we are UP

ok, my new blog....oh its so beautiful!...is up and ready, yes i have a few tweaks here and there to deal with but i love it so much i just had to get this thing rolling NOW! update your bookmarks, your rss feeds or whatever madness you like to get there!
here is the new place to go

http://www.sacramentophotography.biz/blog/


and oh boy, another thing to do here.....a twitter? yes, im going to give this a test run! you can do a search and follow .....
look for rachellephoto

(what better excuse to buy an iphone)

new blog

yes yes YES i am getting a entire new blog here soon! the blog stats are getting a huge amount of traffic these days and i really really need to update this thing! the images i upload to this are so darn small and the colors tend to be off sometimes.
it will be just a bit before i do next blog post here. i cannot wait to share monika and jeffs wedding pics from wine and roses yesterday.....hopefully get this rolling this week.

dianna and ralphs post bridal show

this slideshow has been a long time coming here, we shot this back in february!! things have been stupidly busy at my house these days and finally i have grabbed some time to really conquer this project and devote all my love to this couple, as they know...i freakin love them soooo much and i even more adore her family......yes, it was as windy and cold as the pics looked that day.....poor dianna was literally frozen that day. of course the day before and that day after our shoot was nice, sunny and big beautiful puffy white clouds for as far as your eyes could see....but not this day! i want to give my friend shannon with flourish designs a huge thank you and a huge-er hug for making these floral arrangements for us. dianna and ralphs first year wedding anniversary is this sunday, holy cow where has the time gone?? enjoy the show as it is truly one of my very favorites and worth being frozen solid for most of that day! view the show here

jeff and lisa e slideshow

aww more pics of this awesome couple!! again guys, you are such a treat!! right now im totally in love with this group kings of leon (kinds reminds me of tesla & collective soul which i love also...hey, im an 80's-90's girl gimmee a break) - one of my couples for 2009 jeremiah and steph introduced this music to me and since then ive listened to them non stop! my very fav though is sex on fire which i used for jeremiah and stephs slide a little while back. hope you love these pics as much as me! view this slide here...

next week

next week is pretty slow- ive plowed through the major part of my work flow-this week has been so busy already and its only tues....all the ad stuff is due, cover submissions again, oh i am hopeful to place another this round, however i wont hold my breath in grabbing them both this time, god that was super cool though! taxes are finally filed, i think i sent out at least a dozen packages at the post office today..... so i will be doing a small revamp on the site including some new music next week. basically a good cleanup is what is in order. the websites always seem to get the least amount of attention. i do have one last blog to catch up on from a few weeks ago which is the wing stop grand opening- pretty cool stuff to be mentioning!! hopefully get to that tomorrow or the next. i have not taken any recent pics of my kids lately, i am thinking of dragging them into the studio this weekend, should be fun!

jeff and lisa e session (backwards)

on sunday i AGAIN had the pleasure of shooting jeff and lisa. YES the wedding was last month and the e session was this past sunday. they booked the wedding pretty late in the game and last months weather was horrible so we had to post pone this session. i described this couple as insanely awesome the last time, and YES - YES they are! my cam loves them and they love my cam. ive much enjoyed using all these new actions and that but have felt a little all over the board. i have finally come to the conclusion, I LOVE them, BUT they are not for everyone and not for every situation. i love the fact that i can go either way with processing depending on the circumstance and how aggressive the clients like the images. jeff and lisa have been a huge treat for me because not only are they freaking gorgeous...but they let me do whatever my little hearts desire. a note to clients.....we are artists and you hire us for our talents and abilities in shooting and on these hours and hours of post production. TRUST is such an important factor on both sides....isnt it? i forgot to mention on the wedding blog last month- jeff and lisa are both dentists....would you guess that? no. i love them, i adore them......and i sooooo hope they see me again when its time for those baby pics! you guys are the best - thanks for giving me such insanely awesome portfolio materials!!

Aaron & Cerrina's Wedding

aww this wedding yesterday was just plain beautiful! the ceremony was at first covenant church and just a hop skip the reception was held at lake natoma inn. could we ask for better weather?? to start the flowers were gorgeous, joan with beautiful by nature knocked our socks off with with brilliant bouquets. the cake came from pastry heaven, i REALLY wanted a piece of that too but by the time i looked for some, it was all gone, it must have been a good one. the driver from baja limo was so nice and smiled the whole time.....it was just a good day for everyone. brandon and kami with sound image entertainment did what they do best....masters of the music and coordination. i did shoot this one solo so i know i can always count on kam kam to keep her eyes on that stop watch she brings for me :) aaron and his daughter cianna are very old and dear friends of mine, this cute kid used to hang at my house quite often, i had not seen her in sometime and as i thought she is just a beauty. i am 100% in love with cerrina, aaron scored on this little lady here, and her son markus i finally able to meet yesterday...what a beautiful boy with the most AWESOME hair. i am so honored that aaron and cerrina asked me to photograph this special day for them. you have such a special family, congrats you guys!!

baby hugh

oh my i am still trying to get caught on my blogging here! this precious baby belongs to catherine and rick, seriously one of my very favorite clients in the whole wide world! i hope to be able to see this kid grow for a while. funny hugh was crying and fussing off and on through the session...pretty typical i think. we thought maybe he was a bit chilly so rick grabbed the hair dryer thinking it would warm the area up a bit......it DID....but i think it was the sound of dryer that was comforting the baby. anyway- i am just honered to be able to stay close to my clients that i adore so much. congrats guys.