Last reminder, today is the last day to order the DVD set and have guaranteed holiday shipping!

Click Here to surprise your photo loving friend with a gift she’ll never forget!  After all, my husband as the mad scientist in this series is unforgettable.  Just ask past customers! 

Raves for Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box!

“Much thanks for all your hard work to produce something for us moms.  Watched only part of the video and learned a ton.  Can’t wait to watch the rest and then try out the exercises!” -Claudia

“I have taken numerous photography classes and still never understood exactly what aperture, shutter speed and ISO etc mean.  Everything was put into easy-to-understand terms.  My photos are so much better now that I understand how to use my camera!  THANK YOU!  -Michelle

“…as soon as I watched the DVDs, the light bulb came on and I started crying…I know, I know.  I realized how silly it was for me to think I couldn’t do it, seen how simple it was and started practicing the techniques immediatly…the best part was the inspiration I felt from Me Ra Koh…p.s.  Prof T is HILARIOUS…”  -Kimberly

*Featured on FOX News as a Top Ten Holiday Gift

*Awarded the Highest Honor, the Gold Seal, from the prestigious NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Awards) competition

*Licensed by SONY to create Kids in Focus!

xo,

m

*Running on Empty winner for Sacramento Wkshp is in the p.s.s. today!*

I asked on my Facebook Fan Page if it was to early to start thinking about family photos for your holiday cards. Every single person said something like “No Way!”

I’m so relieved because I’d love to offer Mini Shoots again!  But if we are going to pull this off and get travel arrangements in place–we need to get on the ball and get these Mini Sessions released to you!

*Special Feature for these Minis!  You can either choose the Metal Print OR…you can choose 25 gorgeous, holiday greeting cards with your favorite photo from our shoot!  Choice is up to YOU! Details below!

To grab your Mini, click on the city below and register for your time slot!

SEATTLE/TACOMA, Saturday, 9/17, CLICK HERE!

1.  3:30pm-4pm (SOLD!)

2.  4:15pm-4:45pm

3.  5pm-5:30pm

4.  5:45pm-6:15pm  (SOLD!)

SACRAMENTO, Friday, 9/23, CLICK HERE!

1.  3:30pm-4pm

2.  4:15pm-4:45pm

3.  5pm-5:30pm

4.  5:45pm-6:15pm  (SOLD!)

WASHINGTON DC, Friday, 10/7, CLICK HERE!

1.  3:00pm-3:30pm  (SOLD!)

2.  3:45pm-4:15pm

3.  4:30pm-5:00pm (SOLD!)

4.  5:15pm-5:45pm  (SOLD!)

(If you are interested in Minis for Dallas in November, leave a comment below!)

What is a Mini Session?  Keep reading!

A Mini Session is a family shoot that lasts 30 minutes.  You tell me what your most important photos are (a family shot for the holiday card, individuals of the kids, etc.), and we knock em out in thirty minutes!  It’s long enough to get all the shots we need, and it’s short enough for your kids’ attention span.

Mini Details:

Cost is $550.  Mini Photo Session MUST be prepaid to confirm your time.  You must be on time, preferably 10 minutes early, since sessions are booked back to back.

Testimonial:  I received the most beautiful testimonial from a Chicago Mini Session, and with her permission I’m honored to share it with you. My heart’s desire is that our 30 minutes together will be much richer than a picture taking session.  I can’t tell you how much Alisa’s feedback meant.

Dear Me Ra,
Words simply cannot express how much I loooove these images.  Ah-mazing!  Truly.  You have no idea how much it means to me to have spent some time with you and to have you take some awesome shots of me and my family!  It was so, so much fun and I tried to soak in every moment.  And now I have these amazing images to remind me of our time with you, of our first family vacation as a new family of five and some great images of Allen and me just loving on each other and our kiddos.  My heart just smiles thinking about it.
It was an inspiring weekend all around.  I know this is going to sound corny, but our shoot together really set the tone for our entire weekend as a family together.  You lifted my spirits, you filled my heart and you gave me a sense of confidence – all of which I soooooo needed – and that carried over into my entire outlook on life.  You inspire, you care and you love…naturally.  There is a just a freshness about you that is contagious.  I love you for that!
     Ok.  Tears are coming to my eyes and I feel like I’m sounding a little mushy-gushy…but I mean it.  Thank you so much.  You are awesome.  Wish I could be around you more often….I read your blog every day to get my daily dose!   
    Wishing you much continued success and lots-a-lots-a love!

