heidi van woerkom photography

2011-08-10T23:13:00.000-07:00

Girls' Camp...this is what has been occupying most of my time this year...such a beautiful place!

let it snow

2011-01-11T21:00:00.001-08:00

driving through the middle of Oregon in a snowstorm (pretty but not fun)

the total package

2010-11-15T18:57:00.001-08:00

I had a great time doing some pictures for one of Ryan’s friends. This young lady has it all--she's beautiful, she's smart and she's talented. Then add to that how sweet and delightful she is, and she's the total package!

just playing around in photoshop

2010-11-12T22:28:00.001-08:00

a lovely walk

2010-11-10T22:16:00.001-08:00

the sweetest little lamb

2010-11-06T16:15:00.001-07:00

sunrise series, cont’d…

2010-11-04T22:08:00.001-07:00

(yes, it REALLY was this fiery orange!)

sunrise, part 3

2010-10-02T12:13:00.001-07:00

the morning breaks…

2010-09-21T21:24:00.001-07:00

sunrise

2010-09-13T20:49:00.001-07:00

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” ~~Psalm 5:3

outtakes

2010-08-31T21:00:00.001-07:00

The silly pictures are always a favorite!

blue eyes

2010-08-05T15:27:00.001-07:00

beauty found in an unlikely place

2010-07-16T09:36:00.001-07:00

This was taken behind a truck stop/gas station in Northeastern Washington.

another favorite…

2010-06-12T13:10:00.001-07:00

senior sneak peek

2010-06-11T21:46:00.001-07:00

one of my favorite places…

2010-05-10T11:26:00.001-07:00

oh, baby

2010-05-03T21:34:00.001-07:00

such a sweet family

2010-04-17T18:41:00.001-07:00

It’s hard to tell who’s cuter--big sister or new baby brother! They were both angelic and so delightful to photograph. More photos of this cute little guy coming soon!

more baby love

2010-03-28T22:44:00.000-07:00

My only advice for parents of sweet, sleeping newborn baby boys...enjoy it while it lasts, because someday they'll be big and loud and never this peaceful again. This little guy was so precious, he just slept right through all the jostling and picture-taking.

prom time

2010-03-26T22:57:00.000-07:00

I love that the girls were not afraid to kick their shoes off and get some air! (and then there's my goofy son who chose to go down instead of up) :)

hmmm...

2010-03-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

...maybe this one is my favorite!

sweet baby girl

2010-03-22T20:42:00.000-07:00

I think this turned out to be one of my favorites from my recent newborn shoot. This delicate little girl is so loved and protected in her parents' hands.

my motto (and the excuse for my messy desk)...

2010-03-09T16:11:00.000-08:00

why are there so many…

2010-02-28T21:58:00.001-08:00

songs about rainbows? And what’s on the other side? (picture Kermit singing “The Rainbow Connection”) :)

spring on my windowsill

2010-02-10T15:27:00.000-08:00

sweet and sassy

2010-01-26T14:17:00.001-08:00

Hannah with her new haircut

fall on the columbia river

2009-11-29T22:20:00.001-08:00

they're engaged!

2009-11-20T20:02:00.000-08:00

Hooray for these adorable "kids" who've been together since high school--my most favorite couple to photograph! :)

family fun

2009-11-02T21:42:00.001-08:00

Guess who was running the show at this photo shoot??? :)

another amazing sunset...

2009-10-15T09:49:00.000-07:00

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

~~Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet and author)

fleet week san francisco

2009-10-12T10:56:00.001-07:00

baby ballerina

2009-09-28T13:43:00.001-07:00

senior picture time

2009-09-19T22:24:00.000-07:00

I've known this handsome guy since he was born--which clearly makes me really old! But it's been fun watching him, along with his two older brothers, grow up to become amazing young men.

my baby girl...

2009-09-14T17:47:00.000-07:00

...is not a baby anymore.

friday night lights

2009-09-13T21:16:00.001-07:00

And I thought last week's sunset was nice. This week was amazing! (click on the picture to make it larger, it's worth it!)

it's that time of year again...

2009-09-04T21:55:00.001-07:00

back to school

2009-08-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

how i spent my summer vacation

2009-08-13T22:17:00.000-07:00

just hangin' around

we’re jumping into summer

2009-06-13T23:20:00.001-07:00

(you have to click on the picture so you can see their expressions up closer, hilarious!)

weather alert

2009-06-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

Lightning is almost as hard to photograph as a rambunctious toddler. We had quite a light show tonight, not something that happens around here very often and certainly not in June, so I was pretty excited to capture a small bolt before the thunderstorm was over. (click on the picture to view it larger)

"two" adorable...

2009-05-18T08:36:00.000-07:00

another beautiful senior girl

2009-05-05T08:46:00.000-07:00

graduation is coming

2009-04-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

Isn't she beautiful? And check out those stunning eyes! It's that time of year again--spring is a great time to get some last-minute senior portraits. It's amazing how much kids change from the beginning of the school year to the end so it's a good time to capture them just the way they are when they graduate.

"walter"

2009-03-31T22:10:00.001-07:00

Meet "Walter", an 800-year-old old-growth Coast Redwood tree at Alliance Redwoods Camp. He's a beauty, isn't he?

popcorn popping

2009-03-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

spring is still a week away, but I'm ready right now--enjoy the blossoming trees in our neighborhood...

mannequin moves

2009-03-13T12:09:00.000-07:00

The 3rd grade art project slideshow is finished (see below for details)...

3rd grade art project

2009-03-06T16:17:00.001-08:00

This is a fun project I'm working on as the art docent for Spencer's 3rd grade class. Today we did figure drawing of bodies in motion (each of the kids in the class took a turn modeling), so now I'll take all of the pictures and turn them into a digital "flip book". Here's a quick preview of Spencer's drawings of his classmates. The final video will have 16 pictures drawn by 16 different kids. Cool!

sixth picture in the sixth folder

2009-02-27T13:44:00.000-08:00

I saw this on a friend's blog: find the sixth picture in the sixth folder of your "My Pictures" file and put it on your blog. This is my youngest on the carousel at Disneyland, taken a couple of years ago. Don't worry, the motion blur is on purpose--I shot this for an assignment for a photography class I was taking. Here are a few more from that same trip, it's pretty easy to find lots of motion at Disneyland...

rainbow

2009-02-23T20:48:00.001-08:00

"We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter." ~~Mark Twain

happy valentine's day

2009-02-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

to be young and in love...

2009-02-04T22:22:00.001-08:00

the best family

2009-01-25T19:16:00.000-08:00

It's about time I got back to editing some pictures. Fortunately, these are the most wonderful friends who are very patient!

my tough kids

2008-12-02T15:53:00.000-08:00

My children are not exactly "tough", but they were trying really hard to look the part...

fall in Sacramento

2008-11-27T11:28:00.001-08:00

sleep in heavenly peace

2008-11-26T10:46:00.000-08:00

Wouldn't it be great to just sleep this peacefully while the world goes by around you? This little one was absolutely precious--she was so good during the entire photo shoot, whether she was asleep or awake. And I love the hair!

my baby fix

2008-11-24T22:17:00.000-08:00

I love taking pictures of newborns! You can see why...

sneak peek

2008-11-22T22:08:00.000-08:00

A few from a recent session of the most adorable children...

football highlights half-season slideshow

2008-10-21T08:27:00.000-07:00

27 days

2008-09-29T09:57:00.001-07:00

This is one of the pictures from my "autobiographical photography" class. The assignment is to take a self-portrait every day for 27 days. I'm including each of my children in some way in the pictures, so this is my way of including Holly, who's away at college (and a good way to avoid having my face in the picture, as well!).

football season

2008-09-08T11:03:00.000-07:00

state fair fun

2008-08-31T23:53:00.001-07:00

wordless wednesday

2008-08-13T20:15:00.000-07:00

big basin redwoods

2008-08-04T11:40:00.000-07:00

young love

2008-07-27T23:40:00.000-07:00

This is my "baby" brother (18 years younger than me to be exact) and his cute wife on the grounds of the Portland Temple after their sealing ceremony.
And this is my daughter and her fiance cracking themselves up during our engagement photo session.

wordless wednesday

2008-07-23T12:57:00.000-07:00

wordless wednesday . . . fort point

2008-07-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

last day of photo fun

2008-07-01T12:54:00.001-07:00

Our last photo class was today so we finished up with some of the "tricky pics" we weren't able to do last week because of the smoky air. The kids were cracking up at themselves and came up with the captions...

meet our future photographers...

