We are still building. Yes, it's true, no joke, they are still building and the new end date is November. Yes.... I said November.

This blog however, is about May and there was a bunch of stuff happening then:

This was our kitchen the day before they broke through to the old part of the house

We let the kids draw on the cabinets which they thought was the best

This is our new kitchen and has been now for 3 months. Gotta love all the counter space

Here is the other side of the kitchen

Then they opened it up again

Which was cool because I liked the new angles to shoot

They also put in all the insulation. They subbed this one out and it took 3 days..very cool.

and they put up the old barn beams in the great room

Last but not least, we graded and seeded the back

June came very, very fast....

My studio is located in an old mill building right next to the Sudbury River. It's a beautiful spot and I love the view out the windows. The view, however, has been "muddied" so to speak by people throwing things in the river. We had been looking at this one red bike on the far bank for about a month and finally decided it was time to clean up the river.

So Mike and Whit went down and cleaned up the section from the waterfall down to the bend beyond the mills parking lot. The stuff they found was pretty remarkable: 6 bikes, a grocery cart, one car wheel, half a skateboard, a trash can, dog poop in a bag and even a tool belt and pair of pants.

Thanks for the effort boys!

What a nice guy. BJ's hired us to go down to New York this week and shoot Mario in his restaurant Otto. We had a really great time with Cindi and even with only a short time with Mario we got just the shot we were looking for. He was very gracious and very professional and very easy to shoot. Here's a glimpse of our trip.

Checked in at the Bowery Hotel. Nice spot. Cool keys.

Then Mike and I went for lunch

Found this along the way. Only in NYC

This was the lunch spot: Freemans

Despite the look Mike quite enjoyed his meal

mine was OK....

Then it was back to the hotel to meet Cindi

and a short walk to the restaurant for our scout

Cool place

We needed the right background for an "old world" feel

The next morning at breakfast Cindi was ready

not so sure about Mike....

and like that it was over and time to head back to Boston

It was all good...

Among other very tasty things. We shot at Grill 23 on Wednesday. Haven't been there in quite some time....the food was just as good as I remembered it being. Snacked all afternoon on steak with horseradish sauce served on slices of French bread. That was after the bacon cheeseburgers and fries we had for lunch and just before the caramels and chocolates we shot later in the day. No wonder my workout the next morning was so hard..but ohh so worth it.

No stylists on this one just me, chef and my tweezers

and Mike and Whit of course.

Here are some of the finished shots:

A glimpse of a few of our shoots with BJ's this spring and summer. They are a fantastic client to work with. Fun, easy going, very creative and we love working with them!

I had my daughter Trinity with me one morning so Catrine got an assistant for a short while

Polly, Catrine and me... having a moment?

There's mischief in those eyes of hers, not sure about the hair...

That's Kerry in the foreground, she just had her baby!!!

Jenna's dog Charlie Brown, how could you resist?

See what I mean about the mischief.

Cindi and I in the prop room

I wonder how many cups I was up to in this shot?

Waiting for approvals is always fun. I'm pretty sure Cindi mopped up the table with me

That's Catrine's daughter Maya on the right helping her out one day

I think I'm being given a lesson in direction

Check out these mug shots:

Whit our intern for the summer. Think he fits in?

The boys fixin' my light!

As long as Polly is happy...