Bonnie J Heath Photography | Atlanta photographer

The Ghosts Project

January 19, 2012 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

When my friend Davis Petterson asked me to do some promo shots for his band, The Ghosts Project, I was thrilled! I love their music, and I was flattered that he asked me to help them out. We shot at two locations, and old warehouse that will soon be transformed into The Big Nerd Ranch headquarters, and a field near my house. Here are a few of my favorites from our recent photo session. I also asked my buddy Nick to do some film photos with his toy cameras, so I’ll post some of those soon, too.

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Posted in Band photos, Portraits Tagged Atlanta, band, photography, portrait, The Ghosts Project |

2012 Gonna Rock!

January 9, 2012 by Bonnie | 4 Comments

This is going to be one of these sappy posts about how I love my friends and I have the best group of friends ever. I have visual proof of their awesomeness because I set up a photo booth at a recent New Years Eve party.

Becky and Dave, party hosts extraordinaire.

My friends Dave and Becky have thrown a New Years Eve party every year for several years, and their shindigs are the best! Some might say that they are the social center of our friend group, hosting baby and bridal showers galore. They are also very talented writers. Becky does blogging and writing for several publications, and she also does crafting tutorials and recipes on Glue and Glitter. By day, Dave works for Cartoon Network. By night, he’s a poetry and fiction writer with his publishing company Timid Futures.

Christy and Davis, "2012 Gonna Rock!"

Christy and Davis are another pair of my super awesome friends! Christy is a local Atlanta crafter and runs the Indie Craft Experience. Davis is a drummer with The Ghosts Project. I’m hoping to do a band shoot for him very soon.

Nick plays rock music!

Nick Ingkatanuwat works for Cartoon Network and is a very talented writer, designer and musician. I wish I could post a link to his web site, but it’s super-secret. Below is a photo of his beautiful wife Laura Louise, who works for Vegetable Husband.

Laura Louise and Nick just found out they are having a boy!!!

Stealing a joke from Rob, "You are all deer to us."

No post about my loved ones would be complete without a silly photo of me and my hubby Robert. Robert is my best friend in the whole world and my biggest fan. He’s been writing for How Stuff Works now for almost four years, and I’m so proud of him. He’s also a fiction writer and has a book of short stories coming our soon.

I’ve decided I like my yoga teacher’s use of “intentions” better than “resolutions.” My intentions for 2012 are to build up my photography business and to start a family. Also, spend more time with my amazing friends. 2012 Gonna Rock.

-Bonnie

PS Sorry friends not pictured! I love you guys, too.

Posted in Photo booth Tagged Atlanta, creative, friends, holiday photos, photo booth |

Family photo shoot for the Glovers

December 30, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

The Glovers have a big family. Big, big, BIG! Fourteen in all, and that’s a lot of people to get into one shot without blinking. They asked me for photos of their family while all of them were gathered in Atlanta for the holidays. It rained on the one day that worked for our schedules, so we had to think of an indoor location. Luckily, one of the family works at this cool building on Georgia Tech’s campus. We did several big group shots, and then did some photos of just the girls, then just the boys. It was a really fun shoot, and made me wish that I was part of a huge and fun family like the Glovers.

This was my favorite of the big group shots.

The girls are so cute!

I loved shooting in this building. I wish I could use it all the time!

Posted in Family sessions Tagged Atlanta, big family shoot, family reunion, family session, holiday photos, indoor photos |

Event photos for National Society of High School Scholars

December 18, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago, I covered an event for the National Society of High School Scholars at the Carter Center here in Atlanta. The Carter Center is a fun place to shoot, and the speeches were very inspirational. I got a good variety of shots from registration to podium photos and several pics from the college fair at the end of the event.

Leopold the Lion is NSHSS's mascot.

The staff working hard at registration.

The program began with a performance from "No Strings Attached."

The keynote speaker was from Claes Nobel, founder of NSHSS.

Parents and students had a chance to ask questions during the college fair at the end of the event.

Posted in Events Tagged Atlanta, Atlanta event photography, Carter Center, event photos, Photojournalism |

Family photos for Margie, Joe, Shane and their fur babies

December 18, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

Margie is the owner and manager of a super cool business called Vegetable Husband. She gathers organic seasonal veggies from local farms and distributes them to weekly subscribers all over Atlanta. Robert and I have been fans of her business for over a year now. When she asked me to do photos of her family, I was thrilled! Margie had a great idea… she knew it would be next to impossible to photograph three humans and three dogs all looking at the camera, so she asked me to take shots of each of them, with the others out of focus in the background. She said it represented the chaos going on in their everyday lives. I loved the idea, and the shoot was so much fun!!!

This was one of my favorites of Shane and Blossom

Posted in Family sessions, Kids, Pets Tagged Atlanta, Atlanta family session, backyard photos, family photos, kids, photo collage |

Levine family photos

November 26, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

The Levines hired me to photograph their daughter’s Bat Mitzvah in February, and they wanted some cool family photos before the big event. They chose Jones Bridge Park in Norcross and the weather was perfect. We had some beautiful soft light, and this family was a treat to photograph. Luckily, no one fell into the water during the shoot.

Posted in Family sessions Tagged Atlanta family session, atlanta photography, family photos, outdoor photography |

Photo booth for KUCC

November 9, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

My husband and I have been active in our community church, Kirkwood UCC for four years now! Recently, we helped host an art show and fundraiser for the church’s Soup Saturday program. I set up a photo booth and invited folks from our neighborhood to take silly photos of themselves for their holiday cards. We also held a silent auction to sell creative services and gifts from members of our church. We raised over $4000 to serve food to members of our community in Atlanta! Here are a few of my favorites from the photo booth.

Posted in Photo booth Tagged Atlanta, atlanta church, church, Kirkwood, kirkwood ucc, photo booth |

Katie and Umur’s intimate fall wedding

October 26, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

Katie and Umur had a lovely fall themed wedding at The Pace House in Vinings. I loved the pumpkins on the tables, and the Pace House has such beautiful old southern charm.

I love how their rings look on the antique sewing machine.

All of their friends and family surrounded them for their last dance.

Posted in Weddings Tagged atlanta wedding, atlanta wedding photography, pace house, photo booth, vinings wedding, wedding photography |

Engagement session with Elizabeth and Chris

October 25, 2011 by Bonnie | 1 Comment

Elizabeth and Chris are getting hitched in April. They live on the west coast, so when they visited family for some wedding planning, we met for the engagement session at Chris’s parent’s land in Homer, Georgia. I loved the fall colors and the beautiful land around this area. We shot so many good ones! These two are so cute, I’m sure their wedding will be a really fun one to photograph.