About this vendor
Heidi Hoffman Photography focuses on the emotion of your day, creating thoughtful and authentic photographs of the moments that will help document this chapter of your love story.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2013 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Heidi was amazing! Easy to makes plan with, prompt and professional. She got excellent candid and posed portraits throughout the day, none of which felt forced or awkward, we could...
n't be happier with our photos!
Heidi was fantastic! I was a fairly anxious bride and Heidi's super calm demeanor really put me at ease. And I absolutely adored the photos she made of the wedding. She did a great...
job capturing all the group and portrait shots I asked for as well as documenting the small details and most importantly capturing the candid moments of the wedding and reception. Highly recommended!
We were very pleased with Heidi's photography of our wedding. Through a series of circumstances, including planning the wedding from out of state, we didn't have the opportunity to...
meet Heidi before the big day. Luckily, she was so warm and easy to work with! She was helpful during the day, such as reminding the groomsman to put on their boutonnieres, and clearly comfortable in all sorts of wedding environments. Our wedding took place during the afternoon and evening, and included untraditional activities such as lawn games, and Heidi was nicely able to capture it all. She turned around our photos within weeks. We really appreciate having the slide show she put together, too. It's great to share with family!
Heidi was the best choice we could have possibly made for our engagement and wedding photos. Not only is she professional, friendly and fun, but she is so talented at capturing al...
l the special moments. She has mastered the art of documenting emotion and of taking amazing candid photos as well as structured ones. You won't regret hiring Heidi for your special day!
I was so excited when I came across Heidi while searching for a wedding photographer. I loved the authentic, candid style of her photos. So many wedding photos feel a bit too posed...
for our taste, we wanted something that felt more true to ourselves and Heidi was just perfect!
She was friendly, patient and professional in the 50+ emails I must have sent her leading up to the big day.
Heidi had a relaxed happy energy that made my husband and I much more comfortable in front of the camera, which we usually aren't. She did a great job of catching all the little details and happy candid photos I got excited about seeing while planning our own wedding, and am just thrilled with how beautifully she captured the day!
On the wedding day, she arrived early and was very flexible with our crunched timeline. She was even kind enough to stay a little late to catch sparkler photos. She also politely checked in with me throughout the evening to see when we planned to do certain things so she could be in the right place, which also reminded me what to do next. This was extremely helpful as I didn't have a wedding coordinator and kept forgetting to mind the timeline we had put together in advance.
After the event she worked extremely quickly and had our finished photos ready in about two weeks! I look forward to revisiting these photos over the years to help us refresh our memories of that day! I wholeheartedly recommend Heidi!
Hiring Heidi to be the photographer for our wedding this summer was the best decision we made- hands down.
Originally, when we were looking online, I was immediately drawn to th...
e candid style of her photography. I felt like her photographs captured the real moments of the day rather than a bunch of posed shots.
Then, when we actually sat down to talk to her, I knew she was the perfect fit for us. She was so friendly and down to earth. Other photographers were nice, but they seemed so entrenched in the pomp and circumstance of weddings and tried getting us to commit to pricier packages and albums that cost close to $800. Heidi wasn't like that at all. Her philosophy about weddings fit really well with ours. Her advertised price was her ACTUAL price (rather than $2100 for web-ready photos only plus an additional $900 for high definition plus another $900 for an album). She was upfront with us about the ridiculous prices people are charging for albums and said we could make a decision about that once the wedding was over.
At the wedding, she blended in so well, I barely noticed she was there. Our guests were gushing about how sweet she had been to all of them. Then, a couple weeks later, our photos arrived and they were perfect. Exactly what I had wanted them to be. I felt like even though our wedding day was about me and my husband, it was also about all the other people that were sharing that day with us. Heidi's photos captured all of it wonderfully. Instead of having a million pictures of posed shots of the two of us, we have a beautiful collection of the real moments that happen throughout the day. Not only all these beautiful moments between me and my husband, but also between all the people that were there that day.
