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This is the place I get to showcase all of my beautiful clients and the love they put into their sessions or weddings. I also love sharing tips and tricks on wedding photography planning, ideas to make your session fun, easy, and organized, as well as personal stories. Find the category you're looking for, or browse for hours! There's plenty to keep you entertained.

Who better to help with your wedding photography planning than a wedding photographer?! As I detailed in last week’s post on how to get amazing wedding photos, there are certain things you can do to ensure your wedding photos are everything you want them to be. Today is the first post in a series on […]

Every engaged couple wants amazing wedding photos, right? If you or a loved one is investing in photography for your wedding, of course you want the best experience and in the end, amazing wedding photos. Today I’m going to tell you how you – bride & groom, bride & bride, or groom & groom – […]

Today I’m making the case for unplugged wedding ceremonies. True, having cell phone cameras or iPads in the frame of any photograph is a pet peeve of pretty much every wedding photographer. But the case I’ll make today is about so much more than that. You’ve set aside a certain amount of money to fund […]

If you love natural light photography, trust me: you need to plan your wedding around magic hour. That appears to be a pretty bold, self-serving statement. I’m suggesting you plan your entire wedding, one of the most important events of your life, around one thing. The thing I happen to be most passionate about – […]

Creative license is something I always heard about in my literature & art classes in school. I loved the idea of the freedom that comes along with being an artist. You can mold a story or piece of art into whatever you need it to be, whether you’re defying reality or playing safely within the […]

Still in celebration mode over here! August marks the one year anniversary of when I registered my business in the commonwealth of Virginia – woot woot! Rachel E.H. Photography has been a legit business as a Washington, D.C. area photographer for one full year! To commemorate the passing of this milestone, I created a blog […]

Happy anniversary to me! Well, to Rachel E.H. Photography, LLC, I should say 😉 August marks the one year anniversary of REHP being a legit business – yay! I’m celebrating this month with a three part blog series on lessons I’ve learned during my first year in business.

“The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.” – Anonymous August marks the one year anniversary of the month in which I registered my business in the commonwealth, Rachel E.H. Photography became legit, and I was well on my way to becoming a Washington, D.C. area wedding photographer! […]

The first day of summer was yesterday. HOORAY! And to celebrate, today I’m going to share with you some on point summer photo shoot locations. While I enjoy all of the seasons for their own reason – autumn’s crisp air & pumpkin everything, winter’s clothes are the best because they let you cover up the extra […]

Let’s keep it real: moving is a nightmare. I’ve moved or helped move many times in my life, but nothing tops my last move two years ago when I was literally breaking out in hives & getting excruciating heartburn from the stress of it all. I was committed to not allowing my most recent move […]