Rundown of a Family Session
I don't know about you, but whenever I have to do anything for the very first time, I get super nervous. If I don't know what to expect, I imagine the worst. What if all my worst fears (or even...Read More
Behind the Scenes: Shoot Around
I've mentioned before that I'm working on a "shoot around the house" project this spring. I actually started this 100 day project on Valentine's Day, a whole month before we went into isolation procedures, and I had no idea when...Read More
Change is Afoot
Nothing is really constant in this life. Change is always happening, has just happened, or is about to happen. "If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward," Mikhail Gorbachev said. Well, change is afoot here at Allison Patel...Read More
An Important Announcement
I don't like to be in the center of attention. In case you didn't know, I much prefer to be behind the camera than in front of it. I was able to hide the fact that I was pregnant with...Read More
Contracts Are Your Friends
We took our toddler in to have tubes installed in his ears on Friday. We met with two nurses and an Anesthesiologist prior to the procedure, and with the Doctor post procedure. All four of them gave us the same...Read More
I like you, but…
I love feedback. I love giving it, I love receiving it. I like to know what people are thinking, so I can keep doing the right things and change the things that aren't going as well. I try not to...Read More
Superguilt is My Super Power
I've been learning a lot about myself this year. I really thought I'd be able to do the mom thing and the full time job thing and the part time photography thing without any issues and carry on life without...Read More
I’m A Trust Fund Baby, You Can Trust Me
We have updated our privacy policy... six little words I can probably live a lifetime without reading again. Like you, I've received literally dozens of emails over the past two weeks with that as the subject line, and I've read...Read More
New Book & An Opportunity
It can get pretty boring offering the same stuff all the time, so occasionally I like to add new stuff to my inventory to spice it up. I'm pretty excited about this new book I just started carrying this month....Read More
Slow and Sudden Change
Change is the only constant in life. Everything is growing, changing, evolving, deteriorating or dying around us. Most things are doing so at such slow, small increments that we don't see the change from day to day. We don't see the...Read More