Heather Renee Weddings

reviews and she sounded genuine and professional when we spoke on the phone. We asked if she could give us a deal if we paid in full, so she did take some money off. In my opinion this was the key factor in everything. We already took save the date pictures but the engagement shoot was included in the package so Heather told us to reach out to schedule. She uses a couples portal to communicate, which also goes directly to email. This is where we communicated right after booking, discussing where to get an engagement session dress, etc. After that brief initial conversation, I got no responses. I figured ok, it’s starting up her busy season or maybe she just didn’t get my messages. I reached out 5 more times and got nothing. She saw my messages, both on the portal, and Instagram, even liked my message, but didn’t respond. I posted an Instagram story about it being 6 months until my wedding with a picture from our save the dates (not her work). I get an Instagram message reply, “Oh omg saw your engagement dress, obsessed. Also what is this I’m slightly offended.” So you saw my message/s but chose not to respond… I was so pissed but I kept it all in because she had all the control and money. Listen, I get it, when I initially booked her it was “off season” so she wasn’t as busy and was probably able to communicate more easily, but paying in full was a huge mistake. She already had all the money so we weren’t a priority. Weddings are a big business after all, but how do you flat out not communicate with your clients? The wedding came, Heather is a talented photographer. She did stay longer than she needed to in order to get photos with people I wanted, which I appreciated. I wanted to use wedding photos from our sneak peek for our thank you cards. Well, we only received one single photo. Heather doesn’t do standard sneak peaks. Finally after 5 months, I got my wedding gallery. While waiting, I asked professional wedding photographers online how long it takes for them to send couples their galleries. 99.9% of them said 8-12 weeks, even during peak season, it would be closer to 12 and that 18 weeks was absurd. We waited over 21 weeks. The photos did come out very nice. I’m not knocking Heather’s abilities. We also didn’t receive all of the photos that we know for a fact were taken (a photo with the MOB and MOG) and it’s clearly stated in the email she sent with the full gallery, “There are no additional photos available, if they aren't already included in your gallery.” Waiting 5 months, especially after all the communication issues from the beginning, it all just left a very sour taste in my mouth. Read Heather’s contract before signing. No time frame is given for photo gallery delivery so you could be waiting forever. I respect vendors and all their time and energy, but I was extremely disappointed with this overall experience. I felt completely out of control, my hands were tied. Wedding planning is supposed to be about the couple, not worrying about being at the mercy of our photographer. It made my wedding planning process way more stressful and frustrating than it ever should have been. I felt it was important to share my experience with other soon to be brides/grooms so maybe they can learn from it and make different decisions than I did.

my wedding day it rained and I was dreaming of getting married outside because of how gorgeous the weeping willow trees were. I was nervous to tell Heather I wanted it outside because of course didn't want her equipment getting wet/ruined. But she was perfect of course and reassured me it could happen AND they were be the most romantic pictures. She was right. I've only seen a few (I just got married) but I couldn't picture getting married in any other weather. She captured the emotion and giggles when my veil fell out due to the rain. We had the best time doing portraits in the rain. AND just when you think it couldn't get better, I had her capture our private last dance and we were all sobbing at the end. I could truly go on for hours about how perfect Heather is and if you're debating looking at another photographer even after reading this, don't. Book her as soon as you can!! 100000/10!!!!

beautiful photos but her mission statement of wanting to capture photos that your future grandchildren would be thrilled to have and to document memories that could be passed down for generations. We loved how much she treasured capturing photos that would be so special to us for the rest of our lives. We met Heather for the first time at our engagement shoot (on a freak 30 degree day in April) and she made us feel so comfortable posing together and made sure to keep us laughing and having a great time even in the freezing temperatures. Leading up to the wedding day Heather stayed in touch with us and shared her excitement for our approaching wedding day which I loved as a bride, it made me even more excited knowing that she was cheering us on! On the wedding day Heather kept us on track with our timeline and got so many shots during her time with us. She kept us laughing and having fun and the pictures came out better than we could have ever expected. I highly recommend working with Heather and we are so thankful to have these amazing pictures from our wedding day to cherish forever! I can't wait for our future children and grandchildren to see how amazing we looked on our wedding day!

g and decided that I needed to have a coordinator/planner to help me tie together everything. I am so lucky Heather was available, and right away she took off running. It was so helpful going through every detail of the wedding with her so we could be sure I wasn’t missing anything. But also all of her tips and advice were so helpful throughout the last few weeks! On my wedding day guests kept telling me how on it Heather was, she was so knowledgeable and professional. She helped create exactly the vision I wanted🤍 Book Heather for your wedding it will be the best thing you do!