Rachel McHardy Photography

11/09/2020

Want to know why all 3 of my kiddos are looking and smiling? Because I’m not the one behind the camera!

Thanks auntie Kell for snapping this photo!

02/02/2020

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07/18/2017

2 year old: "I want picture with balloons too, mama!"
Me: "Okay!"
(Digs clothing out of moving box, rounds up camera and equipment, gets all 3 kids loaded in the car, loses keys, finds keys, drives to location, unloads everything, sets up.)
2 year old: "I want to go home."
🤦‍♀️

07/08/2017

From my last session in Oregon! What a beautiful couple ❤

05/03/2017

Such a beautiful intensity! Wisdom beyond her years in those eyes.

05/01/2017

Should be packing- taking pictures of my baby instead! 😊 Check out my IG stories for a quick lighting tip for photographing a baby lying on his back!

04/11/2017

The final result! A happy, pretty background for a happy, pretty girl!
I used electrical tape to hang up the flowers because that's what I happened to have on hand. It worked surprisingly well. Also,
I used a polystyrene backboard and, like a fool, the first time I tried to put the flowers up, I worked with the board upright. I had nearly all the flowers in place. Then one little cluster began to fall, and then suddenly it was raining flowers and electrical tape all around me. I wanted to cry. But I set out to create a 4 out of flowers for my daughter and by golly a 4 out of flowers is what I was going to create! Sooo... I set the board on the ground, reassembled, made an offering to the craft gods (kidding!), stood it up, and it was good to go!

04/10/2017

Betcha can't guess how old my daughter turns this month! 😉
This is the "rough draft" stage of what will eventually be part of a backdrop. I used dollar store flowers, cut most of the stems off, and wired groups of 2-3 flowers together. The 4 is a little twist on an idea from
Can't wait to post the final photos!

04/06/2017

This pretty lady is going on to play college tennis! How cool is that?! (The only thing I played in college was hooky 😉)
Also, this is a new background color I painted and I kinda lurrrrrve it! 😍 Although admittedly it helps to have a pretty model standing in front of it!

04/03/2017

Lesson from a 2 year old ballerina:
Sometimes things don't "turn out" the way we want😉 Dance anyway!

03/26/2017

Beauty clearly runs in the family!

Also to all you mamas out there, I have a challenge for you. I challenge you to get out from behind the camera and with your kids before Mother's Day! I promise you one day they'll treasure that photo! Use the hashtag and let's see whatcha got!

03/20/2017

I love posting photos from recent photo shoots, but I realize it's not extremely helpful to many of you. So I thought I'd do a few posts every now and then answering your photography questions! It can be directly photo related (i.e. What is an f stop?) or photo prep related (i.e. What should I wear for a family session). I may not have all the answers, but I'm happy to share what I know!