Welcome, O Great Blog-Checker-Outer.
I’m glad you’re here.

Much as I love them, my life is not all cameras, cameras, cameras. Once in a while I do get out from behind the lens to do other things. And this is where I report back. Usually with a photo. So technically, I guess I’m not entirely out from behind the lens. But that said, I’ll try not to bore you with chat about f-stops and the beauty of natural light. Though I must say, natural light is a wondrous thing.

They say photographers tend to be observers. And it’s true. Observe, I do. So this is my place to share deep thoughts that—come to think of it—aren’t actually all that deep. Or thoughtful. Ok, maybe they’re not deep thoughts at all. They’re quippy-er. More like captions. You know, to go with the photos. And if pictures really do have that thousand-word thing going for them, there’s not much more to be said.

Peruse. Enjoy. Feel free to comment.

- kristian




kara + nick - june 27 2008

August 1, 2008 – 8:49 am

hello! back again! a few weeks ago i was at the conservatory at carlson center to photograph kara & nick’s lovely wedding. now this year we’ve been EXTREMELY lucky as far as nice weather is concerned, but today got slightly tricky, but in the end it worked out just great. when we started, it was very beautiful outside (actually the outside park behind the conservatory is just amazing), but before long we had a nice downpour going. well, lucky for us, it stopped just before the wedding was to start! plus now we had little puddles here and there which make great reflections on the ground. :)

but check out a few shots from kara & nick’s wedding. a year and a half ago i was fortunate enough to photograph kara’s sister kathleen when she married matt. it was great seeing them again too!

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jill + ben - june 21 2008

July 31, 2008 – 8:46 am

jill and ben were married at the lovely interlachen country club in edina. now if you look at the date and think back, you’ll remember something of note…. thats right! their wedding was RIGHT before the 2008 LPGA US Women’s which was played right there at interlachen! very cool stuff! needless to say there was a lot of hubbub going on everywhere and all of the bleacher stands were set up everywhere on the course too. though one of the advantages (from a photographers perspective that is) of having your wedding RIGHT BEFORE a major golf tournament is that on that saturday, there’s like absolutely nobody on the golf course!! sweet! :) what that basically allowed us to do was walk out on the course a bit (well, more in between the holes would be accurate). so from now on i think i’ll make sure most of my clients plan their weddings right before major golf tournaments. ;)

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lindsay + chad - june 20 2008

July 30, 2008 – 9:08 am

a few weeks ago i photographed lindsay & chad’s wedding down in lakeville at the charthouse. though to be accurate, we actually started at a very nice park in eagan and got some great outside shots, though in reality their entire wedding was outside, and yet again it was just a fabulous day for it too!! these two kids have been together since high school so they really go way back.

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kerry + matt - june 14 2008

July 29, 2008 – 9:39 am

kerry & matt had a beautiful little ceremony in the lyndal rock garden & peace garden. i’ve photographed several couples there and its always a very beautiful place to work in. and yet AGAIN we had absolutely amazingly beautiful weather too!! we’ve been so lucky this year! so after the lovely wedding on the grass we then road around town for a little while in a most stunning silver rolls royce. had some fun. :)

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charity + ryan - engaged to be married

July 28, 2008 – 9:11 am

charity & ryan have such a neat story of how they met down at winona state and then hooked up years later only become engaged! what a fun couple too! they decided to do something a little different and bring their two dogs with! now i’m a big dog lover myself (sometime i’ll share some photos of my huey), but charity & ryan’s two dogs were really cute and a lot of fun. we all had a really good time. :)

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