Thursday, July 31, 2008

Rachael & Robert, July 25, 2008

Robert and Rachael were married on Friday, July 25th at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, MN. I can still vividly remember meeting Rachael at the Bridal Show and listening to the 'excited' details of her wedding...a post of their engagement can be found on the blog...check it out!
Anyway, the weather was warm, for sure, but everyone looked GREAT and all the guest looked liek they were having a good time! Blessing to the both of you!!

Lindsey & Scott, July 26th, 2008


Photographed Lindsey & Scott this past weekend in Ashland, WI at Scott's family farm...what a great venue...Kudo's to his mom & dad who had to have labored much during the past 3-4 months to put the grounds all together.
Fun couple with lots of fun images. It was nice to have worked with this couple again, as I've photographed them at another wedding (friends of theirs) a few years ago. Blessings Scott, Lindsey and family!

SUCCESS IS CONNECTED TO CONTINUOUS ACTION

It's largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. You're not finished when you're defeated, you're only finished when you quit.
The most important quality essential to success is perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
You can have a fresh start any time you choose, for "failure" is not in the falling down, but in the staying down. It's not over until it's over.
If you've got the courage to stick it out, you'll attain your goal. Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is everything.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Quote of the Day


"These are not dark days; these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived."
-- Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day

"The pro is the person who has all the hassles, obstacles, and disappointing frustrations that everyone else has. yet continues to persist, does the job, and makes it look easy."

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Quote of the Day

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
—Colin Powell (b. 1937), 65th US Secretary of State

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Ryan & Karli's Wedding, July 19. 2008




Adrian Halvorson, one of our photographers was honored to have photographed Ryan & Karli Johnson's Wedding in Litchfield...He did a super Job! Weather held off and the result was great images!!!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Quote of the Day

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”
—Pope John XXIII (1881-1963), 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

Monday, July 21, 2008

Rachelle & Andro’s Wedding, July 19, 2008


Rachelle & Andro were married this past Saturday in Bayfield, WI. Weather was ‘iffy’ at times, but we managed alot of great images! Thanks Rachelle and Andro!! Blessings!!

Nicole & Kevin



Photographed Nicole & Kevin's engagement on Sunday(yesterday)...had decent weather so we decided images on a sailboat would be awesome! It was! Thanks Nicole & Kevin....Looking forward to October!!

Quote of the Day

"You are going to fall off a cliff trying to get a better shot someday" - My hopeful and loving wife

Sunday, July 20, 2008

How to Overcome Limitations

Passion, wealth, fame, accomplishment and happinesscan be yours, in whatever amounts you desire, when you've learned . . . . How to Overcome Limitations
Your only limitations, within reason, are those you set up in your own mind, or permit others to set up for you.
Rid yourself of these imaginary curbs, and you can achieve any heights you desire. You can do anything--if you believe you can. There is no handicap that can stop you, unless you want it to do so.
Thomas A. Edison became the greatest inventor of all time although he had little formal schooling. He knew what he wanted and believed thoroughly that he could get it. He permitted no limitation to enter his mind.
He learned to overcome his handicap, using his active imagination to conceive new devices and then letting others with technical training perfect the inventions.
Not too long ago "everyone" knew that Orville and Wilbur Wright were wasting their time trying to make a flying machine. Hadn't others tried and failed?
The Wrights, however, refused to recognize any limitations others tried to establish. They went right on working--and won.
There is no greater proof of the statement that "whatever the mind of Man can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."
But success comes only to those who try.
It never comes to those who let themselves be hog-tied by limitations they believe insurmountable. There is no such thing as a limitation which cannot be circumvented, removed or surmounted by some plan or purpose that turns the obstacle into a stepping stone.
The place to start is in your own mind--by maintaining a positive mental attitude, by knowing exactly what you want and keeping your mind so busily engaged in achieving it that there is no time left for discouragement. The only limitations that can hold you back are those you willingly accept as unbeatable.
You'll never know the miracles your mind can perform until you acquire the habit of casting off these imaginary shackles. Only you can do it. Others might encourage and urge and advise. But the final blow for freedom of the mind is yours alone to strike.
Remember that those things that have never been done before offer the greatest challenge and opportunity. The pioneer who first accomplishes them is the one who reaps the reward.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Quote of the Day

“ Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ”
- Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] (1835-1910),

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 18 Years, today!

I can't believe my 'little boy' is 18 years old, today. Infact, at 7:55 am this morning, it was official.
No amount of coffee with Bailey's is taking the shock away from ol' dad this morning...
The image was taken nine years ago or so...
I love you, Ian!!

Quote of the Day


"It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success."
-- John Mason, Writer