New Stock Wedding Photos Added
July 2008 - Briana Marie created a fresh collection of royalty free stock wedding photos just for TrellisCreative.

What makes Briana's work so special is the honesty and warmth that eminates from each photo. Her approach and interaction with her clients is easy and unassuming resulting in beautiful images. What makes TrellisCreative so special is that you can only purchase Briana's stock wedding pictures here. In fact, all of our stock photos are exclusive. We don't distribute our work to other stock sites.

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25% Off Sale!
July 2008 - The HEAT is relentless this summer! And we're doing our part to keep you in the comfort of your air-conditioned space by offering 25% OFF all digital downloads. Simply use the promo code HEAT when you check out to receive your discount.

Stay in, visit TrellisCreative.com and search our collection of wine, food and lifestyle stock photos. Remember, all our images are royalty free so pay once and use them as often as you like for whatever you like!

Stay cool!

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Getty Images Sold
July 2008 - The world's largest photo agency announced Wednesday that it has completed its deal to go private and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the day. Getty Images is being acquired by an affiliate of Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm with a number of media investments. The companies value the transaction at $2.4 billion.

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TrellisCreative's Jason Tinacci chosen to photograph Auction Napa Valley 2008
June 2008 - For the third year in a row, Tinacci had the honor of photographing the prestigious Napa wine auction dubbed "The American Wine Classic". Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno were on hand to witness the bidding action reach nearly $10.4 million bucks. Big bucks and photo opps abound!

View the Auction Napa Valley 2008 photo galleries
More wine Auction photos are here

The four day event plays host to wine lovers from around the globe, and boasts a 27 year history of giving to the Napa community. Auction Napa Valley was established in 1981 by the Napa Valley Vintners to embrace and foster the inspirational collaboration of its agrarian community. The diversity of people and their individual talents provide the framework to showcase Napa's internationally acclaimed wines for the benefit of the people who live and work there.

Briana Forgie Clark Joins Trellis Creative
April 2008 - Photographer, Briana Marie joins the ranks of contributing photographers at TrellisCreative. Briana is an extremely talented photographer who was born with the renowned vineyards of the Napa Valley as her backyard. Actually, her family owns Clark Claudon Vineyards, which undoubtedly, allows for intimate access to a world of photographic imagery not many folks ever get.

A large part of Briana's portfolio includes weddings and bridal lifestyle photography. Her photographs possess a clean vibrant viewpoint and warmth that only certain photographers have the skill to extract from their subjects. How lucky are we to feature her talent?!

View Briana's royalty free photos on TrellisCreative.com.

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Trelliscreative Selects La Luz Center of Sonoma, Ca to Receive Annual Donation
December 2007 - When TrellisCreative.com was first launched, we created our giving mission: to donate 10% of our annual sales to local non-profit organizations that offer assistance to Latino and immigrant workers and their families.

We’re delighted to announce that we have selected La Luz Center as our first recipient for our annual giving program. Thank you La Luz Center, and a heartfelt thank you to those in our community whose behind the scenes hard work keep us thriving. Without your effort, we and many other businesses wouldn’t exist.

For over a decade La Luz Center has been the light for Sonoma Valley, California in its efforts to fully include all ethnic and cultural groups in the rich life of our community. They have worked to be sure that basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, a decent job and a meaningful education are available to all. La Luz has been instrumental in providing information and referral for non-English speakers new to Sonoma Valley, and has worked to develop independence and full participation of the Spanish speaking communities in Valley life through informational forums, cultural exchanges and skill development. They work to increase intercultural appreciation and to break down cultural barriers.

The La Luz Bilingual Center was founded by Ligia Booker in 1985. In 1997 it changed its name to La Luz, because it branched out to activities other than just bilingual programs. With a grant from the Morris Foundation, which has helped La Luz in the past, the center is able to broaden its horizons. La Luz receives no state or federal support. They are supported by the members of the community, individual donations, the United Way, the Vintners and Growers Association's annual Wine Harvest Auction, and by grant support for specific programs.

For more information or to make your own donation to La Luz Center, please visit their website at www.LaLuzCenter.org.

Happy holidays and best wishes for a healthy & happy New Year!

 

Sonoma Salute to the Arts Features Photography by Trellis Creative
August 2007 - August 4 & 5th we will once again be a featured artist at the Sonoma Salute to the Arts. The festival, which showcases fine wine, food, music, and art, is a great local event for a worthy cause as proceeds from the sales are donated to local art and music education programs in Sonoma Valley.

This will be our fourth year as a featured artist, and are really excited to participate. Some new framed photography will grace our booth walls from the wine country and around the globe, along with one-of-a-kind polaroid transfers.

The event takes place in Downtown Sonoma on Saturday and Sunday August 4 & 5th, 2007 from 10-6pm and is open to the public.

View:
Preview some of the images soon to be on display
The official Sonoma Salute to the Arts website

Trellis Creative Photography Featured at Auction Napa Valley
June 2007 - Established by a thoughtful group of Napa Valley vintners in 1981, Auction Napa Valley is the granddaddy of charity wine auctions in America, having given nearly $70 million dollars over its first 26 years for healthcare, youth service and low-income housing charities in Napa County.

This year's invitation, catalog and live auction presentation featured images from the Trellis Creative library. It's always nice to have your work included in the collateral of such a prestegious event as that of Auction Napa Valley. We're extremely grateful.

View:
Auction Napa Valley auction catalog featuring Trellis Creative wine country photography (pdf document)
Auction Napa Valley invitation featuring Trellis Creative wine country photography (pdf document)

UPDATE: The 2007 auction held on June 9th raised $9.8 million for local charitable organizations. Way to go!

Giving Back to Our Community
February 2007 - We at Trellis Creative believe life should not be all about “Me, me, me. What can you do for me?” Rather, we feel that those in a position to help, should. Gratefully, our success in providing unique wine and lifestyle photography has put us in a position to help. Our giving mission is to donate 10% of our annual sales to our local Sonoma and Napa, California charitable organizations that offer assistance to Latino and migrant workers and their families.

The Backbone of the Industry
They are the behind the scenes heroes, the heavy lifters, the sentinels of the vines, the backbone of the industry… Each year, and for as far back as forever ago, local immigrant and migratory Latino families work many of the jobs in the wine industry the average consumer or wine drinker doesn’t often consider as they sip their pinot. Many long and tiring days are spent lifting, pruning, picking, cleaning, sorting in rain, sleet, hot, cold, day and night.

Anyone who has spent time in or around a vineyard or winery knows that these jobs are quite labor intensive and often don’t pay particularly well. Couple that with the extraordinary cost of living, lack of education and the language barrier and you create a dire situation for one of our hardest working segments of the population.

Luckily, there are several local organizations that offer access to vital services like housing, health care, education and employment. Unfortunately, many of these programs are privately funded and rely on the generosity of the community rather than state or federal funding. I’ve been fortunate to know and support several organizations and individuals, who have donated their time, money and resources for the sake of improving the lives of our neighbors. Now, Trellis Creative is taking a more active approach towards helping too.

In the coming months, a more detailed list of beneficiaries and donation schedule will be available.

Of course, none of this giving would be possible without the support of our friends and clients. So on behalf of the Trellis Creative team, thank you for your business and helping to strengthen our community.

Sincerely,

Jason Tinacci
Founder, Trellis Creative