Because your love is something special.
Because your narrative isn’t ordinary.
Because you are one-of-a-kind.
And that deserves to be celebrated.

Welcome, friend. 
Let’s shoot some good stuff. 
Let’s create some good sh!t.
The real.  The fun.  The weird.  The best.

My name is Rachel. I am a photographer.
My specialty is thoughtfully-made imagery for those who don’t want typical.

I am happy you are here.
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Rachel Waters is an award-winning destination wedding photographer living in Oklahoma City and (hopefully moving soon to) Colorado.  She is available worldwide.  Aside from wedding and elopement photography,  Rachel also offers really dope lifestyle, food, travel, branding photography, and mentor sessions.  Her style is modern, journalistic, fun, and fearless.  She aims for work that is different and innovative while staying effortless and timeless at its core.  Rachel likes to keeps things light-hearted and relaxed and she likes to keep her images the same.
  200ish weddings photographed.  
5ish years in the industry.  
1000+ tears cried at weddings she’s been hired to shoot.  
A lot of wedding cake.  
A lot of dancing. 
So much joy.

Awards + Publications: 
Cover of Brides of Oklahoma Fall/Winter 2017
Junebug Wedding’s Best of the Best Wedding Photos (2016)
Junebug Wedding’s Best of the Best Engagement Photos (2017)
 Junebug Wedding’s Instagrammers to Follow (May 2017)
Green Wedding Shoes 1   and 2
Huffington Post
Brides | Condé Nast
White Magazine (print + web)
Junebug Weddings
 Wedding Chicks
 Elle Decor
Elle Japan
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan UK
 Lookslikefilm
 Carats And Cake
Offbeat Bride
Southwest: The Magazine (print | Oct ’15, Aug ’16)
 Lemonade And Lenses
Brides of Oklahoma (print + web)
Photobug Community

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