RACHAEL EARL » PHOTOGRAPHY: Lifestyle Portraiture and Wedding Photography

Sorry for the lack of photos from the last post, but I am sure you found plenty of eye candy to check out on those other blogs! So what have I been up to lately? Besides taking care of my cute little newborn (and her 2 other equally as cute siblings), this month has been about getting back into photography!

Here are a few quick ones from recent sessions (youngest to oldest!):

Remember that there are a few more days in August if you would like to get your mini session in while the rates (and temperatures) are hot!

When I’m not photographing, I also work designing for Spilled Milk Designs. If you are a photographer in need of a website, check them out! I also have been working on a new site for myself, which I am putting a deadline on myself of October 1st for releasing!!! (We’ll see if that deadline sticks…but I am excited to show you what I am working on!)

I shot a super fun 10th Anniversary session over the weekend for my best friend and her husband (Okay, Ed, you can be my best friend, too). It started in the cornfield where I was making way too many baseball references…

Here’s to many many more decades!

Starting next week, I will be back to work for portrait sessions. If you or your family would like to schedule a session, please email me. I will begin shooting weddings again in October. If you would like to schedule a meeting with me to discuss your upcoming 2010 or 2011 wedding, please email me as well! Thank you!

Also, I have to give a HUGE thank you to my friend, Jamie Burnett for this ADORABLE onesie that has been hanging over my computer for months…

And also my friends, Jason and Anna Ball for THIS adorably HILARIOUS onesie!!! And don’t forget to check out their blog for some super cute (if I do say so myself) pregnancy and hospital pics of yours truly!

I knew that Chelsea and Scott would be a lot of fun from the moment they described themselves as “completely retarded.” I was pretty much laughing the entire time today, which you know I love, of course. I had a blast shooting them! Wish you guys all the best at your wedding!!!

There is an entire series of these ones in various poses, making it very very very hard to decide!

I envy Chelsea’s calf muscles!

Then we took a drive out to the “country.” We couldn’t figure out which country-we think we were still in the US, but there sure were a lot of really poky weeds.

They should be Olympians for the Photographic High Jump event. It’s a real sport. Look it up.

I drove all over the place shooting these two the other day and had so much fun! LeighAnn scheduled the shoot as part of her month of birthday (which is a great idea, even better than our week of birthday-we’re thinking of upgrading). I especially loved the shots we were able to get on my friend’s farm! Thanks, Nate!

I pulled some crazy Matrix-like moves to shoot in this spot. Just imagine Keanu Reeves pregnant. Okay, maybe that’s not a pleasant thought…

I’ve realized lately that I kind of like to break the rules. Really, just in photography, not in real life. My husband still makes fun of me for STILL refusing to go in the exit at WalMart. Most recently, I realized that I really like to put color on color. Oooh-taboo to put a green shirt on green or red on red? It freaks people out when I suggest it. “Won’t we blend in?” Nope. I like it. I think you will, too. I guess those are my baby steps towards being a rebel. Yours too.

Oh, and while we are on the subject of COLOR, I ALWAYS recommend wearing it for your sessions. See how VIBRANT and BOLD they are? SO much better than black, white, navy blue, brown…you catch my drift. Oh, and I am very anti-matchy-matchy despite the title of this post. The word of the day is COORDINATE. Take different shades of a color in different styles of clothing, or different patterns, or even better, mix several colors and patterns (time to retire the polos). Have a little fun with what you wear and bring out your individual personalities!!! You will love them so much more and they will be much more YOU!

I did 2 days worth of sessions with my friend Diane this past week. One for her little 8 month old, and one just for her and her husband. She wanted to make sure that she was able to focus on just her husband and her for the second session instead of lumping it all together in a family session. Great idea! Should you ever decide to do a double portrait session (with at least one person in common), I will take $50 of the sitting fee of the second session.* (For a limited time only)

Delicious (and colorful) sodas courtesy of Liberty Market in Gilbert!

Gallery wrapped canvases are on sale until WEDNESDAY at midnight, so I’m passing the savings onto you! Enjoy 20% off any size gallery wrapped canvas this week. Email for retail sales pricing and fabulously fun options. Happy Spring!

*Sale applies to canvases printed from sessions photographed by My Camera Loves You only.*

Coming soon…Nate and Ali.

Sometimes having something a little unexpected in the frame can add humor/color/fun

I deliberately chose not to move it.