January 4th, 2012
I hope you had an amazing holiday. I had the pleasure of spending a bunch of time with family. My sister in laws were both in town, and it is very rare that everyone is in the same place at the same time. It was great to just hang out, catch up, eat some good food and relax together in celebration of the holidays. I also promised myself I would take some time off and actually relax and recharge. However, while taking a break from my computer and email, I could never take a break from a camera… Here is a few photographs from the holidays. First set from the Rohde house and the second half from my in laws place.
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January 3rd, 2012
My wife and I had the chance to go visit our friends who were just blessed with a Christmas baby. Maggie is a couple days old and cute as all get up. Plus I am jealous of her room… so cool!
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December 21st, 2011
Merry Christmas!
I just wanted to take a quick second and wish you all a Merry Christmas. Everyone we have had the opportunity to work with this year has been amazing. You have all helped us grow throughout the year, not only in our careers and business, but in our lives. I truly believe I am a better person from meeting you and working with you all. For all of our 2012 couples, I look forward to working with you all next year!
Enjoy the holidays. Relax. Recharge and get ready for 2012.
A bit about the image: This was taken the other day at Red Arrow Park. I brought out my Pinhole camera, which I haven’t shot with in a long time. If you are not familiar with a pinhole, basically it is a box with a hole in it. My pinhole is made of wood. So it is a wood box with a hole in it. That is all. It is the simplest form of photography… even more simple than cameras such as the Holga (which you can see images of in the last couple posts). There is something freeing about walking around with such a simple camera… something refreshing. It takes a long time for an image to be made with this camera, which is also peaceful. You need to set the camera up on a tri-pod, compose (as well as you can, since there is no viewfinder), and expose… This photo took 6 minutes to expose. Some images I have made with the camera take 30 minutes – 1.5 hours… yeah, that’s a long time to make a photograph… But in that time there is a peace I don’t find many other places. There is nothing I can do but wait near the camera with a stop-watch. It is time to think and reflect.
I just realized that my last few posts have all been images from toy cameras. If you just stumbled here and are looking for something specific, like wedding photography, feel free to filter the blog posts over on the right there… you can see just wedding photography, personal work, engagement sessions, etc…
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December 14th, 2011
We just met Ashleigh and Brandon, and they wanted to get their engagement session done before the end of the year, so they could use their images in their wedding planning for things like their Save the Dates… Simon and I are all about shooting whenever, so we were down. Ashleigh and Brandon braved the cold and we made some great images down by Lake Michigan, Alterra at the Lake (one of their first date spots), Brady Street, North and Farwell by the Oriental Theatre, and we ended the day warming up at Von Trier with some tasty beers. These guys are awesome… and here are a few of my favorite shots from the cold, but very fun, shoot with them:
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October 24th, 2011
Spent the morning with Erin and Hobbes at Seoul Creek Farm in West Bend Wisconsin. A candid lifestyle story… this is the type of portrait session I love…
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