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Ra-kell. Photographer. Artist. Mother. Wife. Friend.
Serial-furniture-mover. Audiobook addict. Always planning the next trip. Unreasonably excited about fall and rainy days. Financially irresponsible when it comes to cozy clothes. Proudly among Noah Kahan’s top 5%. Occasional rebel.

just human.

I believe photographs should give you more than a record of what your wedding looked like. They should bring you back to how it felt — the people who filled the room, the in-between moments, the details you chose with intention, and the things you were too busy living to notice.

That’s what I’m looking for when I photograph a wedding: the feeling beneath it all. The way your mother looked at you. Your friends losing themselves on the dance floor. The quiet moments between the big ones. The imperfect, fleeting pieces that somehow become the ones you remember most.

A few things to know about working with me


1.  I crave warm genuine connections. I like relationships to feel easy and genuine. I want you to feel comfortable being completely yourselves around me — because the more comfortable you are, the more naturally your photographs will reflect who you actually are.

2. I’m a spur-of-the-moment kind of creative, which means I don’t want every second of a session mapped out. I like having enough time to play, think, explore, and follow an idea when it happens.

3.  You bring a little piece of yourself, and I get to preserve it through my perspective. The best photographs happen somewhere in the middle — a little bit you, a little bit me.


4.  Your story is uniquely yours. There’s no formula here. Your photographs should feel personal, lived-in, and reflective of the people, places, and details that make your story yours.


5.  Lastly, trust is everything. I want you to feel comfortable enough to let go, be yourselves, and know that I’ve got you. The rest, I’ll take care of.

A few of
MY faves


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Book

The Fourwinds

Favorite way to spend a day

Slow morning, good coffee, wandering somewhere pretty

Cocktail

French 75

daily accessory

Silver watch

place to shop

aritzia

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