UPDATE (12/01/2008): Couple of weeks ago I posted about a project for WPPI that I was involved with out in California. We were with about 24 photographers in Universal City, CA – at Robert Evan’s studio. It was a 24 hour competition/reality tv show where they splitted us into two teams. Each team then had to write, shoot & edit a short film to promote the 2009 WPPi conference and also raise money for two great causes: Thirst Relief International & Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. It was a crazy day and the two videos will be shown soon, and you the photo audience will be able to vote on your favorite video. Here’s the sneak peek trailer:

If you want to check out the other team’s (B) trailer, click here: The Longest Day Website

When the time comes, please vote for our team (A) to win so that we can win the donation to our charity (Thirst Relief). To help w/ the votes, I’m actually partnering with Thirst Relief International – I’ll be coming out with my new Kenny Kim Design shirts in December and percentage of the sales from the shirts will also be donated to Thirst Relief. And the ones that vote for our team (A), some of you will win a t-shirt as a prize!

Below you will see some photos from that day.

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It wasn’t until everything was over that it finally hit me. 24 photographers from around the country gathered under one roof to promote the upcoming WPPI convention in 2009 as well as to raise donations for two very worthy charities: Thirst Relief International & Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. With collaborative effort and support from our awesome sponsors (Microsoft Expression Media 2, Triple Scoop Music, Asuka Book, Kubota Image Tools, ShowIt Sites, Photographers’ Edit, and Loktah), we were able to raise over $5000 to donate to these two wonderful charities.

For myself personally, it was a dream come true. I got to spend one and half day with these incredibly gifted photographers that I admired and looked up to (which I still do) couple of years ago and teamed up together to work on a reality tv project called “The Longest Day”. In a way it was such a surreal experience and it was a blast to be able to work on something like this, having fun and doing it for the purpose of benefitting a cause greater than ourselves.

As much as I want to share with you guys the details about the project, I’ve been given specific instructions to not mention what the final video is going to be. The synopsis is that we were divided into two teams – one led by an accomplished industry leader in Bambi Cantrell and the other by one and only Fast Track Dane Sanders (I was in that group). We were assigned 24 hours to create a short film (no more than 10 mins) that has to do with photographer. The end result was amazing and we cannot wait for it to air. The show will go online starting early December. Specific locations are TBD. You will be able to view the two videos created by each team then get a chance to vote for your favorite one – the winner of the team will get a chance to donate to their representing charity. Voting will begin closer to WPPI date.

Without further due, I like to thank my new and old friends: David Jay, Joe Photo, Bambi Cantrell, Dane Sanders, Becker, Michele Celentano, Kevin Kubota, Alisha & Brook Todd, Becker, Jen & Steve Bebb, Gene Higa, Catherine Hall, Ann Hamilton, Jules Bianchi, Amber Holritz, Jasmine Star, Jessica Claire, Chris and Katie Humphreys, Bronson Pate, Gene Higa & Ann Hamilton,  and Robert Evans. Another shout out goes out to Gustavo Fernandez, Joy Bianchi and JD De La Torre for your help behind the scenes. Finally Ron Dawson & his film crew for putting this together and making us look good. (Sorry, there is no way I can link everyone on this list back to their site. Use Google folks. It can find anything!)

If you are viewing these in facebook, I encourage you to visit my blog to see them images in higher resolution. I think these photos will speak for themselves. I wish I could give you more info but here’s a glimpse of what to expect!

I’m so excited I cannot contain my emotion! (Thanks to Roberto Valenzuela for this photo)

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