Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center in Brooklyn

I visited the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center in Brooklyn last week for the upcoming CRAVE book. They specialize in cooking and educational classes for adults and kids; check them out!

I loved the look of the kitchen: so bright and welcoming


Beautiful herb paintings by the owner's sister-in-law










The lovely owner, Nissa.


Her dog, Sadie, was following us around during part of the shoot, so I figured she needed her time in the spotlight as well.

Becca and Lucy

My sister Becca adopted a super sweet lab mix named Lucy, so naturally a portrait session of the two of them was necessary.

Becca loves how Lucy's ears perk up sometimes, so I was making various animals noises to cause it.






Awwww....




What's this large brown dog over here? Time to sniff it out.


I love her adorable smile here!

Janna and Cassie

While I was back in Maine for Christmas I did some fun portraits of my sister Janna and her sweet dog Cassie. Cassie is new member of the household, and came to her through the Collie Rescue League of New England.

Beautiful Cassie!


Cassie has decided to take ownership of Janna


I love these next two as a series


*phwump*


Both Janna and Cassie trying out the new dog bed


Cassie was expressing her pleasure that Janna had arrived home


Janna imitating Cassie's expression

A Maine visit

The horses and dogs of my family in Maine!



Mom took me out driving with one of her horses (which I had never done); here's Janna distracting the horse will we climb in the cart. I enjoy the super serious look.


The super serious look did not last long at all.


The view from my seat


I felt a bit sick from the driving, which mom attributed to spending most of my time looking through a camera lens instead of watching the road. Perhaps she has a point.






Lens flare is fun!




Bonus points if you can identify this


Hello beautiful light!






Nap time with the pooch.

Hilary and Ella

Last weekend I took a little jaunt to Des Moines to visit my good friend Hilary, where I got to meet her super sweet dog Ella.









We took a trip to the local dog park with Ella's best friend, Hoosier.