Bride's Choice Award!

Bride's Choice Award!

Orange County, CA – January 24, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Wheeland Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Photography!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Wheeland Photography was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Wheeland Photography is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Wheeland Photography for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Wheeland Photography is one of the very best Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank my past clients for taking the time to review my business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, please visit my WeddingWire Storefront today at:
http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/wheeland-photography-orange-county/8cfa5405fa8be9e0.html

To learn more about the Bride's Choice Awards™, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire™, the nation's leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.

Chocolates + Photography = Happiness

Chocolates + Photography = Love

I love being in the wedding industry because you can get great inspiration from some fabulous DIY brides. I had seen a bride make custom chocolate wrappers as their wedding favors that had different photos of the couple on each chocolate. Chocolate and Photography are two of my favorite things so I was sold! I made these mini chocolate "business cards" for an upcoming Bridal Expo.

I made some extras so let me know if you want some - but be warned they are going fast! :)

New CD Packaging

Excited about my new CD packaging. I just received it last night. What do you think?

New Facebook Fan Page!

Hi all! Since I got married back in September, I've been making a lot of changes with my photography, starting with a new last name I've changed my company name to Wheeland Photography along with my new logo. My next big steps are moving my website to its new URL: wheelandphotography.com, switching from blogspot to wordpress and getting a new facebook fan page with my NEW NAME!!

I have set up my new Facebook page!! Come help me make the switch and "like" my new page. Thank you so much for all your support!

Meet My New Little Friend: Canon Powershot D10!!

I just received my new Canon PowerShot D10 yesterday from B&H and this rain gave me a great excuse to try it out! We've only just met but I know... this is love.

MelliB Jewelry

I absolutely adore handmade things- ceramics, clothes, jewelry. There is such a charm and uniqueness to each piece. My friend Melissa Burke makes handmade jewelry and today I photographed some of her work for her website.

Here are a few pictures from today. Check them out, and when you fall in love with them like I did, you can view more on her website: www.mellib.com.

Enjoy!

Help-Portrait

Hi everyone! I just found out about a great event/movement for photographers to give back and want to spread the word about: Help-Portrait

"Help-Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season." The Orange County group is just starting to collaborate, please let Jan know if you want to join. We'll be going out and shooting December 12th- Save the Date!

We are also looking for makeup artist that will donate their time and talent to making this day extra special.

A couple months ago, I helped organize a similar event for some families in Women & Children Shelters and Homeless Shelters in Long Beach, called Portraits in the Park. I want to give a big thanks to the five other photographers that helped out:

Jennifer Owens, Nick Yutaka, James Bennett, Travis Wheeland, and Justin Koerner.

Thanks again you guys! Hope to see you at Help-Portrait!


Far left shot by James Bennett, second by Nick Yutaka, right two by yours truely.

Photography Tip: Composition & Finding Fresh Angles

Whether you are a professional photographer, or just taking pictures for fun, give yourself permission to take great images! Get up, get down, move, lean, crouch. During a photoshoot you will often find me climbing up on benches, laying on the ground or standing right over you. I may look a little silly at the time, but the photos make it all worth it! Shooting from different angles can add so much more interest and excitement to your composition.


Don't be afraid to get down and dirty! Crouch, lay flat, or place your subjects high. Getting low can add new excitement and interest to your photos. BE CAREFUL. Shooting from a low angle is not always very flattering, so use your judgment, and if a low angle doesn't work, try another. Remember, we are 3-Dimensional beings-not flat, and there are so many different angles you can shoot from.



Shooting from above can be a very flattering angle. When you shoot a person from above, it brings focus to their eyes and face which can really give life to your images.


Try it out, and let me know how it goes!

SoCal Photog ShootOut [August 2009]

I love working with the SoCal ShootOut group- great models and lots of great photographers to mingle with and learn from each other. This last meet up was at the Irvine Regional Park and we had SIX amazing models. Special thanks to all who made this event happen! Hanssie Trainor, Matthew Saville, Tilt n Shift.

The Models: David Liggett, Rachel Amara, Kaylie Wilson, Amanda Shaw and Mark Laribee and Doug Franco.

Hair and Makeup: All Made Up.
Sponsor; Triple Scoop Music

Votes are in...

Hi again! Thank you for all your votes for the SoCal ShootOut Photo Contest! The votes are in, and Ming Chien won with his awesome picture of Rachel! Good job Ming! You can check out his winning picture at: http://hanssietrainorphotography.com/

Hi all!

Last week I had the privilege of being a part of the SoCal Shoot Out, where a group of about 30 photographers from all over Southern California got together with 6 models to take pictures, network and learn from each other. It was an amazing experience and I can't wait to do it again.

Now here is where I need your help. There is a photo contest from that day, and all the photographers could enter one picture. VOTE FOR ME!! :)

Go to www.hanssietrainorphotography.com and click on my name, "Janet Wood" to vote for me! I'm #4!!

Voting Starts: Wednesday 4/8 8:00am
Voting Ends: Sunday 4/12 11:59pm

Thank you for taking your time to do this! You're AWESOME!

This is the one I submitted:

Ready... Set.... SHOOT!!

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in a big SoCal Photo Shoot-Out. We all met up at a community park in Fullerton, with about 30 photographers and 6 models. It was really a great and challenging event to take part in. I think the most challenging thing was having so many photographers there, all trying to get their shot. AND the most rewarding part was having so many photographers there- It was great to network, share settings, work together on posing and different shot ideas. It was a great time and good experience. So fun! I can't wait for the next one!

Here are some images from the day:












Here's one of the groups in action!

Just For Fun!

A few weeks ago, my good friend Karyn and I got together for coffee. Karyn is one of those people that you cant help but admire. She is friendly, generous, beautiful, sweet, giving, loyal, and truly lives for God's glory. I just love every chance I get to spend with her. I took some pictures of her that day, and it was just so much fun. Just look! She is beautiful! Garret, you are a lucky man to be married to such an amazing person. :)

Do the Trav-Hop!

Trav and I had a lot of fun the other day. I was borrowing a friend's SLR so I'd have an extra for a shoot (thanks Justin) and so Trav and I went down to Dana Point for a while and took pictures of things.

Here is a fun new shot(s) I took of Travis!
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Here are a few others from that day:






Here are a few of Trav's images!