Congratulations to Darla and John! Our 3 year old son, Logan, drew your ticket from the pool of entries last night. You win an editorial photo shoot with me that includes makeup and hair styling from Marina Moua and fashion styling from Secrets Fashion Agency. What a sweet Valentine’s gift! Looking forward to working with you two!
A fellow artist and dear friend of ours, Katie Ka Vang, has been recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Anaplastic Large T-Cell Lymphoma. Katie is a beautiful person inside and out, and her illness has come as an utter shock to all of the family, friends and community that has been touched by her love, friendship, work, and devotion to the arts. I met Katie about ten years ago when I was still a photo student at MCAD. Katie was the lead actress in one of my college friend’s film where I was the set photographer. We quickly became good resources for each other, then grew close over the years through our shared circle of friends. For as long as I’ve known her, I have always admired Katie for her positive spirit. Katie is also a very good friend of Doua (my hubs), who’s known Katie for even longer than I have. To help Katie pull through this difficult time, we have decided to turn our annual portrait give-away into a fund-raiser in her honor. To make the prize even grander than it is, we’ve also recruited the services of talented Make-up and Hair Stylist, Marina Moua, and the fabulous Angel Yang, Fashion Stylist and Owner of Secrets Fashion Agency (both of whom are also friends of Katie). We look forward to a fun contest this year and hope that you’ll help us raise our goal of $1,500 for Katie.
PRIZE: A Stylish Portrait Experience. The winning couple will receive:
Value: $1500+ Experience: Priceless
HOW TO ENTER:
Entry Fee Per Couple: $40 – All Proceeds Will Go To A Fund To Help Katie Ka Vang
Each contestant couple will also receive a Free professional 8×10 Print ($40 Value) and a $50 Gift Certificate to apply towards a future session with Yeng Lor Photography.
We didn’t forget the details! This is not just any portrait contest. We want all of our entry photos look good, too! All Entry Photos Are Professionally Taken By Yeng Lor Photography. Send an email to portraits@yenglorphoto.com to sign up to come to one of the following entry sessions to get your portrait taken: January 14th, January 15th, January 16th, January 21st, January 28th. Yes, both of you have to be present and in the photo (let’s call it a 5-minute-mini session with Yeng).
HOW TO WIN:
Your entry photo will be posted on the Yeng Lor Photography Facebook Promo Page from February 1st to February 12, 2012. Tell all of your networks and friends to vote for your photo on Facebook. For every 10 votes you have at the end of the voting period, you will receive a ticket into a drawing (100 votes = 10 tickets). The winner will be drawn from the pool of tickets and announced on Yeng Lor Photography’s website on February 14, 2012.
RULES:
All contestants must be 18 or older to enter. All contestants must sign model releases. All entry photos must be taken by Yeng Lor Photography. Previous clients of Yeng Lor Photography CAN enter and request to use a photo from their previous photo shoot with Yeng, so long as they fill out and return a contest entry form, and pay the entry fee of $40. The photo shoot for the winning couple must be done by September 1, 2012. Winning couple is responsible for providing their own outfits for the photo shoot. Prizes have NO CASH VALUE. Unclaimed prized have no value. Contestants soliciting votes from any “trade for votes” forums on the internet will be disqualified from the contest, no monies returned — we’ll know, so play nice & don’t cheat for votes.
ABOUT KATIE KA VANG
Katie Ka Vang is a performance artist, prose poet, playwright, and actor. She has been described as a “dynamic performer and relentless writer of truth. Her performances are so wild, dark, serious and wickedly hilarious. Her emotional words from profound subject matter and unpredictable wide movements really give audiences a loco coaster ride.” She has been seen on stages locally and nationally and in 2009 she self-released her first chapbook called “Never Said”. Her work has been published in Saint Paul Almanac, Bakka Mag., Asian American Press and Voices from the Asian American Experience. Her play “WTF” was commissioned by Mu Performing Arts with a world premiere in January 2011. She received an National Performance Network Creation Fund to further develop her one woman show Hmong Bollywood to premiere at Pangea World Theater and has already received national commissions. She was a Naked Stages fellow and has received grants from the Jerome Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Katie is currently the Director of NAVIGATE: Artist Services with the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT), in Saint Paul, MN.
On January 3, 2012, Katie was diagnosed with Stage 4 Anaplastic Large T-Cell Lymphoma. Being that this is the final and most severe stage of cancer, she was transferred to the University of MN for special care and to immediately start chemotherapy.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTING STYLISTS
Marina Moua is currently a Master Hair Stylist, Educator and Makeup Artist at Moxie Hair Salon in uptown Minneapolis. She also freelances as a makeup artist for many cosmetic brands, photoshoot/print work, film, and local fashion shows. You can find her work on Facebook and her blog, www.facebook.com/marinamoua, and www.marinamoua.com
Secrets Fashion Agency is a fashion and lifestyle PR agency based in Minneapolis, MN. Collectively assembled of sharp and driven local fashion professionals who cross promote ideas, resources, and contacts. Driving multiple services in relation to various publicity strategies for stylists, designers, models, brands, boutiques, fashion journalists, and fashion photographers of all shapes and sizes. www.secretsfashionagency.com
DISCLAIMER
By no way is this promotion sponsored, endorsed or associated with Facebook. Winners will not be notified publicly via Facebook. By entering this give-away, contestants are acknowledging that they are providing information to Yeng Lor Photography and NOT to Facebook.
I know I know, some of you have been waiting for me to post part 2 of Synthia and Van’s engagement session. One of my 2012 resolutions is to be a more consistent blogger, so I will try very hard to keep fulfill it! I also think that Synthia and Van’s portraits are pretty amazing and I shouldn’t keep them all to myself but seriously splash them all over my website and pages! Enjoy viewing the rest of their engagement set below and be sure to come back to view their beautiful wedding story soon. You may view part 1 of this set here: Synthia & Van Part 1 Cheers, Yeng
I had such a fabulous time hanging out with Pang, of Pangcakes, and her sweet kids, Payton and Ava. I’m a huge fan of her work, so you can imagine how fast I jumped on the train when I was given to opportunity to photograph her children. Pang’s yummy treats + my love for color + vibrant ranges at Chefs Abode = AWESOMENESS!
