On November 27th, we're serving up the freshest ways to fill your plate with everything you'll need for photography success in 2025!
KEEP READING
I’m Rachel! In 2007, I was a stay at home mom who had a knack for using my point and shoot camera to take photos of my own babies. That hobby slowly bloomed into a small photography business and I took up my first ever client via Craigslist in the spring of 2008.
Fifteen years later I’ve photographed thousands of newborns and families, and since 2010 I’ve worked hard to be one of the photography industry’s leading educators, teaching in person at workshops and conferences — and online with the Rachel Vanoven Collective + Bootcamps.
While I do love teaching, I think it's important as an educator for me to continue to have an actual photography career so I'm not only staying relevant with the most up to date methods, but can have a real understanding of marketing and managing an active and successful business.
My photography studio is based in a tiny town nestled in the hills of Southern Indiana, but I have clients in multiple continents — from Europe to Australia to South America, traveling is one of the best parts of this career! When I’m not working, my husband Nick and I stay busy navigating parenting teenagers, juggling all the high school sports, and renovating our 120 year old Queen Anne Victorian!
Hey, I'm glad you're here!
The Collective is a membership based program that brings new, educational content from not only myself, but other industry creatives and business specialists.
Inside the Collective you'll find over a hundred videos that will grow your photography and your business every month! We cover topics like lighting, editing, newborn posing, workflows, styling, and so much more.
There is something for everyone here no matter your skill set. The collective program is filmed close to release dates so you're always getting the most up to date content around!
CHECK IT OUT
PREP PACKETS
Set your self up for success! Rachel's Client prep packets for photographers are designed to set expectations for your clients and guide them for an easy and stress free session before the shoot..
With over 5 different session types and information curated from a decade of experience, Rachel shares everything in how to prepare your clients best, giving you the results of your dreams.
PREP PACKETS
Set your self up for success! Rachel's Client prep packets for photographers are designed to set expectations for your clients and guide them for an easy and stress free session before the shoot..
With over 5 different session types and information curated from a decade of experience, Rachel shares everything in how to prepare your clients best, giving you the results of your dreams.
Take peek at my method on the Side Sleeper Pose!
This video is one of many in my Deconstruction Series line up inside the Collective monthly membership!
Count me in
Let's Go
THE SIDE SLEEPER POSE
Come along with me as I take you to one of my very favorite locations for a family session!
In this third part of my Family Deconstruction Series you'll get to learn a handful of my go to family poses.
FAMILY DECONSTRUCTION
FREE TUTORIALS!
THE BLOG
My sweet boy would want to show me something and I would mindlessly say, “Uh-huh, cool, bud” while not taking my eyes off the family pictures I was editing. His plea? “Mommy! Look with your EYES!“
Ugh. I can see 5 year old Nicholas standing there with a picture he drew for me now. Feeling like whatever was on that computer in front of me was a thousand times more important than him and his artwork. He’s eleven years old now, a little man-child who doesn’t draw pictures for me anymore, and if I could go back ten years and slap myself upside the head to SLOW DOWN, I would.
All things personal,
business,and photography
The FREE Inclusive Photographers Library focuses on my heart's work; educating photographers on how to be inclusive when photographing individuals and families with different abilities, special needs, and who are medically fragile. This resource relies solely on the photographers, videographers, volunteers, and families who donated their time and materials for any photographer to learn from anywhere at anytime.
My hope is that this free Library will not only change the way photographers approach photographing families and individuals with disabilities or medical needs, but will also be a source for those families to find and book a photographer who has taken the time to educate themselves on ALL kinds of families.
Click Here to
start LearNing!
JOIN THE FREE
Inclusive Photographer's Library
(Completely Free!)
