Bill Weaver Photographers

On the 22nd we traveled to southern Minnesota to photograph Lucas for his senior photos. Lucas is our nephew and the son of Marsha’s late sister, Kaye. Kaye died suddenly in October from complications of lung cancer. Our session with Lucas was a gift in rememberance of his mother. He wanted the images to appear grungy and dark so we did our best to give him what he wanted. Here are some highlights:

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A couple of months ago I began working with an amazing young muscian/song writer. I have been wanting to do more work with musicians and coincidentally found Alison through a friend. She had her first CD release party in mid November and I invited another good friend and excellent photographer to join me in covering the party. Alison was accompanied by a wide selection of well know local and national artists to help her kick off her next step as a gifted singer/songwriter. Tommy Barbarella Princes former keyboardist and writer/musician/producer Kevin Bowe. Here are some highlights and a

link to the slide show

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We liked the Mill district so much we returned the day after shooting Scott and Rachel to do another session with Mike and Kerriann. The only difference was the weather, the prevous day was overcast while the Sunday we worked with Mike and Kerriann was bright blue sky. Here are some highlights:

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We Spent a Saturday with Scott and Rachel wandering the Mill district of Minneapolis and the new Gutherie theater….we found our new favorite location for shoots!!! The juxtaposition of the ultramodern architecture of the new Guthery adjacent to the ruins of the old Gold Medal mills makes for a very rich shooting environment. The Guthery kindly allowed us to shoot in their spaces which was an unexpected benefit.

Here are some highlights of the shoot.

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A couple of weekends agow we spent part of a Saturday afternoon photographing Aric and Mina at Taylor’s Falls on the St. Croix river. Their wedding will be in June in an old country church literally in the middle of corn fields. Because of the church’s location the couple will be holding the reception in October in Stillwater, MN. We enjoyed the crisp late fall air and were able to capture some very nice environmental portraits of them.

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Last week I sent Kyle and Kym’s wedding album off for printing, I had a lot of fun making it.Since their wedding was kind of a vintage wedding I designed the album as a combination of traditional and contemporay styling. the matte paper it will be printed on will produce a very elegant look. The image above is the cover.

Here is a link to the whole book.

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Better late than never…we attended a Holloween party thrown by one of our clients so I decided that the best the way to sho the photos was intrue comic fashion!!

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We met Dan and Lindsay last weekend in Stillwater for the first of their seasonal engagement shoots, something we make available to all clients who book us a year ahead of their wedding. Despite the fact that the fall colors had pretty much peaked (several weeks early) we were stillable to capture the sense of fall.

After strolling around Stillwater we culminated the shoot with Dan and Lindsay taking a sunset gondola ride on the St. Croix river. The mutted colors were made more intense by a clear blue sky and golden late afternoon sun.

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We had the pleasure to photograph Nate and Dana’s wedding on the last day of September, against the background of a glorious indian summer day. We did their engagement session almost a year ago on the campus where they hung out in their early dating days. Here are some highlights:

The photo above is what we have come to call the “wedding dress dive” because the bride literally has to dive into her dress with the generous help of her attendents. The ritual has come to represent for us the beginning of her transformation from single woman to married woman. It is unfortunate that the groom’s by and large do not have a similar ritual.

The next two photos represent a new and creative twist on the reception toast!! Instead of the clanging glasses used to trigger a newly wed kiss, Nate and Dana called the names of significant couples in their lives and that couple was challenged to show their passion for each other through a kiss which Nate and Dana would then copy. It was a lot of fun watching what people came up with.

Here is their slide show:

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We have just added a new RSS feed from Cartoonist Aaron Johnson’s strip “What the Duck”. The strip is like Dilbert with a focus on photography. The latest 5 strips will always be found on the left column of the blog…so when you are in the mood for some good humor click one of the strips.

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