Thompson Portrait Design

Quote Of The Day!

2009-05-21T12:47:00.001-07:00

“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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-04-16T07:58:00.001-07:00

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-04-12T06:53:00.001-07:00

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

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote Of The Day!

2009-04-10T08:35:00.000-07:00

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-04-08T08:36:00.001-07:00

“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!

2009-04-03T12:40:00.000-07:00

'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

2009-03-26T07:38:00.001-07:00

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-26T07:36:00.000-07:00

“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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-22T13:37:00.000-07:00

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

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-22T06:54:00.000-07:00

"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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-17T06:57:00.002-07:00

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-15T08:06:00.001-07:00

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-14T10:54:00.000-07:00

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

-- Chinese Proverb

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-08T08:06:00.001-07:00

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!

2009-03-07T10:08:00.000-08:00

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-03-02T07:14:00.000-08:00

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

New Payments Accepted!

2009-02-28T10:30:00.001-08:00

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!

2009-02-25T14:30:00.001-08:00

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

~Ronald Reagan

More Bayfield Wedding Pages

2009-02-25T14:10:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day!

2009-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

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

Quote Of The Day!

2009-02-24T06:39:00.003-08:00

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

~ Albert Einstein

Quote Of The Day!

2009-02-23T06:03:00.001-08:00

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

—Robert Brault

2009-02-22T11:26:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day!

2009-02-21T14:07:00.001-08:00

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

~C.S. Lewis

More Page Designs....

2009-02-21T13:03:00.001-08:00

Album Page Designs...

2009-02-21T12:58:00.000-08:00

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

Started Facebook page for Thompson Portrait Design

2009-02-18T14:12:00.000-08:00

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

Senior Sessions!

2009-02-18T12:30:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-02-18T12:28:00.001-08:00

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

New Season Starts!

2009-02-18T12:21:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-17T13:07:00.000-08:00

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

- George Washington

Quote Of The Day

2009-02-13T04:16:00.001-08:00

"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

Quote Of The Day

2009-02-12T04:37:00.001-08:00

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

Quote Of The Day

2009-02-01T18:11:00.001-08:00

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

~Thomas Jefferson

Quote Of The Day

2009-02-01T18:09:00.000-08:00

"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

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-31T15:10:00.000-08:00

"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!

2009-01-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

Funeral for a friend, today...

2009-01-20T14:22:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-18T16:36:00.000-08:00

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

Nicole G.

2009-01-18T16:34:00.000-08:00

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

Nicole & Kevin, Bayfield, WI

2009-01-18T16:32:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-18T16:29:00.000-08:00

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

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-12T13:46:00.001-08:00

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

~ Samuel Johnson

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-10T17:14:00.001-08:00

"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

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-08T10:26:00.001-08:00

“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

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-05T07:06:00.000-08:00

"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

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-04T08:35:00.000-08:00

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

Quote Of The Day

2009-01-02T09:14:00.000-08:00

“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

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-30T04:03:00.001-08:00

“The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.”
—William F. Scolavino

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-28T05:58:00.001-08:00

"If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse." -- Walt Disney, Animator, Film Producer

Quote Of The Year

2008-12-25T06:10:00.000-08:00

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? [Christmas] came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
—Dr. Seuss (1904-1991); writer, cartoonist

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-24T05:56:00.001-08:00

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”

—G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936); writer, critic

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-23T07:56:00.000-08:00

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
-- Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

Kid Favorite

2008-12-22T11:12:00.000-08:00

ANother Favorite

2008-12-22T11:11:00.002-08:00

A favorite from this past year!

2008-12-22T11:11:00.001-08:00

Oak Island Sunset

2008-12-22T11:06:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-21T08:59:00.000-08:00

"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."
-- Jesse Owens, Olympic Athlete

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-20T08:07:00.001-08:00

"Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character"
-- Vince Gill, Musician

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-19T17:13:00.001-08:00

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
~James Madison

Red Cliff Marina Sunrise! Summer 08'

2008-12-19T14:06:00.000-08:00

Bayfield Marina Sunrise

2008-12-19T14:02:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-19T08:26:00.001-08:00

"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."
-- Nicholas M. Butler, American Philosopher

Save The Date

2008-12-19T05:32:00.001-08:00

Did a 'Save the date' image for a client, and to be honest, I had never heard of the term 'Save the date!', until Savanna and Brandon clued me in...

Anyway I did the card design...you're looking what we started with on the bottom and the finished product at the top!

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-19T05:31:00.000-08:00

“Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.”
—Dr. Thomas Dooley (1927-1961); physician of the US Navy

2008-12-16T09:18:00.001-08:00

Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.

~Ben Franklin

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-15T13:21:00.000-08:00

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

—Gail Devers (b.1966); three-time Olympic 100 meter champ

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-13T10:36:00.001-08:00

"It's good to have money and the things money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
- George Horace Lorimer

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-12T09:55:00.001-08:00

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

-- Christopher Reeve, Actor

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-10T13:02:00.001-08:00

"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

~George Washington

Keegan Riley

2008-12-09T13:58:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-09T09:22:00.001-08:00

"My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world."
-- William Rosenberg, Dunkin Donuts founder

another image...

2008-12-08T13:20:00.001-08:00

More images of Savanna & Brandon...

