photo journal

shadows

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:28:00 +0000

took these with a borrowed camera, mine is currently in storage along with my computer and editing software. i'm posting from a library computer. i've relocated to arizona. can't wait to be able to start shooting again in a few months, but until then things are going to be pretty bleak on here.

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noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:53:00 +0000

one frame

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:12:00 +0000

sean + ashley 2

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:38:00 +0000

SEAN + ASHLEY (part 1)

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:02:00 +0000

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part 2 with the actual wedding and party is coming very, VERY soon...

one more preview, in an attempt to buy myself more time;)

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:59:00 +0000

this past month has been a whirlwind and i'm behind in most areas of my life. as i scramble to catch up this week, here is one more mini post before i give you a delicious post filled with hundreds of images from this magical wedding!

brad + mckensie, black and white

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:27:00 +0000

a few frames from todays wedding. they're a couple of models, eh? :)

i'm back..

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:06:00 +0000

i went home for a week and then i spent a fantastic week in florida with my family. I'll write more and post pictures when I have a chance.

sean + ashley

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:19:00 +0000

i love the way she looked at him during the ceremony:

that's just a tiny, tiny tease of the amazing wedding that went down yesterday. i'll probably break it up into a few parts so i can show you the entire thing:)

daniel + molly (2)

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:04:00 +0000

first attempt with film

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:06:00 +0000

my grandpa let me borrow his old film camera. i'm in love. these were taken in the backyard on the 4th of july, i just got the film back today! i can't wait to play around with it some more, now that i sort of know what i'm doing! i need to take someone out and shoot somewhere cool.

marian

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:13:00 +0000

...and that's why i love shooting at sunset.

beloved

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:29:00 +0000

these are screen shots i took (and edited) tonight during a webinar by photographer jesh de rox, while he was demonstrating his method, beloved. the way he creates space for intimacy is inspiring. i'm not ashamed to say that i teared up during the demonstration- the feeling of love was so powerful.

to me, photography isn't just taking good pictures, it's documenting something worth remembering. it's finding beauty in the everyday. it's helping other people notice the brilliance of their humanity, their relationships, and their belonging. i have followed quite a list of photographers for several years and i'm realizing that every single one of them creates images that inspire me in one if not in all of those ways. they find truth and beauty through photography as well, which is why i am connected to them. i haven't had the opportunity to personally interact with or learn from any of them besides watching them online, but i want to eventually when i have the means.

j family (part 2)

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:05:00 +0000

this was such a beautiful evening, and wonderful session. as i was editing all of these pictures, i was reminded why i love my job- sometimes it just gets tender:)

daniel + molly

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:53:00 +0000

can't wait for their wedding on 9/10/11!!! :)

j family

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:48:00 +0000

pictures of my cousins, more to come if i get my blogging act together. no promises. we shared a lovely summer evening traipsing around provo canyon together:) these people are the reason i have a successful business. thank you, for everything!

lake

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:03:00 +0000

muse

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:25:00 +0000

photography connects my heart to this world. i don't just mean when i am taking pictures, in fact, i view the act of photographing as the path, and the end result as the connection. i lose myself in the adventure of photographing, but when i am sitting at my computer working on and viewing my photographs, or when i spend hours and hours looking at photographs from other artists, that's when i feel this intense.. feeling. it's hard to describe. maybe i just feel alive, i find meaning, i feel connected in a spiritual way to life.

i flipped through a book at the library yesterday, one i wouldn't normally look through. the whole book is about creating and investing in meaning. i got goose bumps as i read, the words giving me this liberation from mindsets that i've had for so much of my life. i don't agree with absolutely everything in the book, but i loved the idea of investing in meaning. meaning is subjective and completely individual.

usually i try not to be too personal on this blog, but i have to share. this past year has been incredibly difficult and life changing. honestly i feel like i am starting over, completely rebuilding my life temporally, emotionally, physically, mentally, everything.

i am entering a new phase in my life, and i feel very quiet, as though i'm standing at the edge of the world, darkness at my back, light in front of me. i stand quietly contemplating what i'm about to embark on, getting ready to take my first step. i've been searching for meaning in the dark but now i'm beginning to create meaning in the light. when i say in the light i mean the light of the new way that i see myself and the world.

photography draws me forward. it has been there through the ups and downs of my life, giving me a life line at times, and enhancing the beauty at others. there is something elusive about it though, perhaps because i'm not sure why i am so attached to this visual art, so i pursue it in various ways subconciously hoping that i will get to the heart.

i am searching for a new vein to explore, a new way to connect to the heart of life, of my life. somehow i know that photography is the answer. when i make the discovery, you will know. it will be apparent in my art. i'm not talking about weddings, although i dearly love my clients and bits of me are refelcted in my work. however, that work is for them, it is theirs. i suppose my work for others is an investment in making meaning in my life by helping others see the meaning that they have created in their lives.

i hope to share the meaning i find in life here on this blog, alongside the work that i do for others. perhaps eventually this blog will be less of a marketing tool and more of a personal, photographic expression of the meaning i have created in my life, as well as my depiction of the meaning that others have found as well.

update

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:41:00 +0000

i realize my blog has been sadly neglected for a while. i just got back from an awesome family reunion and i have a ton to catch up on! i have 2 weddings to blog, a few portraits, and a cute love session i shot for one of my best friend's brother. a lot of the couples i work with are surprisingly high school sweethearts, so i was super excited to do this shoot for jake (remember him here) and his high school love. who knows, maybe in a few years i'll be posting about their wedding;) hehe. here's a one frame preview of that shoot:

emily

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:35:00 +0000

my sister, last week.

people

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:39:00 +0000

natalie, senior (part 2)

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:20:00 +0000

elaine

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:43:00 +0000

soon i'll be posting about some definite changes:) watch for it! can't wait for where heather lorraine photography is going..

steven + abish part 2

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:14:00 +0000

they threw one heck of a party:)

steven + abish part 1

noreply@blogger.com (heather) — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:36:00 +0000

i have so many pictures to share from this beautiful wedding! here is part one, pictures at the temple. part two will be pictures from the reception. enjoy:

this kid is in love with photography and was basically my second shooter! after he'd get a really great shot he'd excitedly run up and show me- so freaking cute! he probably took as many pictures as i did with this iphone. he even took pictures of me: