Evan Schwanke

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Hi. My name is Evan Schwanke. I live in the mighty midwest. Better known as the Wisconsin northwoods.

All posts on this blog are my own. Most of my posts consist of my family. They are the most important thing in my life.

I shoot film.
Ask me anything
  • June 17, 2012 11:12 am

    +She makes me the person I am today

    Happy Fathers day all you other fathers out there!

    Via Leica R4s w/ fuji 400h

    5 notes Filed under:  fathers, day, daughter, love, film, 35mm, leica,.
  • May 25, 2012 8:26 am
    +My wife and I Via Polaroid 250 land camera with the negative bleached then scanned. View high resolution

    +My wife and I

    Via Polaroid 250 land camera with the negative bleached then scanned.

    3 notes Filed under:  film, instant, black, and, white, wedding, love,.
  • May 10, 2012 10:35 am
    +The future Mrs. Schwanke, less that 24 hours away! Via Leica CL w/ Portra 400 View high resolution

    +The future Mrs. Schwanke, less that 24 hours away!

    Via Leica CL w/ Portra 400

    Filed under:  wedding, love, leica, 35mm, film, family, outdoors,.
  • May 1, 2012 8:27 am
    +It’s May! Get to make this pretty lady my bride this month! Via Mamiya 645 w/ portra 400 in 220 View high resolution

    +It’s May! Get to make this pretty lady my bride this month!

    Via Mamiya 645 w/ portra 400 in 220

    1 note Filed under:  wedding, love, film, medium, format, kodak, outdoors,.
  • April 12, 2012 8:31 am

    +Together

    Via Leica R4s w/ Kodak 200

    4 notes Filed under:  love, film, leica, 35mm, kodak, family,.
  • June 24, 2011 9:57 am
    Preview from an engagement shoot i did a little while back. This has been the first thing wedding related i have done all year. I was more than happy to except the offer to shoot Sam’s wedding. Sam and i have become pretty good friends over the last year. It all started when i got  a message from him to do some solo shots of him for his upcoming music project. Now he is getting married and i can’t express how happy i am that i get to share his special day with him. This was an experimental shot but it turned out to be one of my favorites.  Free-lenses on a Nikon D60 w/ 85mm 1.8 AIS Fun. View high resolution

    Preview from an engagement shoot i did a little while back. This has been the first thing wedding related i have done all year. I was more than happy to except the offer to shoot Sam’s wedding. Sam and i have become pretty good friends over the last year. It all started when i got  a message from him to do some solo shots of him for his upcoming music project. Now he is getting married and i can’t express how happy i am that i get to share his special day with him.

    This was an experimental shot but it turned out to be one of my favorites. 

    Free-lenses on a Nikon D60 w/ 85mm 1.8 AIS

    Fun.

    3 notes Filed under:  free, lens, engagement, nikon, prime, love, anchor, creative,.
  • May 20, 2011 9:36 pm
    Wilderness Anna. Had such a wonderful time photographing my daughter out in the woods. She is so fun to watch and i love capturing every moment of her life. These photos turned out better than i could have imagined and i cannot wait to get the film back from this as well. As you can tell she is a little stick collector and seems to always fill both hands with as much as she can hold. taken with my Leica M8 and my voigtlander classic 1.4 View high resolution

    Wilderness Anna.

    Had such a wonderful time photographing my daughter out in the woods. She is so fun to watch and i love capturing every moment of her life. These photos turned out better than i could have imagined and i cannot wait to get the film back from this as well.

    As you can tell she is a little stick collector and seems to always fill both hands with as much as she can hold.

    taken with my Leica M8 and my voigtlander classic 1.4

    Filed under:  leica, m8, classic, voigtlander, 1.4, wilderness, daughter, woods, wisconsin, photo, portraits, love,.
  • May 18, 2011 9:36 pm
    Scan of my good friend Sam and Jeni. Excited for these two and their wedding coming up that I was asked to shoot. I shot this before their plans to get married so we will be doing a formal engagement shoot coming up soon. Shot this with my Nikon N80 with some old Kodak 800 expired for about 10 years… This day was about -10 with a wind chill adding about another -326561518 degrees to the fun. View high resolution

    Scan of my good friend Sam and Jeni. Excited for these two and their wedding coming up that I was asked to shoot. I shot this before their plans to get married so we will be doing a formal engagement shoot coming up soon.

    Shot this with my Nikon N80 with some old Kodak 800 expired for about 10 years…

    This day was about -10 with a wind chill adding about another -326561518 degrees to the fun.

