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That’s What She Said.

07.02.2009 Engagements| TV and Movies

What can I say about Tiffany and Brent other than 1. They are awesome. 2. They are hilarious. 3. They are hilariously awesome.

Here’s a little preview of our awesome sweaty engagement session from yesterday (it was like 112 degrees out!)

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They were playing and joking around the entire time-my kind of couple!

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Check out these gorgeous clouds! The rain taunted us all day long, but never came, luckily!

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Oh, and YES WE DID. This usually hangs above my computer. This is one of my favorite photos EVER.

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(She said YES!) Thanks guys! You were so fun, and I can’t wait to shoot you again!

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July 2, 2009 - 5:32 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - twss!!! yes!! awesome. 112'? isn't that a little cool for you guys during the summer ;) that last shot is epic!!

July 2, 2009 - 5:04 pm greta, smitten - loooove the last one of course!! :) fun session!!!!!

July 2, 2009 - 4:37 pm Zak - Ohhh I love...straight up love the second one! And the last...love me some twss. :)

July 2, 2009 - 4:34 pm Jamie Burnett - So cute! Love that last one!

Look! Up in the Sky! {A Peek}

06.30.2009 Families| Kids

(Sometimes Superman needs a little help with his cape)

Sam showed me all of the different ways that Superman can fly.

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing this fun family up in Scottsdale! I had such a great time with them and wanted to post up a quick preview of some images that jumped out at me as I was editing today!

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The kids have the most awesome playset in the backyard! It made for a bazillion amazing photo opportunities!

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Hulk MAD! (Those Hulk hands are so cool! Sam is REALLY into superheroes, and so am I!)

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I really really really love this image:

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Suzanne and Rob are too cute!

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They said they swim in the pool every single day, so it just seemed natural to do a few in the water!

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I guess it’s a little more than just a peek, but these guys are just too fun, so it was hard to decide!

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July 1, 2009 - 9:53 pm Amy Anaiz - Such an adorable family!! :)

July 1, 2009 - 7:35 pm Becka @Studio222 - I would have KILLED for a playground like that when I was a kid! These are awesome!

July 1, 2009 - 8:06 am chelo - The costume--- I love it!! awesome all around!

June 30, 2009 - 4:42 pm Jenn - Those kids know how to have fun...love the family photo of them at the pool!

June 30, 2009 - 3:32 pm Lissa Anglin - I really really love that image too. Great job!

June 30, 2009 - 2:35 pm Zak - I kept scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and thought this is some sneak peek, I gotta step up my game. ;) Love Superman! And the little one on the slide...and the swings...adorable family and awesome shoot Rachael!

June 30, 2009 - 2:08 pm Richelle Dante - These are great! I love the first one, so cute. I also love the one you really, really, really love. Such a great moment!

The Importance of Bridesmaids.

06.29.2009 Wedding Photography Advice| Weddings

Bridesmaids are important because when looking through your wedding photos, you want to find little gems like this tucked away, and then you know you chose the right girls.

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by Rachael Earl

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June 30, 2009 - 9:56 am maria lang - LOL!! this is awesome!!

June 29, 2009 - 8:19 pm Brandi - So much fun! I don't even know these girls but I'm pretty sure I'd like to party with them.

June 29, 2009 - 2:33 pm Roz Mitchell - Those are great! Bridesmaids can be hilarious sometimes, lol.

June 29, 2009 - 2:07 pm lauren h - You gotta love em. :-) I sure do.

June 29, 2009 - 2:02 pm Jamie Burnett - I absolutely LOVE these! So much fun, you rock sista!

June 29, 2009 - 1:54 pm Zak - hilarious! Love it!

Happy Birthday to You. You Live in a Zoo.

06.20.2009 ME

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Today is my 29th birthday. For 8 more minutes, that is! Time for another piece of cake!

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June 30, 2009 - 11:08 pm Leah SImmers - AHH happy belated birthday! I suck for missing it! Hope it was fabulous

June 29, 2009 - 2:34 pm Roz Mitchell - Just wait til 30. It's like a kick in the teeth. Hope you had a great birthday!

