Well, after many months I am finally done with my project!!! During the MJ2 Day one of the only suggestions that Melissa had for me was to consider making my business name more personal (ie: my name). There were several reasons and in the end I decided to go for it. So, Captiva Photography will become Heather Bee Photography!!! Go check out my new website and blog (if you are an RSS reader don’t forget to change your feed).

See you on the other side:)

This birth goes down in the record books.  From the time we go to the hospital till delivery was 18 minutes.  No, that is not a typo.  It was amazing.  There are only seven or so pictures from prior to the birth because it went that fast.

Dana & Jessica – thank you for allowing me to document Gavin’s first few hours of life.  He is so precious:)

♥ Heather

Take a peak at Gavin!!!  (everything is very tasteful:) )

One of the blogs I have on my Google RSS reader is the I Heart Faces Blog.  Every week they have a photo challenge with a different theme.  This weeks theme is “yellow”.  Immediately I thought back to my shoot from last year of Ray & Summer in Charlottesville, VA.  So here is a “yellow” image..

Click on the link below to check out the I Heart Faces blog!

This post has been a long time coming!  I was published the book Little Redheads Across America some time ago, but I never got around to blogging about it.  So, the other day I finally got the pictures taken!!!  Yay me:)

The premise of the book is this…..it has pics from kids in all 50 states.  The book has facts about red heads, the states, and so much more.  It is very well done and very cute!  To read the authors take on how the project got started, click here.

Onto the story behind how this happened.  I was contacted by a client who had heard about this book when it was still in the writing stages.  She had contacted the author and asked if they had anyone to represent Washington DC.  As it turns out they had one other at the time and welcomed another.  So, one day after church we took off to a playground and did a little mini photo shoot with Jonah.   I loved how it turned out!!

The Washington DC page and Jonah!

The books has all sorts of fun pages like this…

If you have a redhead in your family consider purchasing them a book from the website.

This post is for those photographers out there.  In a few weeks Jared Bauman will be coming to the DC area to do the Prevail in Business Seminar.  Jared has been a wedding photographer in the San Diego area for about 9 years now.  I personally have known Jared for 5 or so years and he is always such a wealth of information.  When I was starting out I had the opportunity to meet with Jared while in San Diego.  We were able to have an amazing lunch, where he shared so much information to help me succeed.  As a surprise after lunch I actually assisted him on a wedding!!!  I learned so much just by watching him and how he interacted with the client.   It personally was one of those experiences that changed photography as I knew it.   I personally can not wait to see Jared again and see what insight he has to share!!!  If you are a photographer, you should totally check it out. 

Well, it is that time again.   I am booked solid for the rest of the year!  I do not take appointments again until March 15th (minus newborns).  I take this break for many reasons, but a main one is to recharge creatively.  With working two jobs I can get pretty tired by the time the holidays roll around.  So, I will update the blog with the shoots that are being edited right now as well as some personal images.  Now to go curl up with a mug of hot cocoa

and here is an image of my new puppy taken with my point & shoot (yes even photographers have small cameras)…..more pics of her later 

This has got to be one of my favorite baby shoots of all time.  Bryleigh was 12 days old in these pics and she couldn’t have been more precious.  Melissa & Andrew – thank you for allowing me to document this point in your young family’s life.  It was my pleasure.

♥ Heather

My fav of just Bryleigh

Melissa – you are breathtaking in this image….

Can anyone resist baby feet?

A beautiful family….

To see the rest check out the slide show below:

So it has come to my attention that I have been having email issues and was not aware of it.  So, if you have emailed in the past few weeks and I have not replied – shoot me an email now;)

Thanks!

So, I am now doing some advertising on mywedding.com! Once I moved to the DC Metro area I was looking for a place to advertise that fit me.  Finding that fit was a hard one and expensive!  I was very torn on what to do and then Sarah from mywedding.com called.  She found me, that is cool:)   So, after playing phone tag for quite some time (you are very persistent Sarah!) I am now advertising on mywedding.com.  Check out my brochure here.  I am so excited to meet the clients that will come from this avenue!

And because every post should have a picture….a recent ring shot from a vow renewal I recently shot.  Ladies you know you love this one!!!!!!

So, my computer decided that it had enough and crapped out on me a couple of weeks ago.  Turns out I had some nasty virus and my motherboard was very close to frying everything.  Thanks to a great friend he has made my computer all better again and as of yesterday I am back in business!  So incredibly thankful!!!!!  I have several shoots coming up, but for now enjoy a pic of some beautiful flowers.