PuckShots Christmas Message 2019
Once again, Joanna and I send out a most sincere and heartfelt thanks to Thunder Bay’s hockey community of players, parents, coaches and managers for supporting PuckShots Photography. It’s never lost on us how lucky we are to be able to do what we do. Thanks again!
Feeling Puck SHOT
The past few Septembers, I’ve said to Joanna, “Let’s not kill ourselves trying to book up as much as we can before Christmas but also try to fit in everyone who requests us.” Despite this approach, it always seems like no matter what, we end up shooting between 90-100 teams by Christmas. This season was no different where, if not for some cancellations, we would’ve tipped over 100.
Look to a Hire Power
It’s a great “problem” to have and while Thunder Bay people are pretty laid back, I stress myself out when I feel I’m taking too long to deliver orders. Clearly, we need to hire another graphic designer to share some of the load. I’m hoping to start training someone in the new year and then have them in around 12 hours a week from October to December. If you’d like to know more about the position, contact me at puckshots@icloud.com.
Hockey Hards
We definitely did better this year at getting more hockey cards out in time for Christmas but it’s still our most time consuming product between the amount of design time and production time, it’s hard to have them ready at the same time as everything else. Shoutout to Citi Centre Print who pumps out reams of hockey cards for us in a timely fashion.
Proofs in the Putting (Up Online)
We had quite a few teams that we photographed after our “Christmas cut-off” and they’ve kind of been sitting on the back burner until after Dec. 25th. If you’re one of these teams, you may be interested in our upload order:
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West End Bruins – Midget AA (UP NOW!)
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Thunder Bay Queens – Midget AA
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Elks Wolf Security – Peewee A
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Westfort Allstate Maroons – Atom A
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South End Jr Stars – Bantam A
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Elks Citi Print – Peewee A
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TBWHA Novice
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Green – Novice House
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Red – Novice House
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Blue – Novice House
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Fury – Novice
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South End Rangers – Bantam AA
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Thunder Bay Fury – Atom
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South End Jr Stars – Midget A
Punta Can Hafta
For the 5th year in a row, we’ll be collapsing onto a beach in Punta Cana from January 12th-26th so we’ll be out of contact. Our voicemail fills up very quickly so if you have questions during that time please email us at puckshots@icloud.com
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Thanks again! Have a Merry Christmas and we’ll see you around the rinks in 2020!
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~Travis Ulrich and Joanna Herbage
