If I have a 1 hour photo shoot scheduled and it rains . . . we reschedule.  So what do you do when it's a dreary, rainy day on someone's wedding day?  You have fun with UMBRELLAS!!!

We had a great time with Jason and Jess and their entire wedding party!



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The bride, looking beautiful!
 


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The ceremony was emotional, both the bride and groom were nervous!



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August in Wisconsin is an incredible month for a wedding.  Combine that beautiful weather and sunshine with a stunning bride, fairy tale dress, an adorable little boy, and nicest people you can image. . . that was the Wigg Wedding!  What an honor to photograph their day - Thank you to Charlie and Christine (and your entire wedding party, family and friends), you were all such a joy!

Here is a sneak peak of the day!

 
Charlie, waiting for his bride: 


 
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Summers in Wisconsin are close to perfect.The sun rises early bringing warm temperatures without humidity and the evenings bring a breeze off the lake cooling down the day just when it’s needed. This perfect summer weather is also perfect for photography. . . which has made us very busy. This is my long, drawn out excuse for not blogging in a while. (please forgive me!)

We’ve had the opportunity to photography some pretty incredible weddings. And, I’m very far behind on blogging, so I’...
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I was excited when Julie, someone I've known since our days of high school soccer practice, started asking questions about my offerings for wedding photography.  Her and Matt had a destination wedding, but were planning a small reception after they got back home.  We decided to meet at the Port Washington Marina, a place we worked together for years, and also to the bluff to take photos - Port Washington is beautiful even on a foggy, not so summer like day!

Julie looked beautiful of course! 

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What makes senior photos fun . . . making them UNIQUE!

We started at a park entrance, found a bridge, laid in the grass, went to the beach, changed clothing at least 3 times, accessorized, jumped, laughed, and in general. . . we had a lot of fun!

Thanks for such a fun, action packed photo shoot - I can't wait to show you the rest of your photos! 


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For this engagement shoot the couple requested more 'natural' photos.  They didn't want to be too posed.  

The perception that most people have about natural "photo journalistic' photos is that they truly happen all naturally.  This is typically not true.  Some posing does take place but once the couple is set up. . . I tell them to talk, or laugh, and just have fun while I click away capturing their fun.  This couple was GREAT at just having fun, and there was definitely lots of laughing. 

Tha...
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First Wedding of the Season  //  Laura Borkenhagen Photography  //  Wedding Photographer
 
 
Our first wedding of the season was full of BIG things . . . BIG smiles, BIG surprises, BIG personalities, BIG laughs, and BIG FUN!
 
Sometimes the photographers job at the wedding is to encourage smiles, there are a lot of nerves and stress that you of course want to capture, but you have to get some smiles too.  It was no problem getting this group of to smile . . . and laugh:
 
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Laura Borkenhagen Photography is looking for candidates who would like to participate in our senior rep program. We will be selecting 1 student from EACH high school to be a rep.


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In the digital age, taking a good photo is only half the fun.  Playing with editing options and falling in love with Photoshop is all part of being a photographer!  

My style of photography is one where I want you to look natural; where your smiles are real, your facial expressions are natural, and you genuinely are having fun while getting your photo taken.  My editing style echoes this.  I love special effects and definitely enjoy 'fixing' any problems so that your eye isn't drawn to that on...
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At LBP we always pride ourselves in providing 'fabulous photos at practical prices'. In order to provide fabulous photos you need two things, a great photo AND a great printer!  Our professional printer starting offering their services to anyone (not just professionals) and we watched the quality drop almost immediately. Orders came with issues so they had to be sent back, delaying prints for our clients.

In the past month we have researched and found an all-professional printer.  There will b...
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Photoshop and digital cameras combined have opened up the world of photo editing.  My typical style is very natural, not overdone editing.  I want people to look at my photography and see the subject, not my editing.  

Over the next few days and weeks I plan to post some editing questions hoping to learn about your opinions on editing.

But for today. . . I'd like to show you a special request edit.  A mother of one of the seniors that I photographed requested this.  Her son loves planes, so for...
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 A few weeks ago Billy and I got to spend an evening with Billy's childhood friend Ryan and his family.  I met Billy and Ryan at the same time during my freshman year of college - they attended a junior college together during their first year of school but they drove down to UW-Milwaukee on Thursday nights to attend Milwaukee's Campus Crusade for Christ. This is where I met all of the "Mayville Boys".  

After that first year of school together, Billy transfered to UW-Milwaukee to start his de...
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 With a little bit of a crazy schedule these past 4 months (grad school, full time work, and a photo business) there has been almost no opportunities where I took photos just for me.  Looking back at the last few months, every time I clicked the shutter, it was for a client. . . until last week.

A very special friend of mine plays high school basketball.  As soon as my semester was finished I looked up her schedule and headed over to the high school gym.  I had fun going back to a high school ...
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 When Jenny said they were getting married early in December I thought 'hmmm this may be challenging for photography."

We arranged to do the outdoor photos at The American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin.  The brick buildings and fabulous landscaping made for great backdrops during this time in-between fall leaves and winter white.  The best part is that there is a heated area near the gardens that allowed up to warm up in-between shots!  (thank goodness because we were cold!)

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Each year LBP will have you help us pick which photo should receive the title 'photo of the year'.  We started this year by nominating 15 photos from 2010 photo shoots. (They can be seen here .)  After one week of voting.  . . we have a winner. . . and a runner up!


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BLOG!

Hi - this is Laura Borkenhagen from Laura Borkenhagen Photography.  
Up until now I've always used facebook as the place to announce things or ask you questions or just to share my thoughts on photography.  Many times my thoughts take up more than the 420 character 'status update' limit that facebook has . . .so now I'm onto blogging!


I plan to use this blog to do things that are different than the facebook page . . . I'm going to ask questions about photography style to get your opinions....
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