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Vanessa Wyler Photography

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So I finally put myself out there and was brave and officially started Vanessa Wyler Photography.

Back in January I made it a goal to work on my photography. So I signed up for various workshops, breakouts, and became part of a photographer community. So I’ve spent the past 8 months working on things like white balance, nailing focus, metering, editing in lightroom, and much more. Thankfully I had a subject who was fairly cooperative to let me practice on, thanks Emerald.

Doing so I fell in love with lifestyle photography, obviously if you’ve read this blog, you know that I like to document everything, the big moments and the simple moments. I love capturing the non-posed every day simple things, because that is what is truly real and what I’ll want to remember when I look back on these photos (which I do often).

I had toyed around with the idea of doing photography as a business, but honestly was unsure how to make it work, and if I’d like photographing people other than my family. I had a few friends inquire about taking photos and I was just as obsessed with documenting their moments as I was for our own. So here is where I’m at… building my portfolio. I have a few sessions in the works already and hoping that more people will help me build my portfolio as well as gain some great future clients! The best thing for learning now is practice, practice, practice. I’m also so grateful for a few photographers I’ve spoken with that helped me take the plunge to learn and now put myself out there.

Here’s a few photos I’ve done for people other than my own family. To see more, visit my portfolio page.

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Summer Days – Splash Pad

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There’s only a few days left of summer, and in Wisconsin those could easily be cut short thanks to cool weather – so we’ve been making it a point to explore our city. Today was the Lake Country Rotary Splash Pad in Hartland.

The water was freezing, but Emerald was still a champ and thanks to daddy for running through the cold water for her to have fun. She was shivering at the end, poor girl! Can’t wait to come back next time when she’s full fledge walking!

Summer Days – Lake Michigan & Sheboygan

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Emerald and I went to visit Becky, Reese and Charleigh on Wednesday in Sheboygan. We visited Deland Park which has a beautiful beach – and the water is so blue, as if you were at the ocean. The beach was also empty thanks to cooler temps and off and on rain, but that didn’t stop the girls from having fun! The water was very chilly, so they stayed pretty far from it.

They chased birds, chased each other, played with the few toys we remembered to bring and a stick. Within an hour, we were ready to go home and give them baths, they were COVERED in sand! Can’t wait to visit again!

State Fair 2015

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Since last year, Emerald couldn’t have cared less about the State Fair, we didn’t worry about taking her. This year, we figured she’d enjoy the cream puffs and animals. The cream puff, yes, however the animals not so much…

Date Day – Summer 2015

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After deciding to both take a vacation day to do something fun, we decided to spend the day exploring different cities and sites around our extended neighborhood.

To start we headed to Lion’s Den Gorge in Grafton, WI after hearing Morgan visit there last fall. It was about an hour away from our home in Pewaukee, but it was as if we transported to Hawaii (kind of, minus some palm trees) for a moment. It’s a quick hike through the park and down to the beach of Lake Michigan.

Next we drove thru Cedarburg to see what was all there, but thanks to a sleeping Emerald, we just took it all in from our windows.

We then dropped off Emerald at my parents, to enjoy a little date night. We hit up some mini golf (you can guess who won), then ate dinner and explored downtown Delafield by walking around the city and by Lake Nagawicka with some ice cream.

 

Playing in the Park

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With intentions of seeing how golden hour hit this park near our house, I convinced Drew and Emerald to come explore with me… unfortunately, it turned overcast, but we still had a little fun just hanging out, tickling Emerald, and reading about animals. I love these little moments, no matter how insignificant they are.