here's the info from Lori's site
([link])

Dates: June 21-22, 2008
Times: exact times to be determined, but approximately 9-5 both days
Location: Lancaster, CA
Cost: $995 (50% required to reserve your spot, balance due one week before the workshop.
A $25 discount will be given to you if you pay the full amount up front).
Spaces: 15 spaces are available in the workshop -- 7 SPOTS LEFT!
(as of my posting, 27 april - 13h00 GMT)

Please Note: This is an advanced class.
A portfolio review is required for admission unless
either Allan or I are familiar with your work.

Features of this workshop:

* Co-taught by both myself, and digital artistry genius Allan Amato (www.venuswept.org)

*2 days of photography and photoshop

*Day 1 we will be shooting here: [link]

*Day 2 we will be on a ranch with barn, water features, open desert, etc.

*Plenty of opportunity for after hours shooting and partying

*Full use model releases

*Amazing models are confirmed including:
Kumi (www.kumimonster.com)
Mosh (www.themoshroom.com)
Ulorin Vex (www.ulorinvex.com)
Trishy Trashy (www.trishytrashy.com)
Natalie Addams (www.natalieaddams.com)
Berlin (www.becomingberlin.net)
Vima

(Please note that two of these models will
be flown in from Europe and one from D.C. for this event.)

*2 makeup artists, 1 hair stylist and 1 wardrobe stylist will be on hand.

* Wardrobe will be provided by Antiseptic Fashions
MM link

*Marquis Magazine and Coilhouse Magazine will both be featuring
photos from the workshop.

This is THE ONE not to miss kids!

To sign up for these workshops, or to get further information, email me at lori@lorimann.com

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the location looks really damn cool!!

ok. so in a few hours i head over to SFO. I dont know why but i just feel so much better being out of California. i miss it when i'm away - sometimes.

here is the current 2008 schedule so far
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Jan 30- Feb 05 Tokyo
Feb 05- Feb 14 HongKong/Cebu
Feb 14- Feb 18 Shanghai

March:
San Francisco (SF FetishBall).
*Mar 13-19, London
*Mar 19-26, Essen, DE (FetishEvolution).
*Mar 27-Apr 10, Vienna.
*Apr 10-23, London.

*Apr 23-28, Atlanta, GA.(a night in japan aids fund raiser/fashion show)

*Apr 28-May 06, London. (Torture Garden)
*May 06-14, Paris, FR (Nuit Elastique)
*May 14-20, Rome.

May/June: London, Kenya (tent)

August:
Tampa, FL (FetishCon).
Chicago.

Oct: Shanghai, China. Cebu, Philippines.

Nov: Christchurch, NZ (NZ FetishBall).
Australia.

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and my image was reinstated too.
the one that got a DD.
and i'm sure it was because one or more of you used your connections to get it pushed thru somehow.
thanks mucho.
and thankies to admin moonbeam13 who did the putting-it-back-up thingy.

so i got a DD some time in early Feb.

I then realize that it was deleted.

I sent my first message to the help desk on Feb 17
i also made a journal entry about it.

i have sent 3 or 4 messages now.

no response whatsoever.

my membership has recently expired.
do i want to join up again?
hell no. not if i cant even get a reply with something hinting at when i will get a response about the copyright violation policy.


i wonder when and IF i ever will get someone to contact me.

I have new wonderful images to post.
but they're not going to go up here.

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this weekend is the SF fetishball
\i have a show to do on Friday with Midori. a big fancy painful one.
then on Sat i am running the VEx portion of the fashion show.

then on the 12th i fly to london.

ciao for now

wow. seems i got a DD on one of my images shot by Gilles Berquet...

but then it got reported as a copyright policy violation.
so i guess someone thinks they know my business with Gilles better than I do and what sort of agreements I keep with various photographers for that matter.

whatever.

I can't see any of the comments or anything now because the image post has been pulled.

So I wrote to the help/faq comment thingy and asked them about it and now i guess i have to wait forever in order to get a reply or have my image re-instated. or maybe they'll just ignore me.

so i've already been bouncing around a little bit.
I spent about a week in Tokyo, hanging out with the Torture Garden Japan crew and enjoying fun dinners together with friends from London and other places.

Then i bounced down to Hong Kong, then over to Manila, and finally Cebu where I spent a relaxing week + hanging out in Mactan and also spending quite a bit of time in the water. Oh, and since i was there, I went and got my open diving certification.

Now i am in Shanghai. And tomorrow I get to leave and bounce over to Tokyo to change planes and finally fly across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco.

I will chill out there for a couple of weeks but as soon as March 12 turns up, I'll be on a plane headed for London!

ok. so that's pretty much what i've been doing.
time to go enjoy shanghai before i take off!