June 29, 2009 - 2:04 pm Jamie Burnett - Awwweeee... You've only gotten a little bit bigger... he he he. Hope it was a happy one! :)

June 24, 2009 - 9:16 pm Becka @Studio222 - Happy Birthday! Oh no-am I too late?

June 23, 2009 - 5:02 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - hope your birthday kicked total arse!!!! you cannot beat balloons in a bath tub, unless you add cake!! lovin the old pics!!

June 22, 2009 - 3:04 pm chelo - Happy belated birthday!! These are too cute!

June 21, 2009 - 9:29 pm Reyna - I love checkin' out your blog, great work. Happy b-day!

June 21, 2009 - 8:41 pm Zak - Hope you had an awesome birthday! :)

June 21, 2009 - 6:37 pm Tony - I love th second one. Absolutely adorable!!

June 21, 2009 - 12:08 am angie + matt - Holy Cow I thought that picture was Abbie! Crazzzzzy! Happy Birthday!

June 21, 2009 - 12:00 am Amy Fetter - Happy Birthday (Its 11:59)!! And those pictures? Okay, you're girls look just like you! Crazy!

Lauren and Layton: A Peek

06.20.2009 Weddings

Yesterday, I shot a marathon session with Lauren and Layton in several spots in Mesa. Here are a few of the shots we got. It was crazy and overcast, so the sky way amazing! I love these two, and love these photos! I’ve shot photos at the Temple a bunch of times, and wanted to mix it up a bit with some new spots. The grounds are beautiful everywhere, and with the overcast weather, we could literally shoot almost anywhere.

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I love that the Temple is at the bottom of this one!

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They chose to add a bridal session to their already scheduled wedding so they could do photos of the two of them the day before the actual wedding, and relieve some of the stress of the wedding day. It also allowed us to visit several different areas of Mesa, which was awesome!

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I cannot reveal where I was standing for this one for fear of getting in trouble

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I have so many photos to go through of these two from yesterday and today, but wanted to post up a sneak peek! Thanks for looking!

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June 29, 2009 - 2:06 pm Jamie Burnett - WOW... These are amazing, and I love the one with the temple at the bottom too!

June 25, 2009 - 11:34 pm maria lang - i love our temples = ) these are awesome!!

June 24, 2009 - 7:37 am Charmaine - Gorgeous! I love Lauren and you captured her sweet and fun personality really well. That one with the Temple at the bottom is way cool. Great job!

June 23, 2009 - 5:03 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - in heart with that last one! oh and the texture in that first one is awesome too!

June 22, 2009 - 7:26 pm Jill C. - Okay, long time viewer, first time commenter, I had to. The picture with the temple at the bottom is the raddest Temple shot I've ever seen. I like the one below it too. So much better than the cheese nugget stuff that is so typical. You are a rock star!

June 21, 2009 - 10:35 pm Beka - So amazing Rachael! I can't wait to see more. :) I really love how the last one turned out!

June 21, 2009 - 8:40 pm Zak - I really love 1 and 4, but they are all phenomenal! Such an adorable couple too. :)

So Worth It.

06.19.2009 Engagements| Weddings

I am writing this post at just past 10:00pm after getting about 2 hours sleep last night. I was up bright and early, Monster Lo-Carb in hand, to shoot a bridal session for the awesome and amazing Lauren and Layton, who are getting married tomorrow. Yes, I am tired, but I am also so glad that we got to shoot this morning for about 3 hours. About an hour after finishing up, the clouds rolled in, and it has been dark and dreary all day. We’re hoping for clear skies tomorrow! Tomorrow is super special because it also happens to be my 29th birthday! Why work on my birthday? Because these guys are truly some of the most fun, in love people I’ve ever had the chance to work with! So worth it.

Here are a few more from their engagement session (which I posted a teaser and had yet to continue the post!)-ENJOY!

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Awesome.

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They make each other laugh all the time-so cute!

Gorgeous sunflare!

These next two shots make me laugh! I was crouched down hiding behind a giant trash can trying to shoot Lauren and Layton on Mill Avenue with tons of people passing by me. Somehow, everyone still saw me and would stop in the middle of the photo instead of just walking through. I managed to snag this shot, which I liked because of the motion of the guy walking through, and the other guy walking up the stairs (not Photoshopped).