I just finished creating our wedding album and I am sooo happy with how all of it turned out. Everyone I show it to is so impressed with what a great job Heidi did with the photography. And every time I look at the photos in that book it reminds me of what a great decision we made hiring Heidi as our photographer. She is fantastic.
Heidi is not only extremely laid back and easy to work with, her ability to capture the important moments throughout your wedding is flawless. Every stolen kiss, every personal mom...
ent I would have wanted photographed was. She is the master of candid shots, something that was very important to me. She captures the experience, not a bunch of predetermined shots (although we have some of those too!). Couldn't have been happier.
I met Heidi hree summers ago through a friend who was getting married in a big DIY wedding out in the country. My friend was going for vintage/handmade for everything. Over wine ...
one day, I asked how she would pick a photographer. She RAVED about Heidi's work and how she wanted an "organic" feel to the photos. She was adamant that she had to have Heidi. And the resulting photos showed why: they captured all the little touches of the day and intimate moments. The photos laid out the story of their wedding and their values. It was like flipping through a magazine of the day. A mutual friend was so impressed with Heidi that she booked her ASAP for her wedding the following summer. I was in that wedding, so got to know Heidi a little more.
We found that she was helpful, supportive, and quiet. She did not stress out the bride and perfectly caught the aura of the day--fun, lighthearted, not too serious about the formalities. One thing I noted then was that Heidi was out of the way and not calling attention to the camera. The photos from that wedding were AMAZING. So of course, when the time came, I had to have Heidi!
But there was the defensive-penny-pinching-fiance to content with...He grilled Heidi on her pricing, ownership and use of the photos, and the details of her contract. Heidi dealt with him like a pro she is, totally disarmed him with her honesty and candor, and we left with a contract in hand. He's been raving about her ever since. :-) Heidi was willing to work with us on a few terms of the contract (such as how photos could be used by her or by us) and we loved that we would receive high quality digital files as part of the package. Having the files in our possession and limiting their distribution was extremely important to us and Heidi totally understood.
Heidi was incredibly easy to work with throughout the wedding process. With a large family with varying levels of friendliness, she coaxed a portrait plan from me and came up with great follow up questions and suggestions. She helped me be excited about the possibilities with terrific questions, but no stress.
The wedding day, Heidi was present, but not obtrusive. I LOVED how she let moments unfold instead of staging them. She's like a ninja in her ability to sneak up on a moment. As a result, everyone focused on the wedding ceremony, not on the photographer doing backflips in aisle. The photographs reflected both stunning formal photographs and tons of candid, intimate scenes. Each photograph begs a story, brings back memories, and makes me smile.
Heidi truly provides an amazing talent for capturing your wedding. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
It was great working with Heidi, both for our engagement photos and wedding photos. We were a little nervous to take engagement photos since you aren't really doing anything (like ...
you are on the wedding day). However, Heidi made it a very comfortable experience. She guided us in what to do, but not to the point that we looked staged. The best thing about our photos was that they looked natural.
On our wedding day, Heidi took photographs from many different perspectives; yet, I do not remember seeing her a bunch. She was able to sneak in and out of places and get some really amazing shots. What I love about Heidi's photos is that they do not have too much photoshop work. This makes the people really stand out, in their true beauty. I am very happy with the results!
One of my favorite things from the wedding is the slideshow that Heidi made for us which has two songs from our wedding (the one that I walked down the aisle to and our first dance song).
I will be able to keep this video forever! It's also an easy way to share a bunch of photos with friends and family.
Also, Heidi's personalized memory stick is awesome!
There are not enough wonderful things to be said about Heidi Hoffman Photography! Heidi was the first photographer my now-husband and I met with--just two weeks after we got engag...
ed--and after meeting with her, we knew we need not bother meeting with anyone else. Heidi is so laid-back and easy-going--a stressed bride's dream--while still being professional and responsive. Her photojournalistic style was perfect for our tastes, since we both hate the over-styled, over-Photoshopped "look" popular with so many wedding photographers these days. Heidi doesn't need all that fluff, because she has an eye for how to make things look amazing, naturally.
