New Site

Hello everyone! I know I've been saying a new site was coming for the better part of this year. But now, we have finally got it up and running. Please update your bookmarks and RSS feeds so you can continue to see my new posts and pics at www.heatherjorgensen.com.

I will still keep this blog open so you can view my older posts and pictures. Thanks to everyone who has visited me here over the last two years! I look forward to showing you more on the new site.

Cheers!
~Heather

Free Holiday Music for Thanksgiving

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are enjoying your Thanksgiving. While I awoke way too early today, I saw this offer and wanted to share it with you. If you click on this link, you can download free - for the next 48 hours - 8 holiday songs from some of the greatest names in the music industry! How cool is that? I'm loving the Harry Connick, Jr. track.

I will be officially closed today as Jeremy and I attempt to cook our first real turkey. But never fear - we bought the one with its own 1 800 help hot line. 

Happy Turkey Day! 

Holiday Print + Card Orders

If the Christmas candy being sold during Halloween didn't clue me in then yesterday's trip to the deli counter - decked out in colorful lights and a menagerie of ornaments - made it quite clear. The Holiday Season is here!

Now is the time to get your Holiday shopping done and that includes your print and card orders. December 1st is the last day to place your order with guaranteed delivery on or before December 24th.

If you're interested in a portrait session for the Holidays, please call or email me soon. I have a few openings left for this year and I'm recommending that sessions be done within the next two weeks. That way, you'll have a chance to order before the deadline.

In case you're wondering what our 2008 card designs look like, here are a few examples. Each card is 5x7 and is customized with your wedding or session images either on the front cover or the inside spread.

You can place your card order by clicking here. Since each card is custom designed, please allow additional time to receive your cards for the Holiday Season.

Happy Monday!

~Heather

Changes

Hello there! I wanted to let everyone know that our site is currently undergoing changes. I think it will look great once it's finished. But until then, please continue visiting the current blog here.

Thanks for your patience! Cheers!

~Heather

Phyllis + Joe ~ the Gallery

After much anticipation, I am pleased to unveil Phyllis + Joe's wedding gallery! Head on over to my boutique site - HJclients.com to view more of their gorgeous day. Happy 3 week anniversary! =D

~Heather

Beth + Ben's Gallery

Beth + Ben's gallery is officially up! Head on over to my clients page to view all of the images from their wedding in the mountains. I'd also like to wish Beth + Ben a Happy 3 Week Anniversary! They're so cute! ^_^

Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone!

~Heather

Out of the Office 8/7 - 8/11

Hello everyone,

I wanted to let you know that I'll be out of the office tomorrow Aug. 7 through the weekend. To where, you ask? I'm off to Missoula, Montana for Beth and Ben's wedding! I'll be back on Monday afternoon to return any call and emails I might have missed. I'll also be posting trip and wedding highlights as soon as I can. I wonder if the charming alpine ski lodge has internet. =)

Wish me luck and enjoy your weekend!

~Heather

Karin + Giles Gallery is Up!

Hello, everyone! For those who have been waiting patiently for Karin + Giles gallery, I'd like to announce that it is official up and running! Head on over to my Clients site to view it. Enjoy!

Out of the Office

I will be out of the office starting this Wednesday as Jeremy and I head out to another East Coast wedding. I'll be back on Monday (the 23rd) to answer all of your emails and phone messages.

Thank you for your patience!
~Heather

Charlie + Michele's gallery is up!

Run! Do not walk! Charlie + Michele's Gallery is now open! Where? Head on over to my client page: www.HJclients.com and click on the awesome couple. You can also get to the site from the blog side bar. So what are you waiting for? go now! hehe ...and enjoy!

~Heather

*Update: Cake Cutting pictures are up. Cheers!

A Little Design for your Holiday Weekend

I will be out of the office from tomorrow through Monday. Any emails and messages I receive during that time will be answered when I return on Tuesday. I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. I know I'm going to. =)

If you're looking for a lil diversion this holiday, why not swing by Snippet & Ink. They're an awesome wedding design blog like no other. These ladies are always coming up with unique and fun "inspiration boards" to base your wedding around. I love to pop in every now and again to see what they've come up with. Here are some of my recent favorites: Carnival Ride, Sweet Tarts for Sweet Hearts, Retro Picnic, Cinco de Mayo, and Sunshine Fix. I just love their names!

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend (browsing) everyone! ^_^ I'll see ya on Tuesday!

~Heather

Out of Town

I'm heading off to the airport for this weekend's wedding in DC. It's going to be so amazing! I'll definitely be posting highlights next week so stay tuned.

While I'm out of state, I'll still be able to answer your calls and emails within 24-hours. I'll also be continuing my "tweets" on what we're up to. ^_^v

Enjoy your week everyone!

~Heather

Ch~ch~ch~changes!

My current website is being taken down to make way for new changes. *que theme song* Ch~ch~ch~ch~changes! In the mean time, please peruse the blog posts, pics, news and the all-new "tweets" to the right. ^_^ I'm really digging Twitter now. hehe

You can still contact me at 410.818.6748 or email me here: info@heatherjorgensen.com

I'll keep updating the blog as new ch~changes occur. OK, who has that song stuck in their head now? :) Happy Thursday!

