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Quick break from editing to remind you that there are only 2 more days to vote for your favorite couple!!! Take a second to read their stories and vote for your favorite. Voting ends Tuesday, August 31st at midnight. Can’t wait to see who wins!!!
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Without fail I will be at a wedding, church (DC Metro rocks!), or even the grocery store and when people find out that I am a wedding photographer they feel the need to tell me how horrible their wedding photos are. I feel bad for everyone of them, but there is not much that can be done at that point. The lesson of “getting what you pay for” is a hard lesson for many people when it comes to wedding photography. I mean come on lets face it, weddings are expensive! Like really expensive!!! So something has to give right? Well at the end of the day the flowers are dead, the cake is eaten, and your dress sits in a box. All you have are the images that were created on that day. So, for those of you who have get to be married….do not skimp on your wedding photographer. Make sure your personalities mesh and that you love their work. Then hire them:) For those who have had the horrible experience that I am talking about you have choices!! I am launching a new type of session called “Bee Redeemed”. The “Bee Redeemed” session is just exactly how it sounds; lets go out and redeem your wedding day images. Get your dress out of the box (yes, even if you have preserved it…is your daughter really going to wear it??) and get your hubby in his suit or tux and lets go make some amazing images!!! It really is a lot of fun, I promise:) Contact me at heather@heatherbeephoto.com if you are interested. Now on to some images!!!
Last Friday I had the honor (and yes it really is an honor) of redeeming Dustin & Torrey’s wedding images. You see they got married almost exactly a year ago and they have yet to get their wedding photos. Yeah, you read that right, a year ago. Also, the ones they have seen have been, well less than stellar. Having good images was really important to Torrey so you can only imagine the heartbreak when she realized she may never get her photos. Enter me:) I had photographed one of Torrey’s friends weddings and she loved the images so we decided to get dressed back up and get some rockin’ images in her wedding gown. Be prepared, there are a lot of images!!! Dustin & Torrey choose Eastern Market for their “Bee Redeemed” session.
We started with some bridal portraits….
Torrey – you are seriously gorgeous!!!
Torrey loves the vintage look so I had to throw a “vintage inspired” image in for her:)
What other couple can rock a shot with water pipes in the background….they certainly do!
Aren’t Dustin’s eyes amazing here??
Probably my favorite smiling one of Torrey…
Rrrrrr…
Okay, so you might recognize this car since I have used it before, but as we were walking through the back alleys of the Eastern Market I saw it. I asked them if they wanted their own car shot. Of course they did. When I saw the results I couldn’t not show you guys:) If I see the car again though, it is now off limits:)
After we finished up in their wedding attire we all ran in Starbucks to get an iced beverage and change outfits. Before the sun set we grabbed a few everyday shots.
Love this one!!!
Dustin & Torrey – It was such an honor to redeem your wedding images. I hope they provide you with new emotions & memories. Thank you for trusting me.
♥ Heather
It is finally time to vote!!! During the month of July several of you nominated people who you thought were deserving of a free photo session (I know this blog entry is a little late, sorry guys:) ). Well, it is time to vote on your favorite!!!! We had some great entries and man is it going to be hard to choose.
So, here is how the voting works….you can vote once on the blog by using the survey at the bottom of the post. You can also vote a second time if you “like” Heather Bee Photography on Facebook and vote using the survey there. You will have until August 31st to vote. So, send out emails and Facebook updates to get your all your friends & family to vote!!! Now onto the nominees…..
