Rachel Clarke :: Photographer » Photojournalism

Joel & Korie Lynn :: Spotsylvania Virginia Photographer

Rachel — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:29:12 +0000

Meet Joel & Korie Lynn! Korie is a fellow photographer, an amazing photographer I might add. She is inspiring and fun, and just awesome. Then I had the pleasure of meeting her hubby Joel – who is super sweet and funny! The two of them are newly weds, around 7 months I believe. They want to document their marriage – and I think that is such an awesome thing to do!

-R

Peek A Boo!! :: VA MD DC Portrait Photographer

Rachel — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:37:58 +0000

I can’t tell you how often I think about the world around me, and the choices I make. Why I do what I do, when I do it, & who I do it for. My brain is typically a whirlwind of thoughts that swirls so fast I’m nearly dizzy!! A lot of what I have been thinking about is what is meaningful to me. Will this choice make a bit of difference when Im 80 years old. Will what I have done with my life today be memorable to me, will I be proud of it?!

Yesterday little buddy man got into a stack of props I had taken pictures of to sell, amazingly enough he found a hat that was just his size. He was walking around with it on for some time when the light hit him just right and I thought – I should take a picture of him. I sat him up on the couch and began playing with him, getting him to giggle and caught a few really cute shots of him. But it wasn’t quite what I was going for, by this time he was more interested in what was on t.v. than his mom with that black thing in front of her face, AGAIN. So I started playing peek a boo with the camera, in which started the cutest thing ever. He started playing peek a boo with me with his hat – I loved it. In the midst of capturing these sweet moments my heart felt fulfilled. I had stopped what I was doing to enjoy something SO simple as playing peek a boo. The smile on my little man’s face just melts my heart. I love it. I love his smile, I love his giggle, and I love him.

-R

Little Miss A :: Virginia Newborn Photographer

Rachel — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:35:13 +0000

When I made the decision to try a different approach to my photography, I had no idea what would be in store for me. I had been thinking alot about photography, and what it could and should mean to my clients. Of course a cute baby wrapped up in one of my knitted props is super cute. But imagine how much more meaningful a baby wrapped up in a blanket knitted by grandma could be. Or wearing mommy’s booties from when she was a baby. I am on a mission to put more meaning into my images. To capture the life of this tiny person, their tiny features, and everything that is meaningful to their family.

Please meet little miss Adeline.

Adeline & her grandma!

And big bro, the Caedster!

A few of big bro alone, he’s SO handsome!

Mommy, grandma, & Miss Adeline – 3 generations in one photo!

Revisiting the collage of her room because I love it SO much!

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Sneak Peak! Miss Adeline :: VA MD DC Newborn Photographer

Rachel — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:28:26 +0000

I am just head over heals in love with this session. Everything about her is just so sweet. Her mom is a talented decorator, I just fell in love with her room!

More of her session to come!

-R

Capturing Life’s Tiny Moments :: VA MD DC Wedding & Portrait Photographer

Rachel — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:54:45 +0000

Recently I have been thinking about this photographic journey I am on, and the future ahead. Where I want to go, what I want to capture, and how I want to capture it. More ideas about my business have encircled me these past few months than ever. A dear a friend and fellow photographer and I have been talking alot about the future of our business and with her help I have come to so many amazing conclusions. I took a new approach to my photography yesterday, a more photojournalistic approach – and i really have fallen more in love with what I do. I had the amazing opportunity to document play time with little Miss C. It was so relaxed, and just dreamy. I am head over heals in love with the images from yesterday. I captured REAL moments yesterday, moments her parents will cherish forever. And THIS my friends is what photography is all about. Its about the timeless photograph that is created, the tiny moment captured.

-R