It has been brought to my attention that the link in my last post was broken, so I am updating one more time.

You can now find me, all portfolio photos and blog posts at www.kylehepp.com!

I moved!!!

My business is growing and I thought it was about time to overhaul the website.

The homepage is here.

If you’re looking for something specific:
My wedding photography and engagement portfolio is here.
My blog is here, and photo postings will be mixed with personal posting too. Don’t forget to move your RSS feed over to that blog as I will know longer be posting here!

I just loved this rainy wedding, it was beautiful!!!

It was down pouring so hard when I took this shot that my camera’s autofocus wouldn’t even work because it couldn’t “see” through the rain! CRAZY. More coming soon from Kristin and Pancho’s big day…

Happy 1 year anniversary, Amanda & Waffle!!!

This beautiful couple was the FIRST wedding that I ever photographed, last year on May 10th, 2008. I had never even been a second shooter at a wedding before. So I guess you could say that they basically launched my career for me.

I cannot tell you how incredibly nervous I was. But Amanda and Waffle were insanely nice and their families were welcoming. They made me feel incredibly comfortable, plus they were both relaxed, SO happy together, easy on the eyes, an absolute dream to shoot. Their big day on an hacienda up in the north of Chile, was truly magical.

Amanda and Waffle, you saw something in an unknown photographer with absolutely no wedding experience. Yet, you put yourselves in my hands with complete trust. I could never thank you enough for that. Because, in documenting your love, you gave me a path down which I could walk down confidently. I wanted to be a wedding photographer, and now I am, all because of you!

What the two of you have is so special. I hope that today you’re celebrating and enjoying each other, and just as much in love as you were the day I met you. Congratulations Amanda and Waffle!!!

I typically call these sessions Getting to Know You Sessions because A. Chileans don’t do engagement sessions and B. When I’m shooting the wedding of a couple, a Getting to Know You session is fundamental in helping me learn about their style and (duh!) get to know them before the big day so that we work well together on their wedding day.

But, I’m not shooting Allison and Ryan’s wedding up in the U.S., which is sad, because they have some AMAZING and very creative ideas for their party (read her blog about it here)

They’re actually astrologists, which is a really cool profession…

KIDDING. They’re astronomers, that’s why they live in La Serena. But all weekend in my head I kept calling them astrologists, and I think I actually said it out loud a few times too. Whoops!

To make a long story short, my weekend with them was absurdly fun. And aside from not being able to stop calling Ryan and Allison astrologists, I also couldn’t stop saying the word absurd. We had the whole afternoon dedicated to the shoot, and I didn’t fly out until the next morning so we got to hang out all night! We saw the sites of La Serena, had sushi, Allison made delicious chocolate chip cookies because she is an ABSURDLY good baker, we played with their ABSURDLY cute puppy Beau, we stayed up until 2 AM talking and I laughed so hard that my cheeks hurt by the time I went to bed and my abs hurt the next morning. Absurd, I tell you.

Because of Allison and Ryan, I’m now considering making anyone who wants to hire me as their wedding photographer do a mandatory Getting to Know You entire weekend. It was just that awesome.

Thanks again Allison and Ryan, for being such absurdly great hosts! Hope to see you in Santiago sometime soon!!!

On to the photos…

Allison posed like a pro because she reads all the wedding blogs out there!

I loved these red pillars and I tried to process them so that they sort of go with Allison and Ryan’s lavendar and poppy themed wedding.

I’m funny guys, aren’t I???

My favorite things to photograph are halves of people’s faces.

They are basically professional spin jumpers.

Allison’s idea below…great way to show off the bling, and I love that she has a saphire engagement ring! My wedding ring is a saphire too.

I LOVE this photo!

And then it got dark, so I rocked my ISO on my new 5d Mark II. For the photographers reading this, this one was shot at ISO 5000, BOO YEAH!

And we set up some flashes with the help of my wonderful assistant Cristian Campos. Thanks Cristian!

This was actually a beautiful mistake, but I kept it because I’m a sucker for flare.

All these next pictures were inspired but the incredible photographic duo of Nate and Jaclyn at the Image Is Found. They’re two of my favorite wedding photographers out there, and nobody, and I mean NOBODY composes an image quite like they do. They’re so deliberate in their composition, each image is perfection. So my goal for this photography session was to slow down and do it like Nate and Jaclyn…really see the photo before I take it, use the lines and shapes around me.

