Wandawega Blog Archive
Behind the scenes
currently obsessed with the MSP (‘maple syrup project’)… – so we staged a prohibition era photoshoot to place the bottles in context of what they would have looked like back in Wandawega Lake Resort’s bootlegging days. MODEL: tyler peterson PHOTOGRAPHER: sean williams LOCATION: his studio is west town (perfect period building) **shot this with my blackberry behind the scenes (and aged it for the vintage prohibition feel) here are some more out takes: (top: eric ellis- who designed the hangtag)
American Dream
As we are fully emmersed in the holiday season, it makes me think of whats important. (yes, cliche, but totally true) family. friends. babies. dogs. having a place to call home. So while it is 100% gratuitous, i have to put out there what i am greatful for this year: 1. friends (william golden here, charlie girl’s god daddy) holding charlieface. 2. frankie. the worlds greatest dog, rescued from a high kill shelter in alabama(on the pier, where he sat for a looong time, which is unusual for him) 3. kids (our one specifically) 4. very tolerant spouses. Sandro shot…
Hello Friends, my name is Matthew Gore…
I’m a friend and coworker of Tereasa’s and helped photograph part of her book Found Flea & Free. Tereasa and I share a great passion for travel and I was lucky to go on vacation last week to Berlin. It was a last minute decision, mostly driven by a need to use up some vacation days and a big chunk of my credit limit. On Sunday, I was invited by a new friend in Berlin to go on a tour of the Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur. (http://www.psmberlin.de/) It stands for Prussian Spirits Manufacturing, an old-world style liquor/spirits/schnapps producer who works to…
belly up. (the final product)
and… here are the final bottles. yay! tucking a hand written note card into each bottle wrapping. (without the card) each bottle is wrapped in a different newspaper day / headline, all on the topic of prohibition. this one has a story of Jack Dempsey the heavyweight boxer… …this one tells the story of a saloonkeeper breaking prohibition laws by offering bribes… …it was easy to find articles about crime & politics during that era. found some with stats on babe ruth (one headline reports that he’d lost 6 pounds.)
LAUNCH OF THE LATEST PROJECT.
sometimes I get some really fun assignments at work. this one was an interior design project- and we just wrapped it. We needed to create an immersive brand experience, one that told the story of the heritage of the Steppenwolf theatre while at the same time asthetically embracing the ‘backstage’ garage theatre roots. PROJECT: design a new lounge, reception, bar for Steppenwolf Garage Theatre. WHO & WHY: for 20-somethings to have a place to hang out- chill. before shows. CHALLENGE:‘Found Free & Flea’ style. with a teensy budget.make it entirely mobile (so that the space can open up and be…
through someone else eyes.
its always fun to see how somebody else sees their stay at camp. here are some shots taken by a new friend on a fall weekend visit. (thanks for sharing!)
london inspiration- a video scrapbook
so much here it makes me sad to leave…because my bag is roughly the size of a VW bug,the camera is always in tow.(some shots from a couple of days here)
MARTHA is coming!
…well, not mrs stewart exactly. but her photographer & editor 🙂 they came calling a few months ago, and spent a lovely weekend with us shooting pictures & enjoying all things summercamp! look for a feature in the july issue. (i know, its a long time) but worth the wait!!! in honor of the high priestess of home… i dug out some of her early modeling shots. dig it.
a luncheon birthday party in the woods.
charlies first birthday was wednesday. we decided to celebrate it the weekend earlier– here are some behind the scenes shots of her party- shot by the amazing kathryngamble.com – stay tuned. will post more soon. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLIEGIRL! some planning went into this puppy. acorn cookies. doe cake. maple leave cookies. mushroom cupcakes. hot cocoa bar. hot cider bar. vintage capes. antique style animal masks…. gift table of presents wrapped in antique paper…. frankie, david, brittany and i making the ‘cake procession’ bringing the baby doe deer cake up into the woods- it was a hike! (thanks for the shot,…