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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.

Last week I had the honor of photographing the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s Rayburn Building reception they dubbed ‘Madison Meets D.C.’. Wisconsinites from around the D.C. metro area joined the G.M.C.o.C.’s Board of Directors in welcoming Wisconsin members of Congress for mixing, mingling, and sipping good ol’ Wisconsin beers! The Greater Madison Chamber of […]

Being part of a group of motivated business people who are happy to network & look out for your business with the same intensity as they garner business for themselves is such a wonderful opportunity. One such business venture my local chapter of BNI recently put together was an event for northern VA Realtor headshots […]

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! […]

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 […]

Downtown Annapolis Head Shots Photographer What do you do when you accidentally book a photo shoot on a holiday? Do it anyway, that’s what! Meeting up with Lawrence & his fiancé, Jason, at state circle for a downtown Annapolis head shots session added an extra element of celebration to my Easter Sunday. I mean, what better […]

  Northern Virginia Wedding Photographer Now disembarking The Struggle Bus: one 9 to 5er hustling to make it as a wedding photographer! The #struggleisreal but soon to be over, thanks to one of Miss Katelyn James’ brilliant ideas that I ran away with & made my own. Today I’m sharing advice for new wedding photographers […]

D.C. Area Special Occasions Photographer OK everyone, let’s take a collective sigh of relief {Ahhhh…} that we are finally in the month of March and that much closer to the joy of spring and all of the warm days & stunning outdoor backdrops it brings. I know us natural light photographers are counting down the days […]

Washington, D.C. Photographer It’s Tips & Tricks Tuesday! Today I’m going to share 5 things I’ve learned at my day job that prepared me for running my own business – being an entrepreneur. A solopreneur, if you will. So if you’re struggling running the business end of things at your small business, this post is for […]