The new website is up - sortof!

I had a lot of fun working on my new site but it was a bit hard to upload. I know just enough about all this to be dangerous. Yesterday, there wasn't anything coming up under wedlake.com but an error message. Today there was a site up but with many missing links. Finally, I have my side of the website up and running fairly well except that my "rollovers" aren't working, but at least you can navigate it! Poor Paul, I pretty much wiped out his site from 1999. Actually, I think that is blessing in disguise since he needs a little motivation to work on an updated portfolio. We'll see, maybe I can get it back for him, in the meantime, he has an "under construction" page. 

website

So, I finished painting the bathroom and it looks awesome! We went to Home Depot tonight and got some finishing touches, I think it will make for a much nicer client experience!  Now, onto the website. We created our own website back in 1999 and while I have changed at least some of my images every year or so,  Paul still has the same site he had in 99. Definitely, time for a complete overhaul!  We researched everything from having a very high end company design our site, to working with templates to doing it ourselves from scratch. I am kindof a "control freak" ( not really but a little bit) so I have always liked doing it myself, even though it takes a lot of time. We decided that we would work on the html side ourselves and have an art director/designer friend help us with the flash site.  I think it's going to be a great solution.  Look for our new site to launch ... oh, I don't know, realistically probably in February, but I'm hoping for sooner.

Painting project

I am finally  painting our studio bathroom!  It's something I've wanted to do since we moved in two years ago. January is normally a slow time of year for us and the perfect time to catch up on things. I love how a fun paint color can totally change a room!  I am doing the walls in an aqua blue and the trim in a chocolate brown... got the main color up last night and it looks awesome. I should be done with the trim in another day or two. Not that I am procrastinating on building the new website - okay, well maybe a little ( :

When will they build a doggy door for the stout K-9?

This was Paul's assignment from Design News Magazine for the monthly article on "Gadget Freaks". These three young inventors designed a dog door that will only open for your dog. You can also program the gadget to feed and water your K-9 family member. The inventors didn't have a dog of their own for the photo shoot so we hired a real pro - our own pooch, Rico. He was well paid in dog biscuits and half of a "Big Daddy Burger" from Good Times. It was hard for him to go through the door since it was designed for miniature poodles or smaller, but if we had  a  dog that small, how could the  dog wear protective OSHA eye gear?

Paul & Sophia

We had a couple of sessions booked for this weekend and they all had to cancel due to sick kids - 'tis the season I guess. I took advantage of having the studio set up to do a fun shot of Paul and Sophia. She is definitely "Daddy's Little Girl"!