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Rhylie & Levon
Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 08:39 AM
So this is part deux of the shoot we did with Rhylie & Levon at the Laundromat. After we finished those shots we decided that on a Sunny Saturday in Seattle it was only appropriate that we all treat ourselves to some of the best ice cream on the planet at Molly Moons. We discovered that they opened up a new store location over in Capitol Hill so we hit it up and feasted on some scoops of Scout Mint and Balsamic Strawberry goodness. It was to.die. for. 

Anyone who knows me well knows that ice cream is the way to my heart. One summer I went backpacking around Europe with one of my best friends and I swear we spent all of our money on gelato ice cream. It's the best investment I made in my life. No regrets. It's amazing I didn't come back 30 lbs heavier. I have a feeling that my love for ice cream can be traced back to my dad taking me and my sis on random trips to various custard places around the Chicago area as a kid. Needless to say, I now consider myself an expert on great ice cream and Molly Moons falls into the great category. Now if only someone could develop an ice cream that you could enjoy in the winter... like a hot cream of sorts? I've been thinking about this all winter but still can't get my mind around it ;)

Wardrobe Stylist: Osiris Navarro
Makeup: Jara Mohlman
Models: Rhylie & Levon of Heffner
Photographers: Sarah & Chris Rhoads
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rachael anne says: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 02:35 AM

okay, seriously...could these two human beings be more absolutely stunning. so much beauty it's overwhelming.
Miah Klein says: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 10:27 AM

What up lifestyle catalog. Your stuff should be in a Target advertising campaign or somewhere else where they pay the big bucks. Keep the inspiration coming...
ketti says: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 08:12 AM

Is it weird that I did photos @ the Wallingford location on this same day?!
Rebecca Hansen says: Friday, May 14, 2010, 12:09 PM

SO wonderful sarah+chris! I really love all the personal editorial projects you've been doing.

Kevin Wrenn Photography says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 10:22 PM

LOVE the second to last one! Great energy captured!
Kelly Beane says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 04:07 PM

Fabulousness all around!

Michelle Guzman says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 04:06 PM

OMGoodness! These look amazing. What a gorgeous couple.

Josh McCullock says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 02:02 PM

thats what I'm talkin bout!
chantal says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 12:33 PM

Love, love, love the last shot! So much spunk, and great light.

mikhail says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 10:49 AM

wonderful photos!
John says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 10:46 AM

Love this, so fun!
Josh says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 10:25 AM

Cool photos.

Alexandra says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 09:03 AM

I looove this :) They look so happy and natural. So cool.

Sally says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 08:52 AM

LOVE this shoot and looove Molly Moon's, too... was just thinking about getting my fix if it ever gets sunny out today! :)
Sally says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 08:51 AM

LOVE this shoot and looove Molly Moon's, too... was just thinking about getting my fix if it ever gets sunny out today! :)
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Album Templates!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 08:42 AM
Album design is such an important part of our workflow. Over the years, we have spent hours upon hours designing unique and award winning books our couples. We were ecstatic to walk away with two international album awards this year at the WPPI album competition this year for our designs! We have received several e mails from photographers expressing interest in template options for our designs and although we have never offered them in the past we're putting them out into the world today. We are very excited to let you know we will be offering Sarah Rhoads Custom Templates through our friends over at H20 Creative!!

Teaming with H20 seemed like a match made in heaven because they too believe in the use of Adobe InDesign to make photographers lives easier when it comes to Album design. If there is one piece of advice I can give ANY photographer who is designing albums it would be  to take a couple hours and learn InDesign. This is a program specifically designed for making layout whereas Photoshop is a program designed for photo enhancement and manipulation which is why it takes double the time to design an album in photoshop. Using InDesign has cut our album design time in half. Not to mention, the designs are of much higher quality because of it. InDesign makes alignment easy and designing fun. H20 has tons of free tutorials on using InDesign. So Check them out and pick up some of our CLEAN Album Templates! Enjoy!


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leah says: Friday, June 4, 2010, 05:13 PM

Love the template. Would love to use for a birth photography album. Wondering if there is a Cover included in the template? Or are these just pages? Thanks
Michelle Guzman says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 05:15 PM

I love how clean the designs are.

