Do You Know Me Ra Koh?

Well if you don't you SHOULD!!!

Me Ra is a FANTASTIC person, and one of my very best friends. I've known her for a couple of years now, and have been blessed to have her energy, faith and heart enter my life. It was because of Me Ra that we were fortunate enough to print a 4' x 6' canvas for the Oprah Winfrey Show - the Nate Builds A Dream House episode. Nate loved Me Ra's image of the family, and she politely said that while yes they could use it, she would very much prefer it be printed by us. Yay Me Ra! Yay us!

Once again this year we were blessed to be part of her Master Class at WPPI, and she blogged us - you can find it on the February 19th edition of her blog here. Here's a pic of me and my bud...we printed her banner and the two canvases behind us.



She's been on VH1's Fabulous Weddings, and Sony has chosen her to be one of their new Icons for their new line of cameras! Not too shabby, eh?

If you're a woman photographer, I highly recommend that you follow her blog in a feed so you get her nearly daily updates. She is an incredible inspiration, and you will surely benefit from it!

Pay It Forward and Photo LoveCat Party Winners

We had a BLAST in Las Vegas at WPPI this past week. And we did something REALLY crafty at the Pay It Forward and Photo LoveCat parties - of which we were a sponsor.

I put together a Vertical Response email blast and set it to launch at 10:45 p.m. - 45 minutes into each party (they were a couple of days apart). Here's what the email said:

FREE CANVAS GIVEAWAY

No - you're not drunk! *hic*

We're giving away FIVE 16x20 Gallery Wrapped Canvases!

Here's the deal:

Be one of the first 5 people to click the link below and comment on our blog and you'll win a free 16x20 Gallery Wrapped canvas!

Give a shout about how much you're digging WPPI and this rockin' party!

You MUST put in your name and contact information to be eligible.

I (Roxanne) will contact you next week so you can email your image for your FREE canvas!

CLICK HERE TO HIT THE BLOG AND COMMENT NOW

And sure enough - at 10:45, everyone was looking at their cell phones and trying to hit our blog and comment - it was great!

Following are the winners from our two parties:

Pay It Forward Party Winners:
Raquita
Chris Olry
Marlo Yoshimoto
J. Terrell
Lea Simmers

Photo LoveCat Party Winners:
Heather Gibb
Dustin Izatt
Amy Kiel
Tavis Johnson
Emma Smith

I'll be contacting you this week to get your images! Woohooty!

WPPI - Sunday February 15

Well, as you can see I've been making new friends. Patrick better beware! *snerk*

Today is another busy one - stuffing goody bags, trying to corral the loose ducks that have been waddling around our suite, enjoying Vegas, meeting up with old friends and making new ones!

Tonight is the FABULOUS Pay It Forward "Clink 'Em & Drink 'Em Giveaway Mania" party held at the MGM Grand from 10:00 pm - 12:00 midnight. It's been sold out for weeks, and we anticipate a WICKED good time! Pics will of COURSE be blogged, along with a MOVIE from Dave Williams! I'm ready for my closeup!!! *MUAH* (that's a kiss, btw...)

If you want to know more about the Pay It Forward blog, click here, or just type in www.pifphoto.com.

We're in VEGAS BABY!!!

We're here in Las Vegas for the WPPI show - hookin' up with old friends, and looking forward to making new ones!

I'll update this with our schedule in a few minutes - room service is bringing breakfast, and I have to get in the shower! *grin*