Your life isn’t fussy. Why should your family’s photos be? 

Family, Maternity, & Newborn Photographer serving Richmond, Virginia 

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 toting a diaper bag.

Instead, stay 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.

A toddler gets tickled by his brother while lying in his mother's lap.

“Love and connection through the chaos”

“It’s amazing to have photos of this moment in time. Of our love and connection through the chaos.”

— Melissa

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

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.

We’ll walk through it together, step by step, and make your family photos easy, and maybe even fun.

A dad walks behind his son through leaves on their street. The boy is smiling at the camera and holding his dad's fingers.

“The entire experience felt so natural…”

“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 | Richmond, VA

A photo of Allison Patel, captured by Megumi Bacher.

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

I know what it’s like to be too busy taking care of your kids to remember to get into pictures with them. But if anyone deserves to be in the pictures, it’s you.

You don’t need perfect pictures. You need to connect with your people and be documented doing that.

You need your life, documented in a beautiful, real way.

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

(Without the usual stress.)