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Fitness with Rachelle Rasley

Fitness trainer, college basketball athlete, teacher

By Matt Pendleton Photography

December 28^th, 2016

Meet Rachelle

Rachelle is a fitness trainer from Virginia. She is also a teacher currently living in Jacksonville, FL and former University of North Florida and Lander University college basketball player.

We met Rachelle through Instagram and spent the last few years trying to find the right time to schedule a fitness photo shoot. Once we found the right time, we decided to break the shoot up into two sessions since she was new to fitness modeling.

This is the first of the two shoots and took place back in September 2016. We chose an early morning sunrise shoot on beautiful Jacksonville Beach. We are currently scheduling our second shoot for 2017.

Scroll down to see our favorite photos from Rachelle's first fitness photo session and go behind-the-scenes (BTS) thanks to our good friend, Lorraine Hoffmann.

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Location #1 - Jacksonville Beach

We chose to shoot near the Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier. This would be one of the last times we'd see the pier as most of it got washed away when Hurricane Matthew passed by. The early morning time is normally quiet and empty which was something Rachelle wanted. Unfortunately, this was a popular morning on the beach and we had to dodge a few tourists and locals watching the sunrise.

We started in one of Rachelle's favorite bikinis then moved into a Nike sports bra and tights before heading to the next location.

Location #2 - Jax Beach Blvd Underpass

For our second location, we chose the Jacksonville Beach Boulevard Underpass. It was a still a little foggy but clear enough to allow us to shoot. This spot is great for all the towering lines and is also secluded from traffic providing more privacy.

We stayed in the Nike sports bra and tights then quickly switched into two of her favorite tops.

Behind-the-scenes: Location 1

These photos were shot by our good friend, Lorraine Hoffmann. You can see some of the last photos of Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier in this set.

Behind-the-scenes: Location 2

These photos were shot by our good friend, Lorraine Hoffmann.

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