In the Garden ~ Cannon Beach, OR Child Photographer ~ Rachel Clare
September 29, 2009 | Filed Under Children, Family | 7 Comments
I’m catching up on some sneak peeks from my sessions in Oregon (to those who’ve waited, THANK YOU for being so patient!).
I met this family about a year and a half ago when little T. was just a wee one. He was a wee one fighting a big fight. It did my heart much good to see an energetic, happy little boy. It was such a joy to photograph him and his sweet family. And, I might add, both of his parents are actors– let me just express how EASY it is to photograph actors!! They were just happy to be there and were absolutely unconcerned with being in front of a camera.
Thank you, all three of you, for a lovely hour in the garden. I hope to see you all again soon!
A Vintage Wedding ~ Orange County Wedding Photographer ~ Rachel Clare
September 24, 2009 | Filed Under Weddings | 17 Comments
As promised, a full preview of Tuesday’s shoot in the woods. It was gorgeous, with no detail left undone or missing.
A special thanks to Summer with Grey Likes Weddings for all her work in styling the event, Lauryl Lane for her amazing floral designs, Vivian Tran from All Made Up for hair and makeup prep, MaeMae Paperie for the perfect wedding stationary, favors, and details (seriously, they were to-die-for), Czar Press for their printing of paper products, B. Poetic for lots of the extra details, and Cheryl Stewart of Cake My Day for the darling cake. And let me not forget to mention our beautiful couple, Gena & Jeff- they were stunning! Thank you all!
Teaser ~ Orange County Wedding Photographer ~ Rachel Clare
September 22, 2009 | Filed Under Weddings | 14 Comments
It was my privelage to attend Jessica Claire’s first OC workshop today at her new studio. It was a day full of information, good food, new friends, and wonderful shooting opportunities. Thank you to Jessica for all of the planning and hard work.
Here’s one shot from today- I’m lovin’ the sunflare! Stay tuned for more images coming soon (there’s a lot to share)!
Keepers ~ Inland Empire Wedding Photographer ~ Rachel Clare
September 17, 2009 | Filed Under Children, Weddings | 7 Comments
I was scrolling through some wedding images tonight and came upon these two, taken by the wonderful Maria Hays who second-shot for me. I laughed right out loud! This crazy man was the life of this reception, and his expressions had us rolling- it’s just fantastic to get to relive them!
Seriously… have you ever seen something so funny!?
Mine, at the beach ~ Inland Empire Child Photographer ~ Rachel Clare
September 15, 2009 | Filed Under Children, Mine | 19 Comments
Slowly… slowly… I’m digging my way out. When it rains, it pours, right?
I decided to take a break from the monstrous list of things I need to get done and edit some images of my own kids from our time last week on the Oregon Coast.
We had “lovely” weather- as in, warm and sunny. Exactly the type of weather I was secretly hoping not to see, but alas, it followed us up there. Fortunately, it didn’t ever get “hot”, so I was able to deal with it…
Just a few captures of my littles enjoying a day at the beach…
I completely understand why some animals eat their own young. It’s because they’re SO DANG CUTE. I seriously feel the urge sometime. Like during this shot…
E’s reaction to someone yelling “Watch it! HUGE wave coming!!”. This face is PRICELESS. (ps. that water is like 42 degrees or something… it’s no wonder he freaked!)
The Pacific Northwest ~ Rachel Clare
September 11, 2009 | Filed Under Just Because | 12 Comments
I have SO much to share!! 3 family sessions, 1 “actors” session (?), 1 Bridal session and a wedding all in 3 days. I’m POOPED. Seriously.
For now, I’ll share some of the shots I took just for me while we were in lovely Cannon Beach, OR this week. A BIG thank-you to my auntie Merril Lynn for hosting us and watching my littles while I shot and shot. And shot.
Check back for teasers!
Happy weekend!
And, my FAVORITE:
Out of the Office ~ Rachel Clare
September 6, 2009 | Filed Under Announcements | 2 Comments
I’m heading up to Cannon Beach, Oregon today to shoot Tennille & Ryan’s wedding. Will be back on Thursday and will promptly answer emails and voicemails when I return! Happy Labor Day folks!
2 1/2 year old M. ~ Riverside CA Child Photographer ~ Rachel Clare
September 3, 2009 | Filed Under Children | 1 Comment
Know why I was instantly taken with this child? Because she’s 2 1/2 and at 2 1/2, it’s all about becoming independent and making your own choices. The pearl necklace and flag? All her- and I couldn’t have been happier. Because that’s what capturing these moments is all about- remembering that child (or infant, or teen, or wedding) as he/she/it is, right then, at that moment. Little M. is discovering who she is, she’s learning and growing and developing her own self. Everything about this process is fascinating to me and I love those free-spirit children who have opinions and tastes and desires.
I met up with this sweet little ball of energy and her grandparents down at the Mission Inn. They were the winners of a silent auction I donated to last winter, and it was fun to get to finally meet them. A lovely couple and a completely captivating young granddaughter.
9 Years ~ Rachel Clare
September 1, 2009 | Filed Under Mine | 14 Comments
Sept. 1st, 2000 (a date we decided would be easy to remember), I married my best friend at 8:something a.m. As I’ve mentioned before, we didn’t tell many people, and we invited even fewer. We wanted it to be small, personal. A light lunch afterward at a cute little Bistro and we were off for a quick 3 days in the mountains before heading into our Senior years of college. Since then, we…
*Lived for a year and a half in a 400-sq foot studio (and if we could make it through that, I was convinced we could make it through anything!).
*Graduated with our undergrad. degrees.
*Found tickets from Albuquerque to London, round trip, for $427. We jumped on them. We backpacked Europe for 8 weeks (coming home early due to a horrific sinus infection in my face). We did England, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium.
We spent D-Day in Normandy and Bayeux, ate crepes in Paris, enjoyed the architecture in Barcelona, rode on lots of trains, stayed for 4 days longer than planned in Cinque Terre because we couldn’t get enough, realized that Venice was nothing to write home about, had scary experiences in Munich, experienced our first tornado in Berlin, went to an opera in Gyor, got sick in Prague, slept in a barn in Gimmelwald, and ate lots of chocolate in Brugge.
*Moved to Lawrence, Kansas (right after experiencing our first tornado in Germany) for graduate school and you agreed to let us buy the old 1920’s historic home that I wanted, even though you didn’t, really.
*Added on 500 sq. feet to the aforementioned home, doing most of the work ourselves yourself.
*Got your Master’s degree in record-time, jumping right back into the Ph.D.
*Had a beautiful baby boy.
*Moved from the lush green of Lawrence to the dry motherland of northwestern NM.
*Started a photography business.
*Graduated with your Ph.D.
*You worked a job you hated for a year and a half so I could be close to my family.
*Had a sweet baby girl.
*Decided it was more important to have a career you loved that allowed you lots of time with us rather than a job you hated where we never saw you, even though we moved away from my family.
*Moved to Southern California where we’ve you’ve completely renovated our house, all while doing research and teaching.
While I’m leaving lots of things out, these are the things that come to my mind. We’ve both changed a lot, we’ve both sacrificed. More importantly, we’ve grown closer together through it all.
I’m hoping the next 9 years will be even more wonderful and adventurous than the first!
