Heather Espana Photography

It’s been almost a year since we finished working with Heather, and I can safely say that every detail was a delight.
As other reviewers have said, Heather is really fun to work with. She’s also a really good sport: we accidentally made her hike about a mile and a half through the woods, with all her gear, to get to our engagement shoot site. Not only did we end up with amazing photos, we ended up having a great time doing it.
At our actual ceremony — which was somewhat unconventional — Heather and her second photographer managed to be both totally unobtrusive, and totally astute. As celeste m. said in her review, Heather has an amazing knack for capturing the essence of people — people who she’d never met before, and who were in near constant motion!
Lastly, the ordering process went smoothly, and we now have all these beautiful items (prints, books, an album, this incredibly appealing little box full of four by sixes, etc.), infused with the spirit of the day. It’s kind of eerie and magical to hold something like that in your hand, and imagine the stories it will gather over the years…
Oh! One other thing; we had a lot less time than we expected before our ceremony. But it was NO PROBLEM, because Heather and her second had already scouted the surrounding area for promising locations. They just kept us calm, lead us around, and it turned out so great!

So now that our wedding day has come and gone and we’ve gotten a sneak peek at our photographs I can gush all over again about Espana Photography. We loved, loved, LOVED working with Heather and her second photographer on the day, Maricar! They were so fun yet professional and made what could have a somewhat daunting experience totally natural and perfect. They captured the spirit of our wedding, including details that even I didn’t notice until I saw the pictures. I don’t think we could have chosen anyone better suited to document our day.

If you’re on the search for jaw-​droppingly gorgeous, original wedding/​engagement/​senior portrait/​new baby/​commitment ceremony photos, well then, hang up your spurs, pour yourself a glass, and look no further. Heather Espana will exceed your expectations and imagination.
Heather was wonderful to work with for our summer 2009 wedding. She put my camera-​shy husband at ease and we have some amazing photos to show for our wedding day. She’s talented, creative, and fun.
On top of that, she takes timeless photos. Case in point: my grandmother was never one for smiling. I cannot find a photo of her in which she was really, genuinely smiling. But she had one of the most hilarious, unexpected (though not always dignified) laughs when she found something funny. At our wedding, Heather snapped the most spontaneous, truly «Grandma Pam» photo I’ve ever seen. Dancing with my brother to an Andrews Sisters tune, she was truly in her element, smiling widely and breathless from laughing, about two seconds away from declaring, «Oh! Youuuuu!» She died unexpectedly, nearly two months to the day that the photo was taken. Heather not only captured the essence of a moment, she captured a person, and I am so grateful I have that photo to remember her by.

Heather is an insanely talented photographer who be shooting our wedding in August ’10. After seeing her work on
that featured one of the most incredible ‘engagement’ sessions I’ve ever seen, I just knew she was the photographer for us.
Heather artfully crafts timeless photographs that weave vintage charm with a modern edge. She has an incredible way with light and like me, has a big crush on lens flare. We can’t wait for our wedding for all the obvious reason and are excited to see it through Heather’s brilliant eye.