Kevin Wrenn Photography says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 01:20 AM

Very cool guys! This is great!
Rebecca Cash says: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 08:03 PM

I am SOOOO excited!!! I absolutely LOVE your albums! I can't wait to order the templates!

kirsten says: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 04:35 PM

stunning!
Lezlie Andrew says: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 09:55 AM

Gorgeous!
Taren says: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 09:09 AM

great stuff, as always(:
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Laundromat Love
Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:25 AM
This shoot was an absolute blast! It was my first experience having an epic clothing fight in a random laundromat. We got quite a few "What the hell?" stares from the innocent bystanders just trying to do their Saturday laundry :) We definitely gave people an entertaining show while they waited for their laundry to dry. I had to come back to the laundromat after the shoot because I had forgotten one of my shirts in a dryer, and the owner of the shop said after we left everyone was amazed that those beautiful people wanted their photos taken in a laundromat. I had to laugh. :) 

We worked with a great little crew for this shoot. It was our first time to work with stylist-extraordinaire, Osiris, so her, Chris and I came up with the concept for the shoot and she worked her styling and wardrobe magic. The models were absolutely fantastic as well. When I was going to Target the morning of the shoot to pick up a bright colored laundry basket, I happened to look up at one of the Ads on the wall and low and behold I see beautiful little Rhylie looking down at me. After we hit the laundry mats we decided to go get some ice cream at my favorite Ice Cream place in Seattle, Molly Moon's, more of those to come in a later post. May these put a little smile on your face this Monday!

Wardrobe Stylist: Osiris Navarro
Makeup: Jara Mohlman
Models: Rhylie & Levon of Heffner
Photographers: Sarah & Chris Rhoads






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pwajda says: Monday, June 14, 2010, 02:12 AM

wow!! grat session I love it :)

carmen says: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 04:21 PM

hey sarah .. love these and the ice cream shots as well! what fun you must have had ... i love her smile :)
Michelle Guzman says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 05:16 PM

LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!!!!!!
Geoff says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 08:27 AM

These make me happy!
Alice says: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 06:20 PM

If I was a judge, and you were a contestant, I'd give this shoot a "10!" Any photo editor would be at a loss to cut any of these images... they are all super!
latteaddict says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 09:10 PM

Absolutely love it. I've been obsessed with coin laundry theme since Lisa Mitchell's song Coin Laundry. You should check her video out on youtube.

Kelly Beane says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:43 PM

I've always wanted to do a shoot in an old laundromat. You nailed this!! Lovely work!
Rachel says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 06:22 PM

Every single shoot is like it belongs in a magazine!! Seriously, you are amazingly creative....

WOW!

paula Leme says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 04:09 PM

!!! i love it! so creative and fun :)
Julie says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 01:58 PM

Smiling!! Super cute.
Laura says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 11:01 AM

These images tell such a great story! Thank you for putting a Monday moring smile on my face :)
Emily says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 10:44 AM

These are so cute! You have such an eye for capturing great moments!
Kim says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 10:09 AM

what a fun idea! I love the detail shots...these two look like they had a blast :)
Alexandra says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 09:47 AM

these are so cool! i love the models and the outfits - especially the socks! great concept :) i'm loving it!

scott neumyer says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 09:22 AM

these are PERFECTION!
wendy says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 09:18 AM

Love the socks!!!! And the coke bottles were a great add as well. Fantastic and fun.
Melinda says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:53 AM

How fun! The energy is over the top in these! Quick question: Do you get the owner to sign a property release? I always ask verbal permission to use space, but wondering if I need something more. Thanks in advance!
Emily says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:51 AM

What FUN - I absolutely love these!!
Robin says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:50 AM

Stunning shoot, wow, I can't stop looking at them. Love the socks in particular.
Spencer says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:50 AM

This is incredible! Seriously love the shoot! Keep up the awesome work!
Leora says: Monday, May 10, 2010, 08:41 AM

Love this shoot!!! how original !!! also love all the colours!! last picture is my fav!!
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Tears // ETC
Friday, May 7, 2010, 08:59 AM
We love the opportunities we get to work with SPU. We are huge fans of the university. Our intern, Marissa, goes to school there. One of the designers we work with, Tyler, graduated from SPU and we've been involved with their mentor program for the past couple of years. Bottom line, they are great clients of ours and we are so thrilled to be able to link arms with them. 

A couple of weeks ago I got the most recent ETC magazine that we shot for in the mail and we were so excited to see our shoot with Taylor Neal and our shoot with Kristy as full spreads. These are just a couple of tear sheets from the magazine that I thought I would share today. It's always so good to see the work in tactile form. I feel like I spend so much time looking at our images on computer screens. There is nothing better than being able to touch and feel it and see your work printed with quality and care. 

Today is Friday, I can hardly believe how quickly this week has flown. Chris and I are going to be spending the weekend packing- joy! (sarcasm) :) We're going to be moving this month and there is A LOT of work to be done between now and then. 



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Michelle Guzman says: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 05:15 PM

So fun to see work in print. Looks great!
Adam says: Friday, May 7, 2010, 10:00 AM

I totally agree on the tactile bit! At least shooting some film, you can hold the odd neg in your hand!

I think I'm more excited about some of my prints going up in a birth center than most of my other work this summer!

(SPU rocks btw!)
Rick Wenner says: Friday, May 7, 2010, 09:18 AM

Congrats on the tears! These all look great.