this was a super fun project. so happy to have been invited…. tried to find a wandawega-esque theme, so i started with an antique chesterfield wingback chair. (imported from france, 1950’s era) then i had the thing trucked up from alabama (it came in on a crate). name:“THE HEARTH CHAIR” materials used:IMPORTED 1950’S LEATHER WINGBACK HEARTH CHAIR. AUGMENTED WITH TARTAN FABRICS, A COLLECTION OF 1920’S FURNITURE TAGS (*FEATHERS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY AN ENORMOUS FLOCK OF PHEASANTS) retail value:WORTH AT LEAST ITS WEIGHT IN THE 8675 HAND-PRUNED & APPLIED FEATHERS. idea behind the chair: THE HEARTH CHAIR WAS SO NAMED…
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… the entire day. and david gave this toast: here are a couple shots of our day: (notice the running in the rain & umbrellas… and that our smiles could not have been any bigger. recently, a fab couple heather and chris- also got hitched at wanda. and it also rained…. check out some of their shots. and also their smiles. nothing is harder to untie than a wet knot! 🙂 ps- my favorite shot: the one where he is squeezing her hand (really hard) at the altar as they exchange vows. awesome couple: heather Stumph & Chris Popio…
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i have a new friend. met her online. she is a photographer of everything i love. she found camp, and i started stalking her blog and website. it’s lovely! recently, i found a cute post she did on the book (she styled and propped it, which i love:) a bit about janis: Pinecone Camp vancouver, bc, Canada Hello, and welcome to Pinecone Camp! I’m an interiors and lifestyle photographer and married to a fantastic Australian. I love mid-century design, travel, a little baking, some DIY, and photography and I cover them all in my weekly blog. Hope you find…
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years ago, the Chicago Tribune did a story on Camp Wandawega, and soon after, folks starting coming out of the woodwork to tell us stories of visits to our little camp in their youth… one such gentleman came to visit and came bearing some old super 8 film- check it out here another family brought us stacks of old photographs… their grandparents took over the place in the 40’s, then their parents owned it in the 50’s… before it was finally sold to the catholic church (the latvia marion fathers)- who turned it into the summercamp that david attended. here…
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we were SO excited to host the lovely LAYLA and her adorable mom last week at camp! i was so 🙂 to see the sweetest blog post she just put up, had to share it: http://theletteredcottage.net/camping-in-wisconsin/ check them out here– i love ALL her posts!
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the amazing BOB COSCARELLI came to camp last weekend and shot a series for my CHAIRS FOR CHARITY entry. without giving the chair away (its a surprise!) here are some behind-the-scenes of us playing around in the leaves shooting. (all but the tabletop shot, which was my inspiration collage at home while designing the chair- and this top shot of BOB on site was shot by our new friend SAMER)
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our friend jane of janegoodrichphotography came to kids camp this year and sent a really beautiful portfolio of images!
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One of the clients i work on here at the day job is AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE. We just wrapped a shoot that took us all over the US, to produce a print campaign for AFI. A good chunk of the images were captured at Camp Wandawega. Here are a few outtakes from the shoot, and a couple of the ads produced for the campaign. We shot this video of the photorapher SANDRO talking about the campaign- and what this campaign means to him.
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a couple of months ago VON MAUR came to camp wandawega to do a shoot– some outtakes of a fun weekend!
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holy god. i prayed for every model, grip, photographer, stylist and crew member on this shoot. while i was working in london this past summer, a team of 40+ folks decended on wandawega for a holiday shoot this past summer. they turned it into a fall season… folks in scarves in 90 degrees! and then it was winter- garland, christmas trees and cold weather gear. i am amazed that they were able to capture such great shots in that record-breaking heat. (for copyright reasons, we cant show any recognizable shots of the crew or models, tell you who its for,…
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