Best of 2017

My favorite things about this year:

- Discovering the secret to shooting weddings pregnant is High-Protein, Low-Glycemic Luna Bars, Vitamin Water, and a turkey sandwich with basil mayo. You know. Basic.

- Watching Tim fight with the bounce

- Looking forward to shooting a wedding with my sister (more on this later)

- Planning and shooting our first ever styled shoot

- Working on our fun rebranding projects with talented people

- Shooting a stack of pancakes, then eating it

- And as always, witnessing people at their most intimate and seeing them form and foster relationships

All of these, but really, my favorite thing about running this little business this year has been the self-searching we had to do when we decided to keep things really running (and kicked up a notch) when we rebranded over the summer. It was then that we decided that our reason for doing what we do is to illuminate the beauty that God has planted in the world all around us.

As Fyodor Dostoyevsky said, "Beauty will save the world."

Enjoy these little slices of beauty, and thank you for allowing me to capture them on camera.

Rachel

The Boyden Family :: Family Photography, Columbus, Ohio

It's starting to become one of my favorite parts of fall. I get a call from Kate to photograph her beautiful and growing family of girls. (Last year's shoot was especially fun.) This year they were just as sweet as ever, especially the newest addition :-).

The Schmitt Family :: Family Photo, Columbus, Ohio

Welcome back to the blog, Rachel. This is officially the first post that has been published since the birth of my little #2 and here we are, over two months later. I'm happy to see things are somewhat where I left them, but hopefully not for long! (I'm working with some amazing creative people to give this space a face-lift.. more to come.)

I'm also hoping to post a little summation of our journey of bringing our new little one in the world, as bumpy-then-smooth as it was. Fingers crossed. My to-do list vanishes into the newborn cuddle sometimes.

I'm simply smitten with the families I was able to photograph during my Fall Family Mini Sessions. After a too-long hiatus from being behind the lens, I felt like I jumped in with both feet, hauled hay-bales and pumpkins and was all filled up with joy afterwords thanks to these wonderful families.

These little ones were altogether too cooperative, and they made everything easy with their bright and smiling faces.

Enjoy!

Rachel