Wordless Wednesday | Westfield Family Portrait
Welcome to a new feature on the HNP blog — Wordless Wednesday! Okay so its called Wordless Wednesday BUT…I wanted to fill you in on it real quick
Its something that people do on Twitter and I thought it would be fun to incorporate into my blog. Basically just a day where I can post an image or two quickly and share some new content with you each Wednesday. I hope you like it. Feel free to leave comments, its nice to know you are reading along and checking out my photography! Happy “Wordless Wednesday” to you
Fill in the Blank Friday
March 25, 2011 by Heather · 4 Comments
Vintage Inspired Bridal Portrait Session | Erie PA
March 24, 2011 by Heather · Leave a Comment
A few months ago I came across a fun portrait idea and put the word out that I was looking to photograph a woman in her mother’s wedding gown. Honestly, how fun is that? You get to honor your mom by wearing her gown for some portraits and still wear your own for your wedding — its the best of both worlds and its neat to see similarities between mother and daughter.
This is Katie. She likes the idea as much as I do.
Katie is wearing her mother’s wedding dress from the 1970s. Her mom sewed this dress herself, so its a total one of a kind, I love that! I also love that Katie wore this vintage inspired headpiece and silver ballet flats. It updates the look without taking away from the dress.
It was so hard for me to change this next one into black and white, but I just adore all the textures from this building and the ivy and I feel the black and white really brings that out.
This one just may be my favorite!
The only thing different I’d like to do next time is take inspiration from a portrait of the bride’s mother from her wedding and try to recreate that portrait for a fun side by side comparison of mother and daughter!
Would you like to have a portrait session like this? Contact us for details!
XOXO | Heather
Fill in the Blank Friday
March 18, 2011 by Heather · 2 Comments
So I recently stumbled upon this fun weekly challenge via one of our 2010 brides, Anna. I thought it seemed like fun, and it would help you all get to know me better! So I’m going to attempt to keep up with this weekly post…at least until wedding season is in high gear…then I may run out of time to do these!
1. The best deal I’ve ever gotten is probably this really cute pair of capri jeans from Express. They were selling for $90 and I went back and forth whether I should spend that much on a pair of capris…decided I’d go for it since they fit so well and when they got rung up they were on sale for $15!! Score
6. My weekend will be spent playing volleyball, shooting an engagement session and having Sunday Funday with Murl — a trip to Southern Tier Brewery for a beer release, followed by a couple of wine tastings and chicken and biscuits for dinner! Pretty perfect weekend!
MARRIED {Aaron+Michelle} | North East Wedding Photographer
March 14, 2011 by Heather · 3 Comments
We kicked off the 2011 wedding season on Saturday right here in North East. We started out at Vineyard Bed and Breakfast where the bride and her bridesmaids were getting ready and then headed to the Immanuel United Methodist Church. I was so glad that Michelle was getting ready somewhere prettier than the church basement — it helped to have nice available light {not that awful fluorescent lighting} and good looking furniture! They had some great details and I loved their wine themed wedding reception — which had an awesome cheese, crackers, bread and oil appetizer table! Anyway, here are some images from their wedding:
Vendor List
Reception Hall – St. Gregory School
DJ – Butch Knight, Dynamic Sounds
Video – Creative Productions
Florist – More Than Flowers
M&A ~ Congratulations you two! Best wishes on a lifetime of happiness together <3 H&M
I’m back! | Erie & Jamestown Photographer
I’ve recently realized I’ve been on a serious blog hiatus. I think at the end of every year, once wedding season is over and the Christmas rush has passed, most photographers tend to hibernate a bit, catch our collective breath and come back refreshed. I’d say that’s exactly what I’ve done. I’ve been keeping busy with photo shoots and moving the studio out of our downtown location. If you like us on Facebook you will have seen some of the sessions that have taken place. Sadly its too easy to update the Facebook page and much harder to blog! I’m hoping to get back on track though
Part of this post’s job is to inform those of you who are not aware that we have closed the doors at the studio location on 89 in North East. My love for lifestyle and on location portraiture just didn’t jive with having a studio space. {I’ve never been a huge fan of fake backgrounds and props} I’m absolutely going to miss my gallery room and having that space to meet with clients in, but I’m really excited to be working from home and trying something new! Nothing has changed in regards to contacting us, you can still reach us by the same email, phone number or on Facebook.
It may be March but wedding season is kicking off for us here in Erie this weekend! We’re excited to start shooting weddings again and can’t wait to blog this weekends wedding on Monday! So be sure to come back to see it. Also here is a sneak peek at what’s upcoming on the blog in the next few weeks:
See you all back here real soon! xoxo
Beautiful Baby Contest | Erie Children Photography
I’m not sure if you have seen the 2011 Beautiful Baby Calendar that the North East News Journal put together and mailed out recently, but in case you haven’t seen it – I wanted to share with you the winning images. I was honored to be asked to photograph the winners of their 2010 Beautiful Baby Contest! I had a lot of fun photographing all 13 of these adorable kiddos
And major bonus — local charities benefited! {Community Nursing Services of North East, North East Fire Department Scuba & Rescue Team, MOPS of North East, Loving Arms at Brevillier Village}
Looking forward to this coming year’s adventure already! Watch the paper to find out how your child could be featured in the 2012 calendar!
Here are the beautiful winners — Enjoy!













































