It's taken almost EXACTLY three years to the date since I first worked out my crude prototype for the Lightscoop. Never in my dreams did I think it would take this long to test, write a patent, develop prototypes, manufacture, and get a website developed. But, at last, everything has come together. Lightscoop.com is live.

I've also opened a Lightscoop Users Group on flickr.com. When you start testing your Lightscoops, please share your before/after pictures there. A panel of professional photographers will choose the best, and we'll award a monthly prize — a Warming Scoop, or if the winner already has one, an enlargement of the (NOT ugly) photo. And with the winners' permission, I hope to feature their pictures in the Users Gallery on Lightscoop.com.