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Sean + Susannah [ wedding ] Capitol Hill, Washington DC

Heather — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:34 +0000

Sometimes my job is just kind of unreal. When Sean and Susannah booked me for their Washington DC wedding months ago, I actually had a hard time believing I would actually be doing it. Seemed way too good to be true… “what.. I am getting paid to the US Capitol? PINCH ME!!!”. No one pinched me, so I was still left in this daze of excitement. It wasn’t until I was leaving for my early morning flight in April that it finally hit me.

Now, here is the thing with flying out of the area to photograph someone’s wedding – Everything is up to chance. It could go smoothly… or it could be a disaster. You just roll with the punches. Without getting into every tiny detail, let’s just say everything that could go wrong during my trip to Washington DC…. did go wrong. Down to my hotel room probably being the only room in the hotel with a leaky toilet. It was filled with a lot of stress and anxiety, but the second I showed up to Susannah and Sean’s place to photograph Susannah getting ready… it seemed to all just kind of fall into place. I saw how excited her and her family was and from that moment on the stress of the trip didn’t really matter anymore and this was going to be an amazing day.

All 13 hours of photographing this wedding was filled with fun, excitement, and just enough chaos. One of the finest moments of the day would have to be the moment I saw Susannah with that “pinch me is this real?” look on her face while she looked at her ring in the limo ride to the Capitol for group photos.

“Oh my God, I’m married!”.

As my first wedding of 2012, if this is any indication of what my year will be… it’s going to be pretty mind blowing.

Ken + Christine [engaged] San Francisco

Heather — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:58:10 +0000

San Francisco Engagement Preview + Leaving to Washington DC!

Heather — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:57:21 +0000

Greetings everyone! Just dropping a note to let everyone know I will be out of town shooting a wedding in Washington DC from April 12th until April 15th. I will be back in the office answering e-mails and editing away on Monday the 16th! CRAZY! Washington DC to do what I love? Is this really my life? Someone… pinch me!

Until then, I just had to share this killer frame from Ken and Christine’s San Francisco engagement session. I cannot wait to drop these two on the blog…

Enjoy!

Lyndsy + Bob [married] Crooked Vine Stony Ridge Winery

Heather — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:54:14 +0000

Ben + Jocelyn [ engaged ]

Heather — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:10:36 +0000

Ben and Jocelyn were such a joy to hang out with for this beautiful winter afternoon. The sun was shining in their neighborhood in San Carlos, making it a perfect day to shoot their engagement session at the Redwood Preserve near their home. It was casual, full of laughs, and very excited faces. It was refreshing to shoot out in the redwoods, as it was definitely something different than from the locations I usually shoot at. Thank goodness that they lived right by such a killer location to shoot at.

If this session was any indication of how their wedding is going to be, they are going to have one killer wedding coming up in July.