Judd Sather Photography Blog

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Where to begin? From an awesome bridal party to snapping turtles and a Michael Jackson mix tape, I would have to say we did a lot! Greg and Amber were so much fun to shoot with and picked out a great place to take some fun group shots. Working our way over to a cute little bridge in the park, we discovered that the recent rain had turned the land into an almost marsh land and we were forced to choose another location. Don’t worry, Amber’s shoes did not get wet, she took them off.
At that same park we ran into the biggest snapping turtle we’ve ever seen. It looked like something out of the Jurassic period, and though it seemed to lumber, it could really move when it wanted to.
The reception was great! Good choice on the buffet Greg and Amber (thumbs up!) They had some of the best chocolate cake that has ever been conceived, and a candy bar with gummy worms! The DJ wore an interesting hat, but knew how to get the party moving.
Thanks Amber and Greg, we all had a wonderful time!

-Aron, Josh, Chris and the Studio J, Inc. family

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Well, well I think I’m going to start handing out awards again: Best Wedding Cake Ever – somebody comment with who made it. Red velvet cream cheese filled slice of heaven with a perfect touch of light frosting. That was a run-on sentence but I don’t care; I told Josh that I could have died a happy man after sneaking a second slice of that cake from the waiter’s plate at International Market Square.

Two incredibly delightful families of CPAs and teachers loaded this wedding. I think it was Jason’s dad who stood up and toasted at least 20 teachers in the crowd saying “these people often don’t get the recognition they deserve; dedicating their lives to educating young people.” I concur. As a former math teacher, I know the energy these folks (including Tara) put forth. Jason proposed to her in her classroom early one morning. Awesome – were you giddy all day, Tara? 🙂

Dave had a funny toast to Jason with “You had me at CPA.” Hilarious. Some of my favorite images are below: the cake I mentioned, awesome graffiti wall we stumbled upon, the “heel click” first-of-its-kind image that I’ve taken, and the “levitate” shot the guys did on THE FIRST TRY. Also some cool silhouette stuff in there, shot of the 36 passenger limo (complete with bathroom), and some really cool sun rays coming down outside Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

Thanks to Elsa’s idea, the bridesmaids made headbands out of their bows that were supposed to go on the dresses; they were a little gaudy on the dresses apparently. -judd, Josh, and Lee

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Liz is this joyful, croc-loving spitfire from Eastridge that is one of our studio’s high school senior ambassadors this year! We got some cool cave images and really cool lighting by the waterfall/brown mystery drainage pipe. During our 3-hour, onlocation elite session, I’m glad to have found my croc soulmate! Or is it solemate?

We always try to blog our 3 hour Elite senior portrait sessions (especially on location) and Alex and Alyssa proved to have some awesome visions for their senior portraits. Josh and I hopped on our motorcycles and cruised to a farm for Alex and Victorian House for Alyssa. It was so refreshing creatively for us to step into new locations we hadn’t seen and capture these images for these young women full of personality. These images were so fun to edit, it is now 1:30am and I need to leave the studio! The people coming out of the bar upstairs are giving me weird looks… 🙂 -Judd

Alex / Farm shoot session: FFA, Rachel and Nicole there to help close the cow pens, us shooting until the cows came over, me falling though the floor in the barn, little Henry tagging along, Josh testing fantastic light coming through the barn, and a shot with 86-year-old Nana on the front porch. What an awesome night, until Josh had his gloves slip off his motorcycle and we had to backtrack. 🙂

Alyssa / Victoria / Gothic / Edgy session: Nikki and Deb (the dynamic duo) there to assist, amazingly cool architecture, harsh shadows, video lights, and Alyssa with an amazingly cool and creative vision for her senior portraits. Hopping in the fountain “Friends” style with Nikki was fun at the end!

We can’t keep up with portrait blog posts with the number of portrait sessions we’re doing now in Stillwater, so just check our facebook page after your ordering meeting. Most of the facebook images are not retouched by master retoucher Josh yet, but feel free to tag yourselves!