1 - It is a totally relaxed easy going session, no time limits like on the wedding day, although most are around 1 hour a session.
2 - New Locations that may not have been used on wedding day. My couples are awesome at finding these hidden spots.
3 - My brides and grooms are awesome, and will do whatever I need them to do to create fun, beautiful photos.
4 - Couples are more relaxed after the wedding day which makes the session go smoothly and naturally.
5 - The Environmental Elements can be used to create a vision.
6 - I get to roll around on the ground, and act like a fool.
7 - It will give the bride and groom more time on their wedding day to mingle with guests and family, and not have to rush through photos.
8 - These sessions are not necessarily the day after the wedding but within a month of the wedding, depending on when the couple goes honeymooning!
9 - No Limits = Art
10-Empower the Dress sessions with my awesome couples make me smile :-)
We stopped a few times, to check out the harvest markets along the way to our destination. Apples, gourds, pumpkins, corn, all for sale, families all together smiling and laughing, and we were doing the same. We each choose a delicious Honey Crisp Apple to snack on. We enjoyed the fresh delicious apple in between stories and laughter and talk of the upcoming seasons and our plans.
The summer full of wonderful weddings, brides, new friends and families are slowing moving past for the year. The air is so fresh and crisp. The sky is always clear and colorful as are the leaves on the trees. I always feel a bit more sentimental this time of year as this beauty is all going to end very soon, and we will be surrounded by cold, and the earths pallet will be monotone. So as I drove along and ate my apple this past Thanksgiving day, I let all the color and love that surrounded me, soak into every inch of me.
Wow your writing is as amazing as your photography!
(10.15.09)Your work is beautiful.
(10.15.09)oh my gourd! i love these pics!!
(10.16.09)There is one word that comes to mind. Beautiful!
(10.16.09)Love them!
(10.16.09)I get so excited for each new post. I check everyday. Love your shots
(10.16.09)I love honey crisp apples. Great shots.
(10.16.09)Great work, keep it up
(10.16.09)These pics should be in Martha Stewart Magazine.
(10.16.09)Sounds like a great day! The pictures look great, the colors are so vibrant!
(10.17.09)Keep up the great work Rachel...AWESOME!! Oh one thing the guy holding the apples, has nice hands!
(10.20.09)You are great!
(10.20.09)Nice...nice...nice!!!!
(11.30.09)hey I know those hands so very well.....your a great photographer Rachel!
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So today as I approached the brides house, I got butterflies of excitement. This is not unusual as I always get them when I am on my way to the first stop. When i walked in the door the bride and her Maid of Honor were waiting for me. Both of them were so excited. They told me to sit down and close my eyes. Monica said they had a surprise for me! Can you imagine? A surprise for ME on her wedding day? I had at this point forgotten it was my birthday. Then the singing started! They sang me Happy Birthday with the two biggest smiles I ever have seen. Then they presented me with the cutest pink little cake & a card, signed by both Monica & Matt - Becky & Mike (whose wedding I photographed last year)
I cannot believe how lucky I am. Of course I cried....that is no big surprise to anyone who knows me. Not the Oprah Ugly cry, just the bite my lip so hard that the blurriness it my eyes is there and only a few tears fall.
They told me I had to blow out the candle and make a wish. My mind went blank. It seems that I have most of what I could ever wish for in my life right now. The only thing I could think to wish was that it all continued for ever and ever.
Thank you guys for having me spend the day with your family and friends. It was a beautiful (despite the rain) day!
That was so sweet, it made my eyed got all blurry Rachel :)
(10.11.09)Your welcome, Rachel! You totally deserve any wishes you can think you because you are a wonderful person and so talented! Thank you so much for doing such a lovely job! :)
(10.11.09)I hope you had a great b-day rachel. and had a great time at monica & matts wedding. Can't wait to see all the pics! xoxo
(10.11.09)Wow, ever sweet. Hope to see more pics from the wedding.
(10.15.09)What a sweet story! And the cake looks delicious despite not having any brown icing!
Sweet people are EVERYWHERE and aren't we lucky!
Happy Birthday!
(10.16.09)This is so cute, great that you are so loved by your Brides....:-)
(10.16.09)So Cute! Happy Birthday
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The setting is going to be the same today. Fall Leaves, nice fresh fall air, smiles, love, happiness....yay....and I get to be a part of it all. I am so excited to be able to be around this group again today.
I took a few engagement pics for Monica & Matt last weekend to get ready for the big day. I love engagement sessions as it gives me a chance to get to know the couple a little better, and let them be at ease with me for the big day. The more couples can be themselves around me the better!
Sweet couple, cannot wait to see more!
(10.16.09)They look so in love, great pics
(10.16.09)Hope your day was amazing. These engagements are lovely, I hope Rachel posts some from your wedding too!
(10.20.09)Our day was AMAZING! Rachel made it complete by taking some awesome pics! :)
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Congratulations JoEllen & Jarret! I hope all the Love & Happiness that you and your family and friends deserves makes it way down East to you all :-)
oh rachel, the contrast of color in these pics is just stunning! absolutely beautiful! that, plus the obvious love that these two birds have in their eyes for each other...very obvious.
well done. happy life together, JoEllen & Jarret!
(10.06.09)WOW! LOVE the freckles, LOVE the colors and LOVE the water! Beautiful and stunning!!! Congrats JoEllen and Jarret!!
(10.06.09)Oh, love them all, such a cute couple...Oh I am sure Rachel loved the freckles too....she is a freckles Lover!!!
(10.06.09)These colours are amazing, and the pictures are so crisp.
(10.07.09)By the looks of these pics Souris is stealing my heart too. What a beautiful and rustic looking spot!
(10.07.09)You rock the camera! Congrats JoEllen and Jarret. :)
(10.07.09)Gorgeous couple n pictures! the intensity of the water n sky is very beautiful ... absolutely love the location!! :)
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So pretty! Love these pics!! BLOG ME! LOL!
(10.20.09)These pics are stunning! Holy! They could be in a magazine spread!!
(10.20.09)Oh My! These truly are unreal.
(10.20.09)Your photos are fantastic!
(10.20.09)I love all your work but I especially love your empower the dress sessions, they are so fun looking! Keep up the amazing work
(10.20.09)Love these! Not to mention a really beautiful couple too. :)
(10.20.09)My favorite is definitely the one on the road.
(10.20.09)hmmm...they are two great looking people aren't they!! I can tell by the look of them that they're Super In Love!! lol... Thanks again Rachel... you do AMAZING work... but of course, you know that :).
(10.20.09)These are beautiful! Very relaxed! :)
(10.20.09)So, so, so beautiful!
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