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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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Taryn and Evan’s Cleveland engagement session at the Museum of Art was absolutely breathtaking. They are both such a breath of fresh air! They showed up to their engagement session with the most positive attitudes, and it really came through on the photos! We are so excited to be photographing their wedding next year at […]

Engagement Photography

October 5, 2021

Cleveland Engagement Session at the Museum of Art | Taryn & Evan

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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve blogged, and I wanted to show up with this gorgeous Fall Engagement Session at the Cleveland Museum of Art! This session with Matthew and Jennifer was perfect! They live out of state, and so together we came up with a plan for their fall engagement session at the […]

Engagement Photography

January 15, 2021

Fall Engagement session at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Fall Engagement Session at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Derek and Kelsey’s engagement session at Bath Nature Preserve was one for the books. Bath Nature preserve has quickly become one of my favorite field areas to photograph in. There are so many trails and you’ll see your fair share of deer while hiking around. But what makes it such a great place to photograph […]

Engagement Photography

January 20, 2020

Bath Nature Preserve Fall Engagement Session | Cuyahoga Falls 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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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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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

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I’ve been to Edgewater park for Cleveland engagement sessions many times before, but never have I ever been there at sunrise. Mostly for two reasons: 1. I have never really photographed in the morning 2. I am not a morning person. But Steven & Teresa’s Cleveland engagement session might have me rethinking both of those […]

Engagement Photography

July 23, 2018

Teresa & Steve | Beach Cleveland Engagement Session

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Dear Bride, You’re getting married! Cue the confetti, pop the champagne, it’s happening! Maybe you’re high school sweethearts and have been anticipating this for a long time, or maybe it just came out of nowhere like it did for us. Whatever the scenario, in a blink of an eye you will be slipping rings on […]

Engagement Photography, Real Talks with Rachel, Wedding Photography

July 17, 2018

An Open Letter to Brides

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Once upon a time it was just me, and I photographed as Rachel Elisabeth Photography. That being said, I often contracted other photographers to help me as a second shooter, and that’s when I met Austin’s friend: Mitch.  We photographed a few weddings together, & it was really fun to get to know him. He […]

Engagement Photography

May 30, 2018

Cuyahoga Falls Engagement Session | Cleveland Wedding Photographers