Christine + Jamie | Black Balsam Knob Adventure Engagement, Asheville, NC
- Josh and I first visited Black Balsam many years ago when we had just moved to North Carolina. We organized a backpacking trip through the outdoors group that we ran and hiked from Black Balsam, through Shining Rock Wilderness, and up to Cold Mountain. It was a fall trip and the colors and blue ridge moun [...]
Junebug Weddings Best Of Award!
- So this happened..... Junebug Weddings is our favorite source of wedding inspiration. They focus not only on beautiful and elegant, outdoorsy wedding ideas, but they also focus heavily on quality photography. Wedding photographers with depth and emotion. Not just the light and airy stuff- but the dark, [...]
Colorado | XC Skiing Eldora in Nederland
- When I came to Colorado and saw all the snow- I started researching Cross Country Ski trails right away. I hadn't actually been cross country skiing in quite a while, so I wanted our first trip out here to be a pretty easy one. After all, the Colorado elevation can be a little intimidating. I found a ski [...]
Colorado | Hiking Bear and Dream Lake in RMNP
- During my time in Estes Park, our friends Laura and Oakley told me how lucky I got with the snow and the weather. The Colorado Rockies had more snow than usual for this time of year, and the typical winds that blew over the mountains had come to a halt, leaving all the trees coated in white powder. It was [...]
Colorado | Boulder Flatirons Hike in Snow
- I first came to Boulder to scout out the Flatirons for an engagement session I was shooting there a few days later. I had done some research online and came across the Flatirons as a very scenic yet easy hike. Doing this hike for the first time, I didn't know quite what to expect, but I was very happy tha [...]
Iceland |My Kuku Camper Van Experience
- This past May, I had the wonderful chance to visit Iceland for the first time. I was actually going there to photograph a couple of weddings, but took the chance to spend a little extra time exploring the country. In doing my research, I knew I wanted to try camping in Iceland- both to see more of the nat [...]
Josh + Geli | Florida Enchanted Forest Engagement
- Josh and I met these two for the first time in Florida this winter. Given the fact that we have almost the same names and we all live in RVs, we hit it off pretty quickly. Josh and Geli gave us a tour of their rig and showed us some really useful things that we ought to be doing. Like using a water conser [...]
2017 Hartman Outdoor Photography Wedding Travel Schedule
- I feel blessed to have booked many weddings and engagement in US National Parks this year- including Glacier National Park, Yosemite, Zion, Shenandoah, and the North Cascades. While I have started booking for 2018, if you want a session with me in any of my travel locations for this year, drop me a line! I do still [...]
Shelley Named 2016 Rangefinder 30 Rising Stars
- I remember when I first read the email. It was the day Hurricane Matthew moved into central North Carolina, I picked up a Wendy’s chili and a frosty, and watched the rain and wind while I ate in the truck. As usual, I started browsing through my phone, when a notification popped up with th [...]
Julia + Steve | Blue Ridge Parkway Engagement, Boone, NC
- Julia and Steve met up with us on an absolutely perfect North Carolina autumn day in Boone for their session. We met up with them off the Blue Ridge Parkway to show then a couple of our favorite spots. The last time we went to the Thunder Hill overlook in May, there was a surprise snow storm. But today th [...]