I'm Still Here :)

Yep, I am still here. Here as in occupying life, but definitely not here as in blogging. I am super busy with photographing weddings, engagements and life, so when I am not photographing one of the three, or editing said photos,  I like to stay as far away as possible from my computer. It is summer in Wisconsin and it only comes around once a year, so I must take full advantage. Here are a few photos that I have taken lately. Since life is busy, I haven't been using my Holga much. But I have been using Instagram!

Wausau, Wisconsin Wedding Photography

In case you missed it, I am now blogging all my weddings, engagements and portraits on my new photography site www.lauraschmittphotography.com. Last week I photographed Lindsey and Alex's Mosinee wedding. Check out all their photos on my blog! http://lauraschmittphotography.com/lindsey-alex/

Spring (And Fall) Film

I finally got a roll of film finished.... only six months in the making! Here are a few shots from the roll. I love the look of these... makes me miss almost miss the days of scanning negatives all day..... Almost.

Cedar Strip Canoe

I just realized that I haven't posted about the cedar strip canoe that Dan built. Here is my blog about it from my work blog on Wisconsin Outdoor Fun. So far we have taken the canoe out a few times and it has gotten a few scratches too.

This Friday I went in search of open water. With temperatures in the mid-seventies, I felt that every lake around would be open. My fiance just finished building a cedar strip canoe and we couldn't wait any longer to test it out. After my initial disappointment that we might be driving all day after seeing our destination still covered with ice, we drove around the lake to where we heard geese. Fortunately, enough water was open to paddle up the creek and the ice was melting away as we watched. We slipped the canoe in the water to head out to explore to first of spring in our new canoe.

This is the first canoe he has built... and I might have him blog about it, since my help was pretty minimal.  I did lay a few strip here and there, but not enough to blog about the process. It is for our wedding... so we can paddle off into the sunset....awwwww :) It was gorgeous to paddle and completely silent compared to the old aluminum canoe. Silent enough to sneak up on birds around the bends. I can't wait until we take it on a "real" paddle and can spend a few days in it. It did get the first few scratches though, so I am glad that is out of the way.

We also paddled around the the Eau Pleine Flowage on Sunday. I know it isn't spring and it will probably snow again, but it sure felt like it this weekend!

I didn't take all these photos, Dan took a few of the detail shots. 

 

 

Spring in Wisconsin!

 Springtime in Wisconsin!

Newborn Vivianne :: Marshfield, Wisconsin Baby Photography

Last week I was able to spend an afternoon photographing 18-day-old Vivianne. She is such a sweet baby and was still so tiny! I am sure she has already changed in the past week. It was a really fun photo session; Vivianne was a great model :) Congratulations Craig and Brenda!

WNA Awards

This past Friday I had the honor of attending the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Better Newspaper and Advertising Awards in Middleton. The Marshfield News-Herald won 21 awards in our division and picked up some nice hardware for our new office.

We received a First Award for the Creative use of Multimedia for the project about Colby's show choir that I worked on with Ashley Smith. This was a really fun project to work on. I did a couple audio slideshows to go with the daily stories and photos in the paper.

I received a First Award for Feature Photo from Farm Tech Days.

We also received a First Award for All-Around Photography

I got to spend the afternoon at the pool for this one. Brought back memories of being a former "pool rat" and then lifeguard.

I received a Second Award for Spot News Photo

And I received a Third Award for General News Photo

We also received a Third Award for Photo Essay with  "Yipes, Stripes!"