Working with her leading up to the wedding was a breeze, and on our wedding day, we didn't even notice her there--but she was everywhere, all at once, and boy did we get a lot of great pictures! Plus, Heidi's packages are very competitively priced, and are an amazing value for all the great pictures you get.
After our wedding, we also did a "newlywed" shoot with her in late fall, which generated even more simply ah-mazing photos. We are looking forward to continuing to work with Heidi in the years to come, and cannot recommend her enough!
When looking for photographers, we were overwhelmed by the options. We interviewed 6 in the same price range. As soon as we left the meeting with Heidi, we knew that she was the ...
one we wanted to work with. Knowing that our photographer would be with us all day, it was important that it was someone that we wanted to hang out with. Heidi had the most relaxed, professional attitude. Luckily, our first impressions were spot on!
Heidi worked with us ahead of time to make sure that she understood clearly what we wanted out of our wedding photography; also making sure that she was aware of which posed shots we wanted, and if there were any sticky family situations that she needed to navigate.
We got married in a Hood River, with lots of great scenery, but I also really wanted some photos with more of an industrial feel, so we stopped at an old warehouse location on the way to the venue.
We chose to do our posed photos before the ceremony. Heidi did an excellent job of making that process go smoothly, kindly prompting for the different groups. We were done with all of the group shots in 15-20 minutes.
When we got our photos back, we were incredibly pleased. We got just under 600 photos from 8 hours of shooting. She gave us a disc with all photos in online format and print-ready format.
We love our photos! It was amazing to see the day from a different perspective. We were regularly shocked, saying "She was there for that?" and "I never even saw her". She was great at being unobtrusive while working, still getting great close-up candid shots. Some of my favorite shots are of the toasts, as she did a great job of capturing a time-lapse of the speaker and our reactions throughout. I would argue that our dancing photos (the whole group dancing to the band) are some of the best that I've seen. No weird washed-out flash.
I can't recommend Heidi highly enough. I have already suggested that two friends use her for their upcoming weddings. She is lovely to be around and takes damn good photos.
I was immediately interested in Heidi's photography when I looked through her pamphlet a wedding show before I was even engaged. I was drawn to the movement and emotion that was ev...
ident in each her photos. There was also a simple and realistic beauty that was so unique to each image and I fell in love with her style.
We chose her to photograph our wedding and we were so pleased with the outcome. We were both so impressed with her creativity with the scenery given and loved seeing pictures of our guests completely candid. We felt as though we were spying because we had completely missed some of those moments in person, but thankfully to Heidi, we were able to be a part of them. She captured beautiful photos of not just the wedding, but the story involved in our wedding. Not only was she great with the camera, but absolutely wonderful with working with our friends and family. My whole wedding party had so many compliments about how wonderful, sweet, easy going, and flexible she was. She was even able to make a very awkward family moment almost disappear during our family photo time. We were so thankful for her. This photographer really knows what she is doing!
If you're thinking about having Heidi photograph your wedding, stop thinking and just do it. You will not be disappointed. She's just incredible.
Her photos are amazing. She was...
never in the way, but was able to capture every special and candid moment. Getting her pictures were like reliving the day all over again, which was exactly what I had hoped for.
Plus, Heidi is an awesome person. She has such a kind, calm, and fun presence, she helped put everyone at ease.
Best of all, Heidi really seems to enjoy what she does. She noticed, and photographed, all the little details and touches of the wedding. She got every picture I had hoped for (and so many more), without me ever having to ask or think about it.
I would recommend Heidi without any hesitation to photograph your special event. I'm so glad I found her for mine.
When we were looking for a wedding photographer, we needed someone who could capture the glances, the moments alone, the spontaneous smiles, and the best images our wedding could o...
ffer. Heidi delivered beyond our best hopes. She has an amazing knack for capturing the shots you cannot stage but really show the emotions, the beauty, and the love of the occasion and everyone involved.
Professional and pleasant, Heidi exceeds expectations and produces images that we will never tire of seeing. What a great pleasure it has been to have her document the best moments of our best day!