-Alisa, Chicago Mini Shoot

Benefits of a Mini Photo Session with Me Ra

1. Done in 30 minutes! Have you ever experienced a photo shoot where you find yourself standing around, wondering what to do for the photographer.  Not going to happen with me!  One of the BEST time frames for a photo shoot with kids is about 30 minutes long.  And I maximize that 30 minutes like you would not believe.  We are moving, trying different ideas, laughing, playing and DONE before the kids are frustrated and tired. (Some of you may be thinking, THIRTY minutes?  What can you shoot in thirty minutes?  Answer: a whole heck of A LOT–see below)

2. 30 Final Images Narrowed Down for YOU! Are you one of those parents who has thousands, I mean THOUSANDS, of images on your computer?  Do you feel lost in knowing how to choose certain ones to print?  I hear your pain.  This is why I narrow down our time to the top 30 moments of the shoot.  And I mix them up with both Color and BW toning.

3. High Res Files FOREVER! The 30 Final Images are YOURS!  (yep, you get to keep the images and print them wherever you’d like)

4. Show the Sweetness Off!  Since the holidays are around the corner, you can either choose 25 Holiday Greeting Cards with the photo of choice on the front and a holiday greeting of your choice on the inside, OR you can choose the awesome 16×20 Metal Print of Your Favorite Image.  Our team is more than happy to help you pick the one photo for this Metal.  Moms have gone CRAZY over these Metal Prints since we spotlighted them on the Nate Berkus Show.  Nate LOVES these Metal prints–I LOVE these Metal Prints!  Watch the episode by clicking “Turn Your Portraits into Art.”

I have these metals all around our house, and I even have them hanging on my outside deck because they can handle rain and snow and add this wonderful design and color to our backyard.  Once you get yours, you’ll join the fan club of Metal Prints!

The BIG question…

What can I shoot in 30 minutes? Well, this is what I shot in 10 minutes at one of our CONFIDENCE Workshops in Seattle.

Mom had these amazing, long legs, so I walked the group through my thought process on how to set up a shot that tells this story along with the story of two generations.

Love all that JOY!!

(Within this 10 minutes, 20 plus women were watching me as I walked them through my camera settings and creative process–while trying to keep the kids entertained–mind you.  )

When we do your family shoot, we won’t have an audience.  And, I’m going to pull out the individual personalities of your kids so that you feel like the story of “who they are” is found in your photos.

When I’m doing a live shoot on The Nate Berkus Show, I get less than 7 minutes and ONE click for each photo–one shot, and it has to work because 2 million viewers see it.

Bottom line, a thirty minute Mini Session with your family feels like total LUXURY on my end!!  We can do ENDLESS things in thirty minutes!

Once you are signed up, Genie (my right hand woman) will email you with details, like what to wear, what to bring, how to prepare, etc.  Questions?  Don’t hesitate to email us at info@merakoh.com.

Want more than 30 minutes?

My Portrait Packages start at $3K.  I come to your home and spend up to two hours with your family, documenting the many expressions of your family being in the place you love.    email info@merakoh.com.

I can’t wait to see all of your beautiful families in Seattle, Sacramento and Washington DC!!

Much love!

m

p.s.  Please keep in mind that you MUST be on time for your Mini Session.  If you are late, your time and payment will be forfeited.  Thanks for understanding and arriving early!

*Holiday Greeting Card Details and Specs

First, I LOVE these cards!  I make them all the time with my own photos, so I’m SUPER excited for your family to have them for the holidays!  The Mini Shoot package comes with 25 cards/envelopes, but you can always chat with us if you’d like to order more!

Here are the card details/specs;

Final Size / Dimension:

4.13″ x 5.82″

105mm x 148mm

Paper Stock:
This is a thick 16pt, FSC credited paper stock. With a light satin coating on the outside, the inside is left uncoated, making it easier for you to write your own message. Each card is individually scored, ensuring a clean fold.  (they are gorgeous!  I’m telling you, and I’m seriously picky about cards and photo printing quality–as you can imagine! )

P.S.S.  Sacramento Running on Empty Winner!

Once again our judges have chosen a gem from a basket full of diamonds! Our Running on Empty winner for Sacramento is Stephanie Elie. It takes guts and heart to nominate yourself three times against your doubt, your fears and hopes. Stephanie, Brian and I can’t wait to meet you in Sacramento, hug away your guilt and push that reset button for a new start. You can read Stephanie’s story here. Stephanie, we need you to send Genie an email of confirmation in the next 48 hrs! genie@merakoh.com She’ll get you all set up if you can make it!

There are still a few spots left in the Sacramento Workshop! CLICK HERE to get one!  Seattle and DC are SOLD OUT! Woo hoo!

For the last two years, our award winning DVD series has brought holiday cheer to thousands of parents!  Starting today, we are offering FREE SHIPPING for the holidays on both Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box!

The Back Story on our DVDs

When I first started learning how to use my camera, I was so frustrated with the camera manual.  The terminology, illustrations, explanations, NONE of it made any sense to me.  I just wanted to be able to look up “How to Get Blurry Backgrounds”!

As time went on I wondered if other people, women in particular, could relate.  I decided to offer a workshop on our blog.  It would be two days long, held in my home, and limited to ten women.  What happened next changed everything. Within twenty four hours, my first workshop was sold out and eight out of ten women were FLYING IN from out of state.  Yes!  I couldn’t believe it!   There were plenty of women who felt frustrated with their camera manuals!  I wasn’t alone!  That is how our CONFIDENCE Workshops grew to become what they are today–still selling out in every city four years later!

But Brian and I knew that not everyone could afford the workshop.  And if they came to the workshop, we wanted them to have something to watch when they went home to help enforce what they had learned all weekend.  What else could we do to help empower parents?

Instructional DVDs was our answer.  But the photography market felt saturated with DVDs already.  This series had to be different.  It would be for consumers not pros.  I wanted moms to no longer feel intimidated by the camera but be empowered to capture what they experienced every day with their kids.

I started teaching myself how to write scripts.  And Brian and I set out to do something we’d never done before, produce a DVD series that would break the barriers for anyone who wanted to grow in their photography passion.  With a bed sheet covering the window in our kids’ play room, we filmed Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box.  We never imagined the response that would follow!

The Unexpected Response!

Sony got their hands on the DVD series and asked if they could license the script and have me write their own version (thus, the Kids in Focus DVD that you get when you purchase a Sony 300 series DSLR)!

The whole experience with Sony had to be what an author feels like when her book is made into a movie.  Imagine going from our humble beginning of a play room with a bed sheet covering the window to a lighting crew, Director, Producer, Props crew, Food crew, you name it, they had a crew for it. 

Random House also watched the DVDs and asked me to consider writing two books for parents who love taking pictures of their babies.  (The first book is due this March!)  FOX News was so excited about the DVDS, they featured the complete set as one of their Top Ten Holiday Gifts.  And NAPPA gave BOTH the DVDs their Gold Award, one of the most prestigious awards for parenting products with past Gold Awards given to Baby Einstein DVDs.

But the best part was and continues to be ALL the emails I receive from countless parents, moms, photo enthusiasts, and aspiring photographers who watch the DVDs and see their photos change overnight!  They walk through every chapter with me and finally feel like their camera makes sense.  Blurry backgrounds are only the beginning, and they don’t have to decode their camera manual!

That, in a nutshell, is the back story to how these DVDs came to be!  In the heart of Thanksgiving, I’m so thankful we took a risk four years ago with our baby idea of workshops and a DVD series.  And I’m even more thankful that it has led me to so many of you!

Wondering What to Buy Her for the Holidays (or even Him! )?

LOOK NO FURTHER!

CLICK HERE to order our award winning DVD series for your loved one!

FREE SHIPPING is our gift to you this holiday season!

*Due to unexpected increase in orders from “certain” TV appearances this year, not naming any names…

Please allow “up to” three weeks for delivery.  Thanks for your understanding! 

Monday’s question:  What “baby ideas” are stirring inside of you?  You never know what they will grow into!

xoxo,

m

p.s.  The SOAR! Scholarship opened last week!  Applications/Video Submissions are now being accepted!  Year Two is underway!

CLICK HERE for all the details, check out the new program, the new cameras being given away and MORE!

Our meetings with Sony yesterday were unreal. I am so overwhelmed with how AMAZING it was that I’ve been in and out of tears. Every thing will be officially announced on Monday to the press. So you better believe that I’ll be sharing the good news on Monday morning with all of you, right here!

In the midst of an unforgettable day, we have even more crazy news to share!

