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I’m Alyssa—a Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN, photographer capturing family chaos (the good kind) and meaningful moments with a light and airy touch. When I’m not behind the camera, I’m a boymom, Enneagram 1w2, and nature lover who’s recovering from perfectionism (mostly with chai lattes and deep breaths). Here, you’ll find my latest work, tips to simplify life, and probably a laugh or two. I’m so glad you’re here—grab a coffee and dive in!

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Tyler Layman is the epitome of a country boy. If he isn’t working, he can probably be found out on the water fishing, in the woods hunting, or on a baseball field. The light was gorgeous during his senior session at Greenway Farms Hixson. But honestly, I was more excited about spending time with him, […]

Greenway Farms Hixson Senior Session

tyler layman's senior session at greenway farms hixson tennessee with alyssa rachelle photography
eleanor weitzel's first birthday at black fox farms with alyssa rachelle photography

First Birthday Session with Mom’s Wedding Dress | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer Little Miss Eleanor’s officially a one-year-old! We celebrated with an extra special first birthday session at Black Fox Farms. Before the session, Katie had the cutest idea of having Eleanor sit on and wear her wedding dress. What a sweet way to repurpose mommy’s […]

Session With Mom’s Wedding Dress

A Session for High School Sweethearts at Historic Church in Downtown Chattanooga | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer They were high school sweethearts. He was her first date and first kiss, and now they’re engaged! How much cuter could Haley & Blaine’s love story get?! Actually, it’ll get even more cute after their elopement in Alaska in […]

A Session for High School Sweethearts

a downtown chattanooga portrait session with alyssa rachelle photography
brianna and jonathan lowery's anniversary session on the ocoee river in the cherokee national forest with alyssa rachellephotography

Bree & Jonathan Lowery’s Anniversary Session in the Cherokee National Forest | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer Am I getting old? Bree’s my childhood friend’s younger sister. In my mind, she should still be playing on a middle school’s playground, not celebrating her second wedding anniversary!!!⁠ It was so wild for me to have gotten the chance […]

Cherokee National Forest Photo Shoot

  Hidden Springs Venue | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer I was just entering my busiest weeks of business EVER when Jessi asked me if I’d come two weeks later to photograph this Vintage Charleston Styled Shoot at Hidden Springs Venue. I had just toured the venue the week before, and had just done another styled shoot […]

Hidden Springs Venue: A Southern Wedding

Hidden Springs Venue Wedding by alyssa rachelle photography
Blue Ridge Mountain Wedding Venue by alyssa rachelle photography

 A Southern Blue Ridge Mountain Wedding | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer Having a wedding during a pandemic isn’t easy on anyone involved. It attempted to steal so much joy from Danae & Scot’s wedding at a Blue Ridge Mountain wedding venue. In some areas it undoubtedly did. How could it not?! But Danae & Scot inspired me […]

Blue Ridge Mountain Wedding Venue

Woodland Styled Shoot at Kensington Cove Farm | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer I’m still over the moon about this shoot and all of the vendors I got to work with who made it easy to photograph gorgeous images at the Kensington Cove Farm Styled Shoot. Since there was so much to photograph there, Hollyn & Nathan […]

Hollyn & Nathan

sunflower mini session with alyssa rachelle photography at red's hay farm in ooltewah, tennessee

Sunflower Mini Sessions at Red’s Hay Farm in 2020 | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer These sunflower mini sessions at Red’s Hay Farm were so adorable! I almost don’t want to type much here so that you just go on and look at these captures! Ah! 🙂 But, I have to give Red’s Hay Farm a raving […]

2020 Sunflower Limited Edition Sessions at Red’s Hay Farm

Whimsical Styled Shoot at Kensington Cove Farm | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer When Betsy asked me to be one of the three photographers for a styled shoot at Kensington Cove Farm, my fingers sped across my keyboard to quickly answer, “YES!” For a while now, I’ve been watching Betsy and her family’s labor of love as […]

Kensington Cove Farm Wedding

wedding at kensington cove farm
front porch session of the bibb family with alyssa rachelle photography in chattanooga, tennessee

During the pandemic, Little House on the Market and I partnered to giveaway a front porch session to a special family. The idea of a front porch session is the cutest and a unique way to remember this crazy season! Kayla Bibb entered her family and won! I’m so glad she did, because I’ve been […]

Bibb Front Porch Session

Have you ever paid attention to the color of pain on your front door? Or any door? I hadn’t really until we moved into our current home. We were blessed to move into a new construction, but there were a few things I looked forward to making “ours.” One of those project included painting our […]

Painting Our Front Door

at home with alyssa rachelle front door refresh
home garden in southeast tennessee

Like everyone else and their mother, we started a home garden during the COVID-19 quarantine. I’m not one to jump on bandwagons, but we’d been talking about it for some time, and with food shortages and other concerns during the pandemic, we decided to go for it! Gardening is foreign to me. Thankfully, Jimmy’s family […]

Our Home Garden in Southeast Tennessee

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