Over the past year I have received NUMEROUS requests from people of all ages to learn how I do what I do.  Up until now, I didn’t really know how to communicate that kind of information!  But with some help/support of friends, I decided that an internship would be the perfect solution.  I am looking for someone who is organized, learns quickly, and is great with people.  So let the search begin!  I would like to see some of your work (either on a blog you have started, on Flickr, or some other website), and I would like to hear why you would like to shadow me.  It doesn’t have to be a novel, but I do want to know your background in photography, etc.  You will be coming along with me on shoots, guest blogging and possibly working with me in my home (during the day) learning my workflow and assisting in the office.  I haven’t decided the term of the internship at this time — but most likely it will be a couple of weeks.  FYI — this is a non-paying internship, since you will be learning so much!
There are a lot of things happening this summer, especially in June, so I will be accepting entries until the end of May.  Please send your "cover letter" and a link to your images to rebecca at rpetersphotography dot com!

more coming soon! 

This is an entry for all the people out there that love geeky-computer stuff…like me.

Having a computer background has been an amazing advantage in my job, and I take my file storage VERY seriously.  My wedding camera writes to two memory cards at once (which is very necessary in my field), and when I get home I have a workflow that sends my files to places all over (hard drive, external drive, DVD’s and off-site).  Well tonight my great friend Jesse came over and we made some major changes to add some BETTER back-ups to my process.  Meet DROBO — isn’t he cute?

I will have FOUR TERABYTES…yeah a lot…of storage on there.  If a drive fails, it lets me know and automatically uses one of the drives to replace the broken one.  It is a little Robot!  And I am changing my off-site storage as well, to a host that automatically updates selected portions of my drives as I add to them.  SO COOL! 
Anyone else as geeked out as me?  Hello?  Anybody there???  Oh ok…

Tomorrow I have two more shoots, and then I am off to Seneca, KS on Saturday for a wedding! 

Now of course I am not going to post THOSE images on here (just one)…but I wanted to let any women out there who are interested know that I do these sessions.  They are a great way to surprise your current/future husband/boyfriend, and show him that you are a beautiful woman!  They are done in the privacy of your own home, and you can select the attire that makes you feel the most comfortable and confident.  They are great fun, and if you want to see samples from my recent Boudoir shoot please send me an e-mail and I can share the slideshow!

I posted the one image of Miss Lily last week, just because it was SO DARN CUTE.  Well…there are so many more where that came from!  I went to Lily’s house for a Birthday session, and she was a dream to work with.  She smiled, made faces, laughed, and more.  Did I mention there was birthday cake for the very end of the session?  That’s right — she got really messy, and you will have to watch the slideshow to see what she looked like when she was done!  Mom and Dad picked a special song for her, so ENJOY IT HERE!

First she found my lens cap — does Canon need a new Ad campaign?
Here is the family mimicing Lily’s "Chucky Face" — she will love that when she is in high school!

And Lily, how do you really feel about that hat?

The beginning of the cake…