This is actually another DREAM come true for me and Brian! It’s one of those dreams that your almost afraid to wish for, but you hold your breath and go for it anyway. (What do you have to lose, right?!)

Here it is…Our instructional, photography DVD series, Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box , has won one of the most prestigious parenting awards ever! The National Parenting Publication GOLD Award! To give you an idea of who else submits their products for this award…Last year, the 10th Anniversary Edition of Baby Einstein won! Can you believe that! Our DVDs are keeping good company!!!

We submitted each DVD on its own to be judged and scored independently, and I can’t tell you how excited we are that they BOTH won the GOLD award!

On June ST, NAPPA and their partner, Parenthood, will have our DVDS and the other winners appear in over THIRTY magazines! Brian and I are so excited to see what this will be like to have that much exposure at once! Check out the list of magazines! It’s going to be crazy! Do any of you receive these magazines already? If you see our DVDS in them, will you cut it out and send it to me? My grandma and I would LOVE to have a copy of the features!

NAPPA Editorial Partners Coverage of NAPPA winners is featured in these trusted, local parenting magazines: Akron Family – Akron, OH Albemarle Family – Charlottesville, VA Bay Area Parent: East Bay – San Mateo, CA Bay Area Parent: SF & Peninsula – San Francisco, CA Bay Area Parent: Silicon Valley – Los Gates, CA The Boston Parents’ Paper – Boston, MA Brevard County Moms (formerly Space Coast Parent) – Melbourne, FL Carolina Parent – Durham, NC Central California Parent – Fresno, CA Central Penn Parent – Harrisburg, PA Charlotte Parent – Charlotte, NC Chicago Parent – Chicago, IL Child Guide – Berryville, VA Cincinnati Parent – Cincinnati, OH Cleveland Family – Cleveland, OH Colorado Parent – Denver, CO Family Life – Mendocino, CA Family Times – Syracuse, NY Family Magazine NJ: Morris County Family – Morris County, NJ Family Magazine NJ: Union County Family – Union County, NJ Indy’s Child – IN Kids VT – Shelburne, VT L.A. Parent – Los Angeles, CA Lake/Geauga Family – Eastlake, OH Lowcountry Parent – Charleston, SC Metro Augusta Parent – Augusta, GA Metroparent – Milwaukee, WI Neopolitan Family Magazine – Naples, FL Newsday’s Parents & Children – Long Island, NY Our Kids San Antonio – San Antonio, TX Palmetto Parent – Columbia, SC Parenting New Hampshire – Manchester, NH Piedmont Parent – Winston-Salem, NC The Parent Paper – Paterson, NJ Sacramento Parent- Sacramento, CA Saginaw Valley Family- Saginaw Valley, MI South Florida Parenting – Tamarac, FL Tidewater/Peninsula Parent – Norfolk, VA Upstate Parent – Greenville, SC Washington Parent – Washington, DC / Bethesda, MD Westchester Family – Mamaroneck, NY Your Child Today – NJ

For those of you who are unfamiliar with NAPPA, here is a quick summary. (Check out NAPPA’s website to learn more! They carry a big influence on what is hot for parents!)

NAPPA is one of the oldest and most prestigious Children’s Products and Parenting Resources competitions. Expert judges and family testers select from hundreds of products that embody innovative design, quality construction, and make parenting easier.

In regards to the DVD winners, Judges evaluated programs for their overall appeal, production value, quality of content and benefits – which may be pro-social role models, educational content or pure entertainment. Every winning title is one that you could happily add to your collection and enjoy sharing with the children in your life.

Is that AWESOME or what!

If you haven’t seen our DVDS, or should I say “Award Winning DVDS” , you can check them out and purchase them at our product site, Refuse to Say Cheese! If you are a friend that lives abroad, Downloadable Versions are available too!

Okay, keep voting for your favorite Finalist! We are almost to 300 votes, and we only need 500 total by Sunday night for a Random Voter to win Adobe Lightroom 2! Click HERE to vote today!

We will be back Monday for the most amazing news ever on what Sony has done to change our world! Hint: some of you helped inspire it!

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We only have FIVE SPOTS left for the Seattle June workshop. The enthusiasm, nervousness, willingness, and openness of the attendees so far is going to make this a fantastic workshop! If you are looking to take our workshop on the West Coast, this is your best bet before the summer ends! To see all the details, check out THIS BLOG post. To grab a spot and get the early bird special, GO HERE! The Early Bird price ends this coming Wednesday, so make sure you get signed up before the special is over!

and Beyond the Green Box !

