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And the winners are….

At the Open House I randomly chose 2 winners of a $500 gift certificate towards a future workshop – one from the folks at the Open House and one from the list of email subscribers. Anthony Merto attended the Open House and his name was picked Gary Slinger’s name was randomly chosen from the email .. read more

On May 25th, 2011, posted in: Blog by

Grand Opening/Open House

If you’re in the Greater Tampa area, I hope you’ll come by on May 14th between 4 – 9 pm for our open house. Drop by, say hello, take a tour, mingle and enter for a chance to win $500 towards a workshop in 2011**. More details are here **To be fair to those non-Tampa-area .. read more

On May 6th, 2011, posted in: Blog by 1 Comment

History

Its funny what you come across when looking for something else…in searching for a scanned image, I uncovered this scan of a newspaper ad from Ottawa in 1998 when I opened my training center. And this one of the grand opening of my training center Maybe we’ll have to  reenact that one when we open .. read more

On May 3rd, 2011, posted in: Blog by

Getting closer!

The walls are painted, the cyc wall is painted, the rail system for the lighting is installed, the storage room is built. Tables for the classroom have arrived, and after numerous trips to Lowes, I’m starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with just a few more things left to be done. .. read more

On May 2nd, 2011, posted in: Blog by

Poll: 2 Day Hands-on Class

Question 2…. QuestionsView Results Thanks for your input

On April 20th, 2011, posted in: Blog by 1 Comment

Poll: One Day Workshops

I’d like your opinion: QuestionsView Results Thanks for your input more polls to come

On April 20th, 2011, posted in: Blog by

Update: Phase 1

Well, I got back from Photoshop World with a bad cold, and undertook the first phase of my new facility: painting. It’s times like this that I wish there was a “Select All, Fill” in real life. And an Undo (iPhone photo….no, the walls are not red and white, they’re beige with one wall of .. read more

On April 7th, 2011, posted in: Blog by

Giving Back

I have been very blessed in my life with a wonderful family and the ability to do for a living what I love to do. In an effort to “give back”, a portion of every single registration for classes and workshops will be donated to a charity, both local to the Tampa area and nationally. .. read more

On March 30th, 2011, posted in: Blog by 1 Comment

Why Hands-on training?

When I announced my plans to open a hands-on training center I received a few raised eyebrows here and there, with one person asking the question that others seemed to be thinking: “Why would people want hands-on training when they can take online training from the comfort of their home?” My answer is very simple. .. read more

On March 24th, 2011, posted in: Blog by

Welcome!

  I’m so excited to tell you about Dave Cross Workshops! About 12 years ago I had my own training center in Ottawa Canada, but I think I was a little ahead of my time: there weren’t that many people wanting to learn about Photoshop and digital photography, and the internet was in its infancy. .. read more

On March 23rd, 2011, posted in: Blog by 5 Comment