Chris Mathan, a friend and owner of The Sportsman's Cabinet, visited us while in Minnesota on business recently. My husband, Jerry, and I have known and worked with Chris for many years. She is a marketing specialist geared toward the outdoors and developed the brand and website for both Dazzle Gardens and Northwoods Bird Dogs, the pointing dog training and breeding business we run.

In addition, Chris is an excellent photographer and has provided us exquisite photographs of flowers, landscapes, dogs and training sessions. She has an extraordinary sense of style and a keen artistic eye. She perfectly captures her subjects and her photos are, literally, breathtaking.

Chris and I also collaborated on a 2010 calendar project, Why We Love Flowers.

We feel fortunate that Chris brought her camera and took time to photograph some of our dogs. Luckily also, the pasture was in full bloom when Chris photographed Blue and Cash, 9-week-old littermates out of Northwoods Blue Ox and Houston's Belle's Choice.

Check out more of Chris' photography—including shots of gardens and Bird Dogs, Field Trials, and Upland Hunting—and her other work at www.sportsmanscabinet.com.