Rachel Peters Photography

Rachel Peters Photography http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/ A Modern Photographer for Modern People located in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Although she is located in the "Land of Anne". Rachel loves to travel and would be more than enthusiastic to travel with you on your destination of choice to capture your special moments. en Copyright 2010 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:13:35 -0400 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Becky + Jarvis = Married Well let me tell you a bit about my friends Becky & Jarvis. You know when there are people that you meet and you know you will be friends with for a long time. It doesn't matter that you are provinces apart or may have just met. Well these two people have become "those sort of people".

Becky & Jarvis are the sweetest, most adorable people I imagined them to be. I love when I first start corresponding with a couple via email and then I meet them and they are all I have dreamt them to be. This sweet couple live in Toronto where they have graciously opened up their home to me, and have offered me accommodations and travel many times. I went to Toronto the past fall to do their engagement session in the Distillery District and now they were getting married on PEI!

The day had come for their outdoor wedding, and it was a torrential downpour only 1 minute after the ceremony was set to go. With the great planning from Jennifer Clark of Kiss the Bride, we had a back up plan. We all headed back in from Argyle Shore into the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, PEI where the reception was planned to happen later that day.

Becky had her heart set on outdoor island photos, so I planned with them for the following week to squeeze in (after juggling schedules/flights) an outdoor shoot. I couldn't have them leave the island without doing one. We ended up with a wide variety of indoor and outdoor shots for their wedding album.

I hope the time that we spent together the week of the wedding won't be the last time to hang out with you two. You are both wonderful people and I love how you love each other endlessly and effortlessly.

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/becky-jarvis-married.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/becky-jarvis-married.html Love Always destination wedding photography toronto wedding photographer wedding photographer wedding photographer in charlottetown Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:13:35 -0400 Mohammad & Shadi = Engaged I'll paint a sun to warm your heart

Knowing that we'll never part.
I'll draw the years all passing by
So much to learn, so much to try.

I'll paint my mood in a shadow blue,
Paint my soul to be with you.
I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones,
Draw your mouth to my own.

I'll trace a hand to wipe your tears
And trace a look to calm your fears.
A silhouette of dark and light
To hold each other oh so tight.

I'll paint the stars in the evening sky,
Draw the light into your eyes,
A touch of love, a touch of grace,
To softly fall on your moonlit face.

And with this ring our lives will start,
Let nothing keep our love apart.
I'll take your hand to hold in mine,
And be together through all time

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/mohammad-shadi-engaged.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/mohammad-shadi-engaged.html Engagement Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:14:15 -0400 Who's your boss? Today is Sunday, and after two days of weddings in my marathon of 12 weddings in the next 3 weeks, I was beginning my editing bonanza. 2 days of weddings is fun, as they are full of excitement and love. I wish weddings were just the day of the wedding and no work afterward. It would make things even more fun that they are!

So my niece stopped by this afternoon for a quick visit. Sparky Ming Ming said she didn't want to leave, which of course she knows I would never say no or that she had to go, no matter how much work I have to do. We had a little conversation about work as she settled in.

Sparky Ming Ming: "Why do you work so much?"
Me: "Well I have to, I have lots of work to do."
SMM: "Well Whose your boss anyways?"
SMM: "Can't you tell your boss that you want a day to spend off"
*laugh*
Me: "I am the boss, so I cannot do that, or I would have no work"
SMM: " This is confusing. Do you have any Cheerios?"

It just made me think about how carefree children are, and how simple the world must be to them. I did take an hour or two off this afternoon to spend with my little sweet Sparky Ming Ming. I couldn't believe it, she let me paint her nails, and even let me use pink, as long as some of her nails were blue. So we painted them three colors! Oh I had a great time spending with her escaping being a grown up!

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/whos-your-boss.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/whos-your-boss.html Personal Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:13:30 -0400 Tyler & Jenny = Engaged These two love birds are so freakin' adorable. First of all Tyler was the one to get in touch with to book me for the wedding photography portion of their wedding day in Charlottetown. Now, as this is not average, sometimes the groom is in charge of finding the photographer. BUT, this time he wanted to surprise his beautiful fiance with my services to ease her mind on the planning. AND you guys all know how I feel about surprises! I LOVE them!

