THE AMBER WEITZER PODCAST SILHOUETTES OF SUCCESS
RACHEL DELIRA | EPISODE 39 | SHOW NOTES
FEATURED GUEST
She shines bright for all, she has an effervescent personality with Rockstar skills! She has been producing and creating creative media in Tarrant County-Fort Worth,Texas for over 25 years now. She has been producing and creating creative media in Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Texas) for over 25 years now. Rachel graduated from Northlake College in 1996 and jumped right into video production for various media outlets. She started her own video company in 1998 called HONBUN Video Production where she shot private and business events. She soon moved my production into the glamorous world of high end Sweet 16/ Quinceañera photography and began Glitteratti Girl and Starlet Model Group with Q&N magazine out of Dallas. In 2015, she went into freelance photography for many of the local non-profit organizations like Children’s Charities of FW, United Way of Tarrant County, and Wish with Wings. Rachel was awarded the prestigious 2019 Businesswoman of the Year but the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is the official photographer for the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce plus freelances for various company’s in Tarrant County. Her next adventure is launching Style in the Metroplex digital album for subscribers. Looking forward to a great 2021. She is capturing smiles, treasured moments and memories for lifetimes with a fabulous journey to share. Her heart for giving, advocating and supporting is legendary!
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
Imagination: Exercise is where she finds great clarity. Rachel calls it her finding her church. Her focus is better when she is outside running. In fact, it helps her to visualize and preview editing then she goes back to make the edits. She talked about early on in high school the important lessons she learned from music and being a member of the drum corps, it was great to help lay the foundation for her to learn that others truly dependent on her to be there, be on-point, finding the beat that is both literal and figurative for life lessons. Fun fact, did you hear Rachel tell us about her idea while working for Sam’s Club? An annual award that Walmart uses to this day, her imagination, creativity and ingenuity is pure awesomeness. Rachel shares how she started her solo path after helping at a wedding, as the 2nd photographer when she was able to observe their poor methods and realized that she could do it so much better! She and her husband invested in better cameras and equipment to launch her business. Her Silhouette of Success journey included media and video montages, creating her own model group business teaching models what it takes to be on the cover of a magazine. She learned so much of that from her days in script class reading and commercial work. In 2015 she was asked to capture a political campaign and the rest is history as they say! That launched her into what FWStyle is today! She’s embarking on a cool upcoming project Style in Fort Worth (currently Style in the Metroplex) The Metro Report magazine digital flip album of images…stay tuned.
Glitteratti: Paparazzi or nor Glitteratti! She defines Glitterati as capturing someone at their best, smiles, looking good and in the best moments and not obtrusive versus paparazzi catches drama. Ah, but she does have a “private collection”-fun! She tries to story tell the events with her photography. As a professional she describes some important tips are to get the shots or next gig. Pay attention to the details, take the time to understand body language and cues. She is a consummate professional 100%!
She loves to look at retro vintage, old Glam that she likes to always “give it some flavor”! Sometimes you need to wait for “the moment”, she takes so many factors into account to find “that shot”. Her eye is meticulous. She researches people, she reads body language and so much more. She talks about the light of the future…she approaches opportunities as seeing light and finding the colors-how open do you see for your future? She talks about the many different interests that come her way or she is able to opportunities to consider exploring or sharing with others. Rachel says she might never reach the age where she’ll ignore that curiosity! She instills in us how important it is to invest in yourself and business. A special accomplishment she mentions is having her work selected for the City of Fort Worth Christmas card 2019.
Family: Early in her career Rachel tried out being a stunt person (seriously, how cool was this to find out!). She tried it out, it was lonely path that she wasn’t crazy about that aspect of an actor’s career path. She needed family around. However, the experience helped prepare her to be solid on feet for some of the dramatic glorious works today! Family is private, intimate and special to her. She cherishes the quality time and you won’t find her family on her social media, that’s special! Her Mom and Dad always lovingly supported her and allowed her to be herself. It helped instill the faith and confidence within herself. In taking care of your family, she talks about the importance of taking care of health. Healthy mind, healthy heart helps keep you on track with your goals. She is journaling her running and adventures that inspires so many. To unwind, she enjoys her family time, movie nights, unplugging and just relaxing together.
INTENTIONAL INSPIRATION
Open your imagination! Welcome flavor, light and love in! This is your time to create, this is your only chance. Make mistakes, learn, let it go and mover forward.
RESOURCE LIST:
RACHEL DELIRA | FWSTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY
@RACHELDELIRA | SOCIALS
STYLE IN FORT WORTH (UPCOMING NEW WEBSITE)
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