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Chicago sneak peek

I’m sicker than a dog in bed today after bringing home some sort of fancy crud on the plane from Chicago. A friend said to me today “I hope it’s not the swine flu.” God, me too.

Two of my favorites from our Friday session with Oscar and his dad Brian. Best. Shoot. Ever. (and no, I’m not kidding). Wait till you guys see the rest of them.

EOS 5D L: Manual, 38mm (24-70mm 2.8 L lens), ISO 200, pattern metering, 1/1250 at f/3.5, R: Manual, 70mm (70-200mm 4.0 IS L), ISO 200, pattern, 1/1600 at f/4.0

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more to come as soon as I can breathe and think clearly again!

Off to Boston and Chicago!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I will be headed to Boston this Thursday, staying through Monday morning, for my Boston workshop, then flying to Chicago next Thursday-Sunday for my Chicago workshop. I had planned to stay in Boston and Chicago next week but the thought of leaving Fergie for 12 days was absolutely killing me, so I decided to swallow hard and book the super expensive plane fare home and back to spend a few more precious days with my girl. The way I see it, Boston and Chicago aren’t going anywhere, but my dog only has one life. :-)

My sincere apologies to those who I was hoping to meet up with while there! I hope you understand that 12 days is just too heartbreaking a length of time to be away from my doggie daughter. Perhaps next year I can fly for pleasure and really get to experience the cities as they are meant to be enjoyed. This trip will be all business, 100%.

Will be offline for a bit starting tomorrow, but back with new photos! Hope y’all are having a great week. It’s sunny again in Seattle, whoopee! :-)

Oh, and a few pics of my sweet girl who is my raison d’etre.

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2010 Workshops update

I know, I know, I said I wouldn’t post any more workshops updates to the blog. But this one is important.

I have been getting a lot of emails lately from people saying things like “I look forward to coming to one of your workshops in 2010 in NYC/Dallas/Miami/fill in the blank city.”

I have made the final decision: I will *not* be holding travel workshops after 2009.

So, the final travel workshops I will teach, and your last opportunity to go to one near your home (assuming you don’t live in Portland, OR), are: Boston and Chicago in August 2009, and Atlanta and Austin in October 2009. (see the dates here).

Beyond that, starting in 2010 all Cowbelly workshops will be held in the lovely city of Seattle.

Although this is bound to change, given that I am a changeable creature, I anticipate holding only 2 workshops per year, one in the spring and one in the fall, and having a 20 person maximum registration per workshop.

The Boston registration deadline is tomorrow, and I have only 2 spaces left for the 2-day (the 3-day is full), and the Chicago registration ends next Friday 7/14. I have a few spaces left for Chicago, but you Chicago people are last-minuters so those spaces are filling super fast as I am having a new person register every day.

There are still plenty of spaces left for Atlanta, and Austin is now filling up quickly.

If you are interested in any of those cities give us a shout. And also, this is important, if you are interested in attending a 2010 workshop in Seattle next year please please email us so we can get a list going. I had over 150 people interested in workshops this year and with only 40 spaces next year I may end up carrying a waiting list. I know that by then the economy will have improved and more people will be ready to hit it with their businesses, and I want to make sure I can serve those who are already planning ahead, so please email us to let us know.

Ok that’s it! Hope y’all are having a lovely week. Sunshine in Seattle, yay. :-)