even stinky cheese can be beautiful.

I went to Oak Park to this really cool deli-bar-coffeeshop-fancy food place called the Marion Street Cheese Market last week.

The assignment was about the rising popularity of "stinky cheese."

Yes, "stinky cheese."

Even though one might balk at what I get paid to do, this one takes the cake. Or the cheese, as it seems.

I was wary, but pleased with the assignment. As a self-proclaimed cheese lover, I was willing to give the stinky cheese a shot.

The place is really cool... with wines, beers, coffee and sandwiches in addition to two giant cases filled with cheese.

I was in heaven.

I got the selection the assignment requested, with the help of the "cheese monger."

We chose to take the photos near the expansive front windows of the shop where the sun poured in, flooding the glass beveled tabletop with late-ish afternoon light.

With God's light and a real love for what I was shooting, it was perfect.

The moral of the story:

There is hope for all.

Even stinky cheese can be beautiful.