Join us for the 2nd Annual Terry Anderson Memorial Golf Tournament

We would like to invite you to participate in the 2nd Annual Terry Anderson Memorial Golf Tournament, Saturday, August 28th. An 18 hole shotgun will be played at The Wilds Golf Club in Prior Lake beginning at 1:30pm. A 9-hole event will be held at Braemar’s Exective Course in Edina beginning at 4:00pm. Even if you don’t golf, you are welcome to join us for the evening. Dinner will follow golf, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the studio. Spouses are welcome to join us.

All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Terry Anderson Memorial Fund, which supports the Terry Anderson Photography Scholarships and the American Heart Association. Terry loved the game of golf because it was challenging and provided him time outdoors with friends. It seems a fitting way to honor him, while helping others.

Please visit www.tkaphoto.com/terry for more details and information about this great event.

Guess The Image contest winner

We had a number of correct guesses this time around. So we threw all the correct guesses in a hat and Mike Bleckwehl was our lucky winner of two tickets to AMC theaters. I'm sure Mike will glad to take his fiance out for a nice romantic movie. Enjoy.

Greg Kamin took this luge track photo at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia.

It captures the German Gold medalist, Felix Loch blazing across the track just past the final and fastest curve.

Greg spent several days on assignment for Karl's Global Events in Whistler and Vancouver.

Here is the full image.

Guess The Image

Can you guess what this cropped image is? Guess correctly and you could win an AMC Theater gift certificate for two. Send your guess Here by March 21. The answer will be posted March 22.

One entry per person. If there are multiple correct guesses, then a random drawing of all correct entries will be held to select a winner.

TKA goes back to school

A few ugly dolls and a couple of pretty hands were subjects for the latest pro bono project at TKA Photo. The 3rd annual Bring Your Layouts to Life photo contest was held in December 2009.

Three art direction and design students from local design schools were chosen based on their submitted advertising campaign concepts and layouts.

Caitlan Nolan, a senior at MCAD, won for her Ugly Dolls campaign. Nolan worked with Jeff Schmieg to execute product images of the stuffed dolls. “I thought things ran so smoothly and efficiently,” said Nolan about her photo session. “I have a better idea of what to expect when I do any photo shoot in the future.”

“I was amazed how he [Schmieg] could fix a funny reflection or lighting problem in my photo shoot,” said Nolan. “I thought he was amazing and had so much knowledge about photography.”

Jonathan Anthes, a senior at Miami Ad School, created a campaign for Dutch Boy Paint. Anthes’ campaign was created around the tagline of “true match.” TKA Photographer, Bill Bartlett photographed models’ hands in studio. With each image, Bartlett matched the lighting from Anthes’ stock photos to fit the scene.

“The photo shoot was awesome,” said Anthes. “Bill was great and so willing to help fulfill my vision. I was really impressed with his on the fly solutions for the lighting on the hand to really match that of the image.”

“Jonathan’s concepts were well thought out and were highly praised by all our creative directors that participated in the event,” said Bartlett.

Dewey Koshenina photographed for the winner from Brainco. Gabriel Goldstein created a campaign for Moleskine art supplies.

Koshenina created a small set in the studio for Goldstein’s images. Myron Wolf, TKA Assistant, helped Dewey with painting for the set. TKA Photo has an extensive supply of backgrounds, walls, and props available to clients.

“I really liked the fact that exactly what I was imagining could be created within the studio space,” said Goldstein.

Judging of the contest was conducted by Spencer Smith, Creative Director at Concept Group, Inc and Jason Losiniski, Creative Director at Regis Corporation.

“I think it is great to help out these students. The work was really good this year and tough to judge,” said Losiniski.

"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."

~ Ansel Adams