Heather Essian Portrait Arts | blog

josh & jennifer {associate wedding}

{heather} — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:24:52 +0000

once again a job well done by our associate shooters! jennifer and josh’s wedding marks the last “associate wedding” of the year. our associate shooters photographed a total of five weddings for us this year and did a fantastic job. i must say if you’re a photographer you understand how scary it can be turning work over to a contracted photographer shooting under your business name! i had nothing to worry about as our associate shooters were able to capture each wedding well and stayed consistent with our standard of work. thank you for your hard work ladies!

now onto josh and jennifer’s gorgeous wedding…take a look at the beautiful detail in the bottom of jennifer’s wedding dress. so pretty! i love how different it is.

a beautiful first sight…

amy {bridals}

{heather} — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:49:40 +0000

amy just got married and is now on her way to living in Hawaii with her hubby. how fun is that?!

i am always so honored when brides choose me to photograph their bridals even though i’m not their wedding photographer. bridals are my favorite, i don’t think i could ever get tired of shooting beautiful girls in gorgeous wedding dresses…

Beautiful bride!!

audrey {newborn}

{heather} — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:06:58 +0000

audrey was a doll! another sweet baby that i get to document her whole first year.

her birth announcement…

erik & mimi {associate wedding}

{heather} — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:18:14 +0000

the beautiful wedding of erik and mimi, shot by our talented associate shooters!

seeing each other for the first time…

erik and mimi, it’s been such a pleasure working with you guys! enjoy your sneak peek .

abby {baby}

{heather} — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:20:42 +0000

this is sweet abby. i absolutely love shooting this age {6-8 months.} they can’t run away from me yet!

jax {newborn}

{heather} — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:16:58 +0000

meet sweet baby jax…another “baby’s first year” newborn! you can see his mom and dad’s maternity session HERE

here is his birth announcement i designed…

kaytee {graduate session}

{heather} — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:47:58 +0000

i had such a blast photographing kaytee. i love her edgy style!

this is a graduate announcement i designed for kaytee that will soon be available on my design website at art is. go check out the other templates that are currently available for professional photographers!

{front}

{back}

out of the studio

{heather} — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:19:15 +0000

hi friends! we’ll be out of the studio sunday the 11th-18th. we will be returning all emails after the 18th. thank you for your patience! hope you all have a wonderful week!

this is a favorite from a recent engagement session…

pictage u {photographers}

{heather} — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:08:30 +0000

photographers, if you haven’t heard of pictage you’re missing out. pictage is one of the largest proofing companies in our industry. i’ve been with them since ‘06 and have been super happy to be one of their clients! jim collins (pictage ceo) has really helped to take pictage to a new level. they really care about their clients, and sincerely care about our experience with them. they are ever evolving and working hard to out do themselves each year. i like them.

they are putting on a family and kids photography conference/workshop next month called pictage u and i’m speaking and teaching at it! when they contacted me about being an instructor i was humbled and blown away…and then nervous.

i will be teaching right along side some amazing photographers who i know i will definitely learn from as well. one thing i love about this conference/workshop is that it’s affordable!

you get to listen to each instructor speak on subjects that they are passionate about and ways that have helped their business to succeed. i’ll be speaking on creative products, how to offer them, and how to sell them. as well as our studio space and why it works for us, and loads of more business info! we will also be doing a demo shoot where each photographer will spend time shooting a family or child demonstrating the way they approach that type of session. and even better, the next day you all get to spend time directing and shooting the models. great portfolio opportunities! it sounds like the perfect workshop to me. and i get to be a part of it!! there will also be mentoring sessions available for individuals as well. i’ll be giving a mentor session on retouching and overall image improvement in photoshop. a crash course if you will to make your photos look even better! mentor sessions are a great way to learn quickly what you need to learn without spending loads of time and money in a classroom. i’ll be offering mentor sessions to photographers in the months to come covering many different aspects of photography. contact us for more information. we’d love to chat with you about mentor possibilities!

CLICK HERE go to the website to get more info and to learn about the other instructors. i hope to see you there!

to read a recent blog post i wrote on products on the pictage blog go HERE.

brad & kristen {associate wedding}

{heather} — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:15:42 +0000

another gorgeous wedding captured by our talented associate shooters…

i loved getting to see how much fun everyone had dancing at brad and kristen’s reception!