Heather Swanner Photography

Oh, to be 2 again!

I'm short on words tonight, but man, I just love this kid.  I'm glad I've been able to watch him grow up over the past two years!

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Baby "W"

I have been photographing baby W's older brother and sister for a while now and just love every time I get to see them.  I am so excited to be able to watch this family grow and to see the kind of love they all have for each other.  Baby W's daddy plays major league baseball, so of course, we had to incorporate his giant glove into our session!  I am so thankful to have been a part of this family for the past few years and even more thankful that I was able to meet their newest addition!

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
 
 

One more for the night!

So, I've missed out on about 2 weeks of blogging, but I'm catching up tonight!!  :)  Mary Marshall and William are faces I am always excited to see each year, so I was happy when we were finally able to reschedule our reschedule of our reschedule.  Mother Nature was just not on our side when it came time for me to take pictures of them, but after weeks of trying to work something out, we were finally able to get together....and we had gorgeous weather to boot!  These kids were so much fun and had me laughing during the entire session.  I have so enjoyed getting to know them and watching them grow up over the past few years!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Syd and LaLa

Sydney and Lauren are also very dear family friends who I love getting to photograph year after year.   At our house, we know them as Syd and LaLa.  I had so much fun hanging out with them "on the farm" a couple of weeks ago.  Unfortunately, we didn't have quite as much time as I would have liked before we ran out of light, but we managed to walk away with some beautiful images regardless.  And "Aunt Heather" got to spend some long overdue time with her honorary nieces.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr. Baby

I swore to do better about blogging, I know!  And for a few days there, I did!  Oh well.  I will keep trying.  I cannot express how thankful I am to be so busy this time of year.  I also cannot express how nice it will be to have a couple weeks off at Christmas!  :)  

Once I complete my "holiday sessions", I get to move on to "friend and family" sessions.  My poor friends and family get truly the worst service and often have to wait quite a while for me to work them in.  But I make it happen eventually!  :) 

Mr. Baby is very dear to my family, and it's been such a pleasure watching him grow up over the past (almost) 2 years.  Our session a couple of weeks ago involved a whole lot of running, a whole lot of playing, and an unbelievable amount of leaves in MY hair!  If Mr. Baby looks familiar to you, he is one of the gi-normous (is that a word?) pictures that I have hanging in the windows of the studio.  Only now he's all grown up!  Sigh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

More recent sessions

I am truly going to make an attempt to get caught up on posting highlights from recent sessions over the past few weeks.  Whether I will be successful is yet to be determined.  I'd love to stop and talk about each and every session because I truly do have something special to say about everyone I've photographed.  However, considering the fact that over the past few weeks, I have done a record number of sessions, there is just not enough time!  But I will give you want you really want....the pictures!   You didn't really come here to read, did you??  ;)  Without further ado (and any more of blabbing on my account), here are a few pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My own kids

I seized a very rare opportunity over the weekend...the weather was gorgeous and my kids were not about to injure each other (!!)...and took the kids out for a quick photo session.  Most of you know that photographing your own kids can be quite a challenge, even if mom is the photographer.  I exhausted all of my "tricks" with my kids years ago.....but bribery still sometimes works!  :)  So, with a Barbie and a new Lego Star Wars set promised (oh, and McDonalds and ice cream), I think that we had a successful shoot!  And best of all, there were no tears (on their part or mine!).  :)  I know these have already been posted on facebook, so I am sorry if this is redundant.  I just love my kids, that's all!  Here are a few, as well as their slideshow (press play, then pause immediately to allow it to load & then play it again...otherwise, you'll get irritated!).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She believes that she will one day be the next Miley Cyrus!

 

Jack and Campbell from Heather Swanner on Vimeo.

Insert Creative Title Here

My brain is in overload from all of the sessions I've been doing lately and all of the holiday cards I've been throwing together, so if you want to help me with a blog title, go right ahead!  I realize that I'm neglecting the blog these days, but I do solemnly swear to update more regularly.  Holiday sessions will be wrapping up soon, and I will get caught up eventually!  Here's a little look at some of what I've been doing the last couple of weeks....and there's more to come!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, enough for now!  Off to edit  more!  May be a long night!

Three Beautiful Girls

I am feeling just a little guilty about not posting any pictures for a while, so here's a little slideshow from a mini-session I had a couple of weeks ago.  We ended up with QUITE a few more pictures than I would normally generate from a mini-session!  Enjoy!  

Untitled from Heather Swanner on Vimeo.

I promise that I have not disappeared!(...and Holiday Deadlines)

Apparently I have used the above title before.  As I started typing "I pro...", the remainder of the title just magically appeared, indicating to me that my disappearance may have been explained a time or two before!  :)  Tis the season.

But, truly, I have not disappeared.  I just took a little hiatus last week to San Francisco and the Napa Valley.  Somehow that post did not save last week before I left town.  Hmm... I know, it sucks to be me.  I don't know that I could have chosen a more inconvenient time to go on vacation, but it was the remedy that I needed to be able to push through the next few weeks.  As most of you know, this is, by far, my busiest time of the year.  And this season, with all of the rain, has been even crazier than usual.  It began with me pushing "rained out" sessions back until I reached the point at which I could push them back no further.  I am in the process of wrapping up rescheduled rained out sessions and am attempting to now try to get to a few of you who are on the waiting list for fall sessions scheduled.  I am technically booked until January, but if I see a way to fit a few of you who are already on the waiting list in, I will do my best!

Meanwhile, I have been working pretty much around the clock since I landed back in Birmingham to get holiday orders and Christmas cards completed.  On Sunday alone, I think that I ordered over 2500 holiday cards for various clients!  Those of you wishing to order holiday cards and pictures (that you want to give as gifts for the holidays) need to complete your order by November 14.  If you are having your session done during that week, then you will have an extra week.  After the 14th, I will do my best to get your order completed before the holidays, but I will not make any guarantees!  :)

I am also working at this time to get galleries from the past two weeks' sessions online and hope to have them ready by the end of the week.   I did do a TON of editing while I was away last week!  :)  Can't leave home without my computer!  But please be patient as I try to get them uploaded.  Apparently my server is a little bogged down right now, and things are taking a little longer.

I have about 100 pictures I need to post from sessions over the past few weeks, but I will save that for another post.  And eventually, I may even share my Napa pics with you....but it may be January before I get around to that!

Keep checking back....I will try to have more pictures up this week!  :)