Cate Eilee | Yoga + Wellness

My beautiful, creative, and wonderful friend Cate and I did a lifestyle shoot for her in the New York Botanical garden. Our aim was to capture the spring and summer vibes and showcase her clean, healthy lifestyle brand. Cate is an amazing yoga teacher and is starting to develop a brand where she creates kits with essential oils she makes, custom yoga pillows, and much more. She is a brilliant mind with an amazing vision. Take a look at her website for her services like personal yoga sessions, sacred space creation, graphic design, and more. Love working with this girl. 

Upstate Roaming Co Collaboration | Part 2

Part two of the amazing time we had tearing it up in a Jeep and camping for 3 days. 

Quick pit stop to enjoy nature

Always dreaming of the road and the wind in my hair

Appetizer course: Blistered Shisito peppers with sesame oil, lime juice and topped with nori salt.

Main course! (For Matt, no animals for me) Pot of clams with bacon, tomatoes, onions, parsley, and crispy crunchy bread.

After dinner adventures commence!!

Evening light portraiture

The site at dusk

Sipping on that evening drink

Evening walks and fires

Cranking up that smores game!

Fireside long exposures. We keep our site kind of clean?

How to relax: A Jaci and Matt Story

First attempt at doing a shot like this. Will be trying again next trip but I think this one is pretty great too!

Back on the road, headed home.

Upstate Roaming Co Collaboration

Over the past 3 days I was deep in the woods of Upstate NY working on a collaboration with Ashwinn Upstate Roaming Co. I discovered this amazing company by stumbling on their Instagram (@roamingconyc) after Ashwinn liked one of my images. We then built a bond over the outdoors and creating new imagery for this adventure company's website and social media.

Ashwinn's Upstate Roaming Co is a very unique company. They straight up drop off a fully outfitted badass Jeep Wrangler right to your front door stocked with camping gear for up to 5 people. I mean, could you really ask for much else? From top of the line tents, sleeping pads and sleeping bags from Big Agnes to relaxing hammocks by Kammok. Ashwinn really thought of it all when packing up the Jeep, it's got all the cooking gear, first aid kit, even a deck of cards and all kinds of flash lights so you can explore at night. I had such a serene and stunning camping trip that was chocked full of food, bourbon, motoring, and relaxation. See for yourself in the images below what you can discover and experience with Ashwinn's Upstate Roaming Co! 

Ashwinn dropping off the Jeep right in front of our apartment! And a view of the lake when we arrived at Cherry Plain State Park.

The gear all packed up by Ashwinn Upstate Roaming Co before we unloaded at the camp site

Awesome sleeping gear by Big Agnes. Green: Tent. Yellow: Sleeping pads. Gray: Sleeping bags

The big guy in front of our site

Woof! Look at that spread!! And there was MORE!

Tent set up, light rainbows, dog face!

Let the games begin...

Cooking some cheesy veggies with Lodge

Dinner coming together on night 1

In the works, I was super helpful by sitting down and drinking bourbon most of the time.

Ok I helped.

If this doesn't look good to you you're probably a psychopath. Roasted portabello burgers with Vermont white cheddar and roasted tomato with thyme on a foccacia roll. Side of cast iron broccolini with fingerling potatoes, more cheese, and chopped chilis.

My cooking champion on a little evening stroll by the lake.

So much praise to the moon and the stars!

Good morning day 2 and dirty hands

Wake up, shoes on, fire built, coffee and tea made.

Off the beaten path

Wishing I was back here gazing at these gorgeous mountains

Time to pack up for bed time. Long exposure.

Stay tuned for the rest of the images from the trip coming in tomorrow! It's the rest of day 2 and the morning of day 3!