Our Values
HUMAN FIRST, PHOTOGRAPHER SECOND. Your wedding day isn’t about photos - It’s about connection & family & merging stories & celebration. We quickly learned that the more we pour into creating a good experience for you, the better the outcome is for your photographs. We want to make sure your experience is prioritized above anything else. DOCUMENTING YOUR DAY HONESTLY. We exist to serve our clients first and foremost, and we believe that the best way to do that is to photograph you & your people honestly. No forcing a certain reaction or emotion. No pretending. Just you being 100% you. HEART. We pour ourselves into our work so that it’s always evolving. It’s full of life & joy, and that only comes from passion and heart for what you do. HERE FOR YOUUUUU. We care about your family & friends, but we want to make sure we can advocate for your vision first and foremost. INTENTIONALITY. We are intentional about getting to know you before your wedding day so that everything is true to who you are. We know that you are trusting us with your money, time, & vision and we don’t take that lightly. CELEBRATION. These are big freaking moments!!! We commit to being proud cheerleaders for you, always pointing you towards truth & being present.
Meet Raegan
Hi! My name is Raegan, the owner and lead photographer of Clay House Photography. I’m an Indiana girl, currently residing in Broad Ripple. I have been married for almost 4 years (!!!) to my high school crush. I love traveling, thrift store shopping, and rainy days. I’m almost always craving tacos and am constantly looking up what band is coming to town next. I’m a big fan of small town coffee shops, bonfires, and wearing stripes. I am getting closer to being able to say I’m a reader too. Stay tuned on that.
I am madly in love with my smoking hot husband Trevor, and I dream of moving away to Ireland with him one day. Creating this business has been an incredible process: full of joy, failures, fear, Jesus, and the support & encouragement of so many. I am captivated by the stories that make up relationships. Every single person has a story and it’s an honor to be invited into that. I’m always asked if shooting weddings gets old and routine, but the answer is honestly no. Weddings are really just a day of relationships & connection & family, and I don’t see that ever getting old!
I will never take this job for granted because it is a true honor to document the emotions & relationships that surround marriage. This job is constantly growing me and pushing me to think & dream in bigger ways that point people back to Jesus.
Meet the Team
A few years back we realized that one photographer could only shoot a certain number of weddings in order to remain physically & mentally healthy. We also had several clients who wanted to work with us but couldn’t because of budget or date conflicts. After a lot of thought, prayer, and guidance, we solved a lot of these issues by building a team of photographers! Raegan, the owner of Clay House, is still the one behind the scenes who manages the team, editing, and the clients. She still shoots weddings but is now able to share the load! The associate photographers are newer to the world of wedding photography, but are still talented and professional. Their pricing is based on their experience, which allows us to now appeal to a range of budgets. Our photographers come with different personalities and backgrounds, but ultimately we all share the same core values and mission for what we believe wedding photography should be.
Meet Sam
associate Wedding photographerMama to two sweet kiddos, loves farmer markets, has watched Grey’s Anatomy more times than she can count, and is always down for spicy margaritas
Meet Holyn
associate wedding photographerQueen’s biggest fan, always down for mexican food, lover of all things happening outside, and is attempting to visit each National Park in the U.S
Trevor Waite
VP, Accountant, Second shooter, Content CreatorCrazy about spreadsheets, keeps Raegan sane, has played every board game at least 10 times, loves anything covered in cheese, and all around cute
Meet Abigail
associate wedding photographerLoves traveling, obsessed with authentic Indian food, kind of a photoshop nerd, and currently a Prosecutor for Marion County
Gabby Clark
Photo Editor & Clay House hype girl Raegan’s long time BFF, mama to a Linnea, dark chocolate lover, and Ohio State fan thanks to her sport obsessed husband
Meet Jen
associate wedding photographerLoves all forms of art - especially painting! Has two cutie pups, originally from South Africa, and is happiest outside exploring a new part of the world!
The meaning behind the name…
Jeremiah 18:3-6 says, “I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working with clay at the wheel. He was making a pot from clay. But there was something wrong with the pot. So the potter used that clay to make another pot. With his hands he shaped the pot the way he wanted it to be. Then this message from the Lord came to me: ‘Family of Israel, you know that I can do the same thing with you. You are like the clay in the potter’s hands, and I am the potter.”
The Lord is the potter and we are his clay. He alone makes us new. Here at Clay House we believe that we are constantly being shaped and refined by our good God. We make a great effort to constantly lean into this truth rather than resist it. As people, we never want to stop growing and developing better hearts, minds, and ideas. As photographers, we never want to settle with our craft, and we try to lean into people, places, and resources that will continue to shape us. We also find rest in knowing that HE is always bigger than us. Isaiah 64 reminds us that “we are all the work of his hand”. Everything and anything we do right is because of how the good Lord has blessed us. We know it is not our own doing, but his. Our hope is that Clay House uses its platform to glorify God and points others back to the great Creator of all.
We fell in love with the idea of Clay and what it represents, but also couldn’t shake the idea how symbolic a house was. A home is where the ordinary, yet beautiful parts of life happen… where you and your new husband or wife first burn a pizza together, where a child takes their first steps, where you retreat back to every single day knowing that rest and safety are found inside, and where love dwells. It’s a symbol of a fresh start for a newlywed couple as well as a mark of a strong foundation no matter what’s happening outside of it. Home means something different to us all, but is essential nonetheless. Similar to a healthy relationship being built on love, a good house is built on a firm foundation. And we want to help grow and build that firm foundation. From the moment you get engaged, a whole new season of life begins. We want to come alongside of you through the ups & downs to help you create that firm foundation. We don’t see you as clients, but as friends.
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