Who We Are

This is just the beginning…

Our Mission

The mission of the Oklahoma Rainbow Collective has and will always be to support ALL HUMANS and ALL KINDS OF LOVE. We connect Couples in love with Vendors who will service their wedding.

Link to the Full Story

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“I was inspired to really get this idea going when a lesbian couple reached out to me about photographing their wedding. They had just been rejected by another photographer who told them that their love was not valid. I knew it was time to do something.”

— AJ Stegall, creator and founder

 

AJ Stegall, Creator and Founder

AJ is a travel photographer based out of Oklahoma but willing to travel to you to tell your story (anywhere, really). He’s a trained classical musician and music educator but picked up a camera in the early 2000s (olde) and started with plants, flowers, and landscapes. He’s since started snapping love stories and creative portraits.

A LITTLE ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY….

He’s an adventurer // He’s a daydreamer // He loves puns // He’s an optimist // He’s a coffee lover // He wears bow ties //  He’s an animal lover // He LOVES to travel // He doesn’t sit still // He’s a laugh-snorter // He loves to meet new people

A LITTLE ABOUT HIS LIFE….

He is married to his best friend, Austin. Austin keeps him centered and grounded, mostly. He’s always ready share love and to help people who identify as LGBTQIA celebrate their love story authentically, with no judgement.

Lexi Hoebing, Designer and Co-Founder

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Lexi is an OKC-based wedding photographer and enjoys traveling, cheese-eating, and home cooking. Apart from cheese, she specializes in candid wedding portraits, and shoots with a photojournalistic approach to the wedding day as it unfolds. As a trained graphic designer, her love of clean design and order often influence her photo work.

A LITTLE ABOUT HER PERSONALITY….

dog petter // loves a good font // loves white space // really into only listening to whole albums and not just single songs // emerald green is a lifestyle // really likes witbiers //  typically chaotically organized // hikes a lot // obsessed with really good printed things // really likes cake // so into bad puns // lives for mid century furniture

A LITTLE ABOUT HER LIFE….

Lexi has always been an aspiring photographer and designer, from her childhood days with a pink Barbie 35mm camera, to her time as Editor in Chief of the high school yearbook staff, to her college major, and on to establishing her business as one of OKC’s premiere wedding photographers and freelance designers, using her talents to design for local businesses and large organizations. “Being involved in the wedding industry for years has really shown me that there were not only pitfalls, but huge gaps in our industry where couples of all orientations were being treated unfairly or ignored entirely. As I was planning my own wedding, it occurred to me just how many publications, venues, or vendors were catering to a very specific sort of bride, and not acknowledging grooms, brides, couples, who identified or expressed love in other ways. I absolutely love photographing weddings, and I wanted to create something that let couples in Oklahoma and beyond KNOW that there are vendors out there who respect and care for them, and want to do everything possible to give them an amazing wedding experience.”