…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.
last week was charlie’s birthday.our new friend kathryn gamble came to shoot the party 🙂and our good friend donna charlton perrin wrote this LOVELY story to accompany it… She smelled of organic apple sauce and vanilla beans when they found her. At first the animals were afraid. She made loud noises and unexpected movements. But where she smiled, they couldn’t help but creep a little closer. They named her “charlie”. It was a named they’d heard called in the woods years ago. It suited her very well. It famed her beautiful face and wise eyes with a human word that…
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…. Â 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,…
… 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…
this weekend at wanda was a fall story shoot- (where they were capturing some film as well) so i had to throw together some behind the scenes takes to remember this PERFECT FALL DAY. — and because its charlie’s first birthday this weekend and it breaks my heart to see how big she has grown so fast. — and because every time i see her in this garden gnome hat it also breaks my heart. — and because i am so freaking greatful to be able to be here at wanda when the leaves are perfect and everybody is healthy…
our friend jane of janegoodrichphotography came to kids camp this year and sent a really beautiful portfolio of images!Â
lets just start out with the ‘morning after’ and work our way backwards. 6:00 am discovered a passed out on a bench. on a  pew. in the church.6:05 am- start filling garbage bags with the aftermath of the party the night before. to the tune of 10 bags.6:15 am- discover another drunken person, this time on a dock. it appears that they slept there.6:00 am- 2:00 am- i don’t know what debauchery took place, i had plugged in the earplugs.2:00 am-11:00 pm ‘wandapalooza afterparty’ including acoustic sets around the bonfire and skinny dippers.11:00 pm- 9:00 pm things were getting rowdier…
1. bonfires tall enough to singe eyebrows do NOT mix with little children with s’mores sticks…. 2. fireworks should only be set off from a very long distance from kids. 3. when there are bats circling the night sky, children in their PJs are best kept inside. 4. never give the biggest kid the biggest bat, blind-fold him and then let him swing at a pinata. in a crowd. 5. when the national weather advisory sends out an alert to ‘stay away from trees and expect flying objects’ it might be a good time to cancel a day where you…
.. and you’re all invited. clarkson potter & crafter news are hosting it- giving out some swag, too!
thanks so much to everyone who came to celebrate book launch no.2! AND especially those who help with the launch: post27 for hosting william sherman and will golden for party planning and- all of the amazing photographers who contributed to this book: matt gore julie stotz david robert elliot jacob hand bob coscarelli vince cook aimee herring bjorn wallander chris strong greg gillis * erik law for video (watch for a follow up post on his footage) * t harrison hillman for shooting (watch for a follow up post on his images) also, tater, charlie, britt, erik for their support…