I have a problem… and as my business has grown, so has my problem… I don’t know how to walk away from my work. We’ve been working from home since the beginning, and that has always meant, wake up, ready, eat, work, eat dinner, work, sleep. Repeat… 6-7 days a week… This has meant no hiking, no time taken out of the day to relax…

Our solution, and office!! And I must say, we actually had at least two normal work days this week!!! Now that’s moving in the right direction!!!

Prints should be on the wall within a few weeks, along with a new HUGE 3 volume sample album!!!! Some more decorations… and some candy in the empty candy dish!!

Oh, and two SUPER cool things about our office… because of the office we’re now the proud owners of a total of 5 (five!!) Macs!!! And, the office is directly upstairs from a sweet bikeshop!! (oh, and it’s on State Street)

Wow… so my buddy (and former boss) DJ hosted a poker night (planned by the one and only Chris Humphreys) DJ just bought a SICK house (well… soon to be sick, right now it’s pretty darn cool, but a bit awkward, but he’s working on that!) I’d seen videos and some pictures from his house and thought it looked pretty neat, but wow… I was BLOWN away at the view he had and just how magical of a location he’s got!! What a stud!

Ricky Mia, Chris and Katie Humphreys, David Jay, Cheryl and I, Forest and Raya Carlisle, Keats Elliot, Amy Nave, Jessica Claire and Gary Fong all made appearances. It’s such a blast when everyone get’s together!!

I made it to the final two at the table going head to head with my good buddy Ricky Mia. Well, he’s was in the lead by a bit, we both wanted to head down to the pool to smoke cigars, so we decided to just split the pot and enjoy a cigar! What a night and what a view!!! If you’re ever in SB, you definitely need to coherce DJ into hosting a poker party so you can play in the room with the best view EVER!!

This is probably by far the WORST picture I have EVER posted on my blog… the view is to DIE for!

It’s really funny, I went to Brooks for three years here in Santa Barbara, and should have exhausted all possible locations for shooting, but amazingly enough, I was a bit of a lazy student, and didn’t explore as much as I should have. The good news is, this means I’m constantly discovering new/fun places to shoot!

On a recent engagement shoot with Rebecca ad Joe we found a really cool little alley way (I’m told Brooks kids are known for using it, but I never did…) And it just so happens, this cool little alley is right around the corner from our new office!! (pictures of the office to come soon!)

Our good friends David and Danielle Berg live on a sail boat and have been gracious enough on multiple occassions now to take us for a sail!!! What a blast!!!

Ryan and Jaime Becker also joined us with their junior guide dog in training (Susie).