I started Hailley Howard Photography in 2011 from the ground up. Using contacts I had in the fashion industry I grew my career one client and one gig at a time. I have quickly grown over the last few years and now happily split my time between the Los Angeles area and New York. My heart resides between the two but I am happy to meet you anywhere in between or beyond! I have shot weddings around the world and look forward to making more memories and new friends in new and old places. I truly love what I do and look forward to the opportunities each day brings.
My vision as a photographer is to capture the world and its meandering story. I like clean lines. Symmetry and the intention of asymmetry. Architectural aspects. Micro-people. The ocean. Green and blue. A perfect candid moment. Images with a singular clear subject. Moments filled with activity. Suspended emotion. Suspended motion. Voyeurism... catching something special that you forgot about or didn't know was captured until you see it later and all the memories come rushing back.
With an editorial and documentary/photojournalistic perspective I will document your wedding, event or portrait with an artful eye. I consider each job a collaborative effort of the soul. What will we create together?
You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
- Dr. Seuss
Named as a TOP KNOT photographer in 2015 by PDN
Published or featured in:
Wedding Chicks
Stone Fox Bride
100 Layer Cake
100 Layer Cake-Let
Grey Likes
Inspired By This
White Magazine
The Knot
How He Asked
Refinery 29
Pop Sugar
Yahoo
National Geographic
Harpers Bazaar
Thank you for your kind words.
"...we absolutely love all the pictures. They turned out better than I could have imagined, and they are exactly what I have always envisioned our engagement pictures to be, and Iknow we will treasure them forever– Thank you for being so talented and easy/fun to work with!" -- Brittany
"Yay!!! You're the best!! We LOVE them {the photos} so much! You perfectly captured our day. We can't stop looking at them! 👏 Thank you so much!!" -- Amanda and Ronny
"I heart you very much! Thank you." -- Jennifer
"I wish my eyes would quit leaking..." -- Casey
"I wish I could put into words how amazing you are." -- Leslie
"These {photos} are so fun and we love the super creative ones!! Thank you so much for all your hard work and talent... I feel like we wouldn’t have gotten that from other photographers. Josh loves the heads cut off with the layer of trees... I told him it’s for our album cover (if we were musicians)." -- Erika
"Hailley is a true photographer with a genuine eye for beautiful, artistic photos!" -- Azadeh
"What a wonderful experience to work with Hailley... She took the most beautiful photos that captured all the love during our beach wedding." -- Heidi
"Hailley we love you! Thank you for taking the coolest pictures of my rugrats ever!!" -- Desiree
"Hailley was absolutely amazing. From nailing down the contract to averting crisis the day of our wedding, she was a rockstar. She made sure we got what we wanted, but also put her creative twist on things... We would highly recommend using her for any project." -- Roya
"Cannot find a better photographer around. Great to work with, creative, full of ideas but captures what you ask for perfectly." -- Brooke
"Perfect. Just perfect. When Hailley said, 'We're just going to hang out today. I'm going to take a bunch of shots and we're going to find the best moments among them,' I knew i picked the right photographer." -- Caitlin
"Hailley is an INCREDIBLE photographer! From our first meeting with her, my husband and I knew she had the artistic eye and creative approach that we were wanting to capture our big day. She put us at ease right away and we knew we could trust her to document our day perfectly. Hailley helped us come up with a shot sheet and think of some of the moments we wanted to capture that we might not have thought of on our own. We get tons of complements on our wedding photos, including some from our professional and amateur photographer friends. If that's not a testament to the artistry she brings to wedding photography, I don't know what is. Thank you, Hailley, for such beautiful work! " -- Joshua
"Hailley was amazing in every way! We loved working with her and I would highly recommend her! " -- Megan
"Very nice lady and excellent photographer. Had a lot of fun with her, and will use for any future photography needs. Also she has a basset hound assistant named olive that is friggin awesome." -- David
"Hailley is awesome! Recently hired her to do my surprise engagement photos. She did an amazing job! The pictures came out amazing and she captured the surprise moment perfectly. So happy I chose her to work with!" -- Daireus
"Hailley was incredible from beginning to end. She arrived on time and accommodated last minute changes. She photographed my proposal and played a critical acting role to help the whole surprise go off without a hitch! Her photo quality was excellent even when the lighting was suboptimal and she worked with a group of 16 people to capture an unforgettable night. Recommend her without reservations to every one seeking a photographer that "gets it" in the LA Area." -- Josh