2008-06-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

We had a fun class today--we set up a little studio with my backdrop and put my "big" camera on the tripod, with the kids each taking a turn as the photographer and the model. It was so cute watching them give directions to their "model" about how to pose. (click to make each picture larger)

I think they were all much more cooperative for me because now they know that getting someone to pose just the right way isn't as easy as it looks. :)

more photo fun

2008-06-25T16:38:00.000-07:00

I don't know who's having more fun, me or the kids! This is a great excuse to get to play around in Photoshop while, at the same time, hopefully teaching them how to use a few of the tools.

Because of the smoky air, we stayed inside today so we didn't get to do all of the picture-taking projects we had planned, but we did try a few fun things...

And this picture is definitely my favorite! I've seen these clone pictures before and wanted to try one with the boys. They had fun figuring out different poses they could do and were anxious to see the final result. Here it is--a house full of busy boys!

wordless wednesday

2008-06-25T06:00:00.000-07:00

summer photography fun

2008-06-23T15:03:00.001-07:00

A friend and I are taking turns teaching some "summer camp" classes for our kids--instead of paying to send them to an expensive class somewhere, we're swapping kids and teaching the things we're good at. She's doing cooking classes for the boys and I'm teaching them some photography. They'll also do a "Lego Camp" at our house with Ryan, our resident Lego expert. So, here's our first photography assignment from today--a scavenger hunt. Hannah joined us on the outing and I think we got some great pictures. Move over, Ansel Adams...
(you can click on each picture to make it larger)

and baby makes four

2008-06-06T23:30:00.000-07:00

Emma (from this previous post) has a new baby sister...meet Abby, isn't she a bundle of cuteness?

memorial day 2008

2008-06-01T23:04:00.001-07:00

let's hear it for the boys

2008-05-24T21:58:00.000-07:00

I've had a weekend of senior sessions--it's been a blast! Usually, boys (or maybe it's just my boys) are not too thrilled to have their picture taken, but these guys were pretty relaxed. Thanks for making my job easy!

Patrick & Kristin

2008-05-09T09:41:00.001-07:00

What a cute couple! And I didn't even have to bribe them with candy to get them to cooperate. :)

mountain boy

2008-04-30T20:51:00.001-07:00

Does this look like the face of a boy who likes to be photographed? No, but he sure is cute, so it's hard to resist. Especially when he's wearing his little tassle hat.

poppies

2008-04-03T21:00:00.000-07:00

monkeys

2008-04-03T20:24:00.000-07:00

Just some quick snaps of our goofy kids "hanging" out at the park.

the cutest family

2008-03-29T21:36:00.001-07:00

This is a sneak peek from a recent session with the cutest family. Emma is an adorable and very independent one-year-old who had her own ideas about having pictures taken, but was bribed with "num-nums" just long enough to get her to sit on Mommy's lap for a minute or two.

love is a battlefield

2008-03-28T22:57:00.001-07:00

Who would have guessed that the lyrics to a song popular back in my college days would now adorn the walls of my daughter's college apartment? She meticulously cut out each letter and used "supposedly" removable glue to adhere them to the wall--we'll see about that when check-out time comes.

best of friends

2008-03-06T21:57:00.000-08:00

Just a quick snap with my handy point & shoot camera, but I love this picture of my two youngest "babies"--makes me smile to see them so sweet and cute with each other.

suburban sunrise

2008-01-28T21:37:00.000-08:00

One of the few good reasons to get up early in the morning....