Wedding Season Approaches

Wow, these last two weeks have just flown by. I've been busy working on several projects. One is almost ready to go while another is still being tweaked. I'm quite the perfectionist so it may still be a bit until they're unveiled. But when they are, I know my clients and my readers here will really appreciate them. ^_^

I've also joined a social network called, "Twitter". Basically, I've installed a little text box at the top right of this blog where I can type in what I'm doing whenever I want. Jeremy introduced it to me and I'm trying it out. It's actually kind of fun updating it. Who knows, it might just become my new online addition. hehe =D

Jeremy and I have also been gearing up for wedding season. We're kicking things off next weekend with our very first Austin e-session. I'm so excited! Then the following week, we'll be jetting off to Washington DC for a very awesome wedding. Is this really my job? lol... Yeah, it is. Don't get me wrong, I do actually work - a lot. But it's so worth it to meet cool people and help them capture their most important moments for them - all while being creative! I'm so grateful to the couples that allow me to do what I love and I thank them for it!

This is going to be a great year so stay tuned for all the latest and greatest!

(Our new) Home Sweet Home

Home. It's something I've been pining over these last few months. It's also what I've been hinting about in some of my previous posts. We've been waiting and hoping and biting nails - on pins and needles even! And now, we've finally found a place to call home - Austin, TX. It was touch and go there for a while, but I'm happy - and relieved to say we are now officially Texans.

We moved into our new place this weekend after a few months of temporary living quarters. =) I won't post any pictures of the mountains of moving boxes and the battle scars of sharpie ink. They'll be gone soon enough. I hope... But just image this: sunny skies, 78F in April, and no sign of winter blahs! Farewell, East Coast. Hello, Lone Star State!

We're loving life here in Austin. There's a thriving artist community, a retro vibe with some neat eat-in theaters, live music and concerts, SXSW, rockin' sushi runs with awesome people, parks, rivers and lakes, a cool city skyline, rolling hills and plenty of green trees. It's not how I pictured Texas to be at all. FYI - I used to listen to the old Lone Ranger Radio Drama tapes as a kid and that was basically how I got my idea of Texas. ^_^ It's so summer here. Temperatures have gotten to 91F with healthy mixture of humidity. (90% - that's healthy, right?) Still, we wouldn't trade our new hometown for anything.

On the photography side of things: our internet, email and phone are all up and running. We're looking forward to booking our 1st local wedding - in Austin. Yay! =) So if you're from the Austin area or know someone who is planning their wedding here, we're available for consultations and couple portrait sessions. We already have a few couples interested which is really exciting!

If your wedding is in Maryland, DC, or Virginia and you're thinking - shoot! They moved! Never fear. We'll be back off and on in 2008 for our current wedding clients. So if you'd like to meet with us then, let me know. I can travel all over the US (and the world) for weddings and portraits. Just tell me where you'd like to have your wedding or session and I can create a travel quote for you. Being here in Austin makes my travel times shorter and the country just a little bit closer. Just one of many reasons why I love Austin - our (new) home sweet home.

Over the next few days...

We will be updating our hosting and web services over the next few days. This could mean that our current email and site may go up and down - in and out - and all around. It could be a full on Twister show-down! =)

So until we get settled into our new comfy server, please email me here: heather.jorgensen@gmail.com or call me at 410.818.6748 so I can be sure your inquiries aren't lost to the internet's email-eating abyss.

Happy Thursday everyone!
~Heather

The whirlwind has left the building!

We're back! (finally)

Jeremy and I are exhausted from our trip to Vegas. It was even more wild and crazy than we could have imagined - but in a good way. :) My head is spinning with images and ideas and we're both just trying to process them all now. Oh yeah and our images too. *hehe* I will be making a bigger post with pictures soon. But I wanted to write in and say we haven't forgotten about you guys. I am so excited by what I learned at the WPPI and I can't wait to share my experience with you!

Easter snuck up on us this year. We didn't have time to dye eggs sadly =( but we did manage to snag some easter sweets - in particular, those awesome Cadbury creme-filled eggs and a few packs of the traditional Easter delight ~ Peeps! The eggs didn't last long (of course) however, I did manage to catch this scene.



Me - "Jeremy, these peeps are sooo cute! Hold one so I can take a picture!"
Jeremy - "I have blue sugar on my fingers."
Me - "That's okay. It's pretty. Now turn him. That way. OK, more... more."
*click*click*click* (I look down to check the view screen)
Me - "OK. Now I want you to... Jeremy, where's the peep?"
Jeremy - "maawhheee, hewwahh... immmaah... mooowoohhfff..."
=}

Have a wonderful Monday everyone!
~Heather

We're off!

I'm so excited! Jeremy and I have been waiting months for this weekend to come. Can you guess what's happening? We're off to Las Vegas!

