Welcome to my photography Blog. I created this blog to showcase some of my wedding and portrait photography and also to give you a glimpse into my personality. I will be posting photographs from recent weddings, portrait shoots and current photographic projects that I am working on. 

About me:  I have always had a huge appreciation and love of art ever since I was a child, which grew and elvolved through-out College where I studied and recieved my degree in Fine-Art Photography. 

I love chocolate, walking barefoot in the grass, the outdoors, hiking, moonlight, sunshine, sleeping in, hard rock, traveling, live music, hanging out with friends, playing with my daughter, tattoos,  sci-fi, cult/art films…..

I had the pleasure of photographing Jacob and his family a few weeks ago.  He was just about 3 months.  He is so adorable and was quite the trooper.  Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

Tips for a Green Wedding

In the spirit of the upcoming Green Expo I am vending at this Sunday February 14th, I would like to offer some tips for Greening up your wedding, whether you want to incorporate just an idea or two, or green-up your whole wedding, there are many resources out there. Weddings can be wasteful affairs, but they don’t have to be. Some basic quick tips you can incorporate would be purchase local products when available, in-season local organic food and flowers, recycled papers for paper products and eliminate long drives for guests.

For my own wedding, I used handmade tree-free paper in my DIY wedding invitations and printed my 1 page program on a tree-free mulberry paper. My centerpieces were potted flowers I got from Home Depot that I put in little galvanized steel buckets (from a craft store) to match the backyard “garden” theme, complete with DIY seed packet favors that doubled as place cards. I placed some large polished river rocks and tea lights around the plants to complete the look. The ceremony and reception was at one place to save on transportation. The web is a great resource to get lots of simple ideas to save money and the environment at the same time.

These are some of the general website resources I found on the web, and there are lots of other resources to find as well. Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any of the below websites, except Greener Photography.

Broke Ass Bride
Great Green Wedding
Green Bride Guide
Green Wedding Shoes
The Green Bride Guide
Sierra Club
Greener Photography

Photography
Since I am a photographer, we will start with photography. Finding a truly green photographer can be a difficult task. One resource to find a photographer would be Greener Photography. They provide engaged couples with a membership directory to search for a green photographer in your area. I am a member of this organization. I run my business and my personal life as green as possible. These are some of the things I do to make my business greener:

• I use recycled paper for my printed supplies
• I recycle any waste paper, and recycle/compost my personal waste as well.
• I use rechargeable NiMH batteries, which can be charged over 500 times each.
• I use a local professional lab for my prints and printed supplies.
• I use a water filter instead of bottled water
• I offer my clients a green package called the “Gaia Collection”. If you would like to learn more about this package and didn’t pickup a pricelist at the expo, I would be happy to email you more information info@heatherfullerphotography.com.

Paper products
Invitations/place cards/save the date/menu cards/programs/announcements/thank you cards can be made with recycled materials. With most people having smart phones and email an easy way to save paper and money is to opt for a paperless approach www.paperlesspost.com as an option for save the date notifications or even invitations. evite is also a good electronic option. I asked my wedding guests to reply to an email address to RSVP instead of including a reply card. I read on a blog that they created unique place cards made from colorful cereal boxes. This gives you the opportunity to really think outside the “box” and create something that is uniquely you.

I also offer custom designed save the date and thank you cards using the imagery from your engagement session, or wedding, printed on recycled paper.

The above reference links has lots of resources for paper, favors, centerpieces, attire, jewelry, and the honeymoon.

Happy Planning!

Go to www.ElegantlyGreenWeddingShowcase.com to register now and have a whole new wedding showcase experience!

This event is unprecedented – it is a must come event if you are planning a wedding in the near or distant future. Come spend a day chatting with green wedding vendors, chill/relax in the “Chillax lounge” and get valuable ideas planning the wedding of your dreams.

You are still welcome to use our promo code EGWSVENDOR to receive and additional $3 off.

I bought myself (& the business) a 105mm 2.8 macro.  I was experimenting while at the in-laws for the holidays.  I can’t wait to try this lens at my next wedding for ring shots and details.  When I am not doing wedding photography, I like to create personal artwork, which as a wedding and portrait photographer I don’t get to work on often.  Here are some of my results.

A big thanks goes out to all my fantabulous client over the last year.   I am so fortunate and honored to have been chosen to capture your wedding memories.

Here is a slideshow of some of my favorite images of 2009.  It was tough narrowing it down, so the show is 2 songs long.   Enjoy!

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The studio will be closed 12/20-12/27 for a much needed vacation spent with family enjoying the holidays.  I will still be answering emails and calls, so feel free to drop me a line.  Hopefully I will have some personal projects to post when I return.

I had the pleasure of photographing a newborn shoot (almost newborn, Nora is 6 weeks old) for past wedding clients from this spring.  It is so exciting to be able to see a couple grow from engagement, thru marriage, then extending their family.  Nora was so good during our shoot and she is just adorable.  Here are a couple of my favorites from the day.

A few weeks ago I got together with Jen & Shawn for their engagement session at the Leicester Reservoir.  That is the first time I had been there.  The fall colors were beautiful and we caught them just at the end of their peak.  The light turned absolutely gorgeous as we headed toward sunset.  “The Golden Hour”.  These are a few of my favorites from the session.  You may recognize them from Tara & Bill’s wedding that I posted recently.  Their wedding is next August.

Here are a couple of shots of my daughter on Halloween dressed in her princess costume playing outside just before trick or treating.  She then changed into a puppy outfit for going around the neighborhood.  I took a quick snapshot of the puppy costume and will post that a little later.

A little late on the Halloween post, but I am now all caught up on my editing and album designs now that the wedding season is almost over, 1 more for this year.  On Halloween we did a children’s portrait session at MOCO for their grand opening celebration.  There were so many cute Kiddos in their costumes, it almost make me want to have another little one.  Here are a few of my favorites.

Tara & Bill were married on October 10th at the Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, MA.  This is the second wedding I have done there, both couples are friends with each other.  You may remember Julie & Joel from a previous post.  The ceremony was held outdoors at the perfect time of day for lighting, although we lost light fast while photographing the formals afterwards.  I have a lot of favorites from the day, but here are a few.

This is Shawn & Jen, you will be seeing their engagement session very soon, and I will be photographing their wedding next year as Zukas.

I will be posting some more from the reception as I get them edited.