It’s been so exciting to watch people vote and comment on the Five Finalists for the Water Photo Contest! Aren’t they all AMAZING!

I’ve got a few great links you must check out! I just found them as I’ve been reading through your votes.

For one, I didn’t realize Ali, photographer of the Wet Dog, has a blog too! Oh my goodness, her baby photos are just breathtaking! Go check out her blog!

I also followed Kirsten’s blog, photographer of Dancing on Water, to a Flickr page with more Dancing on Water images. These images are so cool! I wish I was there shooting with you Kirsten. That event looked like a blast!

Then this morning I got an email from Banner in Charleston. Banner and I met through my blog, and I just love Banner’s zeal for her photography business. She sent me a link to an artist named Eric Zener who does paintings of swimmers. These paintings are incredible! I have to share them with you too. And check out Banner’s beautiful work while you’re at it! (Thanks for sharing the paintings with us Banner!)

Now for the December Workshop Announcement!

Your votes were so helpful and difficult at the same time! It was practically a tie between two options! So after much conversation, Brian and I came up with a plan.

Starting Monday morning, registration for the popular Beginner 2 Day Workshop on December 6th and 7th 2008 will go live!

This will be Early Bird Registration!! This means if you sign up before September 20th, the tuition is $749 instead of $999! So get ready, and come find the link on Monday morning to sign up!

Since there were so many people who voted for the Combo Deal, we are going to offer this workshop in 2009! We’re still thinking on whether we’ll do this in Seattle or somewhere else, or both! We will let you know in the near future. Stay tuned!

But back to the voting for the Five Finalists! They are all talented and deserve every vote and wonderful comment they get! Keep passing the word! It’s a wonderful gift to give them, and if we hit 400 VOTES by midnight on Tuesday we’re giving one lucky voter a copy of Adobe’s Lightroom!

Love you all and have a wonderful weekend!

p.s. Remember that new photography exercise I was going to post this week? Didn’t forget. It’s coming on Monday or Tuesday, and I think you’re going to have fun with it! xoxo