Archive for June, 2009

Extreme Makeover Home Edition comes to Erie, PA!

Friday, June 26th, 2009

So Ty Pennington and the Extreme Makeover crew have embarked on a new mission right here in Erie! With the help of Maleno Real Estate & Development one lucky family is getting a brand new home! Clara Ward is the lucky winner of this amazing gift, read about her inspiring story at the Maleno Extreme Makeover website!

What’s this have to do with HNP? I was honored to be recommended to help photograph the progress and document things for the builders [ the Maleno family ] along with Rachel at Puremotif photography and design. Rachel is shooting the first half before jetsetting to fabulous Italy with her hubby! I’ll pick up on Sunday afternoon and shoot through the rest of the week. So I won’t be spending too much time in the studio but if you email or call and leave a message I will try to get back to you as fast as possible!

Yesterday was so much fun seeing everything come together prior to the door knock, meeting the cast and crew and of course sitting in *the* bus :) I can’t post photographs here on my site but you can watch the progress by checking out the photos on the Maleno site. Go check out the great pictures Rachel has taken so far that were posted from Day 1 and the press conference and Pep Rally prior.

Want to help out? There are a ton of side projects going on to help the entire Erie area — blood drives, canned food drives and more. You can check out the Grace church’s website for details! I hope you will help in any way you can!

<3 Heather

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Local Business Photography | North East and Erie PA Commercial Photographer

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Last week I was asked to photograph a couple of local business owners and a local businessman. I love working with other professionals in the area!

First up — the girls at Mary’s Select Foods and Fresh Picked located at 22 South Lake Street [ across the street from me! ].  They were looking for a professional portrait of their staff that they could use for their website and I was told Mary only agreed to do the portrait if I shot it and made them ‘look really good, like { I } always do’ :) Sweet, that’s a good reputation to have!

Mary's Select + Fresh Picked Staff portrait | North East, PA

Mary’s Select Foods is a great little shop full of all natural foods and organic options. It is also the home of Katie Rowan’s restaurant Fresh Picked, a fantastic and tasty vegetarian option in North East.

Later that afternoon Jon Cullen came into the studio for some head shots for work. Jon is in the technology and education field and works for a company in Erie, PA. Here are a couple of his portraits:

 Jon Cullen | Head shot, Pubic Relations Portrait | Erie, PA

Jon Cullen | Head shot, Pubic Relations Portrait | Erie, PA

I’ll end this with a little note to other local business owners — if you are in need of any type of photographs for your business give me a call, I can work with people, product or building photography!

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Girard Wedding with Rachel from Puremotif!

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

On Saturday I got to second shoot a wedding for the first time with Rachel Lusky of Puremotif Photography and Design. It was also my first time shooting a Girard wedding – the church was beautiful and really easy to shoot in even for a no flash allowed ceremony. It was such a great experience; I got to see how Rachel worked, I got to photograph from Murl’s usual view point, and I got to do the job I love with a friend I love!

It was a pretty cool opportunity for Joe and Priscilla to have two amazing photographers capture their wedding! They commented on how much fun we were to work with but *they* were fun to work with! I mean, who breaks out M-16s [ I think that is the right name! ] for their formal portraits!? It was great! This couple is so in love and so full of humor – as was the whole wedding party. Thanks to everyone for such a wonderful time!

I’m not going to post too many shots, I’ll leave that for Rachel – so stay tuned to the Pure Interest – Puremotif blog for her upcoming post! Here are a few shots I created at the wedding:

 :: the wedding program ::

wedding program

 

:: white and purple boutonnieres ::

white and purple boutonniere

 

:: the girl’s bouquets and dresses ::

 bride bouquet, bridesmaid bouquet, purple and white

 

:: the gorgeous couple ::

tender moment - black and white bridal portrait

 

 :: the bridal party ::

 purple and black theme bridal party outdoor portrait

 

Congrats to Priscilla & Joe! I hope you have as much joy in your life as you did on your wedding day!

Rachel, I had so much fun shooting opposite you! I think we should tag team weddings more often :)

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Updates and Follow me on Twitter

Friday, June 12th, 2009

 Its been a while since I’ve posted, I’ve been so busy working on my new wedding website — I don’t want to promote it much yet until I’m satisfied with it but it can easily be found for those who care to find it at this point.

I’ve been photographing a bunch of Vixen Sessions and even have a really exciting announcement to make about that later today!  So stay tuned — follow me on the Vixen Sessions Twitter or check the The Vixen Diaries blog later this afternoon.

I’ve also been working on some really cool products for seniors, photos to come of the books when they come in! Also been photographing preschoolers, reworking portrait packages, meeting with brides and grooms [ and booking a bunch! ] and just getting ready for the start of wedding season. Tomorrow I will be second shooting a wedding with my friend Rachel from Puremotif Photography and Design.

Also, I finally succumbed to the Twitter world after much thought about it. I plan to announce specials via Twitter just for my “tweeps” … I’ve still gotta get used to this lingo! Anyway, you can follow me @hnphoto and @vixensessions!

Be back soon with some new photos!!

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