#1 Shawn & Ashley
“I would like to nominate Shawn and Ashley Ludaker. They just moved to the area and they have been married for just over a month. They came to our bible study last night and we started talking wedding photos. Apparently, the woman whom they choose to do their pictures, didn’t show up. Her husband (who really is her assistant) came with another girl they had never met. Their pictures turned out horribly. They seemed really disappointed! They had worked with the woman before and liked her work, but since she wasn’t there there are a lot of pictures they didn’t get. Apparently, they took pictures outside the church and none of them came out. Anyways, i would like to nominate them for a “post-ceremony- session” where she can put her dress back on and they can have some beautiful bridal pictures taken. 🙂 ”
#2 Sondiata & Lisa
“Two years ago I met Sondiata while watching my children attend a church youth event. I watched as week after week, he played with my children while my husband was deployed. He provided them with male interaction that they were craving. I listened to him speak to our youth when our youth pastor was absent in awe of his passion for God. After several months of observation, I began to wonder why one of the many single women in our community had not scooped him up. And then….God showed us all that he had been saving our beloved “Sune” for someone special. A girl named Lisa came along and swept him off his feet. For a period of time, we were all deprived of Sune’s presence as God was building an life-long love. Now they are getting married and I think that all of us who respect and admire them are on the edge of our seats waiting to see what God has in store for this power-couple. What a beautiful picture of love they already paint. I can only imagine what would be created between that beauty and Heather Bee’s talent.”
#3 Mitch & Katie
“Everyone who is lucky enough to be in the presence of Mitch, Katie, and Ruby Joy, knows that they are experiencing a little bit of heaven on earth. Ruby came in to this world in July of 2009 with many challenges to overcome. The doctors said she would not live a day and then three and then seven. She proved them all wrong. This little miracle girl took every “impossible” declared by a health-care professional and (with the help of God) turned it into a possible. Mitch and Katie have walked through this very challenging first year of their daughter’s life with convicting, super-natural faith and the kind of grace and strength that only comes from our maker. They named her Ruby Joy and she is just that. A gem and a giver of joy. I can’t think of a more deserving family for a free photo shoot and I certainly can’t think of a more deserving occasion to memorialize than the first year of Ruby Joy’s life.”
#4 John & Julie
“I think the John and Julie Lee should be selected to have their photos taken by Heather Bee. They are such humble servants who love God and love people, and they have a new baby! What better combo than that!”
So there you go….vote for your favorite below and spread the word:)
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A couple of weeks ago I was able to help capture a milestone for Tom and his sweetie Yardley. A little before the party started I got a few minutes with the two of them for a few images. I know that they are anxiously awaiting these pics so lets jump straight to the pics:)
Tom & Yardley – Thanks for inviting me in! Hope that your 40th year is amazing Tom:)
♥ Heather
This couple is amazing. I have been friends with them for almost three years now after meeting them at our church, DC Metro. Some of you might remember them from this shoot that we did almost a year ago. It has been such a joy to watch this couple prepare for this little one’s birth. They have such a deep, deep love for her already and it shows in everything they do. They have personally challenged me very much as well. As a family, they have taken huge steps of faith that although might not make sense to the people around them, they followed God. They trust that while this pregnancy caught them by surprise a little, they knew full well that God had a plan. They have been blessed so many times over because of walking in faith that God has got their back.
Ray & Summer – Thank you for being an example to so many others around you. You have amazing hearts and I know that this little girl will be so blessed to call you Daddy & Mommy. I can not wait to meet her (& find out the secret name:) ).
♥ Heather
Ray’s only request with the maternity pictures was that some of the pictures reflect where they currently live. As most people in the DC area they do not expect to live here their entire life so he really wanted to remember this time in the nation’s capitol. So, we started at the Lincoln Memorial.
Memorial bridge in the background…
Doesn’t Summer look amazing???
Almost exactly a year ago we took this image……
So I thought it would be fun to take a similar one now! Oh how a year can change your life…
Then it was off to the Capitol….and I promise that the sky did really look like that!
At this point we were all so hungry that we forgot to get any bare belly shots. Summer really had wanted some, so we met up the other night to make sure to capture the belly before she delivers (she is due 7/5/10). When we were talking I had a vision of what I wanted. So I asked Summer if she was up for and thankfully she was. I can not even begin to express how happy I am with these images. As I was processing them today tears started rolling down my cheeks before I even realized it. For an artist, to create something that moves you like that is priceless. Thank you Summer – you are truly beautiful.
