if you are a new visitor, welcome!! if you have been here before -- it is good to have you back. if you are a regular -- here we go again:)....
on this blog you will find a collection of images that feel important to me in some way. whether it is the subject or the composition/lighting... something speaks to me in all of these photographs.
i am rebecca... my business is rah photography (rahphoto.com). rah stands for rebecca ann hutchins (that's me). rah is how i have been signing my art since high school.
currently i specialize in fine art portraits and super fun funky wedding photography. i also like to paint when i get the chance. one more random fact: i just bought a super 8 video camera on ebay... i really hope it works because i would like to start making fine art moving pictures… (stay tuned).
a little bit more about me:
i was one of those freaks in high school who knew that i would be a photographer. i wanted it more than anything. i wanted to be someone producing interesting and compelling images when i "grew up".
after graduating early from a very small indiana high school … i moved to chicago, the nearest big city. chicago was great! passionately studied fine art photography amongst some of the most amazing photographers. i also did a lot of other fun things in school(like party!). i cannot say that i was the best student grade wise but i was determined and dedicated to my dream.
i somehow convinced the local newspaper, The Times, to hire me as a staff photographer. after shooting only film in school -- the newspaper opened my eyes to the digital world. i have to credit the late kirk john mitchell for my success in photojournalism. he was one of the first believers in my work and i cannot thank him enough for that. i wish he were still here and able hear me say the words to him one more time: thank you! fate had another plan... i will miss him and i think of him ALL the time.
life took another crazy turn while working at the newspaper. i meet a very sweet and interesting boy on the internet (that is right -- a random yahoo chat room). now, this was about 10 years ago, so it was not as common to meet someone and decide to fly across the country to meet them in person after only a month of talking on the phone (sorry mom and dad). i was still young and dumb enough to take the risk. oh the things i would do for love :)....
let's fast forward to the present. that interesting boy i met online is now my husband of FIVE years (holy crap) as of this weekend. our relationship is great. i could not describe a more perfect, loving and supportive husband.
and then there was three. we are so lucky to have the most amazing son jack. jack -- oh jack. i cannot even begin to express in words the love i have for him. i cannot tell you how important he is in my life. how much i think of him every second of every day... i guess that is what being a mother is all about.
this blog has a taste of these things... i do hope you enjoy looking through my images. i just hope you feel my images more than my words can describe. thank you.
welcome and enjoy...
rah
