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Hello, I’m Rachel Gabrielse. Well, I was. On June 20, 2015 I married the love of my life and became Rachel Ponstein, but my business started years earlier so keeping my maiden name for photography is a special way I get to honor where I came from and how this all started.

I am a 31 year old wife and mom of three, who has been living my childhood dream of photographing weddings since high school. My husband, Payton, is a handsome, hopeless romantic who still writes me love notes on every month anniversary, even after almost a decade of marriage. He shows me the power of unconditional and committed love and is the reason I believe so wholeheartedly in the beauty of marriage.

when we got married...

…we decided to fly to as many places as we could afford. We sipped Spanish wine, jumped off the rocky cliffs of Santorini, slept on trains as we toured the Italian countryside, biked along the coast of Andalusia, and in a Parisian cafe Payton learned that macaroons are in fact, not colorful hamburgers. Now, our days are mostly spent chasing down the ice cream truck, telling Alexa to play Frozen on repeat, and playing tag in our living room. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

I am a people pleaser with a good dose of perfectionism who relies daily on the grace of Jesus. I believe dark chocolate chips should top off every meal and could shop exclusively at H&M for the rest of my days.

Want to learn more about how I approach shooting, my editing style, and my heart behind my work? 

My

CORE

COMMITMENTS

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Classic Portraiture

Authentic Moments 

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Artistic Expression

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Exquisite Details

  Classic Portraiture

  Authentic Moments

  Artistic Expression

  Exquisite Details

because I believe your story is told best when beauty meets authenticity

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