Heidi is fantastic in every way! I highly recommend her not only for her beautiful photos but for her lovely self. We liked Heidi immediately and felt very comfortable with her. Sh...
e is very personable but also very professional. We especially liked her journalistic approach. Not only is her photography beautiful, but she captures genuine emotions and moments. This was especially important since neither my husband nor I are particularly fond of having our picture taken and we did not want a lot of posed pictures. We wanted someone who was low key, friendly, unobtrusive and documented the experience of our wedding. And in Heidi we got exactly that; we are absolutely thrilled with the results! The day of the wedding she seemed to be everywhere at once, and yet so stealth, many people didn't even realize we had a photographer! And she was such a lovely, calm and fun presence during the few posed photographs we did take; she put us completely at ease. Heidi captured our wedding day perfectly: the mood, the emotions, the beauty, the love, the friendship: all so beautifully! Her photos tell the story of our wedding day with all the joy, tears, and laughter that we experienced that day. We absolutely made the right decision in hiring her.
Heidi was an amazing photographer to work with at our wedding! She was laid back, funny, and friendly with the bridal party and other guests, making everyone feel comfortable. The ...
pictures she took were absolutely beautiful! She captured our special day in a way that no one else could have. We look at the pictures constantly to relive our wedding day. We could not have asked for better photographs or a better photographer!
Heidi photographed my sister-in-laws wedding in Sept 2011 and did an absolutely amazing job. My husband and I were engaged at that time and inquired about Heidi’s services for our ...
engagement photos as well as our wedding day. Unfortunately, she was only available to take our engagement photos since she already had a prior event that was already booked on our actual wedding day. During our engagement photos, she made my husband and I feel so comfortable and at ease. It’s not every day that you meet a photographer that goes out of her way to truly find out the story behind the love that you and your partner share and where it came from. We had a 2-4 hour session in beautiful Silverton and she took unbelievable pictures that we used on our wedding day. And, to top it all off, she got our photos back to us within a couple days of the session. She was extremely friendly, efficient and definitely a professional in her field. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a phenomenal photographer!
We chose Heidi from a shortlist of photographers whose work we liked, but when it came time to meet in person, she was easily the most accessible, and the most relaxed, and came wi...
th the least schtick and sales pitch. All of our questions got natural, precise answers.
So Heidi it was.
Day-of, she really was perfect, because in all the flurry of getting ready, she was present and active without being noticeable, and interjected much-appreciated "lets get some more pictures of that" and everything would stop, everyone could breath, and we all got to relax for a few seconds.
The pictures are everything they wanted, which was a simple "No kitsch." They're perfect in every way, and exceptionally well-edited. Very journalistic, very much about the story of coming together, and elegant without being blunt.
Not that we'll ever need a wedding photographer, but Heidi would absolutely be out pick. We wanted a photographer, and we got a new friend.
I used Heidi for my New Year's Eve wedding in Milwaukee, WI, and was nothing but impressed. There are things you wouldn't think about with a photographer, like when a photographer ...
wears heels and you can hear them clomp around. With Heidi, she was like a ninja! She was very unobtrusive, people didn't notice her getting amazing shots, which I really appreciated. She was very flexible with working with me to get the shots I really wanted. Her timing to get the images back to me was very impressive. I've had friends with photographer horror stories, and photography is not a place to try an save some money. Overall, Heidi was professional, on time, and caught the most magical pictures. She's amazing!
Heidi was great! She was prompt, helpful with ideas, and always a really positive attitude. Her easy going personality gelled really well for us; we were both entirely comfortabl...
e having Heidi be such an intimate part of our wedding. The photos were ready for us very promptly, our families and us were sooo happy with the photos that were taken (they came out fabulously).
I would really encourage people to at least meet with Heidi if you are looking for a wonderful photographer with a great eye for an artistic photo.
Heidi was professional and easy to work with. She blended into the crowd to get the intimate, candid pictures that we wanted. She was even willing to go down a boat on the river to...
get pictures for us! We feel incredibly lucky to have gotten to work with her.
Weddings can be wonderfully extravagant, but let's face it - only the ring, the spouse and the photos will still be around 5, 10, 15+ years after the event (if you're lucky).
