. The first time was when we just captured a single image of her in a dress that her mom wanted her to wear for the wedding, and Melody presented it to her during her battle with cancer. The whole wedding day, it seemed like we were almost working with models at a staged wedding because we felt so comfortable shooting with each other in a very short timeframe and because, well, Justin and Melody are really beautiful people (inside and out). Except as Cathy and Paul pointed out in the toasts that Melody is a slob and Justin loves hair product. Humility! Awesome.

Some of my favorite images are below and they don’t need much description, other than the cool barn spider and Justin and his pipe (we thought it would be funny since he is a philosophy professor.) We shot a little video during the day and we’ll try to post that as well at a later date. -Judd, Josh, Joe, Jenna, and Melissa

Here is their engagement video:

And the fashion video Melody debuted her magnificent mermaid dress:

Coming soon. What an awesome night!

Here is our latest elite, 3 hour high school senior portrait session, complete with Ford GT, dogs, canonball in the pool, and head injury requiring two staples to the head – ouch! Nice work, Des – you are a great sport! -Judd

Check out Des’s Album below.

This is turning into a Mounds Park Academy post! Here’s Sarah (and a couple with Des), and Tim G will be here soon as well!
Sarah is a Puma/Ferrari fan with a gymnastics flair and a super coy, contagious smile that she finally put away for some serious shots – love it! She kept cracking up trying to be serious. Sorry Carol, I had to put in the one where you were “fixing her up” – we loved her expression. 🙂 Oh, and we’re up for coming over for the Ferrari & sister shoot – let us know when! -Judd

And Tim, complete with flight jacket and Mercedes…

Here is Tim’s Album design.

It has been a big few months here for weddings for us which are dominating the blog!

Our portrait sessions have risen from 53 in 2009 to an anticipated 200 by the end of 2010, so we are again going to limit our weddings to in 2011 to 20-25 max. Bookings and inquiries are really increasing this month. If you are interested in us covering your 2011 wedding, let us know ASAP!

To encourage you a bit, our current wedding promotion is 3 free hours of coverage (up to $1200 value) or a free iPad for all 2011 weddings booked before October 1, 2010.

Quick info: Judd Sather Weddings start at $3500 and Studio J weddings start at $1500. Fine art albums, CD, and shared rights to the images start at $1600 and $1000 deposit locks us in for your wedding!

Shoot us an email and come visit the studio! info@studiojphoto.com

Wedding Links:
Register to be notified when Arron and Amy’s images are ready to be viewed and receive a $10 gift certificate – the “event key” is Amy’s maiden name.
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This was the first time I’ve had to change shirts at a wedding – Arron said his phone said 105 degree forecast this morning. I thought the church was a little stagnant, but when we got to rice park, our nifty black outfits turned into crock pots. These guys get the “Best Sports in the Worst Heat – Wedding Party Category” Award. Amy and Arron and the whole wedding party were awesome and kept their eyes closed until we counted, etc, etc, very patiently in the heat. St. Agnes was just a beautiful venue for a ceremony, and the weather cooled off a bit for some awesome images at Dellwood Hills Country Club. Joe cracked the blog with a top 10 shot as a second shooter! The cool yellow image on the course…

So fun to see some of our first wedding clients from back around 2004 again with their beautiful growing families: Ty and Veronica, and Anthony and Caroline! So much fun to reconnect with the Hilpisch clan and meet Arron’s family – two amazing families came together today and it was quite the party near the end when we finally left.

Some of my favorite images are here: the birds at Rice Park, the crazy color in the bubbles, Amy and Arron in the church doorway, the hard edge of the church architecture and Amy and Arron’s shadow on the side of the church, and those big weeping willows at Dellwood. that “bling” on Amy’s ring was from the sun, I swear I just made it black and white! Straight out of camera! What a fantastic day; it was fun for Josh, Joe, and I to all be on the same wedding which is rare but we did HD fusion video for Amy and Arron, and that highlight video will be posted here in a few weeks when it’s ready. Here is a quick slideshow for now – similar to the one we showed at the reception. -Judd, Joe & Josh

And their Fusion video!

Wedding Links:
Register to be notified when Chris and Kate’s images are ready to be viewed and receive a $10 gift certificate – the “event key” is Kate’s maiden name.
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Never underestimate the power of a Friday wedding!!! We had a blast with Kate and Chris this last Friday when they tied the knot at Trellis here in Stillwater. The gardens were beautiful, a fitting location for such a wonderful occasion. The Ladies got up on one of the largest tables I have ever seen. When we went for a drive in the Trolly we made a quick stop at the courthouse for some pictures, but apparently there was another wedding under way and we were politely asked to vacate the premises. Kate and Chris made Joe and I feel right at home as we were never more than 2 miles or so from the studio!

At the reception we went for a short walk around the Grand banquet hall and we found some interesting, almost european scenes. The air conditioning felt so good after that walk! We were there until 11pm, enough time to enjoy the party. Thanks Kate and Chris for such an amazing day!

-Josh, Joe and the Studio J Crew