WPPI Schedule

by Liana on March 6, 2010

Tomorrow morning I leave for WPPI in Las Vegas.  WPPI is like “spring break for photographers” – a HUGE photography convention for wedding and portrait photographers.  In 2008 I had to cancel going last minute do to illness after traveling abroad, and in 2009 we got married so this is the first time in a few years I’ll be going. I’m super excited to connect with friends that I haven’t seen in a long time!

Since we just got back from out of the country, and I JUST decided to go last-minute, it’s taken some research to piece together my schedule, which is falling into place quickly.

Here is where I will likely be. Follow on twitter and/or whrrl for the most up to date info.

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Day One: Sunday, March 7th

12:30pm – Arrive in Vegas. Rush to MGM Signature to hit up Pictagerazzi Meeting – get armed with Eye-Fi device. Yes, I’m one of SIX photographers that will be covering WPPI’s classes, the tradeshow, galas, gatherings and parties with instantly-transmitted-and-tracked pictures! Yikes – no pressure there ;) So if you see me with my camera and want to instantly be beamed into cyber-space we can make that happen! PLUS Pictage is uploading them to their servers right away so you can order a copy for free!

5:45-6:15pm: Canon Keynote

7:30-9:30pm: Canon Opening Reception (Food, drinks, dancing & entertainment)

8:00-9:00pm: Pictage VIP Reception Invite Only

9pm – ?: GO|BEE Party – Invite only Location Mandalay Bay

9:30pm – ? : Airhorns & Lasers Party – Secret Location

Day Two: Monday, March 8th
AM: Photograph Famous NYC photographers Andy and Brian Marcus for my 100 Portraits in 100 Days Project! Go see Brian speak with John Solano at 3:30 on Tuesday!

11:30-12Noon – Speak at ShootQ Booth

8-10pm – WPPI Pool Party – Poolside at MGM – Music, dancing, hor dourves, and cash bar

Day Three: Tuesday, March 9th

AM: Photograph SEO Expert Wade Holloway for my 100 Portraits in 100 Days Project

2:50 – 3:20PM – Speak at ShootQ Booth

8:00-11pm – Pictage Party with KISS and ShootQ – Studio 54

9:00-11pm – Mike Colon Thirst Relief Cause Marketing

10pm – 1am – B Party at Border Grill at Mandalay Bay

Day Four: Wednesday, March 10th

8-9:30am: UNITE at MGM Signature Conference Rooms A & B

10-11am: Tradeshow Floor

After Lunch – Flight home to ATL

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I would LOVE to do a few more portrait sessions for my 100 Project while in Vegas – I already have Portraits #1-4 lined up but if you order any of the other Portrait days that are available, I’ll wave the date-change-fee so we can shoot on Sun, Mon, or Tues! Just check out the schedule here, order the portrait online, and let me know when you want to shoot and were you’d like to meet – we can make it happen.

And since I use Photobucket, I conveniently have access to some point-and-shoot pics from WPPI years past. Warning – poor quality snaps ahead. I think some were even from phone-cameras. This will be the first year I bring a “real” camera.

Roomie Jazzy. It’s pretty standard for 3 or 4 or us gals to pile into one room together. No one gets much sleep anyways. I think we were in the elevator here attempting to go to the pool (it was later – late March or April back in 2006)
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Somehow DJ, Shy and I made it to FAO Schwartz one night to play with the bears and BIG piano
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Lunch with Regis and friends is never a bore, even a quick lunch
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Jeff Kent did a write-up about me, Jess, and DJ right before this (PPA Mag) so it was great to finally meet him in person!
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Dinner with Andy and Brian Marcus, Jonn Solano, Jess and others
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Me with my Brittney-Spears mic. The only year I actually planned to go in advance (vs last minute) and actually made it was 2007 when I did a platform (not pictured). To this day it was still one of my favorite speaking audiences.
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Two years in a row Shy, Jazzy, and I helped Mike with his shoot-off. The first year they gave him this Awful rainbow background, so we moved him off stage onto the floor and made a “first dance” scene instead.
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Don’t ask. Well, to clarify, Mike is doing that to his wife Julie. Silly people. Love it.
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He won!
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More dinners. One night I had three dinners in a row – WOW I was full! Even after eating salad and picking at my food for two of them!

