Heather Leggett Photography Blog: A Bend, Oregon Photographer

Congratulations to Mark and Erin who were wed on Saturday! It was a beautiful day filled with so much love and joy! It was such a pleasure to witness their love and be a part of their day. They were such troopers following me all over the downtown area to get the perfect shots. They even endured the crowds of Oktoberfest! It was quite the spectacle, everyone kept cheering for them as we walked through the crowds. It was really sweet to see the community so happy for this wonderful couple. Here are a few images from the day!

I had the wonderful priveledge of witnessing and photographing a proposal on Thursday! It was so amazing!! This couple is from Texas and the groom to be organized a surprise trip to Oregon for his girl on their anniversary! They went on a dig to Richardson’s Rock Ranch, where I played a guide and rock expert so as not to give away the surprise. It was so fun! The ring was hidden inside an amethyst geode, which I planted and directed her to. She pryed it open to find the real “rock” inside! It was such a great moment!! Afterward we met up at Smith Rock for an official engagement session. It was a wonderful day and I’m so glad I got to be a part of it! Here are a few pictures from our day!

Judd and Thuy, I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!!

Congratulations to Scott & Robin! I had the privledge of photographing their beautiful wedding on Friday at Aspen Hall in Shevlin Park. It was a gorgeous day and everything turned out perfectly! Here are some pictures from their special day!

Scott & Robin, I hope you’re enjoying your honeymoon and I hope you love the pictures!!

I have so much fun hanging with the girls while they’re getting ready beforehand. Here’s a few fun ones from our afternoon…

Pretty toes, that matched the beautiful bridesmaid’s dresses!

I love lashes shots, Robin’s were gorgeous! As was her beautiful hair!

The bride getting some help from her bridesmaids, mom and grandma, perfecting the details.

Love the details… the shoes…

The dress…

The cake… I love how simple, yet elegant it was.

Video recording by the father of the groom…

Sisters! How cute are they?

And some of my FAVORITE pictures of the day… (I always save the best for last, haha)… The bride and groom opted to do a “First Look” before the wedding ceremony. I absolutely LOVED this idea. We were able to usher the rest of the wedding party and family away to Aspen Hall while the bride and groom met on the bridge to have a moment alone to steal their first glances before the ceremony. It was so sweet, I got totally choked up and teary eyed! Here are a few of my favorite shots from the moment….

Anticipation… Scott waiting to turn and look at his bride for the first time on their wedding day…

Robin waiting for her groom…

First look!

This was about the time I lost it, haha

Meet 9 day old Ava! I had the privledge of meeting this little princess while she was still in utero! I did her mama and daddy’s maternity session a few weeks ago! I was so thrilled to get the call that Ava was finally here! My heart just melted when I got to hold her for the first time! She is such a sweetheart! She has already shown her diva personality by deciding not to sleep during our session, haha, but that’s ok with me. Look at these gorgeous eyes!! How could I not want to photograph her with her eyes wide open! So much cuteness!!

Here’s your sneak peek Ariana and Gary! It was so great to see you guys again! I can’t wait to see you all in a few months for Ava’s next session!

I had such a wonderful couple session last night!! I have had the priveledge of knowing Julie for the past two years, she is so sweet! I have been dying to get her in front of my camera and I was finally able to, along with her awesome boyfriend Reagan! We had so much fun hanging out at Smith Rock together and getting some fun and romantic shots. My friend and assistant Lisa Dubisar came along and had some fun with us (more pics from Lisa coming soon!). Here’s a sneak peek of our session!! Thanks for such a fun session guys!

I had so much fun working with this amazing couple! It was so wonderful to see them together, so in love and anxiously anticipating the arrival of their first baby! We had fun playing at two fabulous locations! We started out at Smith Rock and then ventured over to a beautiful park like property at Sunriver. Here’s a little sneak peek of our fun session! I can’t wait to meet the little girl inside that beautiful belly! It won’t be long!!

We had such a fun girls night out last night! We got together to do headshots for my friend Lorinda Conners (she’s an actress and esthetician). My friend Lisa is going to be working with me on some upcoming projects so we decided to make a party of it and do it together, haha. Later in the shoot I got out my 30D for Lorinda to play with. SO FUN!! Here’s a sneak peek of the headshots and some behind the scenes shots of all three of us in action! More to come!

So this is what it looks like on the other side of my camera… LOL (photo by Lorinda Conners)

Lisa and I ‘chimping’ in between shots. “You’re rocking it out Lisa!” (photo by Lorinda Conners)

Chimping with flare! LOL (photo by Lorinda Conners)

ME actually in front of the camera with no camera in my face, haha! It was weird being on the other side of the camera! I had to stop and think about what I tell me clients to do, hahaha! (photo by Lorinda Conners)

Lorinda giving my sorely neglected 30D some love!

Lorinda shooting Lisa shooting me

Lisa making river rock look good!

Me and Lisa having a shoot off! LOL Can’t wait to see her pics!

Lisa in action shooting some of Lorinda’s headshots

The final product of our shoot! These are just a few of the headshots I did for Lorinda. Lisa and I both have a ton more! So much fun!

We got yelled at for being too loud at this hotel, hahaha! OOPS!

I had a wonderful time photographing this sweet little 4 month old, Dani Jade! It was especially fun because she is family! Her grandma is my mom’s first cousin. It was great to see them again and finally get to meet and hold little Dani Jade! Here’s a little sneak peek of our session! I can’t wait to show you guys the rest Cyndi and Teresa!

I had a wonderful session with this senior girl last night! We went all through Drake Park and downtown Bend, so much fun! She is graudating a whole year early, I’m so impressed!! Way to go Kaitlyn!!! Here’s a little sneak peek of our session!

The kids and I took a little walk back to the canyon that is a few blocks from our house. It was a beautiful evening with gorgeous light and the perfect setting to play with my new 100mm 2.8 lens some more! I just love this thing! I played a lot with backlighting and sunflare, yum! Here are some of my favorite pics from this evening. Let me tell you, it was HARD to narrow it down to only eleven! Haha! These first 4 were taken on the walking trail on the way to the canyon.

Love Jadey’s sweet smile! She totally lights up!

My lovey boy Kaelan, always a willing model.

Such a doll! He used to do this exact same face and pose when he was a baby and would see the camera come out. Such a sweetheart!

I LOVE when my Ashy looks at the camera! Her eyes are just amazing! Played with some vintage toning in this one.

Beautiful sunflare, Kaelan and Jaden thought it was so neat that Jaden had a rainbow in her picture, haha.

I had to wait several minutes for him to stop posing, get bored, and look away from the camera, haha.

My girls both love getting down and dirty. This cracks me up, Jaden in her girlie pink coat playing in the dirt, haha.

Mama got dirty getting these pics, but it was worth it!

My beautiful Ashlynn! More sunflare. Added a bit of texture to this one.

I saw this rusty socket thing in the dirt next to me when I was taking Ashlynn’s pic so I thought I’d play with macro a bit more and snagged a pic of this too. Added some texture to this one too.