The DVDs have been a favorite purchase on our shopping cart this Christmas. We love receiving your emails and hearing your excitement
about purchasing the DVDs as gifts for photo enthusiasts from spouses to grandparents to good friends! If you’ve been meaning to
order your own set this is your LAST chance to get the DVDs and have
them arrive before Christmas day !

We need to get your orders in by 11am PST today so that our shipping company back East can process and ship orders today! So don’t delay! Put your order in by going to this page at Refuse to Say Cheese.com!

And one more bit of good news! Brian and I sat by the Christmas tree last night and finished up all the responses to those of you who
couldn’t get your 1 yr. anniversary discount! You should each find something fun in your Inbox today from the Me Ra Koh elves!

Cheers to the last Monday before Christmas Day!

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Make her Christmas even more magical this year by reserving a spot in our Atlanta Workshop for January 2009! For details, click here!

We were up till 2:30am wiping down all the walls and cupboards throughout the house. Did you know you have to vacuum out all your vents too? It’s just a “fun, little project!” Lots of dust and clean up, but wow, the hardwoods are BEAUTIFUL!!! Just jaw dropping! Your going to hate me, but no photo yet. We need to finish cleaning the layers of dust and emptying the Uhaul before we have company for dinner tonight. Yep, tonight!

FYI, If you emailed Brian because your coupon code for our One Year Anniversary discounts wasn’t working (or posted the problem on our blog (LAUREN! ), he will get back to you soon. We were a little swamped with clean up here so Brian didn’t have a chance to get to your emails yesterday. We’ll be sure to honor the coupon code if by chance he doesn’t get back to you until after Wed. If you haven’t emailed Brian and ran into problems with using the coupon codes, email him at brian@merakoh.com so he can help you too! Oh boy, was that too repetitive? Lack of sleep here.

But good news is that LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of you had no issues with the coupon offers and got your orders in! Yeah! We’re so happy to do this for our One Year Anniversary! And thanks for all the congrats yesterday!

I’m also loving all of the nominations for the Running on Empty Contest. Since the workshop is this weekend, the cut off for submitting nominees needs to be tonight at midnight PST so people can have time to vote for the winner. Get your nominations in today by midnight!

Photos of the hardwoods will come soon, and I can’t wait to show you what I did with these eight foot branches my friend found! Oh, the suspense!

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The ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY Sale is happening on all our products and the Atlanta Workshop!

It ends Wednesday at midnight PST!!! To see the details, click here!

To celebrate, we are offering these CRAZY!!

We’ll run these discounts until this Wed., December 3rd, midnight PST. If you’re planning on getting any of our products as gifts for Christmas, the next three days are the days to do it!

The Crazy Discounts are…drum roll….

DVDs (hard copies shipped to you) are 30% off! Coupon Code: thirty

DVDs that are the downloadable version are also 30% off! Coupon Code: download

All 101 Kits are 40% off! Coupon Code: forty

The upcoming Atlanta Workshop in January is 20% off! (We’re going to continue the Early Bird Registration Price until Wed, no coupon code needed!)

Enjoy! And thank you for making our first year of having the Refuse site so AWESOME!

Now, here’s some catching up we must do! You won’t believe our last seven days.

If you follow me on Facebook (MeRa Koh) or Twitter (merakoh), you’ve heard me mention our hardwood floors project this last week. Brian and I are home for five weeks straight! (YEAH!) We thought, ‘Hey, let’s get our hardwoods refinished on the whole main floor of our house! Why not! That will be a fun little project before the holidays start!’ Are we stupid or are we just STUPID putting “fun little project” with “refinishing hardwood floors” in the same thought?! Yes, the answer is we are STUPID!

We had no idea until 2-3 nights prior of all this starting that we would have to move every thing out of the main floor of the house. I mean that makes total sense, but for some reason it never occurred to us. The common sense of it all wasn’t there at ALL! We rented a Uhaul and moved everything into the Uhaul. Then we find out that we can’t stay at the house because of our dog and cat. We need to relocate for 7-8 days. I was totally stumped. But then my friend, Karen, says she is off to Cabo with her family the morning we have to move out. Talk about a total gift to us! We get to move into her place as they leave for Cabo, and in turn they have a house sitter for their dog.

