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Sitting feet propped in a chair that isn't my own, looking out at the fellow patrons wondering about their life.  What brought them to the Wake Forest Coffee Company today? Pen across paper, a small laugh from the father and daughter in the corner and a young woman chatting quietly with her friend.  The door opens to a sun kissed woman in a flowing summer dress as she is greeted by the barista she pulls the glasses off her face to peer at the menu to decide what she wants to drink today.  While waiting for her drink to be prepared she gazes at the artist of the month's work hung on the wall.

All the while back with my feet up next to the wall, I think over the day and what is to come, slowly listed off my to do's and yet can't help but feel relaxed.  This is all in spite of the fact that my battery died and I am strained till I get a jump (so I can drive and get the battery replaced).  Catching up on everything internet related I work my way through Facebook and it made me decide to do something different.

I am putting in place a promotion For the first 5 people who get 25 people to like crinkle photography's facebook page you can get $75 towards the price of engagement or bridal shoot OR for the price of having a second shooter present at your wedding.    

Why that name?

I have been asked a few times why did I ever choose to use "Crinkle Photography" for my business name.  Well you see it is a long and short story... so I will meld the two into a medium story?

Excuse me if this gets choppy I'm eating... chili... not really a desk friendly dish... anyway.

Crinkle is the nickname my husband gave me.  Before he and I dated I hadn't really dated anyone else.  I wasn't a really open person (sounds strange since I know just put myself out there), I really wasn't.  I didn't like the idea of dating because I had intimacy issues.  Simple and straight forward I didn't want to let anyone close enough they could hurt me so I had a lot of rules that helped me not date or if I were to that they couldn't get close to me emotionally.  All that to say that Chris, my dear husband, was and is my only exception (when it comes to romantic relationships... I do have friends to whom I am now open) and thus I nicknamed him "exception".  After this name was dubbed he wanted a nickname of his own for me.

Still confused about Crinkle?

Well, it is because I haven't told you something about myself.  When I was 17 I was a passenger in a accident that was large enough that I needed to get xrays just to make sure nothing had gone wrong.  Nothing in the accident had gone wrong but somehow all my doctors had missed the fact that I had Scoliosis.  I am sure that most of you all know Scoliosis but for those of you who are, like I was, unsure of what it means exactly: it means a curving of the spine.   Simply I was crooked.  I knew that one of my hips was bigger than the other but would have never thought Scoliosis, because Scoliosis is a genetic disease and it doesn't run in my family. I am a privileged few that has Scoliosis because of birth defect.  Doctors don't really know why exactly, it just is.  Because it is in my lower back and it was found so late in puberty there wasn't much that could be done.

This picture was from my second xray so I was about 18 or so.

For the most part it doesn't have much affect on what I do (so long as I weight train and exercise a little) save for when I get tired I don't pay attention and jet off to one side.

Thus my dear, darling husband thought it SO cute to nickname me something to embody this defect: Crinkle.

And when I was thinking over what I could possibly name my business it seemed only fitting to include his darling nickname that has now, to me, become and endearment.

Photos and Life: hand and hand...

To all those out there on the "Web".  My name is Rachel and I take photos.  I love being there on special days in your life and I love capturing who you are on film.  If you like what you see and desire more, contact me at Crinklephotography@gmail.com you can also follow me on Facebook.