If...
you choose Heidi Hoffman, you can scratch photographs off that list and focus on the other two, because she is a rare combination of skill and professionalism with a personable touch that made it an absolute pleasure to work with her.
Leading up to the wedding, Heidi was great to work with and always flexible with our every-changing hectic schedule.
On the day of the event, she was everywhere at once - but so unobtrusive that I had so many guests wonder if I had even hired a photographer. Her group and family photos were quick and efficient - and spectacular. It took her several seconds to take shots that I've seen other photographers take over and over and over...
Heidi's photo-journalistic style of taking wedding pictures meant that every moment of joy, excitement and happiness was captured in a beautiful candid fashion that means my wife and I can relive our great day time and again.
My wife and I were so pleased with Heidi's work that we would recommend her services as a photographer to anyone. Hands down, she was the best vendor at our wedding and the greatest value.
Heidi photographed our wedding in September and we had a wonderful experience. Selecting a photographer can be very stressful for such a special day but Heidi had a very genuine ...
quality that made us feel comfortable and at ease. Heidi is very intuitive in her shots and has the natural ability to capture the most important moments. She is a true talent and we were happy to have her.
My partner and I loved Heidi and Joe. They were both very accomodating and made us feel comfortable through out the whole day. The turn around time after the wedding from when we r...
eceived the picture files was super fast too.
My husband hated posing for pictures, and I was impressed by Heidi's background in photojournalism. We didn't feel like we were being posed, just acted natural, and couldn't be hap...
pier with the moments that she caught of our special day. Everyone that has seen our pictures has been impressed. Not only is she talented, but she's a wonderfully warm person as well! I have definitely been recommending her to everyone that I know is getting married. You won't regret working with her.
Heidi photographed my husband and me for our one-year anniversary while we were on vacation in Portland. We decided to do this in lieu of engagement pictures, and I am so glad we d...
id so!
My husband and I both get a bit awkward in front of the camera, but Heidi put us both totally at ease! It felt like we were just hanging out with a friend.
Heidi totally captured our silly spirit while still maintaining the beauty of the pictures!
I would recommend Heidi to anyone who really wants those little moments documented. She's amazing!
I cannot sing Heidi's praises loud enough! She is not only a talented photographer, but she is also a splendid person. Her professionalism is superb...her communication is friendly...
and punctual...her pictures are flawless...and she makes you feel comfortable and at ease. Choose Heidi Hoffman Photography for your special day!
Heidi Hoffman was a fantastic photographer to work with because she was easy to work with and also provided great ideas for shots. She is very responsive and will call/email/text t...
o follow up on things that you are wondering about. The products that she provides are personalized and professional (for example, I was very surprised to find in our DVD package that Heidi had included a personalized note that summarized her experience with us and information about other services that she provides). Finally on the photography, we're just a normal looking couple and she made us look amazing, which I think is a good litmus test to know that you have a good photographer!
My wife and I hired Heidi to photograph our wedding weekend one month ago. We were drawn to her energetic, candid and easy going personality from the first time we met with her to ...
discuss our wedding plans. It was clear to us, both in talknig and in looking at her work, that she tells relevant, moving stories through her images, and that idea of really stuck with us as we selected our photographer. We received our photos about two weeks ago, quite quickly I might add, and her work did not disappoint - it was exactly what we were looking for to preserve from our wedding that not only show us what happened, but tell a real story of our event and our love. Heidi was professional, timely, organized and very, very easy to work with even in the heat of the wedding itself. She has a knack of making people feel comfortable who are not normally comfortable in front of a camera (my Dad!) and we will definitely use her services again in the future. Very, very highly recommended. Thanks Heidi!
We got our photos back in record time and they were amazing! Heidi was fantastic to work with, extremely personable and professional. We could not believe all the photos she got-sh...
e was everywhere all at once! Looking back over the pictures was like reliving our wonderful day. She is fabulous! Also, her love story interview is one of a kind. It's so sweet to listen to. We cannot say enough wonderful things about her.
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