2008-12-08T13:07:00.000-08:00

Savanna & Brandon

2008-12-08T11:07:00.001-08:00

Spent some time at the Como Park Conservatory with Brandon & Savannah for engagement images! Good Call, Savannah! We had alot of fun and I'll include some outdoor images later on...Oh Yea! Wedding is coming up quick...May 2nd!

New Snow!

2008-12-08T08:27:00.003-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-08T08:27:00.001-08:00

“As for courage and will we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead. ”
—Andre Norton (1912-2005), novelist

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-07T07:40:00.001-08:00

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."
- George Bernard Shaw

You can’t control others’ acts, but you can control your reaction to their acts, and that is what counts most to you.

2008-12-05T16:33:00.001-08:00

No one can make you feel any negative emotion-fear, anger, or inferiority-without your express permission. There will always be people who find perverse enjoyment in upsetting others, or who simply play upon your emotions so that they can use you for their own selfish purposes. Whether or not they are successful depends entirely upon you and how you react to their negative behaviors. When you are forced to deal with such people, recognize from the outset that they are trying to upset you, not because of something you may have done to them, but because of some problem they have with themselves. Tell yourself: "This isn’t about me. I will not allow this person to upset me. I am in control of my emotions and my life."
-Napoleon Hill

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-05T16:28:00.000-08:00

“Character is the total of thousands of small daily strivings to live up to the best that is in us.”
—A. G. Trudeau (1903-1991); former General of the US Army

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-04T15:09:00.001-08:00

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.!"

Quote Of The Day

2008-12-01T11:15:00.000-08:00

“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.”
—Beryl Markham (1902-1986); adventurer, author

2008-11-29T08:10:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-29T05:00:00.000-08:00

It appears that Nature often knocks individuals down with adversity in order to learn who among them will get up and make another fight!
~Napoleon Hill

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-29T04:52:00.000-08:00

Positive Thinking Versus Positive Knowing

You always act in a matter consistent with your beliefs. The most important belief system you can build is a prosperity consciousness where you absolutely believe that you are going achieve your financial goals. We call this positive knowing versus positive thinking. Positive thinking can sometimes be wishing or hoping. But positive knowing is when you absolutely know that no matter what, you will be successful.

Sannibel Island Engagements

2008-11-28T07:10:00.000-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-28T05:47:00.000-08:00

“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”
—Lucy Larcom (1824-1893); poet

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-27T19:32:00.001-08:00

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ”
—John F. Kennedy (1917-1963); thirty-fifth President of the United States

Remembering Summer

2008-11-25T12:05:00.001-08:00

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-25T06:45:00.001-08:00

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
—Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), writer, cartoonist

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-25T05:54:00.001-08:00

"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." Thomas Paine

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-24T11:40:00.000-08:00

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
-- Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-21T10:24:00.000-08:00

"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."

-- Henry Kissinger, secretary of state

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-20T12:08:00.001-08:00

"The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself."
-- Bo Bennett, Author

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-20T08:53:00.001-08:00

"The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness."
-- Lee Iacocca, Auto Executive

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-17T07:12:00.001-08:00

"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
-- John D. Rockefeller

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-15T09:29:00.001-08:00

"I don't believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing."
-- Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president

Strength Grows Out of Struggle

2008-11-15T09:23:00.000-08:00

Strength Grows Out of Struggle

by Napoleon Hill

Struggle is a clever device through which Nature compels Humanity to develop, expand, and progress. Struggle is either an ordeal or a magnificent experience, depending on the attitude with which one approaches it. Success is impossible without it. Life, from birth to death, is literally an unbroken record of ever-increasing, unavoidable struggle. Our education is cumulative—we get it a little at a time from every experience we encounter. “Do the thing,” said Emerson, “and you shall have the power.” “Meet struggle and master it,” says Nature, “and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs. ”The strongest trees of the forests aren’t those most protected but those that must struggle against other trees—and surmount them—for survival. My grandfather was a wagon maker. In clearing his land for crops, he always left a few oaks standing in the open field where they were exposed to the full heat of the burning sun and the blasts of the wind. As a result, these trees were far tougher than average. It was the timber from them that he used for wagon wheels, bending them into arc-shaped segments without fear they would break. Struggle similarly toughens the human spirit for the buffeting of life. Most people go through life following the line of least resistance wherever a choice lies open to them. They fail to recognize that following the line of least resistance is what makes rivers crooked – and sometimes does the same for men. Once we understand the broad purpose of life we become reconciled to the circumstances which force us to struggle. As a result, we accept struggle for what it is – opportunity. The necessity for struggle forces us to move when we would otherwise stand still. And it leads us eventually to the full realization that success comes only through struggle. My first boss after I finished business college was Gen. Rufus A. Ayers, whose law business was so extensive that I often had to help him on nights and holidays. At the finish of each of these sessions, he always apologized for causing me to work overtime. But he added: “You’ve been a big help to me—but a bigger help to yourself through the experience you’ve gained this evening.” And I’ll never forget the answer I received when I once asked one of Henry Ford’s top aides for his formula for success. “I manage to get in the way of men like Mr. Ford,” he said, “and pray that when they want something done they’ll call on me.” By running to meet struggle, rather than trying to avoid it, you too can use it to help you learn, grow – and succeed.

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-13T05:51:00.000-08:00

"I have failed over and over again in my life. And that's precisely why I succeed."
-- Michael Jordan, basketball player

Quote Of The Day

2008-11-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who sought and found out how to serve."
-- Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian