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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!

I’m honestly not even sure where to start with this wedding day ya’ll.. Jessica & Randy pulled off the most amazing coun try glam wedding, and I still can’t get over how perfect their day was. From the details, to her dress, to their love for one another.. It was just something straight out of […]

Melissa and Jamil tied the knot this past weekend, and their day could seriously not have been any more perfect. The weather was amazing, every single detail was well thought out, and the love between these two.. just believe me when I say that I found myself smiling the entire day just from being around […]

A wisteria couples session has been on my photography bucket list for years now, & thanks to Hailey + Corbin, it finally happened! I have been friends with these two for what feels like forever, was lucky enough to be included in photographing the actual proposal & I am SO excited to be participating in […]

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 […]