A quick note about local poet and literature instructor Annabelle Moseley, who's done it yet again! Annabelle has had a publisher take on her new children's book, which is planned for release late this summer - just in time to be added to several school district's curriculums. Congrats, Annabelle!

Annabelle has been before our lenses for portraits on Long Island a half dozen times for one reason or another, and it was great to take her call for what's now her third published book's author-page photograph. I am pretty sure it will be printed in black and white, but the color version is shown at left along with a few publicity images we've made of her in the past at the William Cullen Bryant home. Her website is under redesign, but I promise I will post a link when it goes live for more reading about her.

Other recent shoots have included some pet stock photography for our favorite magazine client on the West Coast, in this case Labrador Retriever puppies. Ok, ok - so just about all puppies are cute, but these little ones were a bit over the top amazing. I think every time I dropped to the ground to get an eye-level shot, the subject would prance from the posing spot to come up and lick my face. Such behavior would be totally unacceptable for a human subject (well ok, MAYBE it'd be alright on a swimsuit calendar shoot), but it definitely worked out just fine for all involved on the set. The pups are from a fine lineage, and one of their close relatives won Best of Breed at last winter's Westminster competition - not hard to believe looking at the puppy at left. If you're in the market for a champion-line Lab (yellow, black, or chocolate...all flavors!), don't hesitate to contact Lisa at Lobufflabs@aol.com

Another cool item of note is that North Shore Animal League America has asked me to write regularly on their site with tips for making pet photographs! It's the usual pleasure to help the League in any way I can, and if this effort helps their site traffic and adoptions then I'm all for it - so I dove in headfirst. Take a look by clicking HERE!