Although most of the surprise fell through by the time we did the engagement pics, Jenny was just as excited for the photos. I will photographing these two on their wedding tomorrow as wedding 1 of 2 of this weekend. Yep, folks we are in full swing here in wedding season in Prince Edward Island. Wedding 1 of 2 this weekend, and 1 of 12 for the next 3 weeks!

I look forward to see how much more cuteness can ooze from these two on their wedding day. I could have sworn they could not get any cuter!

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/tyler-jenny-engaged.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/tyler-jenny-engaged.html Engagement boudoir photographer boudoir photography cuba wedding photographer destination wedding photographer destination wedding photography halifax wedding photographer jamaica wedding photographer mexico wedding photographer nova scotia wedding photographer pei boudoir photograper pei photographer photo photographer photography photos pic pictures prince edward island boudoir photographer prince edward island photographer toronto wedding photograph wedding Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:45:17 -0400 Krista & Mark = Engaged Today Krista & Marc will get married! YAY! I first met these 2 love birds about a year ago when they booked their wedding with me. I knew that they would be a lovely sweet couple to work with. THEN when doing the engagement session, Marc wants to do a handstand. I now know that FOR SURE today will be fun to photograph! All of these couples who will do things, including turning themselves upside down for me is awesome!

I cannot wait to see you guys today, we will have a great day together and capture all of your amazing moments! See you both soon!

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A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/kat.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/kat.html Love Always challenge coaching destination wedding photographer focusing law of attraction life living meditation pei pei photography pei wedding photographer pei wedding photography prince edward island universe Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:37:29 -0400 Life is what you make it You can do anything you want to do in your life. Anything. Remember when we were children and our parents always said "you can be anything you want when you grow up". It just sounded like words to our little ears but as we get older and older it becomes more true. My parents also always stressed the idea of Paying it Forward, Sharing & Being Good to People. I feel that I have been extremely blessed with people being that way to me, and since I try to treat others the way I am treated. I am having a little contest, check below for information!

Contest Time:

OK so you have a little over 24 hours to get me to 1000 followers on Twitter, and win your self a pair of VIP tickets to Taylor Swift!!

1 - Follow me on Twitter - @Rachel_Photo

2 - Must tweet using hashtag #blogbyrachelpei @Rachel_Photo @taylorswift13 in a tweet before 5pm Friday

3 - Tell me 140 characters or less why I should give you 2 VIP tickets to see Taylor Swift concert on Saturday night at the Cavendish Beach Music Festival in Cavendish, PEI

RULES:

1-Must use tix, cannot sell. I will be putting your name on the tickets and you will need to show id.

2-You must join twitter to be part of this contest so if you aren't - GO.DO.IT.NOW

GO!!!!

I have been asked to join the Cavendish Beach Music Festival Team to help preserve memories with my camera in Cavendish this weekend! YAY! I am so excited to be able to use my camera and point it in the directions of Keith Urban, Taylor Swift. Little Big Town, Collin Raye, Emerson Drive, Gloriana, & Lady Antebellum. I will be blogging each night after the concert, so stay tuned!

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/life-is-what-you-make-it.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/life-is-what-you-make-it.html Personal challenge coaching destination wedding photographer focusing law of attraction life living meditation pei pei photography pei wedding photographer pei wedding photography prince edward island universe Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:08:54 -0400 Michelle & Henri Henri "Hi My name is Henri!"
Michelle "Hi I am in love!"

I have struggled with how to write about this wedding. My sister, Kimmy (who is now assisting me at weddings) & I became particularly attached to this bride and her zest for life. I found myself crying on the way home, realizing how lucky I am to be constantly reassured how to grab life and love it each day at a time. Crying or feeling sentimental for me is nothing new after a wedding. I have heard from other wedding business's that I shouldn't get so attached to my clients, and found this shocking. I usually feel a instant connection with most of my clients. This wedding was also a DIRECT poke from the universe who says that everything happens for a reason. I am now pushing Michelle to write a memoir. I would love to know more about her and her amazing story.

Locations: Fairholm Historic Property & Stanley Bridge Country Resort.
Make-up was done by the oh so talented Amanda May Makeup.
The whole day was set in motion and kept organized by the wonderful Jennifer Clark of Kiss by the Bride.

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We started off the shoot with some photos on the beaches of Varadero and in the water. I was sooooo excited because they then wanted to get the entire wedding party to all jump in the pool at the same time with their wedding attire on. How exciting and fun!??!? I was in the pool to capture them in mid jump. I looked behind me at one point to see what was all the stir and their was about 50 people behind me watching!