Now let me ask you this. Who do you think had the best week of all? Us, the cat, or the dogs?

And who do you think had the worst week of all? If you guessed Prince Philip, the cat, you are right!!!

All in all, it’s been wonderful to be at Karen’s house. Aside from their dog having OCD and licking every inch of this house only to throw it up, and our dog having a bacterial infection in her colon that causes her to @#$% everywhere, it’s been so awesome (emphasis on “so”). I can’t imagine all this happening inside a hotel room. Wow, that would have been insane!

But today, today we get to start moving back in. I’ll try to post a photo of the NEW floors so you can get a peak of them! I can’t wait to slide across them in my socks!!!

How was your Thanksgiving week?

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Upcoming Blog Posts for This Week!

Do you know a Running on Empty Mom who lives in Seattle area? We’ve had such a crazy schedule that I forgot to post this nomination. If you have someone you know, that is local, we have saved a spot for her this coming weekend. Go ahead and nominate her in today’s comments.

If you attended the Chicago workshop, I’ll try and get that post up this week so you can see your shots and shooting conditions! And then everyone can sing your praises b/c of how amazing you all did!

We need to run a new Photo Contest. And yes, we need to post the Five Finalists for the Inspirational Object Contest. You are all so good to me for being patient. What do you think our new Photo Contest Theme should be?

Give you a hint…

There are three things total! And if you hit refresh, you can see each one!

It’s been a work in progress for a couple months.

We’re so excited to have them live! What do you think!!

We love getting your emails and love that you join us daily! Many of you have emailed about our DVDs because we don’t offer shipping outside of the US. We’ve tried to figure shipping options out, and it’s the craziest, most expensive situation.

So we’ve done something for you that we are excited about! Save yourself the crazy shipping prices and check this out! You can now purchase the DVD series as a DOWNLOAD!!

Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box can now be purchased as downloads on our product site! (see below for details)

You can now downloaded right both DVDs to your computer or IPOD!

In fact, here is some fun news! The hard copy of DVD 1, Refuse to Say Cheese is on BACKORDER right now!

Isn’t that cool! We are selling so many copies that we’re actually on backorder! Yeah!! That is why it says SOLD OUT on the Refuse site. But we should have more DVDS in stock by the end of the week. In the meantime if you can’t wait, you can purchase the download.

I always think we’re selling more copies of DVD 2, Beyond the Green Box

because the second DVD is more focused on understanding the technical stuff like aperture and shutter speed (from a woman’s perspective that is ). And DVD 1 is about composition and how to tell a story with your photos. I guess I’ve been proven wrong because DVD 1 has sold out first!

Thanks to all our International friends who have been so patient and excited for this option! We love you guys and can’t wait for you to access the DVDS too!

To read reviews of the DVDS, check these out!

The popular Z Recommends website surprised us with an AWESOME review! Click here to read it!

Kim is one of the moms who was invited by Sony to be at the Sony Mommy Blogging event that I spoke at. She recently wrote up a great review on her blog. Her blog is In a Shoe: the Methods and Madness of one Family of 11. Yes, I didn’t make a typo. Kim has given birth to NINE children!

To order the

To order the Downloadable Version of DVD 1, click on

To order the Downloadable Version of DVD 2, click on

Happy Monday Friends!

After a full weekend, I decided to sleep in this morning (very nice ), and now I’m off to hang out with the kids and catch up on mommy/kids time. But as I checked emails this morning, our friend Dane Sanders had sent a link to his blog. It made me want to cry!

Dane is a wonderful photographer, speaker, writer (the list goes on and on). He called on Friday and said he watched our Refuse to Say Cheese DVD and had one of the best times with his daughters while putting the DVD photo exercises into practice. Then he emailed me his blog today with the results. His call and email meant the world. You can’t ask for a better endorsement among your colleagues than the one he gave on his blog!

Check out Dane’s photos!

This one is my favorite!

Dane took a lot more than these three images. To see the rest, check out his blog. And while you’re there, take a look at the new project he’s got going. It’s called Fast Track Photographer. He read Brian and I the first chapter this summer, and it’s amazing. For those of you wanting to break into wedding photography…you want to be hooked up with this project.

Thanks Dane! We love you!

And Happy Monday everyone! Full week ahead, and hopefully we’ll have the okay to make a BIG announcement soon!