To my clients and friends:

I'm writing this on New Year's Eve at a time when we all look forward to future happiness.  I hope this has been a great holiday for all of you.

As most of you remember, I had to unexpectedly close my studio just over two years ago when the building I had purchased with a friend fell out of escrow.  It was a very frustrating time for me.  While I have seen a lot of you, many of you have probably thought that I had disappeared.  Nothing could have been further from reality.  It has been a very busy twenty-eight months for me.

I spent a good part of it building and developing a successful website business.  I have been more active with my camera than I've been in years.  I have shot well over 350,000 photos.  I have also built up my commercial clientele, shooting on average, about twenty models per month for just one client.

Quietly though, I have been working in the background to come up with the next generation of So. Cal. Pro. Models.  Well that day is here.  On January 19th, we'll be having an open house for our new studio.  We've teamed up with Miyakawa Photography to put together a great new facility right in Los Angeles.  While the building is older, its location will make it central to many more of our clients.  We'll be opening a separate office later this spring.

Next, the Glamour Bash is going to be back in full swing for 2008.  Roger is very enthusiastic about it.  The plan is to hold a single event in January and February, after which we will move to twice a month.  We're now hiring and paying outside models so we have expanded beyond working with just our own talent.  More importantly, we are making a point of bringing in the best talent from around the country.  We've held a number of events this year and they have all been successful.  With our new site, www.groupphotoshoots.com, we have something great to offer.  We think you'll enjoy it.

Finally, by February, the So. Cal. Pro. Models site you have come to know is going to be replaced by something totally new.  We've spent well over six months developing an entirely new site called www.entertainmentindustry411.com or simply ei411.com.    ei411 is an entirely new concept.  Take a moment to read about it.

2008 is going to be an exciting year.  It will be exciting for me and I hope it will be exciting for you as well.  We'll see you at the new studio.

Alan