Family of four cuddled close together on their couch, smiling at the camera. The family photo is taken from above and they are laid back in the deep cushions. .

Richmond Family, Maternity, & Newborn Photographer

   Home is where your heart is.   

Family of four playing in the parents' bedroom

What better place to document your family’s love and connection?

Picture it: no worrying about choosing a location. No big fuss over wardrobe. No anxiety about potty-training toddlers or possible blow outs.

Instead, I come to you, at home, where your kids and partner (and you, frankly) are most comfortable being yourselves.

Where you’re surrounded by the love and small daily moments that make up your whole life.

Let’s document how you connect with each other, in only the ways you can.

Family of four cuddling on their couch

“It’s amazing to have photos of this moment in time. Of our love and connection through the chaos. These pictures are so good. And they’re so important. And I can’t talk about it much more or I’m going to cry.”

— Melissa

Your family doesn’t spend a lot of quality time in open fields at sunset.

So instead of trying to find the perfect field, perfect outfits, and keep your kids up past bedtime for the perfect photos, how about we don’t.

Let’s choose a time that works for you, and hang out at home for an hour.

I’ll walk you through it, step by step, and I think you’ll find that we can make family photos easy, and maybe even fun.

“Allison is the most laid back, easy going photographer to work with, and she is so approachable and professional, the entire experience felt so natural. We didn't feel awkward or out of place at all.”

- Lindsay

A self-portrait of Allison Patel with her kids in their house. Allison is looking at her son and laughing, while her daughter is laughing and looking away from the camera.

Your real life is worth remembering, and you deserve to be included in those memories.

I’m a mom of two little kids, and I know what it’s like to be too busy taking care of your kids to have time to take pictures with them. But if anyone deserves to be in the pictures, it’s you.

And one day, you’ll want to remember this time together.

Let’s create photos that will mean everything to you.

(Without the usual stress.)

You deserve to remember this time with your family. And we’ll make it a stress-free experience.

Mom gets tackled by her kids in their backyard. She hugs both of them tightly while laughing.