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My name is Rachael Towne, and I am the author and creator of photuluminary.com.  I am also a microstock contributor to sites such as iStockphoto, Shutterstock and Texturevault as well as a full time photography student.

In addition, I have a husband and two children, a kitty and a baby on the way.  My son is nineteen and my daughter is two, so things can get pretty interesting in my house!  When my next daughter is born in February, there will be a 20 year difference between my oldest and youngest children.

We have lived in a rural Napa Valley home for the last four years, but I am anxious to get back to civilization again.  So, we plan to move back to the city of Napa at some point for a few years.  We hope to relocate to Australia at some point for a year long family adventure which may become permanent.

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Here is a gallery of some of my own photography and digital art.  Click on each thumbnail to view the entire image.

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    Richard Sisk
    3:32 pm on June 19, 2011

    Hi Rachael,
    I liked your review and tutorial on Photomatix Pro 4 and put links to the article and to your photoluminary site on my HDR info site:
    hdr360pro.com/
    I wonder if you might like to allow me to add one of your favorite HDRs to the post? Please let me know if you like that idea!
    Regards,
    Richard

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      Rachael Towne
      3:53 pm on June 19, 2011

      Hi Richard. Thanks so much! I always feel honored when my writings are featured on other sites. It would be very nice to have one of my favorite HDRs added to the post. In fact, my two favorites of my own work, are the two in my BlogCritics article. So, I would love to have one or both of those in your post. Thanks again, and your site is nice spacer

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    Kathleen
    2:29 pm on November 20, 2011

    Wow! gorgeous site, Rachel! How did I miss its launch? how long have you had it? LOVE your art! soooooo exquisite… RICH in color and LIFE and imagination! So glad you have seized control of your creations and made a home for them! I need to sign up for your postings. xo

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    Rachael Towne
    5:41 pm on November 20, 2011

    Hi Kathleen. Thanks for visiting and for your continued kindness and encouragement. I just checked out your site as well. I love the colors and the header design. Did you design it yourself?

    I just read your post called Romancing Your Damon, and I was struck by the part about needing “playmates”. I guess I just recently starting pining for this in my life, after a few years of just wanting to be left alone for the most part. I am ready to embrace humanity and connect with people on a significant level. I guess the readiness means that it will come. Thanks again.
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    Octavia
    2:45 am on March 30, 2012

    Hi Rachel,

    I was looking for an old paper image and I stumbled across this site. You have beautiful art. I need to ask you if the “funky” brown paper can be used for free for other projects?

    Thank you

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    Rachael Towne
    11:30 am on March 30, 2012

    Hi Octavia,

    Yes, you can use it for free. If you use it Online or in a commercial way I would love attribution. However, I won’t “come after you” if that doesn’t happen spacer

    Thanks for the compliment and the comment.

    Sincerely,
    Rachael
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    Octavia
    5:43 am on March 31, 2012

    Hi Rachael,

    For now I won’t use it online but maybe one day I will develop the project enough to publish it spacer If it does happen I will contact you.

    Thank youuu and all the best!

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