February 12th and 13th: Plus Classes
February 14th: Business Institute and All About Schools program
February 14th and 15th: 16 x 20 Print and Album Competition judging
February 15th: Opening Platform programs and a surprise Welcome Party!
February 16th-18th: Our biggest Trade Show! Platform and MasterClasses!
February 19th: Closing Program

Plus new evening events on the 16th and 17th. You won't want to miss a minute of this show! See you in Vegas at the beautiful MGM Convention Center!

This July, Michelle Celentano will travel to Uganda with Hope 4 Kids International (H4KI), an organization devoted to bringing hope and care to children through health, dignity, joy and love. By bringing medical supplies to hospitals, care packages to orphanages and aid to rural communities, they will help the nation with construction and renovation projects.

In the same vein, Michelle is starting a foundation called I Will Remember You. Her ultimate goal for I Will Remember You is to go to impoverished areas of the world and photograph the people who live there. "I want to photograph children who will lose parents to AIDS, parents who will lose children to disease, starvation and sometimes slavery," says Michelle. "My mission is to give as many families as I can the visual memories that help to heal the pain of loss. Children should have photographs to remember their parents by. Parents who lose children should have something to show for the life they created." In starting the I Will Remember You, Michelle hopes to create a national registry of photographers who will travel for the same mission

As a jumping off point, if you would like to support Michele's trip to Uganda with Hope 4 Kids International, please email her at michelecelentano@qwest.net.

Images you have printed for your clients can get damaged through UV fading, household mishaps and natural disasters such as fire, floods and earthquakes. Clients may also need reprints or resizing years after the event because of moving, redecorating, divorce, grown-up children wanting their own copies, and newer products or technologies in which they would like to use a pristine copy of the original image. Cofounder of Your Images Forever Connie Zimmerlich shares her service solution. "Your Images Forever was born from my own personal experience. Married 28 years, our wedding photographs have faded and we would love to replace them. Unable to reach our photographer, I thought it would have been a great service if the photographer had kept in touch with us through the years."

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If you are in search of an innovative photography blog to cultivate some inspiration, look no further than Me Ra Koh Photography (www.merakohblog.com). This daily updated blog is chock-full of useful information and beautiful photography, including tips and tricks from successful photographers, wedding images, workshop schedules and more. Me Ra Koh Photography was also recently featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and VH1's My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding. Don't miss it!

Don't Box Us In is a collective blog that is devoted to the other side of wedding photography. The contributors seek to debunk the myth that wedding photographers are not artistically inclined. With shooters like Jesh de Rox, Paige Elizabeth, Tana Huffman, and Jason Groupp gracing the site, go ahead and consider the myth debunked. Go to www.dontboxusin.com for some fresh imagery and perspectives on professional photography.

The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops is honored to offer an exciting promotion to all WPPI members. The Workshops would like to offer 15 percent off any Digital Lab workshop that takes place between May 1 and September 1, 2008. Call the workshops at (505) 983-1400 to register. Please state you are a WPPI member and your discount will be applied.

The 2008 Summer/Fall Schedule is out, and the lineup of workshops is dynamic and challenging. Learn how to fine-tune your print with Jon Canfield in "Digital Printmaking," June 15-21. Or incorporate sound with your images with Bob Sacha's workshop "Visual Storytelling with Audio," July 6-12. Or try Lesa Snider King's workshop, "Beginning Photoshop," July 13-19, to take the first step toward learning Adobe Photoshop. For more information on our Digital Lab workshops visit www.santafeworkshops.com.

May is the first ever Landscape & Wildlife issue of Rangefinder! In addition to the remarkable images, see how the photographers featured within all share an extraordinary passion for their craft, sacrificing fame, financial success and even well being to capture the images they love. See www.rangefindermag.com for more.

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