Ah, it’s been a lovely Christmas break – albeit a little long! I guess I was kidding myself with my long list of items I wanted to achieve before the 2nd half of the winter team photo season: 2011 financials, finishing this website, editing my backlog of stockphotos and submitting them to my distributors – just to name a few. Good intentions aside, it is almost impossible to get any real work done when the kids are home from school. Tomorrow is the happy day I send the kids back to their teachers and I get back to the office. Small orders are scheduled to come back from the lab this week and I’ve had a couple calls from hockey teams looking for team photos.

Although the new year has barely begun, can you believe only 8 weeks remain in the regular hockey and ringette season? If your team hasn’t booked photos yet, it’s time to check your practice schedule! (Hot tip: The ambient light is best in East St. Paul Arena!) It’s also not too early to order gifts for your coaches, players and sponsors as some custom items take a couple weeks to manufacture.