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My name is Alyson
Born and raised in Florida on a horse farm, I moved to the West coast in 2020 for a change of pace. 2024 marks my 8th year documenting well over a hundred weddings and I now find myself traveling all across the country for it. I feel so smitten I get to call this my job and to be invited in to so many incredible peoples families and friend circles.
On my off days, I'm typically working on editorial & personal photo work, planning dinner parties with friends, & spending time at our old family cabin nestled in the woods in Washington.
Photographs from my parents wedding in February 1990
At 23 years old my dad called to tell me our mom was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I was living nearly 3,000 miles away and felt a ping in my chest that sits with me to this day. 15 months later, on December 5th 2022 she passed away.
My mom was the memory keeper of our family. She always had a camera in her hand and spent hours meticulously creating photo albums documenting every age for each of her three girls and it took me till after she passed to realize my entry into photography was not random at all.
It’s a loss that still doesn’t feel quite real, yet has armed me with a tenderness and understanding of life’s fleetingness in everything I do.
Weddings are perhaps the only time where we have all of our loved ones in one place.
Looking back at my own mothers wedding photographs reminds me how full of life and youthfulness she was. I flip through her photo albums of our childhood and am reminded of her deep love for us; I can hear her laugh and am reassured again.
AS LOVED ONES AGE AND EVENTUALLY PASS ON, IT IS THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE CLING TO.
WHEN OUR MEMORIES GET FUZZY AND WE START TO DOUBT THEIR ACCURACY, IT'S THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT BRING US BACK TO THEM.
My job as a wedding photographer is so much more than a title. I'm your memory keeper for not only you, but perhaps your own children you'll have one day or for your loved ones near and far.
I'M SO HONORED YOU'RE HERE.
My Style
In a state of constant learning, I find my inspiration comes from ever-changing sources. Cinema, design, architecture, fashion, and the little in-between moments of everyday life all influence how I see the world and how I document it. I find I'm most drawn to capturing quiet understated beauty... little moments with big impact that grow sweeter with time.
On a wedding day, I believe there's a time and place for creating fine art editorial images, and a time to just step back and let the day unfold as it does, documenting like a fly on the wall. With this combination, I've found my sweet spot in creating not just wedding photos, but timeless & artistic imagery that's apart of something much bigger.
Editorial artistry x Photojournalistic observation
I photograph a hybrid of film and digital photography and find the combination of the two creates the perfect harmony of timelessness, elegance, and character on a wedding day. My digital retouching is heavily influenced by film which creates a sense of cohesion throughout the gallery. At any point on a wedding day, you'll find some sort of digital, 35mm, & medium format camera wrapped around my neck-- each having their different strengths for different parts of the day.
