Into the Great Unknown

Posted on April 2, 2019April 1, 2019 by Allison

I've written a lot about life as a mother in the last year, and how much I've learned. I've mentioned the plethora of things I didn't know that I didn't know. Postpartum anxiety and depression, lactation issues, hormones, crying, cluster...Read More

Single Parents are Amazing.

Posted on March 26, 2019March 30, 2019 by Allison

I've remarked a lot over the last year about how much I've learned since having a kid. There are plenty of things that you simply can't learn until you've experienced them hands-on yourself. This is why flight simulators are a...Read More

Procrastinators, Unite

Posted on January 15, 2019January 30, 2019 by Allison

I'm a classic procrastinator. I'll have the blog post page open on my laptop, cursor blinking, and my phone will beep hello at me. I'll pick it up, acknowledge the notification, and then dive headfirst into something distracting, for a...Read More

All the Goals

Posted on January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 by Allison

I like to set lots of goals at the beginning of a new season, and the new year is no exception. I love to track and manage and organize goals and watch how I grow and check things off my...Read More

The Return of Carter – Three Lakes Park

Posted on November 13, 2018November 12, 2018 by Allison

I find it wonderful that I have lived in Richmond for 18 years and can still visit a park for the first time. My return clients know that I suggest locations for sessions, but I also love when they ask...Read More

Pretty as a Georgia Peach: Monroe Park Family Photos

Posted on October 23, 2018October 30, 2018 by Allison

The last time I saw Georgia's family, she was 2.5 years old, playing the drums and toddling around the VMFA. So when I saw her skipping down the path of newly-renovated Monroe Park, wand ribbons fluttering in the breeze, I...Read More

Here Sweet There

Posted on October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 by Allison

"Wherever you are, do the best thing you know how to do right now, right there." - Anna Kunnecke The internet is a wonderous thing. Social media gives us the ability to keep up with those we love with minimal...Read More

Grandparents Day Is (Not) A Real Holiday

Posted on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 by Allison

Back in January, I somehow had the wherewithal to pull out the camera when Asa first met his grandparents. (That awareness diminished greatly by the time he met his aunt and uncles, go figure.) I loved the images I took,...Read More

Lifestyle Photography: Nothing Lasts Forever

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 by Allison

People ask me all the time what I wish I had known before I became a mother. My practical answer is always, "nobody told me about the laundry." Seriously, though. Why did no one tell me about the laundry? My...Read More

Allison Patel Photography

Family Photography and Maternity Portraits in Richmond VA