Josh Rossi's interview featuring yours truly!

I was thrilled to be interviewed by Josh Rossi this month for his popular pod cast, "Full Time Photographer".  I think it's the perfect title for his series because he is a commercial and advertising photographer himself and has found the time to interview other pros in the industry.  I have found myself checking back through the interviews he has done with a wide range of photographers to hear the inspirational stories. I hope the interview I did with him is inspiring to others:

http://fulltimephotographer.com/120-chris-hynes-how-to-get-your-name-out-in-unique-ways/

I encourage everyone who thinks they are ready to make the jump to a professional career in photography to check out Josh's podcast. The link above takes you to his home page and you can find the Full Time Photographer series available on iTunes.

Local Craft Beer cover shoot for Madison Magazine

Madison Magazine's May cover shoot featured three local craft beers:  Ale Asylum's, Nut Brown, Vintage Brewing Co.'s, Weiss Blau and Karben4's, Fantasy Factory.

We started with one tall single beer and decided to change it up by featuring three distinctly different flavors with great color & depth. Photographing a single beer with a perfect foamy head is challenging enough but now our food stylist, Jim Rude, had to work with 3 different types of beer simultaneously. Needless to say, Jim has a few special techniques just for this purpose and after a little experimentation we had our shot.  A few fried cheese curds later and the "local craft beer explosion" cover was complete.

Food Stylist Jim Rude with another of his special inventions.

Cento Restaurant

Cento is the newest restaurant endeavor from our client, Food Fight Restaurant Group.  Chef Michael Pruett along with Sommelier (and managing partner) Caitlin Suemnicht are bringing a special dining experience to downtown Madison.  Cento will combine Old World Italian traditions with modern techniques.

We spent the day with Chef Michael photographing (and sampling!) some of his new dishes. I hope everything we tried makes it on the final menu because I can't wait to try them again.

Cento is tentatively scheduled to open the end of June, 2014.  Alla Salute!

Wisconsin Cheese, Cheese of the Month Series

We love cheese.  So.. how lucky were we to work with Wisconsin Cheese on their Cheese of the Month series.  We photograhed the featured cheeses and cheese boards last Fall and just wanted to share some of the images from the series.   A special thanks to food stylist, Stef Culberson for her creative touch. To keep up the with the most recent cheese of the month, check out Wisconsin Cheese or go to their Pinterest Cheese of the Month Board. You can also find what's happening on their Facebook page.

Sailing in Panama

We helped our friends, Don and Karna, sail their boat from Bocas Del Toro, Panama to the San Blas Islands. All I have to say is, "wow, Panama!".

Bocas Del Toro is a gorgeous and relaxing community, full of delightful expats who have found a way to make a living and enjoy the island lifestyle.  The San Blas Islands are stunningly beautiful and home to the Kuna Indians- from wikipedia: The San Blas Islands of Panama are an archipelago comprising approximately 378 islands and cays, of which only 49 are inhabited. They lie off the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama, east of the Panama Canal.

 On our way to the San Blas Islands, we weaved our way through smaller islands, and enjoyed the company of a number of dolphins who would find our boat to swim and jump in it's wake. We crossed the opening to the Panama Canal and were amazed by the size and number of freighters lining up to work their way through the Canal.

Once we sailed into the San Blas Islands we visited a couple of different islands where many other "cruisers" live year round on their boats.  I have included this link to the San Blas Islands to give you more information about the it's history and people. I will say that the smaller islands were the absolute perfect tropical deserted island that all of us picture in our minds.

The sailing was amazing and Panama City was beautiful.  We did get to spend a day and a half in the city exploring and taking photos...

Ten Slices to try-a Pizza Story for Madison Magazine

January- it's cold, it's dark, it's time for the perfect comfort food- pizza!  We love pizza and to have 10 new flavors to try, uhhh... I mean, photograph for the January issue of Madison Magazine was the perfect way to beat the Winter time blues. Check out some tempting new flavors from of our favorite Madison pizzerias:  Grampa's Pizzeria, Ian's Pizza, Paisan's, Pizza Brutta, Cafe Porta Alba, Glass Nickel Pizza Co., Lombardinos, Naples 15, Luigi's Pizza, and Roman Candle Pizzeria

Pancakes!

What a great shoot with Art Director, Tim Burton, for the December cover of Madison Magazine. We photographed this tempting stack of blueberry goodness on location at Marigold Kitchen.
  A popular place like Marigold's doesn't slow down for a photo shoot so we tucked our set up & gear into a corner next to some hungry breakfast patrons one early Thursday morning.  Coffee and a photography tutorial while you wait, courtesy of Madison Magazine! We also want to give a shout out to Tim for the food styling on the stack of pancakes and, ofcourse, the great cover design.