Larry and I are loading up the car and headed North to Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada to go to a 2 day Joe Buissink workshop at the Gary Fong Ranch. Both Joe Bussink and Gary Fong are legends among the wedding photography industry and Larry and I are tickled pink to be going. It should be a fun filled 5 days full of inspirations and great teachings. I hope to come back to Montana rearing to go for the 2009 wedding season.

Check out these websites to get an idea of where I will be and who I will be with!

http://www.kelownaranch.com/
http://www.joebuissink.com/

Here is the "brochure" for the workshop:


The really good blogging news is I have been really really busy the past 2 weeks, so when I get back, not only will I have fun pics from the workshop to show you, I will also have a wedding and 3 commercial photo shoots too!

Feel free to call my cell phone or email me if you need me. Otherwise, I will return to my office officially on Friday, June 5th.

I am excited to invite everyone to my studio next Wednesday, May 20th from 6:00-9:00pm for an Art and Jewelry show. It will be featuring jewelry and art for sale by Nicole Robertson (Coco Bijou Jewelry), Jenny Christiansen (Jen Jewelry) and paintings by Ryno.

Check out their websites:

www.jenjewelry.etsy.com

www.cocobijoujewelry.com

There will be food, wine, art or course and great company! Come, stop by, say hi! I'd love to have you!

Directions to my studio:

From East Main, head North down Rouse.
Take a right on Peach Street
Go through 4 way stop at Peach and Wallace
Its on the next block
It is a red painted brick building on the North side of the street
It has a big cowboy sign on it
It is the door on the left

You guys remember Guss? Guss is Rhianna and Mike's puppy. These first two shots are Guss last November at our engagement session. He's a Great Dane and oh so handsome, not to mention, quite a handful.



This was Guss then:





Rhianna was over at the studio last week editing her album and brought little :) Guss over as well. Mikes been wanting some pics of him so we did a really quick impromptu photo session in the snow (Yes, it snowed last week in Bozeman!)

This is Guss now:

He's at least quadrupled in size since I last photographed him, 5 months ago! His head is huge and stands well above my waist. It cracks me up though, he is so big but such a puppy, playful, curious, bull headed and still learning. Rhianna and Mike have done a great job with him! He's definitely their 1st child. :)
 

Ok, crisis over! My website and email are back up! Thank you for your patience!

Lauren

Man oh man, it is so frustrating when one, no two lines of communication go down at once. My web people have been working hard to get my portrait site ready to go and for some reason, my new wedding site is down and thus, my email is down. I apologize for this inconvenience! If you need to get in touch with me please email me at:

thirdichic@aol.com

and/or call me at 406.582.1771

Thanks so much and I apologize again!

Lauren