Welcome and thanks for visting! My name is Heather Banks and I'm an Austin photographer specializing in weddings, portraits, fashion, and editorial work. According to my grandpa, I'm the best wedding photographer in Austin. I think he might just be a little biased. My grandpa also wants you to know that white wine has the most alcohol by volume and that is why he drinks it. I love my grandpa :)
I live in Austin, Texas in a groovy 1970's house that we are currently remodeling (we call it our brady bunch house) with my husband Mike (we're newlyweds!) and our two Boston Terriers, Linus and Moo. You can read all about the trials and tribulations of our brady bunch remodel on my personal blog here. I'm also opening a studio soon in the fabulous East Village Lofts on East 11th Street right in the heart of Austin. So stay tuned for details on that!
In addition to taking wedding photos and family and senior portraits all around Austin and central Texas, I'm also a destination wedding photographer, I've photographed weddings all over Mexico and also in St. Kitts, Barbados, Napa, and Martha's Vineyard to name a few. You can see my destination wedding photography work here. I'm a photojournalistic, award winning wedding photographer -you can view some of my award winning wedding images here .
I would love it if you would become a fan of Eclectic Images on Facebook here!
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and view my work. I hope you come back again and again, and please leave your comments, I'd love to hear from you!
You are welcome to contact me at 512-947-7864, or you can email me at info@eclecticimagesphotography.com. I hope to hear from you soon.
I was so thrilled when Ziem and Milan asked me to document their backyard Hindu ceremony at their Austin home! It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to document a Hindu ceremony - so I was so excited because I just love the tradition and symbolism of the ceremony. Ziem and Milan were a lot of fun to work with and I loved the vivid colors of their event. I was only there for two hours but I managed to squeeze in a ton of photos!
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March 8, 2010 - 12:54 pm - Heather, these are simply sublime! Great job!
March 8, 2010 - 5:58 pm - These are absolutely gorgeous!
March 9, 2010 - 8:41 am - These are lovely pictures. It is good to see all happy faces. Couple has nice outfits. WE WANT TO WISH COUPLE A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY & WEALTHY MARRIED LIFE. With Loves & regards Mira & Sunder
March 10, 2010 - 11:59 pm - Congratulation Milan & Ziem on your Marriage ceremony. Thank you for sharing your marriage pictures. You two look great and happy. Beautiful pictures. God bless you both. Love, Aunty Indra
March 11, 2010 - 7:16 am - Congratulations! Your photos are just beautiful and we look forward to your official ceremony although it looks like you had a gorgeous wedding already. Love, Navin, Malini, Arianna, and Kavan
Ashley and Remmy are planning a beautiful backyard wedding for May, and I can’t wait to shoot it! I had such a great time on their engagement session, and I love their story of how they met! It is definitely one of the most unique stories I have heard - Ashley was at a gas station pumping gas…Remmy was about to drive away and noticed Ashley. He took a few deep breaths, pulled up to her, and asked for her number! She gave it to him, and he called just a few hours later and asked her out! Fast forward to four years later and they’re getting married!
Wendee is an awesome wedding planner with Lucie’s Events and when I heard her pup Baylee had been diagnosed with terminal cancer I offered to take some portraits of Baylee with her two other pups and with she and her husband. Baylee is such a sweet, sweet girl and I’m so happy I had the chance to capture some memories for Wendee and Chris. Here are a few of my favorites.
March 4, 2010 - 12:38 pm - the last one: too lovely. xoxo
Here are my favorites of part 2 of Carly and Stephen’s beautiful wedding. I also wanted to acknowledge the vendors who helped make their wedding possible:
VENDORS
ceremony University United Methodist Church
reception The Austin Club
wedding coordinator Beth with 36th Street Events
florist Petalworks
Cake Blue Note Bakery
reception band The Atlantics
It’s been a great week! First, I was recently invited to be an exclusive vendor listed in the Style Me Pretty little black book which is quite an honor!
And this week my photos from the AWEC gala, designed by Clink, were featured on the Style Me Pretty blog! Check it out!
February 19, 2010 - 10:55 pm - we are so glad to have you with us Heather! You are sooo incredibly talented!
February 20, 2010 - 6:04 pm - I think the link to the Color Me Pretty site is broken just FYI
I’m not quite finished editing Carly and Stephen’s wedding pictures yet, but there are so many I love I think I might need to do a two part post! So, this first post will contain all of my favorites up until the ceremony (we had a lot of portraits and getting ready before the ceremony!). It was my first wedding shoot of the new year and it was awesome to work with Carly and Stephen. I loved how they allotted so much time before the ceremony for their first look photos and fun downtown portraits of them and their bridal party! Here are some of my favorites - these two don’t take a bad picture!
It’s been a long time since I had the chance to photograph a brand new baby, so I was so excited to take photos of Baby Ella! And I was especially excited because I have known the Edgerton family for many years now, since I photographed Mandi and Shaun’s wedding in 2005! And now they have a beautiful baby girl. I love it when I am able to work with families for years documenting their lives and their major life events. It makes my job all worth it! Here are some of my favorite photos from the shoot! (and thanks to Sarah for providing so many cool props and for getting Ella to fall asleep for us!)
Tracey and Tanner were troopers during their engagement session! The day was chilly and the wind was like I’ve never seen, but it really didn’t seem to phase them at all! They were even troopers when I suggested we go to a more unusual location for the second half of the session - the old abandoned airport where we found some cool spots. Thanks to Tanner’s dad for holding our massive umbrella and to April Klotz with Petalworks for organizing the session, being the umbrella holder and trying not to blow away, and for styling Tracey’s windblown hair! Here are a few of my favorite shots from the session!
I had the honor of attending and taking some photographs at the annual AWEC Gala which was designed by Gina Whittington of Clink Events. It was so much fun - the theme was dive bar chic and it was held at the Scoot Inn. Merveille did the florals and Primizie catered (yummy grilled cheese sandwich bar, frito pie bar, mini pot pies, and mac and cheese!) Here are some pics of the fabulous details!
I was so excited to shoot Evelyn and Collin’s engagement photos recently. We started out on South 1st Street at the Greetings from Austin sign and then worked our way over to the Capitol building, since it had special meaning to them. They were so much fun to work with and Collin was a big goofball which made for some cute photos. Here are some of my favorites. I can’t wait for their May wedding!
January 31, 2010 - 7:39 pm - I am loving this couple and loving their photos. Great job, Heather! They will cherish these forever.
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