NEW AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FLOATPLANEclick here for photos!Today Josh Board arrived from Canton/Akron Ohio. He's Melissa's brother in law and everybody is calling him my brother in law now. OK now people!Anyway, I…
NEW SOFTWARE PRODUCTS WILL HAVE LIVE VIDEO TUTORIALSI've been in the photographic software business for about 20 years now, and one thing I know is that there are two types of users: 1) the ones who don't need a manual a…
IT'S GREAT FOR OPENING PACKAGES TOOI have never heard of a metal credit card before. When American Express told me they were sending me an Amex Black card, I didn't know what it was so I tried to find it on the internet…
ALBUM SHOWCASE, LIGHTSPHERE CLOUD AND BULLZEYE 3These products were showcased on the "One Step Ahead" Tour early this year, and I had hoped that they would be on the cart by 3/1. Unfortunately, we simply could not keep …
THIS IS INCREDIBLE AND crap I KNEW IT WAS COMINGWith the U.S. budget deficit at record levels, interest rates HAVE to go up. The reason? The U.S. needs cash because it has none, and is up to its' neck trillions of doll…
TOUR DVD WILL BE AVAILABLE AT WPPI FOR THE FIRST TIME!(click here to enlarge)Keats and Randi Ostro have just completed the packaging for the Tour DVD, and it is going to be a 2-DVD set, and it is going to retail very ine…
20/20 FORESIGHT (PREVISUALIZATION)As a photographer, I was trained to look for the best backgrounds, the best angles, the best lens selection to create the best image. But before I even began to "tweak" the image, I hav…
I TALKED TO JOE BUISSINK!He sounded in GREAT spirits - and I asked him if he had anything he wanted to say to the HUGE number of people so concerned about his health, and he said that he wished he could get on the intern…
AWESOME ARTICLE - THANK YOU MJ WILSON!This is so cool! I've been an admirer of MJ Wilson ever since she came to my wealth-building workshop. She just has so much initiative and her name is really getting around!She jus…
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR JOE BUISSINKBy now most of you know that Joe had a 2nd heart attack. He just had one two years ago and he may be going into open heart surgery tomorrow morning. They're going to do some art…
WHAT A COOL DRIVE!You slide your finger over it and it turns on! This keeps your data totally secure. What a great great idea. Lacie has the coolest stuff.At the end of this month, they are introducing this BUS powere…
TEN DAYS APART AFTER THREE MONTHS TOGETHERI can't believe we've spent three months together, continuously. I remember when I was single thinking - wow this is the way to be, and I was so peaceful and content.When Meliss…
CONGRATULATIONS OPENSOURCEPHOTO.NET!!David Jay's FREE discussion forums at Opensourcephoto.net has grown so fast they just reached 900 members! And deservedly so - it is a NICE forum and it is FREE!I used to belong to …
END OF THE SKI SEASON!Well, it's the end of another ski season and I can't believe it has gone by so fast. Spring skiing is the best because the visibility is always so great and we have a ton of snow. Check out our vi…
COMING BACK TO CALIFORNIA!I have got to concentrate on WPPI we have so many deadlines coming up. I was supposed to sign the final documents for the ranch today but there was a hold up, and so nothing is going to happen …
WPPI IS COMING VERY VERY SOON!We have some very cool plans coming up for the biggest Wedding and Portrait Convention in the world at Paris/Bally's starting April 8th!We have a new booth design which should really help ou…
WHAT I DID TODAYI woke up at Discovery Bay this morning early and started playing with iLife. I couldn't believe how fast I could put in a website it automatically scripts out the links and exports whatever image you dr…
NICOLE'S FRIEND GOT HIS KIDNEY STOLEN IN HIS SLEEP IN COSTA RICAI didn't take this photo, Nic did. Anyway, so me and Mel were in Seattle just chilling and we were watching TV and they were showing this story about this …
APPLE'S IWEB IS AMAZINGI have been doing my own web designs since day one. Therefore, I learned this way old fashioned way using HTML and an obsolete program called "Pagemill" from the late '90s. Sometimes people ask i…
LIGHTSPHERE SHIPPING WITHIN CANADA ANNOUNCEMENTWe have about 100 units here in Canada in both Cloud and Clear. Nicole will be shipping them for you from here - we are doing this because my Canadian neighbors get dinged …
WE LEASED (NOT PURCHASED) OUR NEW DIGS IN SEATTLE!Today was such an awesome day. We have been in Seattle for the past three days and we had a flight this afternoon to Kelowna, so we only had this day to find a place to …
THIS IS MY FAMILYFrom left, my cousin Joe, his wife Madeline, my cousin Albert, my Uncle David, my first cousin once removed (but I call him my nephew) Jonathan, my Dad, my Aunt, my Cousin Jeannie, Melissa Carl and me.If…
AND YET ANOTHER FREAKING COOL PRODUCTFound this is "Wired" Magazine. They are high intensity light tubes that you can put behind something - make it glow. Pimpin'!!!!CLICK HERE FOR THE WEBSITE!