But before I got that shot, Patrick Tipton, who was assisting me that day, decided to take matters into his own hands! This makes me laugh:

This makes me laugh, too, because we sneaked into an old bookstore because Lauren and Layton love to read, so we were looking for a cute book and couldn’t find any! We found this one, which related to the ring. The funny (kind of…) thing that I found out today is that they actually had to take her ring back and get a new one because the diamonds just wouldn’t stay in! They ended up buying from a different jeweler!

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I look forward to working on my birthday to work with these two again!

And I’ll leave you with ONE image from today. Something I am really impressed with in Layton. He actually MADE this bouquet for Lauren last night because she wasn’t going to have her flowers until tomorrow, and wanted her to have something for pictures. He found a video on YouTube that taught him how to do it. I was seriously impressed! It looked awesome!

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See you guys tomorrow! Can’t wait!

by Rachael Earl

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June 20, 2009 - 12:44 pm Beth Dibble - It was great to see you the other day! Love your work!!

June 20, 2009 - 9:20 am Zak - Layton steppin' up the game for men everywhere! Love it Layton! Really cute couple. Love the one with the people walking through. :) Have a great day!

June 20, 2009 - 8:10 am Darcy Martin - Very cute! These look like tons of fun, some super cute pictures :)

June 20, 2009 - 7:56 am Kelvin Leung - Lovely! Enjoy the wedding!

June 20, 2009 - 12:47 am Jaime - Aww, I love these! #3 and #4 are pretty much amazing (great reflection in 4)! Such an adorable couple ... and awesome color!!!

June 20, 2009 - 12:19 am angie+ matt - what a sweet guy! Such a cute couple, have fun at the wedding:)

Where Babies Come From

06.18.2009 Babies and Newborns| Families| Maternity| Pregnancy

Okay, so this will be a massive post because I have posted a few from the pregnancy session and a few from the baby session, but here is the culmination of the photos! This is my best friend, who you have seen frequent my blog. What can I say? It’s good to have a photographer for a best friend, I guess!

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This is such a cute family photo:
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She asked how I “made her look so pretty” in these photos-uhhh-hello! That is how pretty you are!
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This facial expression is very Ed:

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I love the light in these next two…
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Oh, and the SUNFLARE! (some like it, some don’t-I think it is beautiful)
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This is a special place for Ed + Jenn because it is where they got engaged. Right HERE:
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Sooo…on to part 2 of this post. This is baby Braelynn Leila Clark that you saw a few days ago on my blog. Here is more baby sweetness, starting with her bellybutton because I really love baby bellybuttons:
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With her sister, Taylor:
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I always recommend shooting newborn sessions in the privacy and comfort of your own home. There are a million possibilities.
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Happy (Early) Father’s Day, Ed.
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I love this little monkey…maybe because it was a gift from us to Taylor when she was little. It’s just so stinkin’ cute.
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She’s already a thumb sucker!
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I love this one!
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If you would like to schedule a before + after double session (pregnancy and baby session), mention this blog entry and get a free mini 3×3 album with images from your sessions! Thanks for looking!

by Rachael Earl

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July 1, 2009 - 10:00 pm Amy Anaiz - Totally love this one!! :)

June 20, 2009 - 12:52 am Jaime - Funny that I read this post right after Robyn decides she wants to know how babies get "out". lol These are great shots Rachael! Beautiful family, beautiful baby, beautiful toes! :) I really love the fam shot on the sofa, and the one right above that. Ok, well ... I love them all! :) And sun flare rocks!

June 19, 2009 - 6:17 am Jamie Burnett - OMG... I LOVE those maternity pix! The lighting is amazing, and the family is beautiful!

June 19, 2009 - 12:57 am jenn - oops I meant need any medical help.

June 19, 2009 - 12:56 am Jenn - Absolutely Amazing Photo's...Not just because they are of my family either! And yes, It is very nice having my best friend being a Photographer...let me know if you ever have any medical help, ha.

