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

Charlie + Michele {Washington, DC}

Jeremy and I had such an amazing time last Saturday at Charlie + Michele's wedding in Washington, DC. We couldn't have asked for a more wonderful, kind, giving - and fun couple to photograph! I won't talk too much because I know they've been waiting patiently to see this post. So I'll just say this.

Charlie & Michele: Thank you for allowing us to be apart of one of the most awesome, fun and loving weddings we've ever been to. Your family and friends made us feel so welcome and we could totally feel the love they had for you. May your lives continue to be surrounded by the warmth and humor we witnessed at your wedding. ^_^v

Enjoy!

Just so you know, I was humming the "Rainbow Connection" for two days while editing your pictures. =D

Site: The Cosmos Club
Onsite Coordinator: Jennifer Ludwig
Gown: Anne Barge
Music: Unified Jazz Ensemble
Flowers: Philippa Tarrant Floral Design

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

Joe + Phyllis

Over the weekend, we shot an awesome engagement session with an awesome couple - Joe and Phyllis. We had gorgeous light, great weather, a couple who was up for anything (woot!) and a high-flying pup named Kingsley! What more could we ask for? =)

Dear Joe + Phyllis: You made it too hard to choose your final picks. Couldn't you have gone easier on me? lol. Thanks for one freakin' awesome session! You guys rocked hard like Mr. Van Damme himself! =D Jeremy and I can't wait for your wedding in September!

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