THIS IS THE BEST PAIR OF UNDERWEAR ANYWHEREEx-officio has the most amazing stuff. I first heard about them while on a layover at the Seattle Airport - they have a store there. Here's why it's so amazing.1) they are com…
WE FOUND OUR NEW HOME IN SEATTLEWe're meeting tomorrow at the unit, but we think we found a cool place to live in the Belltown district... right next to Pike's Market. So today we walked around the area and got acquaint…
OH YES WE ARE MOVING TO THE RANCH TOOThe ranch closes midweek I'll write the story about how long and crazy this transaction has been upon close. When I said we are moving to Seattle it means we are going to move here. …
WE ARE MOVING TO SEATTLE, WA!I found some really great condos here in Seattle! We decided to move here yesterday because 1) it is so close to Kelowna (only 45 mins) 2) I really like my family here and 3) Seattle just s…
WHOOPS - CORRECTION TO THE GENEOLOGY QUIZ!Governor Gary Locke's grandfather was my grandmother's brother. Now what are we?I didn't even really know how closely we were related! This makes me the chinese Denis Reggie of…
HI FROM SEATTLE! (geneology correction needed)Well, we are here for the weekend for my grandmother's funeral. It is so nice to see so much of my family again. My cousin Jeannie (who I haven't seen in years - her kids a…
HOLY SMOKES!!!!I really like the forums at dpchallenge.com. Never heard of it until I did a google search on myself.ANOTHER great forum on digital photography!click here and fine out why! WOW THANK YOU!
WHAT A MESS... HERE WE GO!It is so cute and fun, whenever I buy a new home, Nicole brings her family over. Her dad, Jack is a great guy and has done a lot of work on Twin Haven and The Castle. Her mom has painted Disco…
MELISSA CARL'S FIRST DAY ICE SKATING:
CHLOE COMES TO VISIT! (CHLOE AND OTIS U.F.C.!)
I GOT PREDESIGNED :)American Express contacted me and said I qualify for a thing called a Centurion Card or "Black Card". But it's $2,500 a year. I was like oh goody I qualify for this gee thanks. How about giving me…
LONGEST MOST COMPLEX REAL ESTATE DEAL POSSIBLEBuying a house that is being foreclosed on is the craziest thing. There are so many parties involved, especially when the house goes into receivership. What happens is when…
THE E-STORE IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY THANK YOU!I can't believe I started the e-commerce business seriously only about two years ago. The first product I put on my e-store was my black jeep. I just thought, hey everybody i…
ALL THIS AND STILL NO COLD!Did you hear about the controversy about "Airborne"? The CEO raised a lot of controversy when she said that "it doesn't prevent colds" after some recent tests that showed it has no efficacy fo…
I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY!I had no idea that you are supposed to pick the "heaviest fruit for its' size" when you are trying to buy anything citrus! Isn't that so cool? I read that in the little sign in the produc…
BEAUTIFUL IMAGESMe and Melissa so rarely talk about photography and we only shoot together when I go with her on a gig. Most of our days these days are all about video I guess just because it's new. So I forget what a …
IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT A MONTH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN *CLICK HEREI've done this for over 20 years, and normally after a tour or program there becomes a debate on whether I said will or won't work. When I switched from Hasse…
MEMORIES OF MY GRANDMOTHERThis is the only photo I have on my laptop computer that has my grandmother in it. She is in the background cutting the next piece of turkey. I love this photo it is hilarious. I still rememb…
SO MUCH FUN TO DO VIDEO NOW IT'S INSTANT! I just installed Apple's new "iLife06". It is so cool. I have this very cool little Sony 3 chip camcorder - so small and amazingly it's 3 chip widescreen. Just insane. So eve…
PRE-VISUALIZATION MAY MAKE DREAMS TURN INTO REALITYPhil (pep) wrote probably one of the longest posts I've ever seen in a comment below, and now that I've had some time to reflect on it, I think maybe the key is this thi…
WOW THIS WEBSITE IS SO COOOOOOOOL!My cousin Joe told me about this totally cool site called ZILLOW.COMYou can punch in your address and it will instantly give you the price of your property - and the prices of all your n…
