Belonging to yourself.
Belonging to your work
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS + COACHING
Ever since I was little if I learned a thing,
I wanted to turn around and teach it- just ask my three younger sisters who were subjected to “playing” school a whole lot with me.
I don’t want to just tell you how to take a photo or even how I take photo.
I want to work and talk together to figure out how you want to show up to your creative practice.
I taught high school English for eight years, and when I left public schools, I wasn’t sure how teaching would come back into my life.
But here we are. What a joy.
So let’s study artists.
Let’s get into our bodies.
Let’s reflect and question and dream and plan.
AN INTENTIONAL CRITIQUE
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Portfolio reviews are a pre-call questionnaire/gallery submission and a 40-min live call where we talk through the work. This is probably the most critical or “technical” feedback you’ll hear from me in any of my offers, but I think it has the potential for providing a framework for lots of growth.
1:1 IN PERSON WORKSHOP
PLAY DATE/ CREATIVE + BUSINESS MENTORING
New for 2026 I am offering in-person 1:1 mentoring days. I love looking through artist’s work and finding the gaps between where they’re at and where they’re hoping to go.
In person mentoring is available in Chesapeake Beach, MD (or if I’m traveling near you it could be added on to a pre-existing trip). We’ll set up a personalized plan to discuss your work and your business during a 4-hour work session together. If you want to shoot a session together you can add that on at the end. Afterward let’s grab dinner and break it all down.
“It is rare to find a teacher and a mentor (and I’ve had many across all areas of my life) who is so generous with her knowledge and provides such honest and raw feedback alongside deeply supportive cheerleading.”
The 4x4 Workshop
- a virtual + in-person retreat.
Four months of mentoring. Four days in person together making art. A creative mentorship for photographers who are ready to turn inward — to listen more closely to their own intuition, to explore what they really want from their work, and to make images that feel like truth. At its center is a four-day in-person workshop: time held in real life for art-making, conversation, and honest connection. This is not about more content or faster growth — it’s an invitation to slow down, trust yourself, and begin again with intention.
A HYBRID PHOTOGRAPHY RETREAT
“If ever in doubt — this is an absolute YES - you need to GO!!”
WRITING CLASS
The Words Workshop
I was an English teacher before I became a photographer. Perhaps that’s why writing is a central part of my creative process. This writing workshop explores stories and provides structure for a daily writing practice, in the midst of a supportive online community that meets through twice weekly classes to encourage, inspire and challenge you in the best ways.
Sign ups for the next round open January 2026.
Words Workshop runs every March.
Join my weekly email list to be sent the link
when registration opens up.
“Rachel’s kind, poetic, creative, and gracious spirit is intoxicating and leaves you wanting more. ”
ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE
HOW TOO -
an online workshop
An online course for photographers who want to root their business in honesty, creativity, and deep alignment. HOW TOO offers both practical tools and gentle encouragement — a place to remember that your work can feel like yours again.
A four week workshop with a workbook, eight live calls, an online community and independent work. Cost: $490
“It is rare to find a teacher and a mentor (and I’ve had many across all areas of my life) who is so generous with her knowledge and provides such honest and raw feedback alongside deeply supportive cheerleading.”
MARKETING CLASS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sloppy Pins: A Pinterest Course for Photographers
Pinterest has become a significant part of my marketing process. My process is wildly imperfect, really easy and proven to bring me some amazing work. This new course will launch in January 2026 and will include a PDF workbook/guide + a live call where we walk through the initial set up and then two more Co-working Sessions where we can discuss and get pinning.
Do you want to make art in ways that feel rooted in presence and aligned with purpose?
Art that feel visceral and honest and deeply human?
It’s easier to keep the momentum going than it is to start it.
You can’t wait for inspiration - she’s a fickle friend.
You have to rely on practice and ritual.
Sometimes I need to set myself up for the creative moment.
Sometimes you have to too.
Sometimes I have to start before I am ready.
Sometimes, you need to too.
The work I want to do with you is about the search. It’s about the longing.
I want to help you begin, or continue, the process of uncovering the pieces that are just beneath the surface waiting to come forth.
a download-and-go
portrait guide
This little portrait guide might have been where it all started.
60+ pages of encouragement, inspiration and ideas to help you love yourself more using self-portraiture as a tool. There are photo prompts and reflections to help you on your way.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING…
“The way Rachel teaches, invites in curiosity, and creates community and inspiration blew my mind open. If you plan to take any photography course, make this your number one pick. It’s more than a how to shoot a great photo.
It’s truly connecting with yourself and your creativity to take the photos that matter to you and your clients.
This course is like a reallllly good go tell your friends about it therapy session.”
-Jehlisa Hillocks