Virginia Portrait & Wedding Photography
Virginia Wedding Photographers
For the couples who laugh easily and love deeply,
who cherish each moment no matter how imperfect,
who connect with thoughtful and timeless imagery.
Rachel & Daniel
A husband-and-wife photo duo dedicated to serving joyful couples as they tie the knot in the Shenandoah Valley, and across Virginia.
We have a heart for capturing timeless and authentic images. Our work thrives on you being yourselves.
We blend traditional wedding photography with a candid approach ensuring you look your best and get to hold on to all the real emotions from your day.
About Us - Shenandoah Valley Wedding Photographers
After two years of living an hour-and-a-half apart and seeing each other only on weekends, we got married in June 2023 and settled down in the Shenandoah Valley. We just bought our first home in Broadway last year, so Rachel is in her gardening era, and Daniel is busy with house projects!
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Our favorite thing about being wedding photographers is building lasting relationships with our clients. We pray for them, check-in on them, and share the highlights of their wedding days with our own families! And we're not ashamed to admit that we still talk about and check in on our couples long after their wedding photos are delivered.
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We believe weddings are not meant to be a huge continuous photoshoot. It is important to us that your day is focused on actually experiencing one of the most significant events of your life. We'll dedicate plenty of time to the necessary photos, but beyond that we'd like to give you the space you need to live in the moment, and we'll make sure those moments are documented naturally and unobtrusively.
Fun Facts About Us
We met online (shoutout Hinge!) and a lot of our couples also met each other that way!
We love Chick-fil-a. If Rachel makes a trip to Harrisonburg, she's probably going to stop there...
Our wedding was FRIENDS themed! One time we took a couple's quiz and got Monica and Chandler.
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So Why Pick Us?
Some helpful details about our style and approach
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What is your editing style? What kind of images can we expect in our gallery?
Rachel hand selects and hand edits every image! We aim for images that are true-to-life with an extra pop. We love crisp whites, lush greens, natural skin tones, and for images to reflect the moment! We also include a mix of black-and-white versions of some images as well.
Your gallery will be filled with classically posed portraits, emotion filled candids, and many other stunning images that tell the story of your day in its best sense. The number of images in each gallery depends on the wedding package, but we guarantee 500+ photos from the engagement session and wedding.
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How do you approach posing throughout a wedding day?
We do a blend of well instructed posing, and a hands-off candid capturing throughout the wedding day. We will give you full guidance during classic portrait moments - a few getting ready moments, formal family and bridal party portraits, and bride and groom portraits. During other parts of the day we capture things how they happen in real time! We find that this gives couples the best of both worlds when it comes to photos.
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How do you protect our photos?
This is very important! We take every precaution in making sure your images are safe. We use industry standard equipment - high quality cameras with two memory card slots so all photos are saved in two places, and we have backup lenses and cameras. After the night is over, all images are backed up to our storage system and we hold onto 3 copies of your photos all the way up through gallery delivery.
Our Style and Approach
Venues we've visited
48 Fields
Arbors Haven
Cloverdale Barn
Cricket Chirp Farm
Farm 1750
Fauquier Springs Country Club
Fox Meadow Barn
Fort Myers
Highland Barn
Middleburg Community Center
Rappahannock River Campground
Red August Farm
Renback Barn
Rixey Manor
Shawnee Farms Estate
Showalter's Orchard and Greenhouse
The Barn at Mattaponi Springs
The Gathering Place
The John Marshall Ballrooms
The Loft at Liberty Street
The Oak Bark at Loyalty
The Serenity Inn and Events
The Stonewall Golf Club
Valley Mills Farm
Countless churches and backyards across northern and central Virginia
Venues we're headed to
Batten Green
Cricket Chirp Farm
Crosskeys Vineyard
Melrose Caverns
Renback Barn
Showalter's Orchard & Greenhouse
Sky Ridge Farm
The Stonewall Golf Club
The Yellow Barn
Venues we're dreaming of
Airlie - Warrenton
Frieden Farms - Mount Crawford
Great Marsh Estate - Bealeton
Keswick Vineyard - Keswick
Morais Vineyard - Bealeton
Rosemont Manor - Berryville
The Granary - Weyers Cave
The James Morgan - Harrisonburg
Big Springs Farm - Lexington
The Loft (again) - Harrisonburg
And maybe a beach wedding?
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We also travel out of state for weddings!
We have one in Pennsylvania in 2026!
Kind Words from Our Couples
Edenia, 2025 Bride
"We are so obsessed with our pictures, you are truly so amazing. Everything is captured so beautifully and there were multiple times where I audibly GASPED!"
Kendra, 2025 Bride
"Hiring anyone else is a mistake."
Erin, 2025 Bride
"We highly recommend Rachel (and Daniel) as wedding photographers! From the very beginning, Rachel was an excellent communicator who truly went above and beyond—not just to deliver incredible photos, but also to help us plan and organize our wedding day."
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