UPDATE: PROPHOTOHUB
Hey check out what my friend Ray Santana is doing. He created a website called ProPhotoHub. It’s an online community where you can go to find out the latest news in the wedding photo industry. Check it out!

END UPDATE
Hey guys. I was going to post this entry about 5 hours ago but the Caribou coffee that I was at has xanga blocked so I couldn’t do this until now. This is sort of a potpourri post again. Pretty soon, I will start posting some photos from my weddings and some eSession shoots again. It’s been a while since I posted one and I got some really neat ones that I can’t wait to show you guys.
First of all, I just got done touring with DJ, Jasmine Star & Becker. They still have about 3 more cities to go and I wont’ be there but I wanted to promote some of the things that he posted on his blog. If you didn’t get a chance to attend or DJ didn’t even come close to your city, don’t fret because he will come right to your HOUSE via DVD.
If you missed the seminar, you can order a copy of the DVD by clicking on the image below:

SShhhh…if you use the code “PREORDER”, you can receive a $20 discount off the DVD!
Also everyone’s been RAVING about his Freedom shirts. I have one and it is NICE. I wearing to sleep, eat, work, network and just to show off.
Now they are on sale for only $20! You can order it by clicking on the image below:

HURRY before they run out!
Getting To Know You
Now onto next agenda. I want to try something different. Most of us spend our time talking about ourselves in our blog (and rightfully so). But I want to try something different. I want to be a “Love Cat”. I read in the book “Love Is The Killer App” by DJ, I mean Tim Sanders
that a “Love Cat is one who offers his or her wisdom freely, gives his or her address book to anyone who needs help and who is always human.” One sign of a true Love Cat is someone who is always connecting people together. I think with the network of friends I have, I always forget that I know them but you may not necessarily know them. So I want to, every once in awhile, write a short feature on a photographer friend and introduce them to you on my blog. I won’t go into details about who they are but just a brief introduction. Your job is to reach out and connect with them. I think this is one way that I can help contribute to this community. I would love to see you guys network more this way also. Let me know what you guys think about this. So I’m going to help you connect, then get out of my way so you guys can get to know each other.
What do you guys think? I would love your feedback on this. Without further due (drum roll):
GETTING TO KNOW YOU: SARAH SKOW
Sarah’s Blog | Facebook site
I met Sarah back in March at Vegas Love Story workshop with Bob Davis. She has such a wonderful heart and cares for people. She is like an open book. If you are curious about something, just ask her and she’ll tell you, but don’t expect her to initiate!
She’s a gorgeous gal. She reminds me of what Audrey Hepburn would’ve looked like in her teenage years. She was in town couple weeks ago to attend DJ’s seminar so I asked her to do some shoot with me to test out my new Westcott Spiderlite TD5. (That lighting system is pretty cool – it even makes ME look like Canon’s Explorer of Light!) Here’s some shots I got of her:



She is an awesome, up and coming photographer from Kalona, Iowa. (Where? Yeah I know, I said the same thing).
Any ways, she loves meeting new people so go ahead and leave her some nice comments on her blog or add her as a friend on facebook.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU: TROY WOODS
Troy’s Blog | Facebook site

Troy is one cool dude. Back in May, when I visited DC, he found out I was in town so he drove, on his MOTORCYCLE, for an hour to come and hang out w/ me! How cool is that? Troy if you were a girl, I would date you. He is a photographer in the DC area – specifically from Upper Marboro, MD. I’ve had a chance to be in touch w/ him since then and got to chill with him for a bit in DC last week. He’s a really cool guy, has a good outlook in photography and is always up for meeting people. He has a beautiful wife (I don’t know how he got her — JK!!) Kelli that does wedding comestics. She is on Grace Ormonde’s platinum list! Give Troy a holla!
I encourage you guys to reach out with these folks. They are great people and I’m blessed to call them friends.
Find Regis!!!
Finally, I want to give a quick shout out to Megan Beth that I met last week in DC. She is a young photographer from DC. I love her energy and passion for photography. She goes goo goo and gah gah for guys like DJ & Becker. She was so sweet to bring Becker a gift last week. Kind of bitter that she didn’t get me anything but that’s ok.
She won the $500 ShowIt Stuff contest this week and posted this really funny photo of my friend Regis on her blog

Unfortunately she does NOT have facebook yet so you can’t request to be her friend just yet. Go to her blog and leave her a nice comment to hurry up and create one!
UPDATE: Megan just created a facebook account!
Okay, seriously let me know what you guys think about the “Getting To Know You” feature. I will continue you to do it or not based on your comments. Thanks!