• Me Ra's Favorite Camera, Sony Alpha Copper Brown Digital SLR A330 Camera with 18-55mm Lens
• Sony 50 mm DT- F/1.8 SAL50F18 lens
• Sony 30mm DT -F/2.8 SAM Macro lens
• Sony HVLF20AM TTL Digital External Flash for Sony Alpha Digital SLR Cameras
• NEW! Kids in Focus Instructional DVD, starring celebrity photographer, Me Ra Koh and her kids!

• SmugMug has generously paid for SOAR! Scholarship website that hosts all the entries’ videos.
• When the winners have been announced, the SOAR! Scholarship website will expand into hosting the winner’s weekly blog posts, videos, and photography exercise results.
• SmugMug is also going to put their top people in charge of building custom websites and blogs for all three winners.
• SmugMug will provide Pro Accounts to all three winners.

• Photoshop Lightroom 2
• Photoshop CS4
• Lightroom 2 Classroom in a Book
• Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book
• Kelby Media Training will send a subscription of Photoshop and Layers and also set them up for Kelby online training.

• Individual coaching interview and questionnaire
• In-person meeting - with Me Ra on the phone to kick it off!
• Ignite the Flame weekend Workshop January 22-24, San Francisco Bay Area
• Monthly individual business coaching session
• Monthly teleconference for the team
• Mid-year review Teleconference Call to celebrate accomplishments and set-up the second half of the SOAR! Year
• Concluding session to develop a plan for Phase 3 – how to keep it going after the formal program ends
• End of year Celebration Teleconference Call

Our aim is to help you take advantage of this life changing opportunity by developing your business skills, personal confidence, and wise feminine leadership!

• TWO POWERFUL MENTORING TELECONFERENCE SESSIONS
• Tips and Tricks to Marketing Your Local Community
• Marketing for the Holiday Season

• Branding & Messaging Strategy Session with Rachel LaCour Niesen & Andrew Niesen in San Francisco.
  

  LaCour photographers & entrepreneurs Rachel LaCour Niesen and Andrew Niesen will guide you through the creative process of branding, from crafting an image to conveying a singular message. Understand your value proposition and identify a positioning statement that serves as a roadmap for your success story. Walk away empowered, with a powerful Messaging Framework for your journey! Clarify who you are as a photographer & witness a world open up that you've never dreamed of!

  Plus, we'll treat you to dinner with other SOAR! scholarship winners in downtown San Francisco! The best dreams get their wings over wonderful food, drink and conversation!

• ONE YEAR of ShootQ, when you're ready to kickstart your journey!
  

  Prepare to SOAR! ShootQ is your virtual photography agent & manager.

  We all want to take off, and most of the time as quickly as possible! But do we understand what it takes to scale up? How will we handle the demands that come with managing clients, orders and production?

  We need a solid system in place to SOAR! ShootQ streamlines your photography journey & speeds up your success.

  Succeed with ShootQ, the web-based studio management solution designed to liberate photographers from tedious business work so they can focus on what they enjoy doing – being creative! ShootQ's mission is to empower photographers to create profitable and purposeful businesses by providing them with the tools they need to succeed.

• SHOWIT Software
• Teleconference Mentorship Call with David Jay

• Canvas Gallery Wraps (3/4", 1.5", 2.5")
• Fine Art Paper
• Metal and ChromaLuxe panel samples for their new business
• We will also provide education on the mediums, and how to effectively present and sell it to their customers. This is ongoing as well - if they have ideas on a canvas collection/wall, we ALWAYS love to brainstorm with our partner photographers.

• ShootDotEdit:
• 1 hour of Color Consulting: Spend one hour in an one-on-one setting over video cast (if possible), getting a tutorial on “good” color. Learn the ins and outs of what is and isn’t proper color, and basic techniques on how to achieve this for your brand and style.
• 1 hour of Workflow Consulting: Spend one hour in a one-on-one setting over video cast (if possible), learning about workflow for the digital photographer. Through this time, the steps will be outlined for quick and efficient workflow techniques.
• Jared Bauman:
• Admittance to any Bauman Resources Workshop: One day basic business intensive workshop coming to cities in Spring 2010.
• 2 hours of Business Consulting: One-on-one, topics of your choosing :) We can cover basic business topics, or specific topics of interest.

Taco Lamp has generously offered to do ALL the video editing for the Big Recap SOAR! videos throughout the year. They have already donated their talents to the SOAR! home page video. Even though their prize is not a direct item to the recipients, Me Ra and Brian want to acknowledge the intense time commitment they are making to benefit all our viewers. Thank you Taco Lamp!