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	<description>Lifestyle Portrait and Wedding Photographer located in Western Kentucky</description>
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		<title>One Month Later</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/05/one-month-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been one month since I quit my job and took my photography business full time. So, how&#8217;s it going? In the last month I have photographed 9 portrait sessions and 3 weddings, attended the CONNECT marriage retreat and a hand full of meetings, and I have worked all but 3 days. Funny, I thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May Snapshot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[{credit to ilo photo} Is it really May already?! I&#8217;m realizing the older I get, the faster time seems to go by. Remember when you were in school and it seemed like summer would NEVER GET HERE? Yea, I feel like that, except completely opposite. I feel like yesterday was December and the day before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A 101/1001 Challenge Update</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/04/a-1011001-challenge-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to update my 101/1001 Challenge! I&#8217;ve crossed off a few things since I last blogged about this challenge, but in the following month or so, I&#8217;ll get to cross off a few more! Both personal and business related&#8230; I&#8217;m excited! Start Date: April 9, 2011 End Date: January 3, 2014 Completed tasks are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s only the beginning</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/04/its-only-the-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t be for sure when the moment was – when my photography business went from part time to full time. It might have been the very second that I decided I wanted to at least double the amount of weddings I shot from 2012 to 2013. Or maybe it was the actual moment in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April Snapshot</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/04/april-snapshot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though March was technically the beginning of the season for me, I&#8217;m starting this particular monthly blog post in April because it begins my full time photographer status. Which means I have more time to dedicate to my blog and keeping organized. Yay for all! April also kicks off the month when, from here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albums, to purchase or not the purchase.</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/04/albums-to-purchase-or-not-the-purchase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I&#8217;d like to share with you something that has been on my mind lately &#8211; Albums, to purchase or not the purchase. And lucky for me AND you, I just happened upon Kathleen Trenske&#8217;s blog post about exactly that on Huffington Post Weddings a couple days ago. &#8220;My parents have exactly 18 professional images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol Bridal Expo 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was my very first bridal expo and to say the entire experience was overwhelming would be an understatement. Planning. Designing. Building. Ordering. Purchasing. Implementing. And finally, it all came together on January 26, 2013 at the Carroll Convention Center in Paducah Kentucky. My parents and husband helped me set most of it up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Start of a Very Busy 2013!</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/03/the-start-of-a-very-busy-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is my first wedding of 2013. Wait, let me step back. Tomorrow is my first wedding of 2013!!!! There. That&#8217;s better. I can&#8217;t tell you how exciting this year is going to be. How busy it&#8217;s going to be and how life changing it&#8217;s hopefully going to be. There is so much in store [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I had any regrets&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/03/if-i-had-any-regrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was this time in my life; I believe most people call it high school, but I call it the wonder years. I wasn&#8217;t a great student but I was a good one. I made the grades but I didn&#8217;t spend my entire high school experience doing homework and studying. I didn&#8217;t drink or do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How about an update? {the business edition}</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/01/how-about-an-update-the-business-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major things are happening here at Rachael Houser Photography. *Is it weird that I say &#8220;here at Rachael Houser Photography&#8221;? Like it&#8217;s an actual location and not just wherever I happen to be at any given time&#8230;with my camera? haha jk&#8230;.. You may recall me saying Year One of RHP I photographed 3 weddings of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year in Review : 2012 : My Life</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2013/01/a-year-in-review-2012-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year 2012 was a very exciting one and I&#8217;ve been looking forward to writing this blog post for a while &#8211; just to go through all of my personal posts from last year&#8230; it&#8217;s simply the best. In 2012 I &#8230; spent the New Year in Florida, started my last semester of nursing school, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year in Review : 2012 : Weddings</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/12/a-year-in-review-2012-weddings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, I reached a major milestone in my business: I photographed 8 weddings of my own and was a second shooter in one. In 2011, I only photographed 3 of my own weddings. I more than doubled the previous year&#8217;s bookings and for next year, I&#8217;ve already booked more than half of that. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year in Review : 2012 : Portraits</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/12/a-year-in-review-2012-portraits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, I shot 23 portrait session, while in 2012, I shot 21. How is this an improvement in my business, you ask? All 21 were paid AND were full sessions, and not minis. Also, in 2011, I didn&#8217;t have a full time job other than photography so, yea. Below is just a review of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My desktop speaks for itself</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/12/my-desktop-speaks-for-itself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m showing you a screenshot of my desktop for three reasons: One &#8211; as a little sneak peek to my new re-branding that I&#8217;m working on for Rachael Houser Photography. There&#8217;s a lot going on in the behind the scenes these days and I cannot wait until it&#8217;s already to debut it! Along with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 2 Year Anniversary!</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/10/happy-2-year-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that two weeks ago Rachael Houser Photography celebrated its two year anniversary? That&#8217;s right! It was exactly two years ago that I photographed my very first engagement session and decided, after editing and blogging the session, that I really wanted to do this. I really want to be a photographer and open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chic Bride, Featured</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/09/chic-bride-featured/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this wedding season I made a set of goals for myself as a photographer and a set for my business. One of the goals that was included in both sets was to get published. Engagement session or wedding, I didn&#8217;t care. Now while being featured is not exactly the same as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan&#8217;s Boudoir Album</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/06/morgans-boudoir-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 03:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been tracking this package since I was emailed the tracking number a few days ago. I&#8217;ve been far too excited for it to get here and when it did I practically squealed! My client, Morgan, was even more excited when I text her that it arrived. I have all prints and products shipped to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share The Love</title>
		<link>http://rachaelhouser.com/blog/2012/04/share-the-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Being a small business owner, I rely heavily on referrals. Thank you so much for spreading the word about my business. To show my appreciation I promise to continue to provide my clients with quality images of their session or wedding. But just as an added bonus, I started a referral program, Share The Love. [...]]]></description>
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