Noah Wolf Photography

Twin Cities Live

I made my first TV appearance a few days ago!  Well, my first since I was on public TV in the fourth grade when I did a mock news commentary on JFK.  I had chapped lips and kept licking them, so I looked like a big  dork....but my hair looked good, so I had that going for me :)

Twin Cities Live on KSTP Channel 5 did a piece on me, then had me as guest on the show for a brief interview.  Click here to take a peek at the segment. 

And let me just yell out a huge thanks to all my clients - THANK YOU!! It's because of you that Twin Cities Live wanted to feature me on their program.  I am most grateful.

Amy and Kevin

You'd never guess that a woman who handles the finances of a major online university would be so incredible creative.  Amy put together an absolutely stunning presentation for her guests.  And not only for the reception, but the room at the Westin where the rehearsal dinner was held was drop-dead gorgeous.  To top it off, each guest received a personalized gift.

And let's not forget about our terrific groom Kevin.  I'm not sure if I've ever seen him wear anything but a great big genuine smile.  For anyone looking for a family physician that you can feel very comfortable with, let me know 'cuz this guy is like a dream come true. 

Even with the chaos that came the week of the wedding, like a broken water pipe that flooded Amy's basement and a hail storm that wasn't too friendly to one of their cars, Kevin and Amy seemed to truly enjoy every moment of their day.

The Slideshow!

The details:

• Amy's dress was from The Dressmaker of Edina

• The tuxedos were rented from Savvi Formalwear

• The wedding planner was the great Tom Clemens.  Unfortunately, as amazing as he is, he only plans events for Capella University; this event was done as a gift to the bride.

• The flowers were arranged by Summer at Stems and Vines

• Buttercream made the wedding cake

• The Depot provided the elegant hall and catering

• The string players were Woodfire Quartet

• Last but not least, the incredible soloists during the ceremony, and I mean incredible, were Linda Muehlbauer and Don (sorry, I don't have his last name).

An Historic Wedding

When I met Tom at Amy and Kevin's wedding less than two weeks ago, I had no idea that I would be photographing his wedding yesterday!  Tom and his partner Kelly have been together for 10 years and have discussed the idea of getting married more than once.  After listening to the speech that Kevin gave to his new wife, family and friends (which was wonderful and the whole room in tears), Tom whispered to Kelly, "We need to do this." 

Three days later, Tom emails me saying they were headed to San Francisco in one week to get married on the first full day when same-sex marriages would become legal (some counties allowed couples to get married at 5:01P.M. the evening before), and was wondering if I could help them find a photographer in San Francisco.  I was thrilled and said absolutely!  After getting some details, I looked at my schedule and thought "wait a second! maybe they'd allow ME to photograph their wedding!"  I had never photographed a same-sex wedding, and being a part of history in the making was a very exciting thought.  Low and behold, Tom was said they'd be happy to have me document their day.

It was a 24 whirlwind of a trip.  I took the red-eye to CA on Monday night, hung out and photographed Tom and Kelly all morning, had lunch with them and their witnesses, Lisa and Holly, in Salcilito, then went back to downtown San Francisco, found a coffee shop and sat there for a few hours to edit and process images to send to the Star Tribune who was running a story about their wedding for the next day's paper.  We all met back for dinner at a killer restaurant called Destino, then headed to airport around 10P.M. for the red-eye back to Minneapolis this morning.

I want to tell you all about the wedding, but I see this is getting lengthy, so check out Tom and Kelly's blog to learn about it from the newlyweds themselves.   Also check out Pam Louwagie's story in today's Star Tribune.

Check out this clip of the ceremony from a San Francisco news program.

      

Katie and Peder

With all the crappy weather we've had, the forecast Katie and Peder's wedding was supposed to be no different.  But you know what?  Mother Nature gave us a big break and it was gorgeous out all day.  Not until they walked into the U of M's Macnamara Alumni Center for dinner did it finally start to down pour.  Even the tornado sirens went off!  I guess everything was fine because I never saw a mass exodus to the basement :)

When Peder saw Katie for the first time at the church, she was standing in this stunning light of a huge skylight.  It was a dark background so it was like this gorgeous spotlight shining down on her just for Peder.  I got all goose-bumpy while I watched his reaction seeing her standing there.

From there, the day was smooth, fun and sunny!

