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Welcome to the HLPHOTO Blog! I'm Heather Gillelan, and I am a wedding photographer based in Powhatan, Virginia. I hope you grab some coffee (or an energy drink!) and enjoy checking out my latest work, and getting a little peek into the organized chaos that is my life!

Welcome to the HLPHOTO Blog! I'm Heather Gillelan, and I am a wedding photographer based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I hope you grab some coffee (or an energy drink!) and enjoy checking out my latest work, and getting a little peek into the organized chaos that is my life!

Catherine + Matt’s wedding was truly one for the books. They got married on their friend’s land, surrounded by family, friends, & fields with the perfect gorgeous fall foliage as a background. It was beautiful from beginning to end, for the most deserving (& gorgeous!) couple. The forecast called for partly cloudy, but as a […]

I have been looking forward to Katheryn + Matt’s wedding since I first met them for their engagement session in the mountains, and I just KNEW it was going to be the most gorgeous laid back day. These two just radiate happiness around each other and it is so amazing to witness. Going into their […]

Years ago, I met Brandon & we became fast friends. It was the kind of friendship that I hope everyone experiences in their life time.. just effortless, with countless fun times, as well as just being there for each other through the good and the bad. He’s the brother I never had, and no matter […]

From the moment I met Jessica at Starbucks to chat about her wedding plans, I knew what she was envisioning for her big day was going to be absolutely magical. Jessica + Tyler rented a tent, some tables, a dance floor + began their married lives together in Tyler’s favorite place: his parent’s land in […]