One of my favorite commercial clients, and now good friend, Jenny Christiansen makes the most beautiful jewelry. Her company is called Octavian Bloom. She sells her work and art fairs, at select retail locations and on Etsy. We get to collaborate a couple of times a year to document and promote her beautiful creations. This summer we had a blast shooting at a rail yard in Bozeman.

I am often asked if I do professional portraits. The answer is YES! I love doing professional portraits but I am the best at casual professional portraits. Bozeman, and Montana in general is such a casual place where everyone brings their dog to work wears Carharts on the job, heck, even our Governor wears a bolo instead of a tie. So, in my opinion, the best, most relate-able portraits are those not taken in the studio but out side, with a much more relaxed feel.

This is Corinne Garcia. She's an amazing freelance writer and editor living with her husband and two young boys here in Bozeman She has written for Women's Adventure, Christian Science Monitor, Northwest Travel, Pregnancy, Fit Pregnancy, and Fit Parent. She's so much fun. I think I captured her, especially in the goofy picture where she's crossing her eyes. She's always telling funny stories, laughing and keeping things light! Thanks Corinne!

Last year I photographed Les Dances de L'Amour (Dances of Love) at the Emerson that is put on by Youth Arts in Action and to my surprise, my photos have appeared on the front of the "This Week" from the Chronicle and the Bozone. Unfortunately, they neglected to give me photo credit (whoops! it really bums me out when that happens).

At any rate. It's the most inspiring performance to photograph. The dancers are world class. I am excited to photograph it again this year. It takes place this Wednesday evening. I highly recommend going. It is world class ballet right here in Bozeman, Montana. You can order tickets online at the Youth Arts in Action website.

I apologize for the terrible scan quality.. what can I say, its newsprint.

Hope to see you all there.

Does the blond mommy third from the left may look familiar to you? It's Frances from my maternity shoot! We got to talking and she told me about an awesome prenatal yoga class held at the Bodhi Tree Wellness Center here in Bozeman. I attended and met a group of amazing mommies as well as Gloria Overcash, our yoga instructor. Gloria needed some photos for her website and asked me to shoot them for her. It was so much fun! The only bummer was, I was 8 months pregnant and was wishing I could be in the photos with all these beautiful expecting moms.

At any rate, if you are expecting and looking for a great body and mind workout I highly recommend Gloria's class. Click the link below if you are interested!

PRENATAL YOGA AT THE BODHI TREE and BLISSFUL FAMILY YOGA (Gloria's blog)

My friend and fellow artist, Jenny Christiansen had me photograph her jewelry display a couple of weeks ago after we had the art and jewelry party we had here at the studio. Here are some of my favorite shots. Her work is so beautiful, original and fashion forward! I highly recommend you to check out her work which is available on Etsy.com.