On Location...in Brookline

...or, Winter Picnic: Part 2

Before I got on the Bolt Bus in DC to make my way to New York and Boston, I put a little shout out on Facebook letting my friends to the North that I would be in their cities! I am so glad I did because I received the nicest note from my friend Dena S.:

I am very excited for you to come to Boston and for my fair city to be featured in your blog. Before anything else, let me get something out of the way...I would like to profess basically my obsession with your photography. I cannot say enough how constantly impressed I am with all of the pictures you put up on your blog and Flickr. If you don't hear that from me often it is just because I don't to seem too stalkerish but I seriously tell Elissa all the time what awesome talent I think you have and you are definitely my favorite photographer there is.

I have even shown Jay many of your pictures you have put online and said to him how much I would love if some day there was an opportunity that we could get you to take our picture. That said, and feel free to say NO, but I wanted to ask if when you are here you would be willing to take some pictures of me and Jay? Not even like a real photo shoot, but just a few pictures would be so amazing? PLEASE do not hesitate to say you don't have enough time or you are not up for this! I will totally understand. I wasn't sure even if I should ask you but I checked with Elissa and she said I should at least ask.

I was so flattered when I saw Dena's e-mail--I remember forwarding it all around to all my friends because I was honored to have a photography stalker from afar. THANKS DENA!

So, needless to say, I jumped at the chance to photograph such willing subjects. Dena and her lovely husband, Jay (who was mentions in the e-mail), picked me up at the bus when I arrived in Boston and we headed to their adorable apartment in Brookline. By the time I got to Beantown, the sun was setting so outside shots were tough...but I am very pleased with the results of our time together.






At the end of the shoot, we were waiting for the photos to upload, and Dena revealed some of the most delicious chocolate chip cookies she had just baked (this is the second time I was photographing something and the subjects prepared cookies for us to snack on--amazing)! So, we decided to play around with a few photos in the kitchen too. I love how they came out.


And when the shoot was over, we met up with Katie R. (formerly Katie P.) at Zaftig's! Stay tuned for a blog post about my food adventures while in the land of the Red Sox.