2024 Mini Sessions!

No additional Purchase Necessary this year!
2-8 people including pets
15 minutes of shooting time
12 full resolution printable photo files (normally 30+ images to choose from)
Full resolution files of all additional photos when a print order of $50 or more is made.
1 week turnaround.
an online digital gallery with lots of products available to purchase.
Hand edited photos with “Family editing.” (Retouching can be purchased.)
Make holiday cards, books & gifts right from your digital gallery.

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Your Next Epic Event!

Hire me to capture the essence of your next event, from a photo booth to detailed event coverage including guest photography with custom watermarking. Revel in memories like the vibrant Brazilian-themed Carnaval party I recently covered, complete with a festive watermarked photo gallery. Book ahead for weekend events, as my schedule fills up fast!

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Fall Mini Sessions!!

Here they are! Here are 4 opportunities to work with me and capture your family in photos in 15 short minutes! **These sessions are perfect for families I have worked with in the past.** **They are great got folks with children who are easily warmed up to a photographer.** **They produce 15 or more beautifully …

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Sophia

Let’s plan out a senior session as amazing and unique are you are!! I had so much fun with this vivacious, creative sweet girl. For her session she had so many great ideas. She knew what she wanted, and she knew what she didn’t want. She was always open to trying new poses and had …

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Let’s Elope!

a couple elop

Are you ready this year to take that plunge into blissful matrimony with that special someone? Did you have a big wedding planned during covid and those plans were blown up? Is 2023 YOUR YEAR!? Big “5 Course” Weddings aren’t for everyone. Perhaps you don’t love the crowds.. Maybe your budget is lacking.. Maybe you’ve …

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A Night to Shine!

This year The Night to Shine Pittsburgh will be held on February 10 from 7 to 9pm. It will be a fully indoors event (unlike the drive though versions offered the last two years during covid): with live music and dancing as well as snacks and photos and a red carpet: all the fun things just like a prom experience. This event will again be hosted by Northway and held at the Sewickley Valley location. If you would love to attend this event: or know someone who would, or have a community of young adults who would love it You can register right here on this blog post! You can also sign up to help out at this fun event!

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Fresh Headshots

January is a great time to think about and plan out your marketing for the whole year! I personally do a ton of planning in January. I also like to make sure I have plenty of fresh marketing content photos: OF ME for my site and social media for the year. I offer basic headshots …

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PRICES 2023

Call me today at: (269)932-5277 If you have any questions about booking or my prices. When you hire me you will receive an allotted amount of private session time with me, a digital gallery that’s stays posted for 3+ months, beautifully edited images in color and black and white, social media sized downloadable files that …

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Capturing Memories

Let’s think about memory and milestone preservation for a moment. Did you know I am bookable for your child’s milestone or party? I do a session inside your home (or any venue you would like to book): To capture the memories for you and your family: and even the kiddo during one!

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Fall FOMO.

grandpa with his grandchildren on a beautiful lake at north park in pittsburgh pa

I’ve had a GLORIOUS fall photo season. So many fun seniors and families, I’m super blessed you guys. The weather has been PERFECT. The only day I had a few hiccups in that department was when I took my own senior son Ethan out to do his session. -It snowed… Not funny October… Fall is …

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Bridge Mini Sessions

sisters on the Pittsburgh bridge at dusk family session

THE 2022 details: $150 (due at time of choosing a slot) 15 Minute Session block. 1-7 guests. (pet’s included only with a designated pet handler present) 12 Beautifully Edited Images (in color and black and white) watermarked and delivered digitally within 10 days of shoot. One Full sized downloadable digital photo included w/ session fee. …

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Senior Mini Sessions

A brown boy leans for a head shot in the woods near Sewickley PA

It’s a “unconventional” way to do senior photography. SO why am I offering these? I wanted to take this blog to explain some key reasons for a mini-session for high school senior clients. I also wanted to give examples of my work from last year that was done during this type of session. The why: …

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Eli Style

Eden Christian Academy Senior photography by Heidi Iliff

I love showcasing a student’s favorite sport. You don’t need to wear your jerseys or be on your home field to pay homage to your passions with your senior session. During the planning parts prior to your session I will make sure you have all the “props” you need and even help you with planning …

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The Icebergs

Nathan dressed in his full practice gear for hockey practice with the icebergs

I do not see myself as a “sports” photographer. I have always however captured my kids on the fields and at their meets so that I have a lot of photo memories of them. I strongly believe that I want to have a photography record of my kids growing up and having their teams documented …

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Blue Bridges

I love it when senior’s want to try unique and new things! It is super fun for me to shoot at a location for the first time. Some may find this stressful, but I love it. It feels like a time where I can let my creativity have free range. I get excited when I …

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Contemplating Business.

How does your small business represent themselves through imagery online? How does your homepage show “you” and what you represent by your photos, hero image and graphics? This is something I personally have had a lot of time to think about because of the countless hours I have put into my business’s website. It is …

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Andrew

I find human faces, in all of there detail amazing and beautiful. I am not impartial to one shape size or color. The perfect uniqueness of each set of eyes I have the privilege to photograph puts me in awe of the creative God I believe in. One of my favorite sessions I had the …

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New Beginnings

I had the great honor, later during the summer of 2021, capturing some newborn moments with the same family: now a family of three! My newborn and milestone sessions are “on location” and normally take place within the client’s home. The only criteria I need for one of these kinds of session: is a room …

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(our story) Before.

mother and father to be embrace in the rain during maternity photo shoot

In June of 2021 I had the privilege and honor of doing my first ever Maternity Photography session. I have always stared in awe at the beauty of these kinds of photos when I look through the social media accounts of other photographers I follow. I find so beautiful: a woman “with child”. I myself …

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Love for the Month.

crisscrossed legs and an embrace in a north shore park in Pittsburgh PA couple session

I’m looking super forward to my “couple’s mini” sessions next month! Just think of what kind of art we can make together if we leave the kiddos at home! Wow. January 2022 came in with a bang for my family! I had all these plans… I don’t make resolutions, so I had nothing blown like …

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Snow DAY!

teen spins in now on snowy path photography session

Last January as it often does it dumped a glorious amount of snow on us on a Saturday. “The size of the flakes and how fast it was coming down was downright MAGICAL!” Heid Iliff I had two new little pieces of equipment that I had purchased for myself for Christmas that I was aching …

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S.S. Blog.

black and white studio image of teenage daughter

Hi everyone! It’s been an amazing busy, outdoor photo season for my business. I would like to thank everyone who has taken a chance with me this year! Let’s face it, I am a new Photography business. I know I have tried to give as many examples of my work as possible, but still I’m …

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