Happy New Year!

Val and I hung out at Pierre and Anna's house tonight along with some
other friends eating and playing poker ad eating and drinking and
eating ... Well you get the idea.
Happy new year everyone!!

Announcement! Free Wedding Photography!

My buddy Pierre and I will be teaching a workshop on wedding photography together this spring, but we wanted to make it more than just your ordinary workshop. So we thought, what better way to teach wedding photography than to have students actually observe Pierre and I photograph a wedding ... a REAL wedding. So here's the deal:

If your wedding is March 29th or 30th, 2008 we are offering, absolutely free, 9 Hours of multi-photographer coverage valued at more than $3200. Qualifications and restrictions apply. This is not a sales gimmick or marketing ploy.

Pierre and Dave Watkins will be teaching a two day master class on cutting edge wedding photography that weekend, and are looking for the right couple to showcase their wedding. Up to 20 students would attend the wedding and reception as quiet observers and shadow us on location.

If you are interested or know someone who may be, please contact us right away to discuss the details. Don’t wait - this offer is not going to repeat itself and is available for a limited time only.

What a drive!

So Val and I made the drive home from the Quad Cities Sunday morning/afternoon, and man it was a frightful one. I've driven in some bad weather before, but I don't think I've ever made such a long drive in such terrible conditions before. The road was basically ice covered for the most part, and in some parts there were snow drifts covering the roadway that would appear suddenly. The wind was whipping up the snow so much that for most of the drive we could only see about 50 yards ahead, and occasionally we literally couldn't see the front of the car - everything was white! The wind was strong enough that there were a few times when a gust would hit the car and I could feel the everything start to slide, like the road was just slipping out from underneath us. And to top it off there were still drivers who were passing everybody like the road was just fine! Not only were they endangering themselves and their car, but everyone else's on the road.
I'm a pretty confident driver, but my nerves were pretty tattered by the time we got to Madison. Luckily we made it just fine. Have a safe and fun holiday everybody!

Glazed Subaru!

Val and I spent a short weekend in the Quad cities celebrating
Christmas with her family. We're headed back to Madison this morning a
little earlier than we expected because of the weather headed our way.
I went out to clean off the car and found a nice glazing of ice. Man
that stuff stuck hard to the windows!
Safe travels everyone!

First Anniversary Dinner

Today is our 1 year anniversary!
To celebrate we went for a late night snack at Denny's! Granted it's
not the most romantic choice, but it's special for us. Before we got
married we spent many late nights here feeding our cravings. Bring on
the Grand Slam breakfast!!!

Christmas Rush!

Just a note for everyone thinking of ordering prints: There's still
time to get prints in time for gift giving. Ordering this weekend
would be a good idea though! I'll be processing orders as quickly a
possible, but by Tuesday or Wednesday it might be too late to
guarantee Christmas delivery.
Have a great holiday everyone!!

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Simple Pleasures

Being self-employed is awesome. You get to decide when to work and
when to play, but having the freedom to set your own hours also means
that sometimes you end up working when other people are playing ... or
sleeping in.
I've grown to love those odd hours though. Like this morning I'm at
Barriques enjoying a great cup of coffee and working on the redesign
of our website. And despite the fact that web designing can be
excruciatingly frustrating, and I've been trying to solve the same
problem for the past two cups of coffee now, for me this is a great
way to spend a morning.
Happy Sunday!

Oh the weather outside is frightful...

The first big winter storm of the season hit thus morning, so of
course I decided that it's the best time to go out and get some of my
Christmas shopping done!
There are some pretty gnarly road conditions out there, so drive safe
everybody!