Heidi Lynne Photography
Child, Family, Maternity and High School Portraits by Heidi Lewis

www.heidilynnephotography.com

As a child, I remember rummaging through all of the bookshelves in my house to find books containing blank pages at the beginning and end.  The reason?  So I could tear them out.  There was something so appealing about that expanse of whiteness, whether it was from a romance novel or from How Things Work.  The appeal was having the ability to start something from scratch, knowing that I could take that piece of torn out paper and turn it into whatever I wanted with a pen, pencil, crayon or scissors.  It wasn't until fourth grade that my dad turned over his Pentax camera to me, and I began the long process of learning the intricacies of apertures and shutter speeds. And it was then that I realized that with that film camera, I was able to have the same freedom that I had with those blank sheets of book paper.  The possibilities were endless.  

High school brought about an interest in photojournalism and darkroom processing for me, and I eventually went on to win several awards for my photojournalism and creative writing magazine work. After moving on to Penn State, I pursued engineering and graduated with honors in Electrical Engineering, a field that satisfied my need for challenging and technical work.

In the summer of 2003, I finally did it.  I took the plunge and transformed my lifelong passion and love for photography into a thriving and successful portrait business. What I love the most about photographing children is being able to capture the energy, spirit and innocence of each child.  My goal is to capture, if only for a moment, the sheer and utter joy of childhood.  While my studio and on-location portrait business primarily focuses on infant and children's portraiture, I also photograph high school seniors and maternity.  I have also committed to a variety of commercial and fine art photography projects, which keep me on my toes both literally and figuratively!