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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 have known & been close with Brandon for about 11 years now, and he has always been like a best friend/brother to me. When Katelyn came into the picture a few years ago, I gladly relinquished my “best friend” title to her, because I just knew deep down that she was truly his other […]

Spring has sprung here in VA! I got to meet up with Catherine + Matt yesterday for their engagement portraits, and they absolutely ROCKED IT! It was definitely a bit chilly (good ol va weather!) but that didn’t stop us & I am so glad! Seriously though, CHECK OUT the flowering trees! These two are […]

Savannah + Kyle’s spring engagement session was at their wedding venue, Bookbinders, in downtown RVA. The courtyard was the perfect romantic backdrop, with the most gorgeous old brick arches! We then ventured across the street to take some portraits underneath the train tracks, and it did NOT disappoint! I met Savannah officially last year while […]