POST ON "WHERE HAVE ALL THE BRIDES GONE?"On zuga.net, the following thread showed the anguish of something that is happening to the wedding photography industry. It makes very interesting reading:http://www.zuga.net/for…
THIS IS AN INTERESTING LETTER:Jeff, again I need to refer this one to the book, "Marketing Without Advertising". This book explains how your demographic or situation should not be a limitation at all. I mean I started…
SHE CAN ENTERTAIN HERSELF JUST FINEMy girlfriend is so hilarious. She can be in a room alone, just sit there and she'll just crack herself up. So I had a spa appointment and she was going to go back to our hotel room b…
THIS SHOW IS SO INCREDIBLEI'm addicted to my video ipod. I mean I love tivo, but the problem is I divide my time between different homes and even though they all have tivo, it's just not as convenient as having this vid…
WOW THIS IS A GOOD ARTICLEclick here
WOW THAT WENT FAST (TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT FOR SIZE C2)We sold out of the C2 size of the Cloud Lightsphere. Therefore, I stopped the mailing to my 42,000 subscribers after about 8,000. So if you are expecting the link pl…
DANA REEVE AND CHRISTOPHER REEVEDana Reeve died of lung cancer. She was such an absolutely amazing role model to me. When Christopher Reeve was paralyzed in a horseback riding accident, I heard somebody say, "surely h…
UNBELIEVABLE - LS CLOUD SOLD ON EBAY FOR $140.49!Russ Lowe writes:Wow Russ - that's insane! We had only 1,500 in the warehouse this morning and I sent out the secret link and people are buying many multiples! What's go…
WHAT SHE SAID!Melissa wrote a really good post about yesterday, so rather than do two versions of the same day, here is her link!It is not that cold up here, I just like to stay toasty warm whenever I can!click here!
VERY LIMITED PRODUCT ROLLOUTWe introduced the cloud Internal Dome lightsphere on the tour in response to the great love people had for the old Classic Lightsphere that was hard plastic. So we created the cloud because…
WHAT HAPPENED TO MARRIOTTS?When I was busy trying to get referrals, I used to network with the catering people at the local Marriott hotels, in hopes that they would refer me weddings. And I became friends with people w…
THIS LOOKS LIKE A NICE PLACE TO HAVE A WEDDING
I WONDER WHAT THIS WEBSITE COST TO MAKE?I was going to do a post on how I bought a Gillette FIVE blade razor. And how happy I was with my triple blade TURBO razor thinking it was like - I would feel my face after the sh…
THIRST RELIEF INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE IS LIVE!My friends David Jay and Mike Colon just went down to Brazil to do some work for Thirst Relief Int'l. When we were all at the ski resort, they were telling us how excited and…
WHY I STOPPED BUYING OR INVESTING IN U.S. REAL ESTATE YEARS AGOI'm often asked why I do not buy real estate in the U.S. I couldn't find a more explicit article about the amazing future coming to Canada and why its fisca…
ROTTENTOMATOES.COM - GREAT PLACE FOR ACCURATE REVIEWS! Rottentomatoes.com is an accurate place to find a true reading on a movie because it compiles reviews from all around the country and comes up with a tomato freshnes…
I GUESS THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG! (CLICK ON THE ARTICLE) This has been top secret for nearly four months, but I guess the press release went out? Boy is the egg going to hit the fan on the forums! I wonder what everyo…
YAY!!!!! FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!Quoting our official Press Release: "APAX PARTNERS INVESTS $29 MILLION IN PICTAGE, INC., THE LEADING PROVIDER OF ONLINE SOLUTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS"TORRANCE, C…
WE HAVE P1 AND P4 SIZE LIGHTSPHERES AGAIN! We have been running two shifts a day at the factory to get our products back in the warehouse and we have some Lightspheres back in stock! YAY!We are having a lot of orders to…
I AM USELESS I'm supposed to put up the new products on the e-store today. I'm worthless. I can't focus or concentrate on it, I think I am still burnt out! I went to Woodlake today, thinking that I could work there in…
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