Judd Sather Photography Blog

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!

Two beautiful venues for today’s wedding of Joe and Amber. Amber did hair & makeup for our bridal fashion session a couple months ago, so it was fun to turn the camera on her! We’ve shot a couple hundred weddings now and think we’ve seen it all but we had THREE “firsts” with Amber and Joe: 1. Limo breakdown and subsequent jump start (video to come later), 2. Tornado Watch sent all guests to the basement of the Millennium hotel (we had a great view of the storm from the domed ceiling of the hotel! and 3. Groom Joe wiping out on the dance floor for both dollar dance and garter toss. 🙂 I got to polka with Amber as well, not sure if that was a first…

The Church of St. Michael is a beautiful historic church in Stillwater, and the priest actually married Amber’s parents, Amy and Steve. Usually during the message of the officiant I usually take a little break, charge batteries, kick my shoes off or something but something somewhat magical happened Saturday. Somebody comment with the guy’s name – it was a guest preacher and he told this story about “true love” that had everyone on the edge of their seats:

(Abridged version) He was sitting in a park enjoying the summer day when along came an elderly man pushing his wife in a wheelchair. She was smiling as they passed by him on the bench. The man pushed his wife up very near to the swings, helped her out of the chair and gently onto the swing. When he gave her a gentle push her smile lit up even brighter. Then the man said to his wife, “Now get ready for the run-under!” and proceeded to ‘run’ along side the swing and push her even higher; both of them beaming. You could hear a pin drop in the church… what an amazing storyteller. He told Joe to always give Amber the “run-under.” Awesome.

Remember when you were a kid on the swings and you started getting “in sync” with the person next to you and you called it “married” to that person? Funny but it’s really true that as a couple you need to be on the same page otherwise it’s pretty crazy trying to communicate, and I think we all can relate to that! Joe and Amber have been dating since 7th grade so they are pretty in sync. The guests were peppered with our portrait clients and models so we ended up staying late until the tornados passed. 🙂 I’ll post their video soon but here are some of our favorite images to start below. -Judd and Joe

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Doug and Bia are a beautiful and extremely fun couple – tons of highlights! Doug is Chris Farley re-incarnated – see video for details! 🙂

Peter and Kathryn’s Wedding was amazing for many reasons. First, they have an amazing attention to detail and could totally be laid back and enjoy their wedding day as well. Kathyn has these amazing electric blue eyes – I had to grab a close up while we were in the limo. The capital in Madison is a very interesting place to capture images – I love going to spots where I haven’t shot before. It was a challenge to find some great spots that had enough shade in them. Andrea the amazing second shooter from Marmalade Skies Photography (and one of Peter’s good friends) helped find some cool local spots down by the water. Peter and Kathryn received a polite golf clap from the people hanging out on a hot summer’s day.

Some of my favorite shots are below: the group of “Internationals” from Australia & The Netherlands, Kathryn getting a little “backside,” and little Claira grabbing Paul’s “beard.”

Special thanks to Ben and Eric for once again manning the video cameras. This was a family wedding and someone (Peter and Kathryn?) had the amazing foresight to put our family in a room that was about 40 feet from the dance floor. So, our three little boys could hit the sack while Martha and I, well, kept partying since it was our 11th anniversary!

Thanks to both families for an amazing weekend! -Judd, Andrea, Eric and Ben

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Terry and Jodie are a great couple and we had an awesome time capturing their wedding day! We took a stroll down to the bluffs and captured some great images with the boats in the background. After escaping the humidity, the ceremony was beautiful and before you knew it, it was official! Beautiful Afton Alps was the backdrop for a fun reception. Terry and his buddies were the second group to do the “Louisville Chugger” that we’ve seen. Fun stuff! Some of our favorite images: