Detail shots are just as important to the story as faces. As photographers, we know a portrait session is usually to show the family or child’s faces. After all, that’s what a portrait is! But I think that a lot of the story or who that person is at the time isn’t in their face. […]

Sigma vs Canon 135mm lenses This week, the Sigma 135mm 1.8 ART lens shipped out to the people who pre-ordered it. Knowing the stellar reputation of the rest of the Sigma ART line, I did something I’ve never done before.. I pre-ordered it. I bought it with the intent to replace my Canon 135L which I love and use […]

Fairyography offers different types of albums for your family, fairytale, and dancer photo sessions. There are so many custom features and fun ways to make each album unique, it’s too long for the products page! So I thought I’d feature some here and tell you about each of them! Each album comes beautifully presented, wrapped in […]

Sigma 50mm Macro 2.8 The Sigma 50mm macro 2.8 is now discontinued, but it’s been such a standby for me over the years that I bought three different copies for five different cameras. I bought it for my Canon Rebel XT in 2005, I think because it was cheap and I had no idea what […]

Contact Heather at 706-338-4414 for pictures of your family in any of these places! As a professional family photographer in Athens GA, what I look for in a location for the best pictures is not only a pretty spot, but also the best light. I have a few spots that I think make the top 10 […]

It’s super hard to pick just 10, but for each photo I’ll write a little about why I picked it and what I love about it. These photos are in no particular order! They all were taken with the Canon 5Dmk3 and the Canon 135mm 2.0L this year. You’ll notice that all of these are […]

Peyton’s Nominator says “Hello, I would like to nominate Peyton for the fairy princess. Peyton is an extraordinary little girl who has a rare genetic condition called Williams syndrome. Because of this she has encountered developmental delays and also health issues. Actually, one of the physical traits of the syndrome is to look like a […]

Paizley’s Mother writes “Hi, I would like to nominate my daughter Paizley Ward. She was born November 7, 2013. I never knew anything was wrong. When I gave birth she coded 3 times. Being gone for 5 mins one time and had a cleft palate. Her lungs collapsed shortly after and they put her on […]

Bella’s mom writes “I have a little girl who is about to turn 8. We call her our Pixie because she is tiny and looks like an angel but has a great deal of spunk and mischief in her! She has a genetic disorder called HHT (Cure HHT is a great site if you want […]

Addison’s Mother writes “Addison was born at 23 weeks gestation. She was the baby that was never meant to make it. She came into the world a fighter with no skin and her eyelids fused together. She breathed on her on for two weeks before she had to be placed on the vent. She over […]