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"Love Your Look" event signup has now started.

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:00 +0000

Do you LOVE your Facebook profile picture? Are you ready for something new? Be our guest at Seidou Salon Spa for an evening of fun, including a free J&K Creative Facebook photo, a mini-makeover, snacks, wine and more. Space is definately limited and filling up extremely fast. Contact the Salon at: 952-417-6872 or the J&K Studio at: 952-473-0201. You may also make arrangements to attend through any of our Facebook pages.

We hope to see you there,
Jon and Kathy Wright
J&K Creative!

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Jocelyn In The Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Yesterday, fromer Minnesota Valkyrie player, Jocelyn came to the studio to work on her portfolio. As usual, we had a great time and she came away with images that should help her establish her modelling career.

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Don't Trust Qwest Centurylink

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0000

Dear friends, business associates and all,

Thank you for your patience while we have been unable to connect to the internet. This outage was caused by Qwest Centurylink. When we contacted them about our “loyal customer” rate they took it upon themselves to highjack our ISP (Internet Service Provider). We have been with a great service provider, CPinternet for over 12 years and use them for our ISP and hosting of websites. Qwest Centurylink called them and cancelled our service without clearly asking for our permission so they could take it for themselves. It took us until now to be able to get back online. Two straight days of calls to Qwest (mostly foreign autoresponding symptom analyzers) before a conference call was created with our service provider. At that point, Qwest informed me that the problem must be our modem and sent us off to Best Buy to purchase a new one. Just before installing the new modem (after being gone for the weekend) I turned on our main computer to discover that the current modem must have “fixed” itself. We are now back on the net with CPinternet. Now we get to take the new one back to Best Buy.

We do most of our business on the internet and this attempt to highjack our ISP was completely unnecessary. They cost us dearly and we certainly will not forget it. If you change any aspect of your service please make it clear to Qwest Centurylink that you will not allow them to change your ISP.

Thanks for your understanding during this outage,

Jon Wright
J&K Creative!

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I'm So Excited! My Event Images Will Be In Minnesota Meeting + Events Magazine.

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +0000

You can see some of them from a link on my website at: http://www.artbyjon.com/

This past week we photographed a number of national and local celebs, including O'Neal Hampton from The Biggest Loser.

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000

"Nationally Speaking" event at the Hilton (Mall Of America)

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noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:12:00 +0000

Happy New Year to all our friends and relatives. All of us have been through quite alot this year, I'm certain. J&K Creative! is ready to move forward to new challenges and opportunities in 2012. Thanks go out to our loyal clients, who have made our company what it is today. We will continue to provide the best photo, video and design services possible. Our commitment to all of you is to always do our very best.

Thanks for your wonderful support,

Jon and Kathy
J&K Creative!

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Will She Play Against Seattle?

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:15:00 +0000

It's anybody's guess.

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Kicking It In Hopkins - Wayzata Wins Dance Event, Eden Prairie Takes Second Place

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:18:00 +0000

It's always fun to see my alma mater, Wayzata do so well in sports. The dance squad did a great job at Hopkins last night, finishing first in Varsity and Junior Varsity Kick. Pictured here, Eden Prairie dance team took second. More photos available at: http://www.hopkinspatch.com/
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Looks Like Kevin Slowey Is Going To The Rockies

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:16:00 +0000

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Valk Trio

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:31:00 +0000

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Grace Brought Her Pups To The Studio Yesterday

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:07:00 +0000

Every once in a while we photograph pets. Our friend, Grace brought her two buddies with her to the studio yesterday. This is one of them.

We still miss our little dog, Rustee and are thankful to have a good photo to remember him by. Pet photography is certainly not our specialty, but we are happy to accomodate our regular clients and friends.

PS Kathy says, "No Snakes"!

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Plymouth Mayor In The Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:26:00 +0000

This week J&K Creative! was honored to be selected to create the official portraits for the City of Plymouth's mayor, Kelli Slavik. She has been mayor of Plymouth (Minnesota's fourth largest City) for five years.
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The Weather Is Cooling, The Studio Is Heating Up

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:37:00 +0000

Those beautiful fall colors will soon be turning to white. The temperatures are starting to drop below freezing. What does this all mean? It means that it's time for J&K Creative to move our show indoors and rev things up in our nice warm photo studio out on beautiful Casco Point in the heart of the Lake Minnetonka area. Call Kathy today for that Holiday card photo session that you've been putting off for months. 952-473-0201

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Jocelyn from the Target Center photo session

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:15:00 +0000

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Anoka Kids Halloween Parade - Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:03:00 +0000

For the second year in a row we took a run up to Anoka for the annual children's parade. Our granddaughter, Cindy marched in the parade with her middle school band. She is a clarinet player.

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I'm Not Ready To Pull Out The Parka

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:50:00 +0000

Highs in the 50's, lows in the 30's and Halloween just around the proverbial corner. It seems like only yesterday that we were complaining about the deer, as they munched their way through the flowers and bushes in our yard. It seems the older we get the faster the seasons seem to pass. I keep telling myself that we need to move to a warmer climate, yet no boxes are being packed up and no trucks are being rented. It may happen, but not this year. I've made no secret that a move is in the plan and yet I keep making commitments that involve staying put. It's like that old sports phrase which bemoans, "Wait until next year".

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A Halftime Lead, An Injury And Season's First Loss For Valkyrie

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Brittany Austin takes down Ashley Salerno of the Temptation

The Minnesota Valkyrie gave the LA Temptation all they could handle in the first half of their home opener at Target Center on Friday. A wrist injury to starting quarterback Jana Skrtic seemed to be the turning point of the game as the momentum swung in favor of LA. For more information and a gallery of photos by Joe Petro, Jon Wright and BJ Fleming visit http://www.lfl360.com/.
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Kathy, Michelle and I covered the Valkyrie practice in Long Lake today.

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:08:00 +0000

The clock is ticking for the Minnesota Valkyrie as they prepare to face the two-time LFL champion Los Angeles Temptation. Coach Tony has his team ready. After a great warm up in Green Bay against the Chill it's definately time to show the home crowd at Target Center just how good the Valks really are. Thursday is media day at Target Center, followed by Friday's game. If you can't make it downtown to see all the action in person you can watch them on MTV2 at 9pm central.
Jon Wright - Official Photographer Of The Minnesota Valkyrie
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Modern DSLRs Are Sports Shooters Game-Changer

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:48:00 +0000

It has been a really fun high school fall sports season. I've had the chance to cover football, soccer and volleyball for the various Patch.com sites. One reason it's been so cool is that the newer DSLR cameras have such great high ISO functionality compared to back in the Nikon D1 (2.8 megapixel at $5,000.00) era. This shot was taken at 2,500 ISO, F 2.8 at 1/800th of a second with stadium lighting at Minnetonka on Thursday. High sensitivity combined with good high ISO noise reduction has been a game-changer for sports photographers that often work in terrible lighting situations.

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The Watermelon That Went "Bump In The Night"

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:39:00 +0000

Generally speaking, I am known in some parts as a premiere watermelon thumper. Produce department personel have always marvelled at my amazing thumping skills. The very specific hollow sound produced at just the moment of pink and green perfection was like music to my ears. Well, all of that changed in the middle of the night.
Around 2:30AM A loud crash somewhere in the house had me dashing to jump into my bluejeans. If I was going to go at it with an unwelcome intruder or an overzealous racoon I at least wanted to have my pants on. I dashed through the house,a half-dressed man on a mission only to find nothing out of place. I checked all the usual rooms except one, the laundry room. There it was. The cause of our rude awaking - an overripe watermelon. It had been stacked on cases of pop. The melon had apparently morphed from it's usual oval shape to become the leaning tower of melon. It took a header off the stack and smashed to the floor only to became a warm and very smelly smoothie. My first thought was, "How the hell am I going to pick this up?"!
I settled for a large spoon and collected up the pink mass in little wavy motions. A stainless steel bowl provided the recepticle. Wet rugs, boxes, bottles and clothes were dispatched to various piles based on degree of damage.

We slept in this morning.

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Tobacco Grove Of Maple Grove Participates In Valkyrie Boat Cruise

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:46:00 +0000

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Orchard Slideshow

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:36:00 +0000

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This Week I Photographed My Friend Tina For Her Kick Boxing Classes

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:47:00 +0000

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Field Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:53:00 +0000

Today I took the Gillespie Center Photo Group on a field trip to Minnetonka Orchard. Our best images will be presented to the orchard for use on their website. We had a wonderful experience.

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Mound vs. Orono Football

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Wright) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:37:00 +0000

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