tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671302182453359252024-02-20T20:22:38.436-08:00Rachel Sandman PhotographyRachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-78082248812268877812012-06-20T10:48:00.000-07:002012-06-20T07:49:35.402-07:00I can't believe it's been so long since I've been on here!! I started photographing newborns in hospital and I have been so crazy busy! Loving all the babies. Just thought I would share a few of my favorites. Just think, if I can do this in 15-20 minutes in a hospital room, how awesome would the images be if I could take my time and use props!!<br />
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Happy Summer!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-36449897598599730192012-01-25T08:32:00.000-08:002012-01-25T08:32:07.784-08:00Valentine's Special<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7jYKVA8HxQmp6hH7G7jpqxLklH-vhocCnR0EUKIyIKUSePCMyJmcu59eH0GaVRjthCEfpIauGN0iGQEyWLWKp0156Kno8Qu_E0EqAsjUulpUMteMOgzrLfqlJof9rDJRcMOuuLFpwjbW/s1600/Valentine%2527s+Promo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7jYKVA8HxQmp6hH7G7jpqxLklH-vhocCnR0EUKIyIKUSePCMyJmcu59eH0GaVRjthCEfpIauGN0iGQEyWLWKp0156Kno8Qu_E0EqAsjUulpUMteMOgzrLfqlJof9rDJRcMOuuLFpwjbW/s320/Valentine%2527s+Promo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I can't believe that it's practically February!! How time flies. Check out the website at www.rachelsandman.com and book your special Valentine's session today... Valentine's sessions are $75 and need to be booked by February 13th. Enjoy the day....Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-70782210009987686072011-11-29T07:47:00.000-08:002011-11-29T07:47:14.103-08:00It's Time for Holiday Portraits!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QzoGkZSKKfi-79pa42MDIhEtJVQuiJ821uBvGrjLjnJ-CHlEZWyH2Q8VUHntpYnyxksiEJdR-0MySeQavlbaGb0eK04th7l_RbCGiIywFdWqW-3ubl3BYic8Gw4qUK5SMev7eQA4_JDe/s1600/fall.promo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QzoGkZSKKfi-79pa42MDIhEtJVQuiJ821uBvGrjLjnJ-CHlEZWyH2Q8VUHntpYnyxksiEJdR-0MySeQavlbaGb0eK04th7l_RbCGiIywFdWqW-3ubl3BYic8Gw4qUK5SMev7eQA4_JDe/s320/fall.promo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My how the fall season gets away from you! I feel like I was just helping to choose Halloween costumes and here it is practically December! Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving and that the holiday season treats you just as well!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-76605033441072610502011-07-27T19:12:00.000-07:002011-07-27T19:12:42.064-07:00Test Video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZZ7xxzf8Abjf6-hDzHuCGk15IT1lCA55khQTkPrdbyXaNl2aRnd9c8HkH3bM-azuPFH7HI-pJnqeQa1NS6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Some of my work. Enjoy!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-3383365024074418692011-07-27T19:09:00.000-07:002011-07-27T19:09:03.857-07:00Summer Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORt8NvcZPwThh76AifsXU4MmRaK8xlDxK85xnZRcUDkqbbTGd7bpP2qzQvwyKN_QhyphenhyphenlzqK5RF-MgK7Qrt_mr8w4U0fKv9Zjunx05ds4n_sixFSRg_5UX1qWs4QtX7WHIXVraKvviAxSyS/s1600/110724kure_beach206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORt8NvcZPwThh76AifsXU4MmRaK8xlDxK85xnZRcUDkqbbTGd7bpP2qzQvwyKN_QhyphenhyphenlzqK5RF-MgK7Qrt_mr8w4U0fKv9Zjunx05ds4n_sixFSRg_5UX1qWs4QtX7WHIXVraKvviAxSyS/s320/110724kure_beach206.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Just wanted to share this image of Jacob enjoying the surf at the beach. This is what summer is all about!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-27559346426784838722011-07-21T16:04:00.000-07:002011-07-21T16:04:27.756-07:00Facebook page updateHello!<br />
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My facebook page can now be found at https://www.facebook.com/rachel.sandman.photography. I found out that I have 9 too many people to change the page name so it is correct, but at least the url address reflects the correct name!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-41595718320813170082011-06-15T10:14:00.000-07:002011-06-15T10:14:32.093-07:00Spring Composite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LiHGJbMdd08TU95aCCR5nBVJGzxHFF-1lSDM5VCAx89ehNBJn5MKCp_hCjMRac_UpdbFMFaed7AR59coRWp0DgYF3xJj8jQftcI4roduAJw7VPylM2W1ZeWF5KGm0VxXni4VHnwjCvzC/s1600/110522composite_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LiHGJbMdd08TU95aCCR5nBVJGzxHFF-1lSDM5VCAx89ehNBJn5MKCp_hCjMRac_UpdbFMFaed7AR59coRWp0DgYF3xJj8jQftcI4roduAJw7VPylM2W1ZeWF5KGm0VxXni4VHnwjCvzC/s400/110522composite_thumb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I'm thinking Gallery Blocks with metallic paper...Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-73407983353146057732011-06-15T09:59:00.000-07:002011-06-15T09:59:39.631-07:00Updated Web SiteIt started with the simple decision to call my website company and link my blog and facebook pages to my website... Hours later, my website can be accessed by all the iPhone and iPad users, my blog and facebook pages are linked, I've redone my galleries and added new images, and created a Google business page. Check out www.rachelsandman.com and tell me what you think. On to the next project... Laundry!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-10830676883835922852011-06-06T08:44:00.000-07:002011-06-06T08:44:33.682-07:00Jr Engineer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGndfpshv3zjqhwkoGW-fu1XgdheC-XG5DWsTdVYy4pKxhSCzvFx_pOaKylb_bhPbyiapsuf9lisnRsayObMvmluZ3A7Rby8FKRnemJwpG_2-LD8PHQf-rK7gZJYmOqiSO5Kfia_QhvEYU/s1600/110606engineer007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGndfpshv3zjqhwkoGW-fu1XgdheC-XG5DWsTdVYy4pKxhSCzvFx_pOaKylb_bhPbyiapsuf9lisnRsayObMvmluZ3A7Rby8FKRnemJwpG_2-LD8PHQf-rK7gZJYmOqiSO5Kfia_QhvEYU/s400/110606engineer007.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
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It's a good thing I went when I did, one of the fields was mown two days later. Here are some of my favorites... Which one is yours?Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-57847524299749329142011-03-19T20:50:00.001-07:002011-03-19T20:50:55.713-07:00De La Cruz Family<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D0EctmLhw0cs5cW%26uid%3D003094881069%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1300592899000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D0EctmLhw0cs5cW%26uid%3D003094881069%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1300592899000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0EctmLhw0cs3Hw&eid=115">Click here to view this photo book larger</a><img width="1" height="1" border="0" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=photobook&c2=blogger" /></p>Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-47228768722047686442011-02-17T20:38:00.000-08:002011-02-17T20:39:17.000-08:00I knew I wasn't doing a good job of posting here, but I didn't realize it was this bad! I promise to do better this year!!!!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-32056667473525231612010-02-11T19:29:00.000-08:002010-02-11T19:34:38.898-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpWWxyr-pn_qvhmykEaKCovy_2ZaV3aQ6VnQJgbeECPE6OX_TBOIhSv44EGqNl70LOi6WOWfYrKFWRIuLISA63jnQ8xywXTiq3WlpBxGhFYupuMMISNr0b-o3ji_58v00S_GNcSOPlGYk/s1600-h/100211_lisa_b_maternity_086-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpWWxyr-pn_qvhmykEaKCovy_2ZaV3aQ6VnQJgbeECPE6OX_TBOIhSv44EGqNl70LOi6WOWfYrKFWRIuLISA63jnQ8xywXTiq3WlpBxGhFYupuMMISNr0b-o3ji_58v00S_GNcSOPlGYk/s320/100211_lisa_b_maternity_086-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437194672802190946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwevcJ0kyVPVkW7CIlXGOs3l28i25JcuTNSJSzxIOFWmoB_8s5eiNdp3FBLxDnDsvjPpt1OximY0EctviWTz2hWYz8g29BDZLXMzkZszlfjCkR0Nmc2k5_L5hoKtzcMHzQqntbpZeWjApX/s1600-h/100211_lisa_b_maternity_058-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwevcJ0kyVPVkW7CIlXGOs3l28i25JcuTNSJSzxIOFWmoB_8s5eiNdp3FBLxDnDsvjPpt1OximY0EctviWTz2hWYz8g29BDZLXMzkZszlfjCkR0Nmc2k5_L5hoKtzcMHzQqntbpZeWjApX/s320/100211_lisa_b_maternity_058-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437194667722854626" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Had a lot of fun doing maternity pictures with Lisa today. Here are a couple of the finished images. </span>Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667130218245335925.post-73162087226750452742009-11-07T15:59:00.000-08:002009-11-07T16:16:04.969-08:00Taking the Plunge...Ok, here goes... The first blog! I learned over the last couple of days what a lifesaver it is to have a network of other photographers as friends. I was looking forward to working a 50th High School Reunion over this weekend, but had to stay home with swine flu instead. The doctor said "swine flu" and my first thought was "but I have to work this weekend..." I was on the phone looking for a replacement photographer before I was off the elevator leaving the doctor's! Had it been anything else, I would have taken a lot of cold medicine and worked, but I didn't want to worry about infecting everyone. It took a few phone calls, but I found a friend who could cover for me. Thank you!! Without that network of peers, I would have been sunk!Rachel Sandmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370587455556027611noreply@blogger.com0