A wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime experience celebrated by our closest friends and family. Very few subjects allow a photographer to step into such a private, personal world and share in the memories you will keep forever.
For those few fleeting hours Heather sees it as her responsibility to document not only the blushing bride and her groom - but to capture the moments that may not shine in the spotlight - the flower girl gazing up at the bridesmaids, the restless little boy just itching to take off that hot stuffy tuxedo... Those are the moments that truly define this magical day.
Every wedding is a one-of-a-kind experience created by the style and preference of the couple. The wedding photography should be equally unique - capturing the moments and emotional beauty of the day as it unfolds.
Heather believes in being a quiet observer, a photojournalist capturing you when you are unaware of the camera and at your very best. This allows her to create beautiful imagery without disturbing the natural flow of events, similar to a magazine photographer covering a story, and results in a truly unique wedding album you can cherish always.
Heather excels at this style of wedding photography not only because of her experience shooting commercially as well as for the consumer, but also because she sincerely loves to photograph families, and seeing the emotion shared on such a wonderful day brought immediately back to the surface when the final proofs are delivered.
Heather has been a photographer for over 15 years. In that time she has photographed everything from landscapes to portraits and has seen her work grace the pages of regional and national publications.
She photographed her first wedding in Hollywood for a dear friend in 2002 and has been hooked ever since. After witnessing the joy and tears she captured on that warm, sunny day high atop Mt. Lee Perch (where the famous Hollywood sign resides), she decided that photographing others and capturing the emotion of life's greatest moments would be her life's ambition.
Heather's philosophy is simple - Everyone has a story, and her goal as a photographer is to help tell yours.
Heather Swanner is a wedding photographer serving Raleigh, Cary and all of North Carolina. She is also available for destination weddings. Heather specializes in exquisite wedding photography, engagement photos and bridal portraits.
