Family, Maternity, and Newborn Photography in Richmond, VA
I’ve worked with the Gray family for years, since Baxter was about 18 months old. We’ve had sessions in lots of different parks and areas of the city, including these Forest Hill family photos, but we’d never made it all the way down to where Forest Hill meets the Buttermilk Trail. We met on a […]
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I talk about capturing and documenting milestones for babies a lot. Tiny humans change so much in their first year that sometimes it feels like you need a camera attached to your face to make sure you grab every single moment as it passes. But milestones aren’t just for babies. Obviously there are the ones […]
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Last week was my daughter’s first week of daycare. I went through the full range of emotions, including but not limited to guilt, elation, sadness, doubt, and freedom (freedom is an emotion), all on repeat. In the week leading up to her first day, I followed her around with the camera constantly, trying to make […]
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Four-year-old Cassie greeted me when I knocked gently on the door. “I’m eating breakfast!” she declared happily, letting me into the house and going back to the table. “We’re kinda dragging here,” her dad told me as I let myself into the kitchen to wash my hands. Baby Marco had spent most of the night […]
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Let me take you back to a time that feels like one hundred years ago. It was the last week of October, pre-Election pre-Daylight Saving, pre-Halloween. Remember that time? The VA Forestry Service had proclaimed this week to be the peak time for viewing autumn color, and I scheduled maternity and family photos with Melissa, […]
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Casey DM’d me on Instagram (@allisonpatelphotography) and confessed she’d never had professional family photos taken before. Her son and mine are extremely close in age (like, hours apart) and it was high time (in my opinion) for two-year-old Henry to get in front of the camera. We met at a spot that would be most […]
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As a photographer, I am sometimes privy to special announcements and life news before other people. No matter the occasion, I feel extremely privileged when a client trusts me with their secret. I love being able to help them celebrate the way they want. Megan contacted me in September with her joyful news, and asked […]
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We’re only a week away from the start of peak leaf season for Richmond, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry. October 20 – 31 is when the experts believe we’ll have peak color, although they also warn that individual trees in urban and suburban locations can change earlier than big groupings of trees or […]
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We left our house last week and went to someone else’s (empty) house for a whole week. It was the first time I’d been out of Virginia since 2018. The first time we’d been away from home since my daughter was born. We went to what I like to consider my home away from home. […]
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Most of my maternity clients are newbies to maternity photography. You don’t really think about how maternity sessions work when you’re not pregnant. Just like most people aren’t looking for doulas or pediatricians before becoming pregnant, maternity photography is a back-of-mind service, until it’s not. So in the interest of helping you navigate yet another […]
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