The season is upon me. My plants are dying. Dishes pile up. My dog isn’t getting quite as many baths as he should have (which he is quite happy about). I forget my work outs because I want to get that next session finished and then all of a sudden it’s midnight and I should […]

You’re lucky if you are able to catch a glowing sunset in the Bay Area. I have lived here my whole life, and so many times that I have been to the coastline that as soon as sunset was approaching, the clouds were going to come in. For some reason, part of me had this […]

I’ve lived a nice life. Always stayed in the country doing very safe things. Amusement parks. A quiet stroll through a manicured park. Boat tours. Disneyland. All those really safe, yet exciting things. I had never even been out of the country before. I was a little scared when I booked Michael and Katrina‘s wedding […]

Sunset wedding portrait in Puerto Rico by Heather Elizabeth Photography

Meeting in Rome, traveling the world together, then eloping for a winter wedding in San Francisco before another ceremony in Paris.  Lovers traveling the world together, and then making their home in Las Vegas. I didn’t get a lot of time to get to know Alana and Rob. We scheduled their elopement and finally met […]

plus size bride wearing a crop top wedding gown at her wedding at historic san francisco city hall by heather elizabeth photography

I am in the business of memories. I document them for others. Their memories are trusted to me. I made memories at this place before. Those memories ended up being sad memories and so they turned to ash. I avoided the place.  Recently I looked at photographs and remembered how stunning it was, and the […]

The universe is a beautiful place. It’s a beautiful place where you can be born on two separate continents but somehow still end up in the same place at the same time… and at the right time. Dave is from England, Kelsey is from America. Somehow the world made things happen, where they lived their […]

What can I say about Sara and Lisa to explain how much I adore them? Upon my first e-mail from Sara months and months before she booked me for her wedding this year…. I knew that we were going to create some beautiful images of her and her love. E-mails back and forth, phone calls, […]

This story starts off with a rainy day in Sebastpol, California. I never get rain during my fall weddings, but on this fall day the clouds slowly creeped in, and the drops of rain fell. A lot of drops of rain. Tarps were put up, umbrellas were brought out, and preparation for a wet wedding […]

portrait in the vineyards with a rainbow at the vine hill house by heather elizabeth photography
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