I spent the last week in Boston with my good buddy Dave at Photoshop World. I’ve been to Boston before, ages ago…I think it was early 2003. Although I stayed close to the hotel for the most part, I did get around a little bit…Newberry Street was close by after all!

It’s always fun hanging out with Dave, and we were lucky enough to meet up with other photog­ra­phers who live in the area or who were there for the show…Kristin, Sarah (who is way taller than I expected!), Bill and espe­cially Melissa and Rene: it was great to hang out with you all!

As for the show itself, I was one of about 6 people in the seminar entitled “Photoshop Extensibility” aka Photoshop for Geeks, in which I learned some new stuff that I plan to put to use in Proofmaker and Autoloader.

It was also neat-o to meet some of the giants in the world of Photoshop…people like John Nack and Russell Brown (that’s Russell and I holding the Photoshop World commem­o­rative football, and yes I still have it

It was a great time!

…Mike

Every once in a while I shoot a wedding, and the Bride and Groom have little trees as wedding favours. Over the years I have collected ten saplings, and I’m happy to report that they are all thriving in my garden…so much so that I may have to move them around a bit to make sure there is enough space for them to grow!

That’s my giant mutant hosta on the right.

…Mike

I thought painting my face would help us win the cup for sure! Alas…it didn’t work

Christina and I, along two of our friends Monica and Dave, spent an afternoon today at the Urban Element, taking a cooking class. I have photographed a couple of weddings at the UE and the food was amazing, so when I found out they did cooking classes, I had to try. They typi­cally book up quickly, but we managed to get in to “Beef 101.”? This is a hands-on class, where we made 4 complete beef meals, and learned all about how to pick the best cuts, and works and what doesn’t, and so on. Highly recommended.

Christine and Dave getting some direction:

Christine had a blast!

Learning the Correct Way:

I am by no means competent int he kitchen, but I did enjoy the noodle making so much I plan on buying a noodle maker of our own

One of the finished dishes: beef stroganoff:

…Mike