John Heil Blog » random_photos http://www.johnheilblog.com Photography Blog Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:06:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011 http://www.johnheilblog.com/goodbye-2010-hello-2011/ http://www.johnheilblog.com/goodbye-2010-hello-2011/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:03:15 +0000 John Heil http://www.johnheilblog.com/?p=5470 Here we are on the final day of 2010…. sitting on the cusp of a whole new year of adventures!
I sit here, digging back at all the closed chapters that mark each month of 2010 for me.  This is where I wish I had the memory capacity beyond that of a gold fish. But alas, this year has brought me MANY great memories and experiences that I will cherish for years to come. It’s been a great year for me, and for that I’m very appreciative.
Let’s see….I photographed 18 beautiful weddings, a ton of fun portraits and engagement sessions, a few killer commericial shoots, travelled to so many fabulous places like France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Mexico, NYC, Seattle as well as a bunch of gems within my own country, made some amazing new friends, experienced the incredible thrill of living in Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics, Ziplined across downtown Vancouver!, attended some awesome concerts like Lady Gagas first ever show at Madison Square Gardens (seen her again 2 months later on my home territory), also had the pleasure of seeing some of my favorites like City & Color, Tegan & Sarah, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Kathy Griffin, I got 5 new tattoos 2 of them in other countries, I flew in a helicopter for the first time ever, had my first NOH8 portrait taken, attended my first Bootcamp (which kicked my ass), bought my first wedding dress (LOL), had the most amazing halloween costume I’ve EVER had, AND watched my best friend get married to the love of her life in a beautiful Caribean wedding…..oh, and I celebrated 9 years with my love, Kristiopher.
yep, I think I have a lot to be thankful for in 2010. :)
What will 2011 bring? Who knows! But I know it will mark 10 years with the love of my life and I’m certain it will be full of amazing opportunities and adventures.
And with that, I wish all my friends, family, clients and each of you reading this, a happy, amazing, propserous, healthy, rewarding & satisfying 2011!
I’ll leave you with my year in photos….a big mix bag of random favorites from the thousands and thousands of frames that came out of my cameras this year.
All the best!

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Hope everyone’s holiday season is off to a wonderful start!

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]]> http://www.johnheilblog.com/pumpkin-patch-time/feed/ 1 Homeward Bound http://www.johnheilblog.com/homeward-bound/ http://www.johnheilblog.com/homeward-bound/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:39:36 +0000 John Heil http://www.johnheilblog.com/?p=1593 Well, I’m sitting at the Newark airport waiting to check in and fly home.
It’s been a whirlwind of a trip. I’m feeling kind of emotional thinking about how lucky I am to have done all I have in the last 9 days. And to be heading home to an amazing husband, dog, great friends, and some lots of fantastic work ahead of me. This whole year has been amazing and as my wedding season starts to wind down, I feel so incredibly grateful for all that has come my way.
Life is being really good to me right now and all I can do is smile and get a bit teary. I had such an amazing time over the last 9 days. Seeing my friends in Halifax, shooting such a special wedding, then spending 5 days with Dana NYC….it’s made me feel more appreciative of my life and I wasn’t expecting that. I really love Dana to bits and am so glad we got to do this together. It was all her doing (the NY part) and I’m SO glad she suggested I meet her here. It’s been an amazing time, with an amazing person and I couldn’t have asked for more. Thank you! xoxo

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]]> http://www.johnheilblog.com/homeward-bound/feed/ 0 Halifax and NYC bound! Hit me up! http://www.johnheilblog.com/halifax-and-nyc-bound-hit-me-up/ http://www.johnheilblog.com/halifax-and-nyc-bound-hit-me-up/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:57:05 +0000 John Heil http://www.johnheilblog.com/?p=996 I’m off to Halifax tomorrow to shoot a wedding in Mahone Bay on the beautiful east coast! It’s my first time to Canada’s east coast and I seriously can’t wait to shoot there. I’m so stoked to do up some killer portraits out in that beautiful land of Nova Scotia! :)

I’ll be in Halifax for 5 days and then I’m off to NYC for 5 days of fun with my good friend Dana. I’m SO SO SO stoked to go back to NYC. It’s been 4 years since I was there with Kristopher and I’ve reeeeeeeeeally been missing it. I freaking love that city so much!!! I’ll be coming back with likely a few hundred gigs of photots once the 10 days is up. Yikes!!

So, that said, if anyone in either place wants to hook up for a little photog session or just for a beer, coffee, chat, drop me a line! Would love to meet some new peeps on the east side!

I’ll leave ya’ with some shots from my last NYC trip…..finally I’ll be there with a proper camera this time!






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]]> http://www.johnheilblog.com/quincys-twitter-page/feed/ 0 West End Wonderland @ Night http://www.johnheilblog.com/west-end-wonderland-night/ http://www.johnheilblog.com/west-end-wonderland-night/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:42:00 +0000 John Heil http://www.johnheilblog.com/west-end-wonderland-night/ Here’s the rest of my shots from tonights little jaunt around the west end. :) At least being stuck in Vancouver allowed me a chance to get out and get some wintery shots like I’ve been craving to do all week!
The snow is soooooooo spectacular! The glow of the christmas lights on the the white puffy snow is just so mesmerizing. I love you winter.  But try to not to get too cold, k?
Amazingly, no flash in any of these….just street light and the amazing 24mm 1.4 lens by Canon.

This is a bizarre little reindeer-woman thing that is in the window at Cookies by George. Everytime I walk by it I have to laugh as it’s just so strange. lol
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I love ‘em.
One of the things I enjoy about weddings and events is capturing the little things like the decorations, table settings, ornaments, paperware and one of my favorites – jewelery. I love shooting jewelery because it’s so fun to be creative with, and well ring shots just look uber cool! So cool in fact, that there’s actually a website/blog now dedicated to nothing but awesome ring shots. Be sure to check out Rocktographers to see some of the most awesome ring shots around. New shots by the members of Modern Photographers are posted everyday so be sure to check it out! We can thank Mark Eric and awesome folks behind Trash The Dress for these rad new sites!
Here’s some of my shots that were posted today:

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I love that I get to see this from my patio…….this city rocks. :)

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