Hey! I’m Heather Crudele (Crew-dell). Owner and Photographer of H. Cru Photography! I am so thrilled you’re here!
First and foremost, I have two absolutely amazing little boys and I am OBSESSED with creating amazing memories for your family, and mine. But before all of this and before I became a mother and professional photographer, I was actually Active Duty Air Force. Can you believe it?! I was working in cyber and basically stuck behind a computer doing tech stuff every day for about six years. I loved the Air Force. I was good at my job. But I wasn’t fulfilled in life, ya know? I wanted more. I needed more.
Once I became pregnant with my first son, Hudson, that’s when I really knew that I needed to transition to a career that would let me spend as much time as possible cultivating happy memories for my family and my child. That is truly when I turned my passion into a new career. Not only did I find the “more” I was searching for when I was in the Air Force, I found so much more. I found a career that let me capture those memories for my family and for yours. Photography (and your continued support) has allowed me to watch my children grow up beside me, capture every single fleeting moment in the absolute most beautiful way, and it has given me a sense of fulfillment and purpose in life. I truly feel called to provide you with a safe, customized and one of a kind photography experience. I turned my passion into a career that let me combine every single interest I have EVER had in my life, baking, sewing, styling, posing, taking pictures. All these interests that I have loved separately for decades combined so effortlessly into building sets, styling newborns and posing H. Cru Mamas to be.
I officially opened H. Cru Photography in 2018 and as the saying goes, the rest was history.
My goal as your Photographer is to follow you through life’s most precious adventures, documenting each and every milestone, for you and your family. Over the past few years I have had the privilege to photograph so many different wonderful and momentous milestones for my clients; and Throughout that time and experience, I have really been able to find my calling within newborn, maternity, and cake smash portraits.
Every single day I strive to better myself and my business for you, my clients. Capturing joy and true emotion is an art, an art I am going to chase.
By Appointment Only:
Leonardtown, MD
h.cruphotography@gmail.com
478.335.7922