Check out the highlight slideshow here

 

 

 

 

WPJA 2008 Q1 Contest results

One of the images I entered in the latest Wedding Photojournalist's Association was awarded 9th Place in the category of "Reception"  Yeah!  The image if of Peter Rogness playing with his ring during the toast of his best man.  I'll post the image below. 

But first, I also have to say THANKS!!! to all of you who voted in the 2008 MN Bride Magazine Best Of survey.  I learned that once again, I am a nominee for Best of Photography.  Thank you thank you thank you!

Have a great weekend!

Julia and Joe

This was the first time I photographed at the Outing Lodge near Stillwater, MN.  What was once the "poor house" is now a lovely country get-away.  You take a drive out in the country, turn onto this great driveway, climb a small hill and there sits a great old two story brick inn. 

Julia is a Minnesota girl turned New Yorker.  A few years ago, she moved there to become a doctor and in doing so, met a great guy named Joe; a good Russian boy also studying medicine. Now the two live in Brooklyn and work at a nearby hospital.  Check this out though - right now, they are on a boat in South America floating down almost the entire length of the Amazon river!  It's a three week journey.  They better be making photographs 'cuz I have to see that!

A few details for you to know about:

Julia's gown is from L'Atelier Couture by Amanda Kaaut
Flowers were designed by Aneta of European Floral
Catering was provided by the folks at the Outing Lodge
The cake was baked by good 'ol Aunt Marilyn (with special hand made MN fish decorations by Vanessa Strong)
Music was by none other than Cafe Accordian Orchestra

Click here to view the highlight slideshow

 

 

 

Willow and Scott's Wedding

Have you ever stood 3 feet in front of our nation's Declaration of Independence?  Thanks to arrangements made by Willow and Scott, their guests were given a wonderful treat to do just that at the Minnesota History Center where they were married May 10th, 2008.  When planning the day, I didn't really think about what it would be like to view it, but once I was actually in front of it, I was sort of speechless.  I mean, right there in front of me was the document (and two armed guards :) that let the King of England know that he could take his rules and regulations and shove 'em! (paraphrased of course).

Oh yeah, I don't think I mentioned that the MN Supreme Court's Chief Justice, Honorable Russell Anderson, married Willow and Scott.  It couldn't have been more beautiful to see this take place with the state capital in the background.  Let me just say, I had major goosebumps!

View the slideshow!

Willow's dress and Scott's tuxedo are from the Wedding Shoppe
Flowers were provided by Richfield Flowers and Events
Their incredibly tasty cake was from Lucky Cafe
Music during the ceremony was performed by Four Voices String Quartet
The fine dancin' tunes were a collection of hand-picked musicians from all over the Twin Cities









 






























 

Liga International: May 2008

A couple weeks ago, I went back to Mexico to continue a project I started in March photographing the volunteers and patients of Liga International, a non-profit medical organization out of California.  During my first visit, I concentrated on making images that would give a great overall feel of what Liga is all about.  This trip was very different.

Accompanied by my friend Dr. David Whiting, who by the way is the person that introduced me to Liga in 2007, and his colleague Dr. Jason Jedlicka (both are eye doctors), we left MN bright and early on a Thursday morning.  By late afternoon, they were working with patients who had already been lined up all day, and I started snapping away.

David and Jason were part of an amazing group of medical volunteers known as the "eye team".  Together, they performed over 70 surgeries in two days!  What made this trip so different for me is that I was able to find one local who let me photograph his experience working with the eye team from start to finish.  Not only did Roberto give me full access to meet and photograph his entire family, he gave me an experience of great joy and goose-bumps. 

I invite you to view his story in this 6 1/2 minute slideshow:  Roberto's story

  

The Little Man

I don't show off my kid nearly enough :)  Isaac is just plain great.  He now seems to know pretty much everything you say to him. It has really made hanging out together the most enjoyable it's been yet for me.  I now realize I could go on and on, so I'll save it for another day.  Here's a few picks I finally got around to processing.

Oh yeah!  It's not even scheduled so who knows if it's really going to happen but Twin Cities live wants to feature me on their TV show!  My friend and wedding client Lindsay mentioned an idea of hers to one of the producers and apparently they really liked it.  Thank you Lindsay!!

I also happen to married to the greatest mom in the world.