Took a long weekend in the Bahamas with my husband after Thanksgiving! Here are a few photos I took at the Nassau port, and the Royal Caribbean Island Coco Cay. I loved it and hope we can go back and stay more than just one day at a time.

I hope you liked them!

Thanks,

LHM

Had a shoot last weekend with a lovely family and their little baby girl at the Thomas Center in  Gainesville, FL.

Sad I wont be here to do more of these in December, but excited to be going back to Germany!

The Carnival Queen

I took this photo during the summer at the Carnival of Cultures parade in Berlin, Germany  May 2010

I have good news! Last week I received an email telling me that I won third place in the University of Florida's Global Culture photography contest. Bellow is a link to the webpage with all the winning photos, and categories. I am very excited and honored to have won in the Photography/ Photojournalism category. There will be a gallery exhibit, and an opening reception on November 15th from 3-4pm at the UF Grinter Gallery.  The event is free and open to the public.

Light Refreshments will be served. The photos will be exhibited from November 15th to December 3rd 2010.

http://www.ufic.ufl.edu/photocontest.htm

  On our second day as a class in Berlin we had plans to to go on a bike tour. Well, the weather had other plans for us, so we walked around in the rain instead. During this walk we stooped in the train station to have some lunch. While there we came across a futbol fan club chanting, and drinking making a fuss. Here are some of my photos of the event!

                                            

The First few days in Berlin were filled with rain and cold weather, but that did not keep me form exploring my new surroundings.  Above is a photo of the little mart up the street from our Loft they had fresh fruit set out every day.

On the first day we went to see the Berlin Wall as a class. This is my friend peering through the wall to the other side.

We did a lot of walking in the cold rain, and I being the Florida girl I am was not appropriately dressed for the wet and cold occasion. Above is the bombed out Church left as a memorial to the war. It sits in and area of Berlin that reminds me of Time Square

The inside

This is an amazing building that is used as a squatter house. I even saw a mother with a stroller come walking out with here kids. I cant imagine what it would be like growing up in a squatter community. It seemed that some of the rooms had even rigged some electricity. Berlin is full of places like this, and there are even little mini-communities in areas the death strip of the Berlin Wall once was. They just took over the open land, they have homes, and even bars with stages to preform and bring in outsiders to make money.

I hope you Enjoyed!

!LHM!

So I have been taking my time to share my summer travels on all my websites/blogs, but am trying to get better at that. This May I spent my time working on a photo story in Berlin, Germany. I was there for about a month and took lots of photographs so I will try to share with  in doses. It is fun since the photos from my travels on each of my sites are not that same, making each interesting for you guys to look at. This post is photos of the Berlin wall at the East Side Gallery. If you were not following the Berlin blog that I kept while there take a look now and catch up.

I hope you like them :)

LHM

Some photos I took for the Reuter Family in celebration of their daughter K5 Graduation. I had a great time taking the photos with the kids. If only I had the energy of a five year old!

I hope you enjoyed!


!LHM!

Just got back from my photojournalism trip and here is the link to the photo project I completed while there. STARS IN CONCERT


Enjoy!

LHM

Okay so it is getting close to my departing date.. well 14 days to be exact. I have set up my Berlin Photography blog with Word Press ik ik Blogger rocks. I want to learn more about using WP since one of my new photo jobs uses it, and so do a lot of other companies. Therefor I need to learn  to keep up :) Still on the look out for a subject to shot my project on in Berlin... anyone know someone?

Any ways I would love for you to follow me during my trip.

I will try to update it every day with photos, and stories of my travels. Spread the word! LHM Blogs from BERLIN

More photos I had published in the Alligator the end of the semester

Bearded Lady- My favorite photo of the semester :)

Thanks! LHM!

TOMS SHOES a day without shoes on the UF campus. The photo I took for the Alligator this April, it was kind of funny that I did one of my first blogs on last years TOMS Shoes a day without shoes when I live in Milwaukee.

Thanks! LHM !

So the Second to last week of classes was a very productive time for me and the Alligator. I was published 4 out of 5 days and 3 of those 4 were cover page photographs. I had a great time photographing all four, and look forward to working to the Alligator this summer, and getting paid :) keep them crossed. In the mean time I am doing freelance senior photos, and working for Campus talk. Oh and getting ready for BERLIN IN MAY!

Dance Marathon UF 2010- Cover Page on a Monday Paper :)
WaterWalk Cover Page photo
Bryan Callen- Cover Page Photo

Human Bowling - inside photo

Thanks!

LHM

This weekend was a long one! My Mom and Dad were in town to help me with my new house, and we were able to paint all the bedrooms, and prime the living room. I also took out the carpet in two of the rooms, and worked on the back yard. During all this I got an assignment from the Alligator, and of course like always I took it! It was a bit of a challenge since I was covered in paint, did not have my camera, and needed to be there right away. Some how I managed to change, get my camera, and make it just in time to catch the tail end of the event. After all that work It was published in to days paper! A day in the life of some one trying to make it in the photojournalism world :)

LBGT Health Fair

Laurie Hice Michaelson / Alligator Staff | Posted: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:17 pm

I hope everyone got to enjoy this Easter/ Passover weekend with their loved ones.

Take a look at it on the Alligator Website !

Thanks! !LHM!

So... Wednesday something amazing happened! I was published in the Alligator twice :) One was a speaker photo I was assigned to take and the other was a feature I just happen to walk up on Here it is and one more speaker photo!

Today I was published on the website! Take a look It was Wilson Cruz on of my many tween crushes, so that was very exciting. They did not give me my cut line... so I will have to call them so I get the right credit for my photo.

The Alligator asked me to photograph Scott Sampson last night at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He gave a very interesting talk on Dinos and his VERY popular PBS children's show. Take a look! The editors pic would not have been mine, but I guess that is why they have editors.

Thanks!

LHM

Made the front page of the Alligator today !!!!!! Check it out Feels good to be called on so often.

Thanks! LHM