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I'm Rachel of Austin & Rachel Photography, and welcome to our blog! We're Cleveland fine art wedding photographers who specialize in beautifully documenting your wedding celebration in a way that feels like you & shows off your love.

Cleveland & North Canton Ohio Fine Art Wedding Photography

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Sara & PJ’s classy & colorful fall wedding at Brookside Country Club in Canton, Ohio was one for the books! With so much love put into every detail, they put together a celebration that was not only beautiful, but so much fun for their friends & family. I had enjoyed photographing their engagement session so […]

Wedding Photography

January 15, 2019

Brookside Country Club | Sara & PJ | Canton Wedding Photographers

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This past September I finally got to meet our rad couple, Paul & Nicole. While they are getting married in Cleveland, they live in Chicago and wanted to have their engagement session in the Lincoln Park area. We planned for an early morning Lincoln Park Engagement Session, and hoped that the weather would be kind […]

Engagement Photography

December 29, 2018

Lincoln Park Morning Engagement Session | Chicago Wedding Photographers

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Mitch & Jordan’s simple and romantic midwest wedding at the Barn at Wolf Creek was so full of sincerity and hospitality. These two care so very deeply for each other and those around them. While they aimed for a simple wedding, they outdid themselves. With deep reds & wine colors accented with greenery, their wedding […]

Wedding Photography

December 15, 2018

Romantic Wedding at the Barn at Wolf Creek | Cleveland Wedding Photographers

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If you know me, you’ll know that adore southern weddings, specifically: Charleston weddings. We recently visited and I felt like I should have definitely been photographing a Charleston wedding or engagement. As a wedding photographer, the south and Charleston weddings give me so much inspiration. Plantation wedding? Sign me up! If there was ever an […]

Engagement Photography

December 3, 2018

Erin & Jeff’s Charleston Inspired Cleveland Engagement | Cleveland Wedding Photographers

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They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but these poorly lit and mostly iphone 4 images can’t even come close to describing our relationship. Today marks five years of marriage. Holy cow. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking & reminiscing over the last 5 years. But honestly, it’s been such a […]

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October 31, 2018

5 years of Marriage | Personal | Austin & Rachel Photography

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We recently had a wedding timeline that was perfectly timed out and planned as usual. We rarely have issues with our timelines, and expected this particular wedding to go smoothly without any hiccups. Unfortunately, sometimes there are things that are out of our control, and things get behind. We’ve seen some really amazing wedding timelines! […]

Wedding Photography, Wedding Planning

August 29, 2018

When a wedding timeline runs late | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

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I’m a Cleveland Wedding Photographer, sure. But if you took a peek into my brain, you would find that I’m passionate about a few specific things. You would quickly find out that I probably made a Target run at some point during the day. You would know that my day doesn’t really start until I’ve […]

Real Talks with Rachel

August 25, 2018

Live Your Best Life | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

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Oh, friends! We are are so excited to share Matt & Amanda’s romantic Cleveland, Ohio wedding at the Ariel Pearl Center with you today! It was a perfect 78 and partly sunny day, which is quite literally what Amanda had hoped for.  We have been looking forward to their wedding day since the day we […]

Wedding Photography

August 10, 2018

Matt & Amanda’s Ariel Pearl Center Wedding | Cleveland, Ohio Wedding

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We may photograph in Cleveland on the regular, but honestly my creative heart thrives in the middle of nowhere in a field. This midwest whimsical field engagement session is giving me SO much life. If you read our previous blog post about styling your engagement session to take it to next level, you’ll see a […]

Engagement Photography

August 2, 2018

Midwest Whimsical Field Engagement | Cleveland Wedding Photographers

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If you’re a bride, I think we’ve all scrolled Instagram and had our jaws drop over a gorgeous engagement photograph. There is so much good inspiration available, but sometimes it seems like we either hope  we’ll get those soft and romantic images or believe we couldn’t ever have those types of images. But personally, I […]

Engagement Photography, Wedding Planning

July 30, 2018

4 Hacks to Bring Your Engagement Session to the Next Level