June 18, 2009 - 11:48 pm Zak - I love the little monkey shot...so stinkin' cute! And those little toes...adorable family and great stuff Rachael. :)

June 18, 2009 - 7:23 pm Kelvin Leung - Beautiful signature shots from Rachael!

June 18, 2009 - 6:24 pm bryan kannowski - these are beautiful rachael!! LOVE the sunflare :)

June 18, 2009 - 6:22 pm lin-pet photographer - I absolutely adore the last sunf flare shot. Awesome!!

That’s How We Roll.

06.16.2009 101 in 1001| ME

People always make fun of how I bowl (and the fact that I still have to get the velcro shoes…don’t knock the size 4.5) Yes, bowling is an art form. No, I have not yet mastered the beauty and grace of that art form, but I did get a STRIKE! Complete with happy dance

by Rachael Earl

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June 20, 2009 - 12:18 am angie+ matt - haha! That was Awesome! I want to go bowling now! Nice form by the way:)!

June 19, 2009 - 6:19 am Jamie Burnett - You are so cute! Miss you girlfriend!

June 17, 2009 - 7:33 pm Callie - That is so cute. I bet you hate hearing the word 'cute" and 'little'. So... that is so endearing, charming, adorable, delightful and engaging. We miss bowling with you guys.

June 17, 2009 - 5:21 pm Rachael Earl - @Becca-you were there that fateful bowling day when Dan and I met! We haven't played in years, but it was fun to go again!

June 17, 2009 - 4:45 pm Becca Goodman - you haven't changed a bit! Way to go! Glad you guys are still playing!

June 16, 2009 - 8:33 pm Denise - HA!! That was so cute! I love your little happy scream at the end. Yay for bowling on a Saturday night!

June 16, 2009 - 6:53 pm Millie - Cute! I love how you stop right before you bowl, when most people go with the momentum.

Can’t Hardly Wait.

06.10.2009 Babies and Newborns| Families| Kids

The title says it all. These are from today. She’s just 2 days new. They were too cute to keep to myself. Enjoy, Ed + Jenn!

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:) :) LOVE!

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There’s pretty much like a bazillion more, so the hard part will be editing them down to the best ones!

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June 16, 2009 - 3:32 pm Becka @Studio222 - 2 days?! Awww....I want one!

June 16, 2009 - 12:54 pm Brianna - These are so awesome!

June 16, 2009 - 10:02 am greta, smitten - girl you blog post like a banshee!!!!!!! hahahah :) these are so adorable! pulling off a newborn shoot successfully is the toughest thing for me! these are so adorable and reflect your style so well!

June 11, 2009 - 10:07 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - "so shouldn't YOU be wearing the bucket?" love love love the bucket!!!

June 11, 2009 - 1:28 pm Zak - So adorable! Great idea with the bucket...love it Rachael!

June 11, 2009 - 10:03 am Beka - Oh how I love the bucket picture! So adorable!

June 10, 2009 - 9:57 pm Michael Chansley - These are WAY too cute!!

June 10, 2009 - 8:30 pm Jodi - She is just wonderful. It makes me want to have another one. Okay so not really but she is so cute!!!!! Congrats to everyone.

June 10, 2009 - 6:48 pm Cindy Stricker - What a cutie patootie!CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

June 10, 2009 - 6:37 pm Carolyn - JENNNNNNN! congratulations! she's so sweet and tiny....can't wait to meet her!

June 10, 2009 - 4:50 pm anna - can't say enough about these... LOVE the rocking horse! so precious!

June 10, 2009 - 4:05 pm chelo - Really stunning. I love the bucket.. omg, I love the bucket.

2 Cute 4 Words

06.10.2009 Babies and Newborns| Kids

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Enough said. More to come for sure!

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June 11, 2009 - 11:41 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - i can't stand the awesomeness here!!!

June 11, 2009 - 1:25 pm Zak - I loooooove this! :)

June 10, 2009 - 4:14 pm Jenn - Oh my girls (Taylor and Braelynn) are beautiful...Rach we love these, cant wait to see more! Thank you so much!

June 10, 2009 - 3:40 pm Jamie - So sweet!

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