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I know I probably have a LOT more pictures but that involves me plugging in old hard drives and I need to go PACK!

See you in Vegas! And remember…
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Just kidding! It should be “What Happens in Vegas shows up ALL over the net – especially when 10,000+ photographers are involved!”

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100 Portraits in 100 Days Project

by Liana on March 5, 2010

I would like to formally invite you to take part in our 100 Portraits in 100 Days Project.

After 10+ years in business I am about to embark on what is sure to be the riskiest, most challenging, hair-pulling, nail-biting,  joyous, freeing, exhilarating, and all-encompassing projects of my career as a photographer.


(above portraits captured 2002 – 2006)

I’m tired of sitting in this stereotyped box I put myself in years ago. I feel like the round peg in a square hole as of late. I want to stretch and dream out loud. I am tired of the status quo, burned out on industry hype, rock-star statuses, and thinking we have to live according to someone else’s definition of success. I want to do something alive, moving, changing, evolving, and freeing.

I want to make portraits that:
- are the sillier, crazier, more unimaginable than our minds can fathom
- are completely naked, yet fully-clothed
- make you laugh until you cry
- inspire honesty
- are more heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful than any place we’ve ever seen
- cause you to forget all your fears, if even for a moment
- make cameos on your websites and end up ridiculously, unabashedly displayed in your homes
- uncover majesty in unexpected places
- make you want to eat ice cream for breakfast and wash your hair in the rain
- never stir regret and are far from apologetic
- allow you to be who you really are, not who the world tells you to be
- are so fun that you can’t remember the last time you felt so alive

The bar is set high, higher than is humanly possible. I’m shaking in my boots and jumping for joy at the same time. Even if I fail miserably, I know I will learn unequivocal lessons and hope to become a better version of myself in the process.

This project is an experiment, a break from the norm, and most of all an adventure. Starting this Sunday I will make 100 portraits in 100 days.


(above portraits captured Jan 22 – Feb 20, 2010)

I invite you to join me in this adventure. Commissions start at $10 USD for the first portrait and are an additional $10 each portrait thereafter. You receive a digital negative for every $10 invested. (Usually it is $100 per digital negative so this is a ridiculous deal!) For example, the 8th portrait is $80 and includes 8 digital negatives. The 44th portrait is $440 and includes 44 digital negatives. The dates for each portrait session are already set however you MAY choose to do a portrait out of order. Complete details via the link below.

This Sunday, the first day of this project, is the ONLY Sunday I will work during the 100 days that ends Monday, July 14. This Sunday through Wednesday I will be in Las Vegas for WPPI, thereafter I will be in Atlanta the remainder of the time.

At the end of June, everyone who participated will be invited to a themed gallery party during which a selected image from all 100 portrait sessions will be displayed.

Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to Thirst Relief International.

At this point I have told no one about this project (besides family) so ALL 100 portrait sessions are available! Sign up ASAP and spread the word! Your referral is our biggest compliment, so yes you will be rewarded for helping us make this happen!

***CLICK HERE for all the details and to SIGN UP FOR THE 100 PROJECT***

I look forward to embarking on this crazy, fun, insane adventure with you!

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Bridal Portrait in Angkor Cambodia – At Ta Prohm Ancient Ruins

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This was one of the most exhilarating photo experiences of my life! Running around barefoot (long story) through the ancient ruins of Ta Prohm, dodging crowds and smiling at congratulatory remarks from Japanese tourists.
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We rode the sky train to the Central Pier and navigated the city sites via the river

Out of focus self portrait on the boat

Saw some sites

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Day 26: The Children of Cambodia

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Day 25: Floating Village in Cambodia

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On Saturday Tohl took Mike and I to the river’s edge to explore the floating village on the outskirts of Siem Reap. Cambodia has one of the worst land mine problems in the world – with an estimated 4-6 million remaining from the decades of war that raged across the country. Because of [...]

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Day 24: A Taste of Cambodia

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Special thank you to our Tuk Tuk driver, Tohl, and the Youngrens for putting us in touch with him and recommending him in the first place!
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