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Two weeks after the wedding I received a thank you card saying: “Thank you so much! Our pictures are beautiful! You did a wonderful job capturing our day.”
January 6, remnants of snow on the ground, 50 degrees. It’s not what you expect for a January wedding but I’ll take it. Sure, we didn’t get the gently falling snow flakes, but it was great to get outside in moderate, even refreshing temps as the sun was shining and the wind was calm. Jessa & Tom had their wedding ceremony and reception at the beautiful Summit Manor in Saint Paul. Summit Manor was dressed up for the season, so Jessa and Tom’s red shoes joined in on the color theme. Inside, the bathroom wall paper caught Jessa’s eyes, so we spent a couple minutes in there before moving on in our photo journey. The timing for the day worked out well as we were able to be outside and catch the after glow and twinkling lights in the mild temps. See more wedding samples at DCharles Photography.





















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If you are looking for a wedding album, check this out. Here is the Italian wedding album layout from Kelsey and Matt’s beautiful wedding and reception at the venerable St. Paul Hotel. The first image is the wedding album cover. The cover of this album is metal, with a gorgeous leather binding. The cover is followed by the spreads in the album. This album is 9 1/2″ x 13″ wide, making each spread a panoramic 9 1/2″ x 26″ wide. Other cover options include, leather, acrylic, silk and more.
We were blown away by how amazing the book came out. All our parents loved the little books, and friends were amazed at the album and loving the pictures. Matt and I remarked that the album looks like a beautiful coffee table book. Thank you for so beautifully capturing the memories of our wedding. I know we will treasure these images for decades to come.
Kelsey and Matt
























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The latest Tonka Times cover shoot is shown below. The plan was to shoot with the wonderful Holiday arrangements by Tonkadale Greenhouse at dusk. Shooting at dusk can work out well, but there are many unknowns until the magic time sets in. Being a bit ansty and cold (the temp dropped 20 degrees that afternoon) we started shooting early to cover our bases. Scroll through the selections and finally to the hero. The well mannered (mostly) black lab is our boy Hudson (age 6). The photo location is at the beautiful home of Kiersa Notz.
Happy Holidays!









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In 2006 Andy Bolton was the first human to dead lift 1003 pounds. Really! That’s about 1000 pounds more than I can lift. We did the photography for Andy’s book on lifting technique, being published by Dragon Door Publications, the kettlebell experts. Thanks to John at Dragon Door, and the guys at SouthSide Bully for all their help. SouthSide closed for the day to accommodate our long day and night of shooting, plus they moved all the heavy gear around for us. Check out that tattoo!









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