Happy New Year!

It's the eve of New Year's eve! We hope you're able to celebrate with friends and loved ones--Michael and I will be spending our first New Years as husband and wife dancing up a storm in downtown Madison. We may not be the best dancers, but we have a ton of fun. Some of you know that already, though right? (After we put down our cameras at a wedding, it's not unusual for us to join everyone on the dance floor for a song or two!)

We're really excited about this upcoming year for a variety of reasons. As you might already know, Vantage has been a side gig for both of us for several years now. But I've been doing so well and enjoying it so much that I'll be taking the business full time at the end of Summer 2008. Michael will continue to work on Vantage, but he'll be more of a "behind the scenes" guy, working on things like business development, accounting and marketing. But we're both pretty sure that he won't be able to fully shake his photography addiction, so you'll probably see him at weddings and shoots now and again. :)

Another exciting thing for this year is that we've fully revamped our packages and added some cool new options, including gallery canvas wrapped prints, custom guest books and thank you card inserts. Check out the website for more information. Also, as of 2008, we'll be offering CDs of the high resolution images in each of our clients' packages. You'll still get a credit towards prints, too. Pretty cool, huh?

Once again, happy new year to all of you! We hope that your new year is even better than the last!

WPJA Contest Winner

Four times a year, the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) puts on a contest for WPJA members. This quarter, the contest was being judged by some pretty big names, including several photographers from the famous VII photo agency. And hurrah, one of my photos placed in the top ten of the "details" category! This is a huge honor for me, seeing as I am regularly amazed and inspired by the other photographers' images on WPJA. And many thanks to Robbin and Jeff, since it was at their wedding that I took this photo! :)

To see more contest winners, go to the WPJA website: www.wpja.com

Doggie Heaven

As our wedding season winds down, I got to spice things up a bit with two very energetic and impossibly adorable models: meet Casey and Stanley! These lovable pooches were the stars of their very own shoot (complete with their owners, Sara and Kerri) one fall afternoon. We gathered at one of my favorite dog parks in Madison and spent an hour shooting away. Stanley and Casey weren't exactly willing to pay attention to "tilt your head this way, put your paw a little to the left" but they were more than willing to beg for treats and play ball. I had a blast!!