Sonya & Leon, wedding party and family were amazing to be around for 2 weeks in Cuba! I loved their excitement for anything that I suggested.

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/sl-ttd.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/07/sl-ttd.html Empower the Dress boudoir photographer boudoir photography cuba wedding photographer destination wedding photographer destination wedding photography halifax wedding photographer jamaica wedding photographer mexico wedding photographer nova scotia wedding photographer pei boudoir photograper pei photographer photo photographer photography photos pic pictures prince edward island boudoir photographer prince edward island photographer toronto wedding photograph wedding Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:58:27 -0400 Kat & Darrell = Married This past holiday weekend I had 2 sensational weddings. Wedding season has begun in full effect. Most weeks I have at least 2 weddings. Photography, Edit, Email, Upload, Create, Repeat. This is great time of year. I love the busy-ness of this time of year. I get such a rush from a wedding day!

My first wedding of this past weekend was on Canada Day, July 1st. What a great way to celebrate our countries birthday than with love. I love clients like Kat & Darrell. They were willing to do anything I want and had full trust in me! If I had said climb a tree, I am sure they would have attempted to do it. Although I took a ton of photos, here is one that I came across that I loved. Of course their will be plenty more to follow! For now enjoy!

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Of course Sparky Ming Ming & Madison were going to get photos taken. OF COURSE, HOW could they NOT? SMM was out on her trampoline playing which she absolutely adores. She plays on it at least once a day. Meleah had lost one of her two front teeth a few nights before and was ready to lose the other one. It is still hanging by a thread! Then of course, I had to get Madison in on the sun flare fun. Madison is such a sweet gentle young girl. Look at that yummy sun flare all around her!

Ahhhh - Mazing Light with my two Ahhhh - Mazing Nieces. How sweet!

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/sunflare---i-could-eat-it-for-supper.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/sunflare---i-could-eat-it-for-supper.html Personal boudoir photographer boudoir photography cuba wedding photographer destination wedding photographer destination wedding photography halifax wedding photographer jamaica wedding photographer mexico wedding photographer nova scotia wedding photographer pei boudoir photograper pei photographer photo photographer photography photos pic pictures prince edward island boudoir photographer prince edward island photographer toronto wedding photograph wedding Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:37:32 -0400 Empathy When I received the message below from Jasmine Star, I felt so empathetic and knew I had to blog - from my perspective. It was exactly how I felt when I met her. However, Jasmine did NOT disrespect me the way the person she waited to speak to did.

Jasmine was/is the sweetest person that her blog presents her to be. I was so worried about getting to meet her, because I didn't know what to say to her, and she wouldn't know who "I" was, that I almost turned around. A stranger that I sat with during the presentation persuaded me to go and introduce myself to her. Half the room wanted to talk to her and were pushing their way through the crowd. She was graciously greeting as many people as she could, shaking hands & hugging, laughing and smiling. When I made it through the crowd to the front of the group, this is what happened.

Jasmine Star was right in front of me. What do I say now? As many of you think I am super outgoing, I am shy at first (for the first minute or 2), and almost would rather be kicked in the stomach that introduce myself first to someone knew, but I force myself over and over to do that just. So I just blurted out "Hello & You did a wonderful job speaking". J* asked me my name and said that I was her focus in the room during the presentation. A room of 2000 people (likely another 2000 waiting outside!). She said that she usually finds a calm, gentle face to focus on and this time it was me. My face helped her calm down. MY FACE HELPED JASMINE STAR CALM DOWN!!! I noticed she was looking in my direction but me being me thought she was looking at something behind me! I even turned around a few times to check! Can you believe it? Jasmine Star was actually being real to me by admitting that she was nervous to do the presentation - she was real as real gets!!! YAY for realness!

I was sooooo happy to meet Jasmine, and not because of the Photography Rock Star from California that she is. I was happy to meet her because she is exactly what I hoped she was, sincere, generous and real. Thank You J* for being you & letting me be your focus even if it was for a short time! Glad to have been their and experienced your amazing presentation. I hope to have a shoot done by you someday, and meet Polo "his cute self" for real!

