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Tim Wheaton Photography |  Southern California Natural Light Photographer bio picture

they call me... tim

i know i should use capital letters, but i am not a fan of what it does to the letter
"I", in most cases. if i had to decide between a tree that grew time
and a tree that grew money, i would honestly have to sit and think about which
to pick the fruit from. i do not eat fruit. nope. ask me again and i'll tell
you the same. i don't eat fruit and i don't eat seafood. i like to think i am
not "picky" because i knock out whole food groups at a time. i've
been told i have a dry sense of humor. i've also been told i look like howie
mandel. i'm not sure if that is a compliment. i am uber-blessed to have a wife
who "deals with me"... though she may run into eye trouble one day
for how much she rolls her eyes at my antics.

i love to take photos. i love what they capture of my life and your lives. and then i
love to take those moments and "paint" on them... to reflect some of
the emotion that is already there in a unique way.

add this page to your bookmarks. i will continue to show sneak previews of what i am working
on as well as session summaries. you will also find random promotions and
discounts, as well as sporadic views into my and my family's life.


Category Archives: model

amanda | salton sea | model photography

so if you pay attention to my work at all, you’re no stranger to any of this. i love shooting at the salton sea, and i love shooting with amanda. right here is our previous shoot together at the salton sea. yes. we went back again for more. why would we do that? how dumb...

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lani woods | painter, artiste | portraits

lani (and let me help you, off the bat… her name is pronounced LAH-nee. like lonnie. it’s hawaiian. mahalo.) and i met while i was shooting at my brother’s pet rescue center’s annual year-end event in 2011. she was doing a ‘live painting’ there during the course of the evening. some creatives like to use...

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tara | a life’s journey | portraits

when tara originally made contact with me, i assumed it was because she knew someone i had photographed before and wanted to follow my work to see what else i posted of her friend. it happens. i shoot with someone and once things start going up on the interwebz, friends and family will start adding...

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alexa | portraits

i have shot with alexa before. i have actually shot at this same location with alexa before. so why are we back here again, together? well… there are plenty of places at this location to shoot to make it very different, not to mention how the seasons can change things. also, look at alexa from...

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2011: A Photographical Year In Review | Orange County Wedding, Senior, Maternity, Concert Photographer

every year i have wanted to do one of these and i just never set aside the time. well this year i have done it! this year was extremely different from previous years for me as a photographer. i shot a few more weddings than i had previously, including some for very close friends, which...

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brenna | senior portraits (and more) | salton sea journey

i almost don’t even know where to start with this post. the beginning. the beginning. ok… you’re right. brenna’s mom and i started talking about this session a year or so ago, while brenna was still a junior. i really took it to heart when she said she wanted to hire me because she is...

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beth dian | yoga instructor | harbour island, bahamas

while i was out at harbour island this year for gina and adam’s wedding (remember this??) i was able to get some additional shooting in. i actually split up two days to do some photographs of beth, one of gina’s bridesmaids, for her website. beth is a yoga instructor, based out of the los angeles...

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model shoot | neon boneyard | las vegas | fashion photographer

this post is so overdue. just goes to show how busy i have been… things that are not my “business shoots”, that are not for paying clients, fall by the wayside like this. i can’t even think to look at when i last even touched any family photos. anyway, when i was at the WPPI...

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alexa | model

alexa and i went out to shoot a while back while i was testing out some new things. it’s always good to do “field tests” right? see how i did that? yeah… i know. i lay on the cheese pretty thick sometimes. anyway, she is a great model and her sister and friends were such...

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shaniqua | harbour island, bahamas

there i was, driving my little golf cart around the island, hours before i would be leaving to fly home. i had finally decided to take out my camera and take some “tourist-y” photos of where i had been all week. i passed a lot of people along my way, always waving as i drove...

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