I'm so happy you're here!

Hi, I’m Rachel! I’m a wife and a mom to 4 darling little girls and 1 sweet tiny boy. I have a passion for capturing beauty and sharing my knowledge with others. I’m the face behind Luminosity Photography.

I love podcasts, reading, shopping, make-up, crafting and dumb reality tv. I’m a total introvert. I’m a picky eater and hate melted cheese (I even take the cheese off of pizza!), ice cream, burgers, and soda. And I’m allergic to the cold. For reals. I have to take allergy medicine to treat the hives.

Photography was sort of an accident for me. In high school I worked for my Dad, who made documentaries. I was able to spend time learning lighting and other skills that are critically important in photography. I took a few photography classes in high school and college (though my degree is in something totally unrelated–social work!) When I got married, my dad talked my husband into getting me a nice camera. And once I had it, I felt like I needed to use it. The more pictures I took the more I grew to love it. Now I couldn’t be more grateful for photography and what it’s done for me and my family. I feel like I’m living a dream, and I can’t imagine my life without it!

meet Rachel

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what sets me apart?

  • My style is very distinct. Beautiful, bold colors, natural movement/posing that show love and connection, and dramatic light. I’m never going to give you images where the lighting is anything but gorgeous and flattering on your skin.
  • I specialize in capturing authentic beauty and love instead of overly-posed and processed images. 
  • I have 15+ years of experience shooting families and weddings, and before that, I had about 3 years of experience in the video world and photography classes!
  • I love teaching photography to others. It makes me so happy to help others capture life in a beautiful way.
  • I have a beautiful studio, so I’m never dependent on the weather.
  • I love working with families of all shapes and sizes, including large extended family groups.
  • I’m crazy fast. I know my camera so well, that I can get shots set up before you even realize it, and I always know exactly what I want you to do. “Stand there. Do this. Got it, let’s keep moving.”
  • I shoot 100% with vintage prime lenses. That means all of my lenses are over 40 years old, don’t zoom, and don’t have auto focus. These lenses create such beautiful, high quality images, and I could never go to modern lenses!
  • I’m primarily a natural light photographer, but I am also good with artificial light sources to create really magical images in ALL situations.
  • I have spent years perfecting my skills in Photoshop, and I can do almost anything with it!
  • While I now specialize in family photography, I spent years only doing weddings, and I’ve shot more than 520 weddings in my career!

Get to Know Me

1. The Title of My Autobiography Would Be:

give it time

2. You May be Suprised to Learn:

my bachelors degree is not in photography

3. The Quality that Makes me Successful:

i am good at “slow and steady wins the race.”

4. When I’m Not Working, You can Find Me:

enjoying time with my family

5. The Best Advice I can Offer You:

give time to the things you care about most.

6. My Most Rewarding photography Experience to Date:

travel, capturing the authentic love in a variety of relationships, it’s all been a dream.

7. If I wasn’t a photographer, I would be:

doing some kind of job in marketing, or maybe something related to social work.

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