Cyrena's Graduation

A couple weeks ago Neal and I headed to Indiana for his old neighbor's college graduation. We had lots of fun celebrating with everyone.


Neal's dad, Monte


Cyrena's neighbor, Jen


Grandma Bunny


Neal and Monte


The classic "shoot you while you shoot me" shot


The lovely graduate and her sister, Brittny


Grandma Edie


Cyrena with her awesome cat, Buddy, adopted from New Orleans after Katrina


Jen's cat who hid under the Christmas tree for most of our visit

Annie

I did some cat sitting my friend Sarah's wonderful cat, Annie, a little while ago. She's quite the photogenic little critter.


Atop a kitchen shelf, so she gets a perfect view of all the excitement around her.

Animal Welfare Society

I did a bit of volunteer work while visiting my family in Maine over the Christmas week: I headed to a local animal shelter to do portraits of all the animals for their adoption pages on their site. It was so much fun! There were so many animals I wanted to bring home with me. My mom volunteers for this shelter fostering mother cats and their kittens until they're ready to be adopted. If anyone in Maine is looking to adopt an animal, this is a really great shelter!
Animal Welfare Society




This little one I wanted to take home with me. Every time I'd bend down to photograph another cat, she'd walk right in front of my camera, purring as loudly as possible.


I loved the coat on this one; it looked like a stuffed animal.




Ladies and gentlemen, meet Bruno.


This little girl was visiting the cats with her parents.


My mom was my animal wrangler for the day; she was able to calm this dog down quite well.




This one was quite intrigued with my camera.


Along with cats and dogs, the shelter had quite a few small animals, such as this fabulous rabbit.




A cute little hamster yawning.


The rats were also quite adorable.

You can view the entire set here.

The wonderful Jaicks family

I had an amazing time shooting this family of four girls and each of their cats. It was a perfect shoot for me! The four sisters get along so well and were such a blast to work with. Their cats were adorable and very curious about this new person exploring their home.
























This kitty enjoyed hanging on people's shoulders quite a bit.

Kelly and Kevin's engagement

I had a great time with Kelly and Kevin exploring Independence Grove in the northern suburbs. It's a very popular place for weddings, but on this rare warm fall day we practically had the place to ourselves. Can't wait for the wedding!


Awesome reflection opportunities here


Fun with silhouettes


Cute!


More fun with silhouettes. I love the glow on their hair from the sun.




Got to have a nice bling shot.

Cats in the doorway

Coming home one afternoon I ran into my neighbor who was letting her cats explore the front porch. They didn't seem to have any desire to explore the great outdoors, and barely left the steps.

An afternoon in Beverly

I spent a lovely Saturday afternoon in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago with some friends recently.


What's the best thing to do with a Starburst wrapper? Create a paper boat, of course.


Parrots! We wandered around a park after lunch and came upon 4 bright green parrots hanging out in a tree.




The many faces of Jim (of Leece and Jim fame)


We spent a little time on a playground in the park. It was only as we were leaving that we saw the sign that only children are allowed on the structures. Silly rules.


Leece, also of Leece and Jim fame