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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Reviewed on OneWed

OneWed Launches Reviewed on OneWed 2009 Program

Top Wedding Planning Website Distributes Reviewed on OneWed 2009 Awards to Wedding Professionals
Chicago, IL - [September 29, 2009] OneWed.com, the wedding planning website with the largest online directory of local wedding vendors and the first-ever wedding planning social network WeddingPreParty.com, is pleased to introduce the Reviewed on OneWed 2009 program!
Today, brides and grooms seek advice from their peers and place a high priority on recommendations from those who have wed before them. The Reviewed on OneWed program was created specifically to help couples find the most exceptional wedding professionals for their wedding day among the 200,000 on OneWed.

"In today's world of user-generated content, brides seek out ratings and reviews of those wedding professionals they are considering using," says Troy Henikoff, CEO of OneWed. "Seeing what other brides thought gives them confidence in the decisions they ultimately make when selecting wedding professionals. We are thrilled to recognize those wedding professionals who have earned the trust of brides and grooms."
Understanding that a one-size-fits-all review system does not provide the depth of responses desired by brides and grooms, OneWed reviews are tailored to each of 22 specific vendor categories, from florists to caterers to reception venues. As such, engaged couples flock to OneWed for detailed ratings, valuable answers to their most crucial questions, and robust descriptions of past clients' experiences.

OneWed reviews also serve as a marketing differentiator among wedding professionals within the OneWed Vendor Network. "Business listings with reviews are viewed 35 times more often than those without reviews-showing the power of reviews and a tailored rating system in the wedding industry" remarked Henikoff.

Find the wedding professional you desire for your wedding day from the over 200,000 local wedding vendors on www.OneWed.com.

About OneWed
OneWed provides the largest searchable online database of local wedding vendors with over 200,000 vendors nationwide, with honest and detailed ratings and reviews. OneWed also features the first wedding planning social network-- WeddingPreParty.com--for brides, grooms, the wedding party and wedding guests, smart editorial content including tips, advice, and creative suggestions to help any couple personalize their wedding experience. With the launch of OneWed's Savvy Scoop Wedding Blog, online Wedding Checklist, and Free Wedding Websites, couples can continue to look to OneWed for everything from wedding dresses to planning advice. OneWed can be found online at www.OneWed.com, www.facebook.com/Wedding.Planning, and www.twitter.com/OneWed.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Red Painting showing at KBC, October 10th

Click for more info on exhibit on Facebook.

For even more project details check out on Myspace.

Last shown at the Nook, down town Kenosha, prior exhibited in Osaka-shi, Japan at Itohen Gallery.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

June, July and August 2009 Newsletter

Hello Everyone!

I'm now back after my wedding, honeymoon, moving...with a news update about Sarah Anna Photography! I hope this message finds you well. I am excited to let you know about all the new and exciting work that I've been doing since my return. You can always check out my website, which has been updated, along with my blog, which is updated frequently to show all my most recent photography experiences! I would love to get comments and feedback there! Many of you have become fans of my Facebook page; thanks so much for all your support there! You can also follow me on Twitter, which is updated automatically on Facebook and my blog almost daily if not more...

Highlights:
First I must share with you our own Wedding Website! We had a blast seeing everyone at our wedding July 11, 2009, the location and weather were perfect! Of course I had many photographers shooting, along with artists...we are still working to get everything up online. Many of the images are posted on my personal facebook page - which you are free to add me as a friend if not already!
The past months have been a busy and exciting time, as always with the beginning of wedding season. With Wade & Erin's wedding just prior to our wedding June 6, 2009, we had a fabulous time shooting there engagement portraits in Milwaukee a few months back. They had a beautiful outdoor wedding, with a ice cream reception! Of course it rained during the ceremony and just after, it was freezing cold - yet the show must go on! Still we were able to capture some amazing, gorgeous images before the day was over! I hope you will enjoy seeing the beautiful portraits of Erin & Wade, if you would like to see more of the entire day!
I was also able to photograph the Mantasoot's preganancy portraits we had an amazing time - I love these images! Marc & Bridget took me to the most amazing location for these gorgeous, romantic landscape portraits. She has now given birth to a very handsome little guy!
Of course the family of three generations - one of the three coming from as far as Gallatin Gateway, MT! It was beautiful, the weather was perfect - we captured the family along the lakefront in Racine, WI and with the Racine lighthouse as a gorgeous backdrop. The children enjoyed skipping rocks between portraits and I captured the formal and informal moments of our session!
I am also excited about the images I took of Reanna Steven's second birthday - a little girl and her balloons! Very moody, artsy images that are also simple taken along the lakefront in Kenosha, WI. I photographed her with the Studio Hasselblad Camera (old school color film!) and digital as well. Hope you will enjoy!
Most recently I had the wonderful opportunity to capture Justeen & Joe's engagement session in and around Kenosha, County's farm landscape! We had a blast although we did have to dodge the bugs, our favorites at the end as the images just kept getting better and better as the session continued. Joe's little girl is just a perfect doll, the puppy in the family shots are just adorable!
Feel free to click any of the links above and comment there! I would love to get your feedback! Be sure to keep an eye on my blog for anything I missed in the newsletter. I would love to get your feedback!

Stay tuned for the many more things to come! I already know September's Newsletter is going to be great; featuring weddings, engagement sessions, more pregnancy portraits and family portraits! As always, thank you for your business and support! I always welcome new supporters, so pass this email on to friends and family who might be interested in my photography! I look forward to serving you in the future!

Best Wishes.

Sarah Anna Hansen
Email: sarahanna@alumni.colum.edu

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http://www.sarahannaphotography.com

Blog:
http://sarahannaphoto.blogspot.com/

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Engagement Photographs

I am a big fan of engagement photos, they are usually included for FREE in my Wedding photography packages (Value $300). Engagement photos are so important for many reasons.

They help you become more comfortable in front of the camera: The more times you are photographed, the more at ease you will be. The best photos are when people are comfortable, happy and authentic. For all of those people who hate “posing” for photos or think they aren’t photogenic, a professional shoot can be completely different. I'm not looking for you to pose, I want to capture you in the moment and interacting with your partner. When you take a couple hundred photos with a pro you are likely to get at least a few good ones.

An engagement photoshoot builds a bond with the photographer: You will spend a good portion of your wedding day with your photographer, and this is a great opportunity to get to know how you work best together.

See how you photograph with makeup: While it isn’t necessary to wear the exact same makeup as you will on your wedding day, you can get a sense of how much the camera diffuses makeup. I recommend putting on more blush than you normally would, go for a slightly brighter lip and apply a thicker, darker eyeliner (on top lash line). Since the makeup is just for a photo shoot you don’t need to worry about what it looks like in real life. I guarantee you will be amazed how little makeup reads in photos. Erin is not one to normally wear make-up yet, we did put some light make-up on her to help her not look washed out in the photographs.

You get to have fun with your honey: Wedding day photos are done on a tight schedule, in confining clothing, and with a lot of people watching you. Engagement photos are just about the two of you enjoying each other and showing why you fell in love in the first place. Make it a fun part of preparation! Although, I do also recommend that if you or your family don't object you consider taking your bridal and couple portraits prior to your guest arriving on your big day. It lets you see each other before everyone else does. You will be at your freshest, most perfect for your photographs. Later between the wedding and reception you will have people watching you, feel stressed, rushed, less focused on each other - this is when your photographs look more unnatural and more posed. Another way to enjoy focusing on each other is to take day after or after the honeymoon taking the show off the dress photographs. These are all about the two of you and well it is all about you!

We will be taking photographs before hand and then later taking more show off the dress photographs for our wedding this July 11, 2009. Knowing that we will be taking photographs more then one time for this special occasion helps me to not be so stressed about the big day! With that I hope that this shows in all of my photographs!