Judd Sather Photography Blog

I was honored to have been asked to take a few snapshots of the Pat Holmes benefit dinner, honoring an incredible baseball and family man who was tragically killed on the 35W bride collapse August 1. I played against him for years in the amateur baseball circuit and his life and family are similar to mine. There was an AMAZING outpouring of time, kindness, and love for his wife and two young children – the silent auction items were top-notch and raised an unbelievable amount of money for his family. The picture on the “memory board” of his young son throwing out the first pitch at the St. Paul Saints game shortly after the tragedy kind of tore my heart out.
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Lindsey gets the “most agile bride” award for moving up and down steps quickly, spinning around, and basically acting like it was a breeze moving around in her dress all day. She had a few tears, starting with the moment her veil was placed on her head. There were great brown colors with the bridesmaids’ dresses and the mens’ tuxes.

One of my favorite moments of the season was Josh “flushing” the geese away from Keller Park (picture above) – great spontaneous moment after a little prodding from the groomsmen. I also like the groomsman shot in front of the “decrepit shed.” Check back here in 2-3 weeks for their Italian album design! -Judd, Amanda, and Jessi

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Dusty had his signature massive smile all day today; Jessie looked stunning as Andy complimented in the best man’s speech (best of the year), and the bridesmaids’ red dresses were eye-catching as well. Jenny, your speech was fantastic as well – good thing we had extra tape so you could finish it near the end of the night!
All natural blonde haired / blue-eyed bridesmaids and all the groomsmen with baseball connections to me made for a very interesting and fun wedding – especially the stop at the Spoon Cherry Sculpture Garden where the geese almost targeted Lundy’s head as they flew over (picture above). Dusty and Jessie were also the first couple to sport the first ever Studio J Italian album guest book which went over very well. It will be a lot of fun going through these pictures, check back here to see their Storybook album in a 2-3 weeks and their highlight video on Youtube.
I was sad not to see Mr. Lundy’s yellow Hawaiian shirt (maybe he finally retired it), but he didn’t disappoint with a classy black number. I went away happy because Sean the DJ played Billie Jean (nice dancing, daddy Bart) AND Gear Daddies, but Dusty – where was the tap and jazz show from the past childhood lessons best man Andy spoke about? -Judd, Jessie, Joe, Josh

Dusty and Jessie’s Highlight Video – part 1…

And part 2…

Since our video computer was totally full last week, we decided to make a 7-minute demo video of the weddings we currently had captured. Special thanks to Aaron and Ellie, Matt and Lisa, Jason and Heather, Ben and Melody, Scott and Heidi, and Eric and Amber for the use of footage from their weddings for this demo piece. Check out the lightning at the end! Cool stuff.

Click here to watch Steven and Terri’s Italian Storybook album!
What a great day in Bloomington for Steve and Terri’s wedding – a little cool, 2 minutes of rain, and sunshine. It was a beautiful service with a memory candle lighting for the loved ones that had passed on as well as meaningful readings, plus a surprise vocal performance from Terri signing “From This Moment On” to Steven. I love the close-up overhead shot of the rings in the bouquet above.

The reception was lively with some old-school dance moves – The DJ played Billy Jean which is now my favorite wedding song. It’s always good to play later when nobody listens to the lyrics. A couple highlights included father of the bride Coach Gary making all the men go down on one knee and sing “You Are So Beautiful” to their women, and the men serenading Terri with “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ feeling” before the garter removal. Terri gets the “most unique bustle” award for the over-the-shoulder bustle of a very elegant dress and Steve gets the “I wish I had a husband like that” award for making all men look inferior for admitting (after being prompted) that he had once made a candlelight dinner for Terri – he’s a keeper! Maybe I just need to make more candlelight dinners… -Judd and Jessi

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What a fun wedding party! Rachel (personal attendant) wins the “most ingenious personal attendant award” for her tool belt full of personal items Lacey (or anyone else for that matter) could possibly need. Unfortunately, there were apparently some items in there that were against Lost Spur policy so she had to finally part with it later in the evening.

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We got some fun action shots on the the 6th hole with the wedding party (good wheels, Rachel!) and even did a short film of Lacey driving a ball off a tee in Jake’s mouth – the guy has trust. For the record, on a tee shot Lacey knocked it on the green and Jacob, well he nailed the trees on the right of the short fairway.

Great music as well by the ‘no smiling with teeth’ Tyler (groomsman) and his band. There were countless people who had massive smiles on their faces the entire day – Jacob looked like the happiest guy alive, and as Issac mentioned in his speech… “for the first time I saw Jake speechless.” That was after he said “everything went off today without a hitch, except for Jake and Lacey though.” YouTube video will be up in a few weeks. -Judd, Amanda, Joe, and Sherri

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What an elegant day… from Sabrina’s dress to beautiful St. Michael’s church to the White Bear Yacht Club and live band, this wedding was first class. Funniest moment of the day (besides Alison’s “I love my sister so much” toast), was Sabrina sending her chair flying during the ceremony when she stood up. It rolled down a few steps before Christopher came to the rescue. Speaking of Christopher, he gets the “best singing groom” of the year award for his participation in the ceremony; I got to hear every word through our microphone (we just did videography today).

It was great when Sabrina was dancing with her dad and she said “I feel like I’m in someone else’s wedding.” I have to mention Kelly, the cowbell player, she rocked the house. Twice. Everybody needed more cowbell.

We took some late night dancing pictures and video after the photographer left so I’ll post them here when they are ready. Their YouTube highlight video will be here as well in October and you’ll see a couple of bridesmaids knock heads on the way out of the Escalade limo before the ceremony. 🙂 Have a great time in Austria you guys! Jealous. -Judd and Joe