Heidi Heilbrunn Photography

Election Night in Columbia

I spent election night covering the gubernatorial race in Columbia, S.C. Here’s my photo that ran front page of The Greenville News of the next South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.

Friday night lights

Currently, when the newspaper sends us out to shoot Friday night football (as well as many other events), we are asked to bring back 150-200 photographs to create an online gallery. Yes, it is a lot of photos! So, I try to get a lot of the non-action shots out of the way by getting to the game early. This was one photo I enjoyed of my 150 shots from this past Friday night as Southside High hosted Wade Hampton High School.

Katrina Five Years Later

Mary Mujahid, right, who was evacuated to Greenville from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, sits with her granddaughter Granda Welch, left, and Granda’s daughter Terri Lynn Hicks at Mary’s new home in Greenville on Thursday, August 26, 2010.

I was sent to shoot the amazing story of this family on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Both grandmother and granddaughter survived and eventually made it out of the hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, but they had very different experiences. Even five years later, emotions of gratitude and anger were running high.

Greenville Drive

Last night was a busy night photographically and with deadlines for print and galleries fast approaching I almost called it a night. I changed to a location that I normally don’t shoot from and I got this photo as well as another decent action shot. Pretty good reminder to change it up and try something new.

Cat groomers

I made this photo while working on a feature story at the National Cat Groomers Institute of America. I decided to post it because I had heard from many people how it made them laugh….so if you need a good laugh, here you go!

Check out the article at The Greenville News.

The Sanfords

I was sent to Columbia to photograph South Carolina republican candidate for governor, Nikki Haley, on the night she accepted the republican nomination. That night it was one picture of current Governor Mark Sanford and his ex-wife, Jenny, greeting each other with a quick kiss that caused quite a buzz. The Greenville News ran the photograph (as well as other local papers), but The News chose not to release it to television.

My first gallery show….

For the first time, I am showing my work in a gallery setting. It is a dual show with artist Jackie Shapiro Rosen. As most of you who visit my website know, I traveled to Germany in search of my family history. I will be showing 14 of those photographs.

If you have the opportunity, please come to the opening reception this Friday at Village Studios & Gallery in the Pendleton Street Arts District from 6-9 pm. And, if you can’t make the reception, the show will be on display through the end of April.

Thanks for all your support!!

Germany 09

Many of you know that I traveled to Germany in the fall. It was amazing to visit the towns of my grandparents and ancestors. I have been promising to publish a few of these on the website and here they are….

I have also posted these photographs and more on my new flickr account, check them out: Click Here for Flickr

Volunteers on Christmas Day

It was heartbreaking on Christmas day to see all the people lined up for hot meal at the Greer Soup Kitchen. On the other hand, it was great to see all the volunteers at the Greer Soup Kitchen. I shot this picture just before they opened the doors to the public and volunteers grabbed hands and prayed in the kitchen.

Helping others

There was a lot of action last night at the Carolina First Center as the Goodfellows, a local service organization founded by American Legion members, packed food boxes for needy families with the help of volunteers, such as the Boy Scouts.