Blessed ~ Images by Rachael {Louisville, KY Family Photographer}

When I moved to Louisville, KY...8 years ago (yes, Mom, it has been EIGHT years!!), I knew two people. The first was my boyfriend (now wonderful husband) and the second was his roommate, Erich. To say that I "knew" Erich...is not really accurate. I knew Erich because I was his roommate's girlfriend, and he was privy to my frequent jaunts across the country to see his roommate. However, he was the first person we told that I was moving to Louisville after Sundance...and I still remember his reaction (hehehe!). Once I moved to Louisville, I also became Erich's roommate...to a certain extent (too much information? maybe.), as the hubs (then boyfriend) rarely spent time apart, aside from when we were at work. A few months after I had moved to Louisville, Erich and my boyfriend parted roommate ways.

Enter Cory! The evening the boys decided to clean their apartment, and get out of dodge, some how Erich managed to con his new girlfriend into coming over and helping with the cleaning cause. That was when I met Cory for the first time. Their relationship moved fast, and soon I got the call from them that they were engaged. The rest is history...a wonderful, romantic, amazing history.

A couple years later their paths crossed with an infant boy from Guatemala...whom they named Chase. If you know Erich and Cory...you know their story...you know Chase's story...and you know that there are not three people in the world more meant for each other than these three. I love this family. They are courageous in was you cannot imagine. They are generous in ways you wish everyone would be. They are awesome.

OK...Ill stop gushing...on with the peak :)

First Chase, because I really cannot get enough of him!

Family!

And my absolute favorite. GORGEOUS!:

Siblings ~ Images by Rachael {Louisville, KY Children Photographer}

Today my kids are at their Great Grandparents house and I am using the "free" time to work on some photo shoots. It is almost 3pm...I have been working on this particular photo shoot since 11am. I worked on it during nap time yesterday...

About a half an hour ago, I found myself saying: "Self, WHY is this shoot taking so long to finish??!?!", then I realized that I was on picture number 80. That is 80 EDITED images!!! There are SO many amazingly cute photos of these two siblings, that I can't choose the best ones to edit and show!!! :) I LOVE when that happens!!!

Meet Clara and Colin (again). You all met them last Christmas when I did Colin's newborn pictures, and a few Christmas photos of both of them. We have also seen Clara in her cute Halloween costume at last year's Halloween Event (yes, I will be having another one this year, more to come on that later!!). I cannot get enough of these two...and I am so glad that their awesome parents keep me busy! :)

LOVING them!



A little note: I live with brown eyes. I have brown eyes, my husband has brown eyes, and both of my kids have brown eyes (we are talking BLACK!)! I love it, however it makes me really notice non-brown eyes, like, you know...blue eyes. :) Colin and Clara have blue eyes...we are talking "stop dead in your tracks" blue eyes. Take a gander below...and keep in mind that I did not do ANYTHING to their eyes in the editing process...WOW!



Clara wore her adorable little outfit from dance...OMG...girl stuff (I am surrounded by boys) is so foreign to me! I LOVE it!


Colin...well, what can you say? He is probably one of the most adorable 8 month old on the planet! :)


And what is a photo shoot with me, without the details? You know me...I LOVE feet...and legs...with tutus!



One last image (I know...it is a photo-heavy post)...Siblings. I LOVE the below picture! It makes me giggle. Big sister torturing her little brother...hehehe!

Will ~ Images by Rachael {Louisville, KY Photographer}

I love flying by the seat of my pants. This shoot...Will's shoot...was supposed to be done in Anchorage Park. However, leave it to the ever changing Kentucky weather...and the venue had to be changed because of trees down in the park area. So, Will's Mom called and asked me if I wanted to just come to their backyard...OF COURSE! I was a little nervous, because I was going in blindly...I didn't know what the lighting situation would be...etc. However, I was excited because I would really like to do more "lifestyle" photography, and this was a good opportunity to get some practice. :)

I spent an hour with Will...and we had a blast! An absolute BLAST! We played chase, and peek-a-boo...and he got to play with his cars and his slides. We had a great time!!! :) I am so excited about these pictures...I honestly LOVE them all! Thanks Will for the play date! :)

Adriana ~ Images by Rachael {Denver, CO Photographer}

One last shoot from Denver.

World: Meet Adriana
Adriana: Meet the World

This is Adriana (Ade, for short). She is the daughter of my very best friend (my BFF :)), Val. Therefore, Ade...is essentially...well...my "niece", so to speak. I LOVE LOVE LOVE her! She has sass...and I LOVE it! The girl knows what she wants...which is a very important thing for a girl to know. PLUS she is sweet as pie. Two traits that are sure to conquer the world! I can't wait to watch her! :)

(Oh yes...remember me telling you about the wind in Denver...yeah...the wind! WIND! WIND! Lotsa wind!)




And...I happened to capture this one (feet!) of Ade and her Daddy playing in the backyard. It is one of my faves.

Broome Family ~ Images by Rachael {Louisville, KY Photographer}

It's a small world here in Louisville. A small world...and the longer you live here, the smaller it gets. Its what makes it so charming, I think. I am not from here...and yet I have lived here long enough to know I will most likely run into someone I know at the Grocery Store. This photo shoot wasn't any different! Summer called me while I was in Denver to book a session...she found me through a mutual friend. However, while doing the shoot, we learned that we had a few other mutual friends in common as well...AND we were all from out West (Texas and New Mexico on their part). It was fun chatting with people who understood the difference (good and bad) between Louisville and the west. :)

PLUS...how gorgeous is the Broome Family! Little Barron was "OMG CUTE!". He was sooo active...and LOVED throwing leaves and rocks! And those boots!!! THOSE BOOTS!!! Seriously, to die for! :)

This one...I played around with a little post-vintaging...I thought it fitting with the cowboy boots.

I just LOVE this one. :) Love, Love it!

Elena and Lexi ~ Images by Rachael {Denver, CO Photographer}

Okay. Seriously? I LOVE what I do! Just look at these girls! How cute are they? OMG! While in Denver, I met Elena and Lexi. The evening that we had scheduled their photo shoot, the wind was going crazy! I seriously felt like I was back in Cheyenne, Wyoming! I almost cancelled the shoot because no one wants to take pictures with hair flying all over the place...and I sure didn't want to try and edit pictures with hair flying all over the place. Alas, we decided to "make it work"...and I am SO glad that we did! When I saw these two little girls run down the hill with their pink tutus on...I almost died! :)

To top it all off...they had obviously been studying their model poses, or watching America's Next Top Model, because they were posing like crazy! It was fabulous! They LOVED the camera! :) It made my work that much easier! :) Thanks Layla for braving the wind with me. :)

Leo ~ Images by Rachael {Louisville, KY Photographer}

One of the perks of being a photographer is actually getting to see the little tykes you take pictures of, grow up. Like Leo! I took Leo's 3 year old pictures, his family pictures, and now his 4 year old pictures. This time, we decided to take it downtown Louisville...and roam the streets. I had SO much fun running with Leo. We told jokes, played hide and seek...and he showed me his muscles! :) Here are just a few of my faves:

He is Famous!