Tim Larsen Photography

Tim Larsen Photography Joyful, authentic and beautiful are the words I use to guide my vision when I photograph a wedding.

Every wedding, like every couple, is unique and generates its own unique character. My goal, as a photographer, is to capture this unique character

If you're getting married on a lake, there's a very good chance your favorite portrait ends up being on a dock. Here's w...
07/23/2026

If you're getting married on a lake, there's a very good chance your favorite portrait ends up being on a dock. Here's why — and the one time it doesn't.

→ Fill from below. Key from above. The water under the dock bounces soft light upward onto faces. The open sky above gives soft top-light. Natural three-point lighting nobody had to install.

→ The line draws the eye. A dock is a runway. A compositional line pointing into the frame. You at the end, water around, horizon behind. The simplest portrait is almost always the strongest.

→ One time I skip it: wind. Dress hems, veils, and hair don't forgive a 15-mph breeze over open water. On windy days I move portraits into a tree line or behind a boathouse.

Planning dock portraits? DM me "hello" — I'll send a lake-country dock gallery.

Still thinking about this one.Sehar and Mark on the lantern-lined garden path at Grand View Lodge — the whole day behind...
07/19/2026

Still thinking about this one.

Sehar and Mark on the lantern-lined garden path at Grand View Lodge — the whole day behind them, the lodge glowing gold ahead. Of everything we made that night — the ceremony, the dock, the dance floor — this quiet minute on the path is the frame that stayed with me.

Full gallery: https://timlarsenphoto.com/journal/sehar-mark-grand-view-lodge/

Three venues come up in nine out of ten inquiries I get. A portraitist's take on what each one actually gives you.→ Gran...
07/16/2026

Three venues come up in nine out of ten inquiries I get. A portraitist's take on what each one actually gives you.

→ Grand View — the point at 6:30. The peninsula is the single best ceremony-into-portrait sightline in the Lakes. Open sky, water on three sides, sunset light with nothing in the way.

→ Madden's — the pines behind the lawn. Most couples overlook it. Tall pines, filtered light, wide enough for a big bridal party. When the lake gets busy at 5 p.m., the pines are still quiet.

→ Cragun's — the deck facing east. The eastern exposure means the lake glows in the late afternoon, not the evening. If your ceremony runs past 6:30, plan portraits earlier.

Booked at one of these? DM me "hello" — I'll send you a full gallery from that specific venue.

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1001 Kingwood Street
Brainerd, MN
56401

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