A few months back I posted about a great shoot we had, hosted at North Shore Animal League America for Chicagoland Tails magazine. Beth-O, the generous League spokesperson, was chosen to be the first person featured on the cover in the magazine's 20-year history. The reason? Her tireless efforts in the name of finding homes for shelter animals.

We had a fun shoot, racing the sun from location to location to offer the magazine the greatest variety of images. Beth was her usual amazing self, or should I self-less...she followed our dog's lead and hit the grass for this series, while Stephen Lang kept our subjects in shaded, even light and repositioned the strobe so I too could hit the ground and get this keeper.

Working with Tails and NSALA is an honor, it's amazing to know the images resulting from the efforts help to make a difference in placing shelter animals. Congrats to Beth on being the first person to grace the cover, and all the best to our furry model and magazine friends in the Windy City.

I've been blogging here for years now, and never asked anything of you, gentle readers - but PLEASE help Beth raise her goal for NSALA when running the NYC Marathon by clicking HERE.

And whoops - there's our Eli AGAIN, this time in Women's World magazine. I'll never forget when Eli's adoptive mom Karen brought Eli out to the set in those sneakers, it was great - I mean c'mon, some things you just can't "un-see." The photo has been a big hit, with it appearing in several books, advertisements, and magazines.

Eli's too been going strong with his own career, and is now even on a Milkbone box. Remember the little people, Mr. Supermodel.