The studio is back up and running after a long awaited vacation in Maine. Rather than focusing on children and food I spent my vacation enjoying the beach, sunshine, cool nights, and way too many lobsters. It’s back to the studio now. Thought I would share one moment from the trip near Cape Porpoise Maine.
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Sadly, I have neglected posting on my blogs for several months. The good news is I have been busy with the usual photography work. Many fantastic families, and lots of amazing food. More recently, I have turned to doing black and white fine art portraits. Here is a sample to share.
Who says yellow don’t wear yellow? They must be out of their mind. While actually this was a fortunate combination of creamy skin tones, and a beautiful girl with blonde hair against a natural background highlighted by yellow flowers. I must admit as a rule of thumb yellow is not the best choice for most...
Valentine’s Day is Nearing… Bentonville Photographer
We had a great holiday season at Ally Gruener Photography. Once again, the overwhelming positive response from our custom holiday cards was outstanding. We are thrilled that so many families hired us and ordered our custom cards. With that in mind, we have decided that now is the time to bring our quality cards to...
Berghoff Café Cookbook is Now Available {Food Photographer Bentonville, AR}
I’m thrilled to announce the Berghoff Café Cookbook is now available for purchase. I photographed this cookbook for Andrews McMeel Publishing. Thanks to my terrific and very talented crew: assistant Alyssa Pazdan, Food Stylist Susie Skoog, Digital Technicians, Brian Eaves and Anthony Tortoriello, Lighting Technician David Monkhaus, and Prop Stylist Carey Thornton, the book is...
Get it while you can…
The first edition of the Kids Feeding Kids Cookbook is now available for sale. I understand copies are flying off the shelves. It makes the perfect Hostess Gift or Kids Birthday Gift at only $20 for the entire book. The book is now available for purchase in several retail stores and online at www.kidsfeedingkids.info. Below...
Too many to choose.. {Photographer Bentonville, AR and Barrington, IL}
While on a recent photo trip to Barrington Illinois, I photographed many families and children. All of them will appear on their family Holiday Cards. I wanted to share all of the photographs with you but, it is so hard to choose and I don’t want to let the “cat out of the bag”. After...
Oprah’s Angel Network….
I am so excited to share with you that the Kids Feeding Kids Cookbook is currently a feature story on Oprah’s Angel Network Website. If you would like to see the story, please log into (you will have to do a quick registration if you are not already a member) www.oprahsangelnetwork.org once there, go to...
Baby Blue Eyes…
I was photographing a tennis tournament when this little spectator caught my attention. I may have missed a shot of the players but, I thought this one was a winner!!