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fashion, beauty, and fun with emilie

a few images from a recent fashion/beauty shoot in austin, tx with model and dancer emilie....and the last image is an extra *bonus* to go along with the rest! the "in the garden of eden" image is a photo-illustration inspired by a theme from my art blog sketchbook ink.

to view more images from this shoot visit: raycheldeppe.com/blog
check out more creative projects on my art blog: sketchbook ink.



raychel deppe, commercial photographer. austin, tx. www.raycheldeppe.com

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Pastry Photography

I did some food photography of some delicious and intricately designed sweets for chefolio.com. Chefolio.com is a website that helps connect and promote up and coming talent in the culinary industry. It is absolutely amazing what can be created with sugar! Here are some photos of sweets at their finest created by Texas Culinary Academy Students in Austin, TX. Enjoy!




raychel deppe, food photographer. austin, tx. www.raycheldeppe.com

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bark for peace!™ woof woof!™

bark for peace!™ is a company that makes organic vegan treats for dogs (and their people). i did some food and product photography for the owner of this company, lisa knaggs and i definitely had a blast working with her. lisa is an incredibly passionate woman dedicated to making the world a better place by using organic products along with all recycled and renewable resources to run and operate all aspects of her business. AND the treats are 100% human grade so you can eat them too!

here is some of the food photography i did for bark for peace!™

click here to view more bark for peace food photoraphy images at raycheldeppe.wordpress.com

raychel deppe, food photographer. austin, tx. www.raycheldeppe.com

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raychel deppe is now on flickr!

i finally got my flickr account up and running this past weekend. there is not much up there yet, but i did post the remainder of images from brasil for everyone to take a peek at. all of these images are from the grupo Capoeira Maculelê event "capoeira vai dando a volta no mundo" held in londrina, brasil august, 2009. all images from the "brasil, 2009" set on flickr are for sale as prints (4x6, 5x7, 8x12, & 12x18). visit me on flickr to view more capoeira photography!
anyone interested in purchasing any photography contact me via email.



raychel deppe, sports photographer. austin, tx. www.raycheldeppe.com

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actor headshots - barton bryan

i worked with barton last week to take some new actor headshots. in this session we tried to capture a bit of his talents and personality that could get him cast in specific roles, in addition to the industry's traditional headshots. these were my favorite headshots from our session together.

to contact barton for hire click here to visit him on facebook

click here to view more actor headshots from this session at raycheldeppe.wordpress.com

raychel deppe, actor headshot photographer. austin, tx. www.raycheldeppe.com

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food and product photography

luxe sweets is an austin-based company i have had the pleasure of working with on several occasions. you can find luxe sweets treats around austin, texas at several locations including jo's, halcyon, mozart's to name a few. and if you think this food photography makes you hungry, these sweets are definitely a divine treat worth enjoying!


click here to view more food photography at raycheldeppe.wordpress.com

raychel deppe, food photographer. austin, tx. www.raycheldeppe.com

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in home family portraits

last week i got the pleasure of photographing this wonderful family of three, with a fourth on the way. i was originally invited to do pregnancy photos since sydnee was 1 week from delivery! but we had time to be creative and explore several locations around their home which made for a very enjoyable portrait session. i look forward to the new born baby photographs i will be taking sometime in the next couple weeks when the baby arrives home for the first time!

click here to view more portraits from this shoot at http://raycheldeppe.wordpress.com

raychel deppe photography, austin, tx. in home family portraiture.www.raycheldeppe.com

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Musician Headshots - François Minaux, flutist

François was such a wonderful subject to work with. Headshots can sometimes be very predictable (and I believe it is always good to have some nice solid traditional headshots) but I love it when my clients want to share some of their creative thoughts for the session. It is fun to be able to do something unique as well!

Here is what François had to say about our session together:

“When I first saw my friend’s portrait online made by Raychel, I was impressed by the strong character and natural style of it. So I decided to contact Raychel to get my headshot in Austin.
I really enjoyed my hour long outdoor session with Raychel. We had time to use 5 different backgrounds within the same location. After making almost 200 shots, I could select 14 of them. I didn’t know that I was going to get so many good ones. It was hard to choose but I got exactly what I wanted: something authentic, natural and fresh. During the session, she made me feel relax and she was then able to capture a lot of different emotions from me. I actually saw expressions on my face that I wasn’t aware of before. After that she asked me what style of headshot I wanted, she was improvising on the spot and I could see her burning with ideas. Whenever a musician gets excited on stage during a concert for example, it’s usually contagious. I felt exactly that this was happening during my session and I hope that people will see it when looking at my photos. I could compare her style to something between a live performance and an interview. It was really exciting!”
–François Minaux, flutist

To see more images from this session visit http://raycheldeppe.wordpress.com/

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travel photography, brazil

travel and photography is one beautiful combination! this past summer i traveled to brazil to study brazilian culture and capoeira. for those of your that don't know, capoeira is a brazilian martial arts that is sometimes referred to as dance fighting (wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira). capoeira incorporates martial arts with music, dance, and acrobatics (www.ithaca.edu/capoeira/pages/history.html). it was such a powerful and moving experience to see how fully committed and passionate these capoeiristas are (not to mention they are unbelievable athletes)...and that is what i set out to capture in my photos. sports photography presents a great many challenges always inspiring me to come back for more!

i had 4 images from my brazil trip on display in november at the ariodante gallery in new orleans (www.ariodantegallery.com). january 9, 2009, the completed show (15 total images) will be on display at the Grupo Maculele New Orleans Academy for a one-night exhibition from 6-9 pm (bestofneworleans.com).


(click here to view more images from this show at raycheldeppe.wordpress.com)

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stylecraft builders inc. - architecture photography


live in central texas? need a home? hire stylecraft! stylecraft builders specializes in student housing as well as homes for the first time home buyer. here are a few twilight interiors from the last architecture shoot i did for this company. click here to view other images from this shoot.

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