Nope, we won't be gambling. And we probably won't have time to take in any shows - though I've been really curious about Cirque du Soliel's KA & LOVE productions. So what WILL we be doing? For a whole week no less? Wait for it... *drum roll*

It's time for the 2008 Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Convention! *CHEERS*

Last year was our first time and it was a week long of one incredible experience after another. I believe 10,000 photographers made it to Vegas from as far away as Australia! And everyone we met was so open and helpful and encouraging. There's such a wealth of giving, talented, and extraordinary photographers gathered together. The creative verve is so energizing and revitalizing! I can't wait to go back now and meet our old friends plus make a bunch of new ones! I'm looking forward to seeing Jose Villa, Jesh De Rox, Gene Higa, Joe Bussink, Mike Colon, Jerry Ghionis, Jules Bianchi, David Jay, and so many more! Everyone in the wedding photography industry will be here and we will be having an absolute blast! :)

Oh, I also get to peruse the greatest of all Photographic trade shows! A trade show may not sound like fun, but just the new albums that debut here each year are worth a day trip to Vegas. (Yep, I love albums!) I'm also looking forward to the surprises I'm sure I'll stumble upon. I know there will be many! I can't wait to hunt them down and bring them back for my clients!

I'll be keeping the blog posted as the convention starts rocking! And of course, it IS Vegas. I may just have to play hooky for a few minutes and capture Sin City in all its splendor! I can't just post pictures of convention rooms here, now can I? =)

Wish us luck! One week of Photography bliss/overload, here we come!

~Heather

P.S. All of our emails and calls will be checked daily. So leave us a message and we'll get right back to you!

New 2008 Collections

Goodbye, 2007! Today marks the official debut of our new collections - circa 2008! What's the difference? Well, lots!

First big news: we are now accepting weddings through 2009. That's right, everyone that has asked me about their 09' dates can now contact me to reserve your wedding and get a copy of your 08' rates before the 09' ones come out. ...lol Thank goodness those are still a year off!

Second big news: wedding negatives are included in all of our collections. We have four of them now(instead of three) - and also what we call base coverage. This is our standard coverage for every wedding and this is where we give you the wedding negatives. ^_^ Base coverage is included in all of our pre-made collections. But it can also be used as a starting point to create your own custom collection. If you are interested in hiring us for your 2008 or 2009 wedding, email me soon to receive your own custom quote.

I'm really excited to announce our cutest parent album ever! Look at this adorable 5x5 (mini) album! It's made exclusively in Japanese silk with a wide range of colors to choose from. And it can be created with traditional matted or flush mount pages. With its twenty images, the mini is the perfect length to give to your parents or even to yourself as a brag book!

(photos courtesy of cypress albums)



We first announced our online slide shows this past fall. This year, copies of the slide shows can be purchased on DVD for home viewing - complete with their own custom case :)

In 2008, our albums receive a re-vamp. The original any size album now becomes four: 5x5, 8x8, 10x10 and 12x12. We will continue to offer our custom album option - where you can choose your album's size and shape. Albums come standard with the silk bookbinding covers (but you can still have the option to have them made in leather, suede, (new) acrylic, or metal). We will also design your flush mount album by the number of images rather than the number of pages. This way, we can design the best album for you without being confined by a limited amount of space to tell your story.

I love creating albums for our clients. To me, an album is just as important as the pictures themselves. I'm that in love with albums! It is my hope that by offering four new sizes, everyone can create their first family heirloom. Seriously, everyone should have an album to remember their wedding day :) Oh, and these albums aren't just for weddings. Engagement albums, bridal portrait albums - whoa! Your pictures can look hot in these - especially when I design them! Does anyone remember that amazing 10x20 titanium beauty at our show last fall? That was an engagement album, ladies!)

If you are interested in seeing our full 08' collections and options, email me here or through our website's contact form and make sure to include your wedding date.

If I may stray off topic in this last bit, I'd like to give the movie, The Last Mimsy two thumbs up! I got to see it last night and, although I wasn't expecting much from it, I actually really liked it. It's whimsical, it's fanciful, it's in Seattle, and it's a neat twist on a classic tale (another favorite of mine). I love movies that encourage you (and children) to use your imagination and forget the humdrum of our everyday known world. And there's some great humor too! My favorite line of the night, "I haven't eaten in 8 hours." "It's called sleeping." ^_^ Don't expect all of the movie's mysteries to be answered. I guess it's like it's own modern fairytale in that way. Some things should just be believed and enjoyed. Oh! And the bunny's cute too.

~Cheers!

Leave me an Email :)

Hello everyone. I'd like to let you all know that the fastest way right now to reach me is through my email. Because of my schedule, I am able to check my emails more easily than my voice mail. And since Wednesday, with the release of my newsletter, I have received several phone messages that I have not yet returned. I do apologize for this. If you have left me a voice mail and haven't heard back from me yet, don't worry. You will by the end of today. ^_^ Thanks for your patience!

And just as a heads up, remember the awesome documentary, Confessions of a Superhero that I posted about in November? Well, it's being released on DVD this Tuesday, January 22nd. Click here to see the trailer and here to catch my post and review about this really neat movie. It's definitely worth a rent if not a buy!

Cheers!
~Heather