It was a hot July morning when I met with Mary and Ryan to do their engagement session at the beautiful West Hartford Reservoir. I instantly loved them! They are the cutest couple and we sweated together!! Cannot wait for their wedding THIS month at the beautiful Riverview!! See ya’ll soon xoxo
What can I say? These two are simply adorable and killed their engagement session at Harkness State Park. We had to cancel our session several times due to scheduling and the weather, but last week the stars aligned and well we rocked it out!
These two cuties dated throughout high school and college (separate colleges), they are destined for great things! I cannot wait for their wedding next year.
I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did!
xoxo
Heidi
It was a gorgeous September day at Lion Rock Farm in Sharon, Connecticut for Brittany and Austin’s wedding and we were so fortunate to be part of their special day! Everything was absolutely perfect for their wedding, the weather, the colors, the food, the flowers and their friends – so much fun was had by all! Here are our favorite photos for their day…ENJOY!!
I just love those lyrics, they can mean so many things to so many people. To me it means possibilities, chance, potential, opportunities, a destination. a fun place to go. A new place to explore. Meet new people. New adventures. New opportunities. 2013 is a new and exciting year for Heid Hanson Photography. A year for me. A year of possibilities, chance, potential, opportunities, a destination.
I’m excited to announce this year I’m offering traveling as part of my wedding photography! That’s right, now I can bring my awesomeness to you. I realized after doing so many weddings in NY last year, that it only seemed natural to expand my borders to New England and beyond. Already in October I’ll be heading west to Wisconsin and I cannot wait to taste all the local cheese (hoping that it truly is the cheese capital of US)!
New opportunities.
New adventures.
Stay tuned, 2013 is going to be amazing.
It feels like forever since I’ve gone out on my own, well December was a while ago, so yeah I’ll go with forever 🙂
One of my main goals was really to focus on weddings, while I do love the babies and families, weddings are really where my passion lies. Don’t worry folks, I will still do family sessions for you 🙂
So building my brand around weddings was a huge priority. If you’ve been following me you see that I’ve got a new logo, which I love. Simple with a little funk…( love me some funky), it is my photography style.
I love capturing the little moments that happen throughout the day, moments that the newly married couple might not see. Moments when captured in a photograph snap you right back to that day.
This is me and my style.
So without further ado we get to the title of this post….Crossing off one thing from my list…
The new website! Yeah! So excited to introduce you to my new site. It was a stressful time, but I made it through with some awesome tech support and my husband (who thinks he did the whole site, ha ha, he didn’t) but I can still give him a few props!
It still needs a few tweaks, but I really do love it. Simple, funky…it’s me…..So enjoy! And please feel free to pass along the new site to all your friends and family.
http://www.heidihansonphotography.com
Ugh the dreaded “B” word.
Yes this is something I should have done a while ago and was procrastinating, which is weird because I don’t generally think of myself as a procrastinator.
So one of my big hairy goals from Justin and Mary was re-branding, because I didn’t really have a ‘brand’ per se
In fact their advice was awesome, just keep a folder on your desktop and drag anything that catches your eye onto it…so I’ve gone one step further and made my own Pinterest board. What did we ever do before Pinterest? We literally can plan entire weddings, find a cocktail recipe, ideas for birthday parties and what to make for dinner tonight on Pinterest. Pure Genius!
I know yes I’m procrastinating, back to branding.
So orange, for as long as I can remember has been my favorite color. Literally the brighter the better. Maybe not fluorescent, but definitely tangerine. My high school graduation we all had to wear white (well the girls) and the boys had to wear red. Well me being the rebel I am I had to be different….so I wore a pant suit (not a skirt like what we were supposed to), so you could see my pants below my cap and gown (oh the horror) and craziest orange shoes ever. Oh I loved it and oh I heard crap about it from teachers, but really were they not going to let me graduate because of my shoe color??
Nope.
So fast forward to college graduation, the rules were less rigid, so I went with a modest pair of fluorescent orange platforms and super, super short orange sun dress….those were the days. Loved those shoes…I think I still have them, hmmm….
Okay again procrastinating, so back to branding.
Orange, my color.
What looks great with orange?
I thought long and hard about this and research so many other places and google image searched and still found myself coming back to Pinterest.
So what looks great with orange?
Gray.
OK, so now that I have the colors down I’ve been adding things to the “My Brand” board and have a decent idea of how this is all coming together.
But had I not been pushed by Justin and Mary, I can only imagine me ending up with purple and pink (ugh my two least favorite colors). Which of course my daughter loves being a ‘girly girl.”
So orange and gray, here’s a little sneak peek….
Stay tuned for Branding Part II.
We all heard the news about Facebook buying Instagram for $1B…WOW!
Pretty cool though for a small company to be so amazingly popular that Facebook would want to buy it. And not only can iPhone users utilize the app, it is also available for Android now.
I use Instagram every day, it is so easy and fun and it is a good way to keep your mind sharp!
I do a lot of driving every day.
I am fortunate that I live in such a beautiful part of the state and get to drive by the Saugatuck River, several reservoirs and lots of forests. Lots of pretty things to capture instantly, and sometimes as I’m literally driving! So I thought today I would share some of my favorite recent Instagram photos. If you’re on Instagram be sure to follow me @heidihansonphotography
So here they are:
For those of you who know me (and now those who don’t), know that I never sleep. If I get 3 hours a night that is amazing… So I often will get up and make a list of things I need to do, things that I think might make a good blog post, a little phrase to get me through to the next day, etc. So last night as I got up the song “My Favorite Things” popped into my head, you know the one from the Sound of Music…Raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens….
So today I’m going to list a few of my favorite things (not necessarily in any order)
My daughters giggle (whether it be evil or not)
My son’s honesty (even though we pinky swear that it is a secret!)
Photography (duh, as my daughter would say, yes she is only four but very wise)
The color orange
The smell of gasoline and fresh cut grass (not necessarily together)
Massages, manicures and pedicures (who doesn’t?)
Clean sheets
Bubble baths
Martinis
Pier 1 Imports and Target
Christmas (my favorite time of the year)
My doggies
My husband’s constant support
The beach, doesn’t matter which one, just give me some sand and some water
And last but not least, a photo of one of my favorite things
What are some of your favorite things?
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. ~Harriet Tubman
Ten
Not 9, not 11, but 10
10 is the number of action items I was given after my mentorship with Justin and Mary.
Ten Steps to get to my big hairy audacious goal….Full-Time Wedding Photography
Some of them are short-term and definitely attainable; in fact I can do a couple today 🙂
And then there are those that are longer-term, making me stepping outside my little comfort zone and really pushing me to fulfill my dream.
Ten things to help me accomplish my dream.
Ten things to help me reach for the stars.
Ten things to start right now!
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