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“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.”

—Jerome P. Fleishman

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"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
~Japanese Proverb

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"Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can."


~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.”

—Earl Nightingale (1921-1989), entrepreneur, motivational author

Quote Of The Day!

'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence.
If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel '
-Benjamin Netanyahu

Keegan Riley, First Year Images

Quote Of The Day!

“Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

—Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author, Nobel Prize winner

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"Time is Mother Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."

- bathroom wall of the Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle, Washington.

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"Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities."


-- Armstrong Williams, Political Commentator

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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
-- Winston Churchill, British prime minister

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"Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't."
~Jerry Rice, Football Great

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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now."

-- Chinese Proverb

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These concerns for orphan children in Africa and elsewhere in the world are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today- Abortion. For all the pregnant women who don't want their children, give them to me.
~Mother Teresa

Quote Of The Day!

"Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius."
-- Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Quote Of The Day!

"The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity."
~Thomas J. 'Tom' Peters

New Payments Accepted!

As Of Monday, March 2nd...we will now accept all Four Major Credit Cards! This took place, mainly because fees for merchant have dropped considerably, and demand from consumers is up!

Quote Of The Day!

"There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit."

~Ronald Reagan

More Bayfield Wedding Pages

Quote Of The Day!

"Its not that I'm so much smarter, its just that I stayed with the problem longer!"
~ Albert Einstein

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Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

~ Albert Einstein

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“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser—in case you thought optimism was dead. ”

—Robert Brault

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Aim at heaven & you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth & you get neither.

~C.S. Lewis

More Page Designs....

Album Page Designs...

Tried to use as many album page Designs as I could with Nicole & Kevin's Wedding album...

Started Facebook page for Thompson Portrait Design

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Sauk-Rapids-MN/Thompson-Portrait-Design/30021188975?ref=ts

Senior Sessions!

These seniors reflected most about why I still photograph graduating seniors...great attitudes! All four were willing to try new things and had great ideas themselves!

Funnest Winter Engagement Session!

We actually braved icy windchills! But these were, hands down, the best of the day!

New Season Starts!

It's the Season...

Yeah, you don't have to remind me that my blogging skills have fallen off considerably. I am so unbelievably busy right now....it's WEDDING SEASON! I want to post all these awesome images from every wedding this coming year, and I should, but it's just me doing this and every weekend has been so busy. I will stop a sec and post this image of Andro & Rachel though. I have fun on every shoot I do but these two were a lot of fun! Here's just one shot taken in the mist,off the Island Princess Service Dock, Bayfield, WI...Enjoy! GT

Quote Of The Day

“The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.”

- George Washington

Quote Of The Day

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

-- Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States

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"Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you."
-- Madeline Bridges

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"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

~Thomas Jefferson

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"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."

~Abe Lincoln

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"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

-- Michael Altshuler

When I used to take large format, slide images!

Funeral for a friend, today...

Thomas “Tom” W. Donahue, 59
St. Cloud
Nov. 7, 1949 - Jan. 13, 2009

Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, January 18th at Williams
Dingmann Funeral Home in St. Cloud for Thomas “Tom” Donahue, age 59.
Tom passed away on January 13th at the St. Cloud Hospital after a long and
courageous battle with leukemia. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM, the
Marine Corps League Valhalla Detachment #171 will have a prayer service
at 1:30 PM. Inurnment will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in
Little Falls, MN on January 20th at 11:00 AM.

Ian Thompson

My Son, Ian. Who will be proudly serving his country in hte United States Air Force,after graduation.

Nicole G.

One of my favorite Senior Portrait Images from this past summer...

Nicole & Kevin, Bayfield, WI

Nicole and Kevinwere married in October of 2008, and we photographer their engagement in August on our sailboat, which is an option for all of our brides!!

Andro & Rachele, July 2008, Bayfield,WI

This image was the choice for their album cover...it was a favorite of mine!

Quote Of The Day

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good

~ Samuel Johnson

Quote Of The Day

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained"
-- Marie Curie, Chemist

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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.”

—Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862); philosopher, writer, naturalist

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"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands, and hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
-- John Wayne, Actor

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"To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is -- and rise above it."
-- Michael Korda, Publisher

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“Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.”
—Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), author, publisher