If I ever have a studio I’m blowing this up HUGE on the wall. J’adore.

El matrimonio de la Danitza y Seba fue un evento totalmente espectacular! Se realizo en Curacavi, al estilo campestre…con pastel de choclo, una vista a los cerros verdes, girasoles y incluso huasos! Jaja, me encantan bodas con caballos

Pero la verdad es que todo eso no era lo que mas me impacto. Me quede impresionada con el carino de la gente. Todos los amigos y familia de los novios eran tan simpaticos y querian tanto a Seba y Danitza…

A veces a algunas personas se les olvida que un matrimonio se trata del amor, es mas que solo la fiesta y el vestido blanco. Pero en la boda de Seba y Danitza siempre se trataba de amor entre la pareja y entre ellos con dios. Fue un dia MUY especial.

Seba y Danitza, les deseo lo mejor que esta vida tiene para ofrecer! Felicitaciones chiquillos!

Y ahora me despido porque son las tres de la manana

Here’s a quick look at Ryan & Allison’s engagement session in La Serena…more soon!!!

En el dia de su matrimonio, Rafa y Marco me dieron lo que es el gran sueno de todos los fotografos…libertad para ser creativa, harto tiempo para fotografiar sin interrupcion y distracciones, y un lugar bello donde hacerlo.

Nos juntamos un par de horas antes de la boda para sacarles fotos con buena luz y fue demasiado divertido! A veces durante las bodas, salir unos momentos con la pareja puede ser dificil, siempre hay gente llamando y la pareja anda apurado…y eso es totalmente entendible. Matrimonios son un caos total! Por eso tengo que agradecer a la Rafa y el Marco por haberme dado tanto de su tiempo en su gran dia. Yo creo que lo aprovechamos bien.

Rafa y Marco, nuevamente les felicito, de corazon!!!

Y tambien quiero darle la gracias al talentoso fotografo, Gabriel Ortega, quien me acompano en esta boda!

“I’m King of the world!!!!!” Jajajajaja

Y…no pude resistir algunas fotitos con textura, como siempre!

El reflejo en este fue porque cerre la puerta para sacar desde el otro lado del vidrio mirando hacia adentro. Es como un poco voyeristico, algo diferente. Me encanto…tiene un toque de Stepfords Wives, no?

La de la derecha fue sacada por Gabriel. Creo que en este momento solo estaba probando la luz pero la Rafa salio tan preciosa que la tuve que postear.

Estas tambien me matan…como si estuvieran saliendo de la oscuridad total.

Y aqui empieza la ceremonia. Yo creo que la jueza no alcanzo ni decir “Hola,” y la Rafa ya se habia puesto a llorar lagrimas de felicidad.

Esta tambien fue sacada por Gabriel. El estaba sacando con off camera flash durante la ceremonia yo sacaba con luz ambiental.

Una de mis favoritas de la noche!

Firmando como marido y mujer!!!!

Y mas lagrimas de felicidad.

Ahora…a celebrar!!!

Las primeras tres del ramo son del Gabriel!

Aqui les dejo con mis dos favoritas de la noche…amantes en los arboles y caminando con las lineas repetitivas.

Y si alguien necesita maquilladora para su boda o peluquera, llama a la Lili de Novias y Bodas. Es una mujer MUY simpatica de Cordova, Argentina, y hizo un trabajo excelente con la Rafa!!!

Seba y Danitza tuvieron un matrimonio PRECIOSO, estilo campestre hoy dia. De hecho probablemente todavia estan alla en el campo tomando y disfrutando, terminando la celebracion mientras subo estas fotos!

Los novios y su familia, son de lo mas simpaticos que hay en este mundo asi que ojala que les gusten las fotos…y luego subire mas

Les presento a la preciosa Rafaella de Fortaleza, Brazil y el guapo Marco de Santiago, Chile. Anoche fotografie su boda y la verdad es que tienen una muy linda historia de amor. Fue increible poder fotografiarles a esta pareja…LOS AMO!!!!!!!!!

Pronto vienen mas fotos.