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]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/long-overdue.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/long-overdue.html Personal boudoir photographer boudoir photography cuba wedding photographer destination wedding photographer destination wedding photography Grace Ormonde halifax wedding photographer j* jamaica wedding photographer jasmine star LA Photographer Los Angelas Martha Stewart Weddings mexico wedding photographer nova scotia wedding photographer pei boudoir photograper pei photographer photo photographer photography photos pic pictures prince edward island boudoir photographer prince edward island photographer socal photographer toronto wedding photograph wedding Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:41:50 -0400 Lisa & Mitch = Married Mitch & Lisa were married on a beautiful spring day in Prince Edward Island. My idea of beautiful is clouds and no bright sunlight with just a little breeze! I think the rain held off until I literally had all my gear packed up and then it had started. As a photographer, I check the weather constantly for Saturdays, you gotta be ready! The wedding took place at 42nd St Loft , above Off Broadway Restaurant in Charlottetown. It was a beautiful setting with only family in attendance, and a lot of happy hearts.

Mitch & Lisa were introduced to me via friends and I love them. They are adorable. I first got the privilege of spending time with them during their engagement session which I truly love doing. I think it relaxes both the couple and myself for the wedding day. L & M introduced me to the Pearl Jam - No Code album which I blogged here.

Mitch & Lisa are the sweetest couple, full of love for each other and for their friends and family. I wish them the very best and cannot thank them enough for including me in this special time for them. I hope we get to spend lots of time together in the future!

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/lisa-mitch-married.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/lisa-mitch-married.html Love Always boudoir photography cuba wedding photographer destination wedding photographer destination wedding photography halifax wedding photographer jamaica wedding photographer lisa mexico wedding photographer mitch mitchell nova scotia wedding photographer pei boudoir photograper pei photographer photo photographer photography photos pic pictures prince edward island boudoir photographer prince edward island photographer toronto wedding photograph vacation wedding Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:13:15 -0400 Regier Family This particular "Photo Tour" morning I woke up to the site of Sandra's children running to the bus with school bags & lunches in hand. They all boarded the school bus and the oldest getting on that bus waited to make sure everyone boarded, and then boarded herself. I hadn't officially met the children yet, but knew they would be awesome. We had gotten in late the night before and the children were all asleep. When the children arrived home later that day, Jodi & I finally got to meet them.

The Regier Family which consists of 5 children, a dog, a cat and a budgie bird were a joy to be around. All 5 children, yes 5!! were amazing. Some characteristics of these children were outgoing, confident, humorous, talented, smart, well adjusted, loving, beautiful & creative. I was in awe of the family unit that they had created at this house. We sat down to supper at 6 o'clock at the table, tv is turned off, and they prayed, again I was in awe. This was not a scene that was created for Jodi & I, this happens nightly, which impressed me. As I grew up, our suppers were the same, every night we waited for Dad to come home and we then ate supper. It was part of our daily routine, and looking back I do love those times!

So when I had heard that this family had never had many family photos done, Jodi & I were all over it. We had very limited time to do this because Sandra (whose Studio I blogged here) had a shoot that night. We did the entire shoot in the back field behind there house. I hope you enjoy these shots as much as I enjoyed making them.

]]> http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/regier-family.html http://blogbyrachel.com/blog/2010/06/regier-family.html Family Personal boudoir photographer boudoir photography cuba wedding photographer destination wedding photographer destination wedding photography dog exetor family halifax wedding photographer jamaica wedding photographer love mexico wedding photographer nova scotia wedding photographer pei boudoir photograper pei photographer photo photographer photography photos pic pictures prince edward island boudoir photographer prince edward island photographer sandra regier sandra regier photography supper toronto wedding photograph wedding zurich Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 3 Rules for Love I love her just as much as the day we got married; that that was 63 years ago. This is what he told me as we sat together at the wedding reception for his granddaughter today. He met his one true love at a dance hall in England, and they have been inseparable ever since. I of course, had many many questions as to how their love has survived. His answer was simple and I took it to heart.

1-Never lie
2-Always be faithful
3-Respect

I always love to engage in conversation with new people, especially when they seem to have so much worldly advice for love and life. My beautiful bride Michelle likely new that I would love to chat with these sweet sweet lovebirds and I enjoyed every second of it.

As they danced tonight to the same first song that they danced to 60 some odd years ago, my heart was so happy for them. People always ask me if I really love my job that much...and without hesitation I can clearly say YES! How can I not love meeting such amazing people, with such a zest for life?

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