    Filed under:  love, portrait, winter, nikon, 35mm, film, scan, anchor,.
  • May 1, 2011 9:08 pm
    New work is coming down the shoot and this is my new out look on it all. Focus on the horizon.  stay tuned pressing on View high resolution

    New work is coming down the shoot and this is my new out look on it all. Focus on the horizon. 

    stay tuned

    pressing on

    1 note Filed under:  anchor, creative, design, photography, live, life, love,.
  • March 29, 2011 3:53 pm
    The drive to create. I hear a lot of talks about photography and the purpose. Some people do it as a creative escape, other find it a source of income. Both serve their purpose and both have their places amongst its followers. These days anyone can go pick up a camera and with the correct marketing, become a business. I have found myself falling between the two lines amongst times. To tell you the truth, before i even knew how to take a good photo, i had ambitions to be a thriving business. With the passing of time, i have formed my beliefs and my love for the hobby into a straight path to my life’s utility. I do not consider my camera my money maker anymore. I consider my camera the same way a painter would consider his paintbrush. It is a means to express the vision in my head. He does it with paint and a brush. I do it with glass and a camera. Being so business driven really makes you lose sight of what your initial thoughts, love, and goals are. Once you stray off that path, it is very hard to figure out how to get back on track. Taking a step back and realizing in my life that i had forgot how to do something for myself, i soon knew something had to be fixed.  The name Anchor Creative stands for many things in my life and my belief system. For one, anchor is my strong hold, my sight of myself and my goals. For second, it is my family. Family is the strongest anchor we have in our lives. I love my family and they support me in ever step i take. Creative stands for my drive to make my visions a reality. Creativity and that drive to create is that part of you that makes you want to be adventurous and explore. It means doing something you love and doing it for yourself. This is the theory and meaning behind my name.  I know many successful photographers that constantly struggle with trying to rediscover themselves because they have gotten so caught up in the business aspect of the game. They lose their drive and their spark for the craft they once loved. Some people call it quits and other still press on for the source of income.  I have stepped away from the game of being a business and stepped into the realm of shooting as an outlet. I am currently organizing and shooting for a series of books i will be publishing. Just simple photo books. They will all share the same belief and style. I want them to be an art piece of my vision and also a story. Each book will have a theme and consist of images and stories from the shooting process. Think of if someone published a book out of a giant blog post. They will have behind the scenes shots, set ups, stories, gear, and most important the final product from the shoots. One of my first book is being title “visions” (this may change with time). This book will be a series of images with different masks in different situations. I am excited to keep shooting and keep thinking of new ideas to add. View high resolution

    The drive to create.

    I hear a lot of talks about photography and the purpose. Some people do it as a creative escape, other find it a source of income. Both serve their purpose and both have their places amongst its followers. These days anyone can go pick up a camera and with the correct marketing, become a business. I have found myself falling between the two lines amongst times. To tell you the truth, before i even knew how to take a good photo, i had ambitions to be a thriving business. With the passing of time, i have formed my beliefs and my love for the hobby into a straight path to my life’s utility. I do not consider my camera my money maker anymore. I consider my camera the same way a painter would consider his paintbrush. It is a means to express the vision in my head. He does it with paint and a brush. I do it with glass and a camera. Being so business driven really makes you lose sight of what your initial thoughts, love, and goals are. Once you stray off that path, it is very hard to figure out how to get back on track. Taking a step back and realizing in my life that i had forgot how to do something for myself, i soon knew something had to be fixed. 

    The name Anchor Creative stands for many things in my life and my belief system. For one, anchor is my strong hold, my sight of myself and my goals. For second, it is my family. Family is the strongest anchor we have in our lives. I love my family and they support me in ever step i take. Creative stands for my drive to make my visions a reality. Creativity and that drive to create is that part of you that makes you want to be adventurous and explore. It means doing something you love and doing it for yourself. This is the theory and meaning behind my name. 

    I know many successful photographers that constantly struggle with trying to rediscover themselves because they have gotten so caught up in the business aspect of the game. They lose their drive and their spark for the craft they once loved. Some people call it quits and other still press on for the source of income. 

    I have stepped away from the game of being a business and stepped into the realm of shooting as an outlet. I am currently organizing and shooting for a series of books i will be publishing. Just simple photo books. They will all share the same belief and style. I want them to be an art piece of my vision and also a story. Each book will have a theme and consist of images and stories from the shooting process. Think of if someone published a book out of a giant blog post. They will have behind the scenes shots, set ups, stories, gear, and most important the final product from the shoots.

    One of my first book is being title “visions” (this may change with time). This book will be a series of images with different masks in different situations. I am excited to keep shooting and keep thinking of new ideas to add.

    Filed under:  create, photography, natural, photo, book, live, dream, love, be, you, visions, mask, anchor, creative,.
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