Rachel McNurlen · Boulder, Colorado

About

Rachel McNurlen is a wedding and equine photographer based in Boulder, Colorado, working in a candid, warm and airy style across the Front Range and the mountains.

Hi, I am Rachel

I am a wedding and equine photographer based in Boulder, Colorado. I was born and raised here, surrounded by mountains, open skies and horses. Nature and animals were my first subjects and they still shape the way I see everything through the lens.

I studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where I earned a degree in Commercial Photography and graduated Magna Cum Laude. I also minored in Equestrian Studies and have been riding since I was five, which taught me to read a horse well before I raise a camera to one.

Ten years on, the work is mostly weddings and horses. A mountain elopement, a ranch wedding, a portrait of a horse and the person who knows it best: the aim is the same every time, which is a real connection rather than a pose, made in the kind of light that only happens outside.

I photograph couples and horse people across Colorado, including Denver, Lyons, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Vail, Aspen and Keystone, and I travel further when the day calls for it.

Rachel McNurlen photographing a couple through the trees at a mountain wedding
Rachel McNurlen · Boulder, Colorado
Golden Hour On The Ridge, weddings photograph
Golden Hour On The Ridge · Colorado Foothills · 2026

What I photograph

  • Canine01
  • Commercial02
  • Engagements02
  • Equine Portraiture04
  • Families02
  • Horse & Rider02
  • Seniors02
  • Weddings03
Frames
18
Locations
07
Archive
2023 — 2026

Dates for weddings, elopements and portrait sessions are open.

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