Fall minis this year was a blast! It was my first time offering a full hour of back-to-back 10-minute sessions. I’ll admit, I was a bit nervous! I worried about staying on time, if kids would cooperate enough within 10-mins so that I could get an adequate amount of photos, AND dodging the tens and […]

Over the last three years, I’ve had sooo many adorable, unique mini session ideas. I LOVE to design and decorate, but if I’m honest, when it comes to Alyssa Rachelle Photography, I just want to focus on capturing gorgeous photos. I recognize that the demand is there, but I haven’t been showing up the way […]

I photographed the Shelleys about 1.5 years ago just before Emma had open heart surgery. I missed out on celebrating Emma’s recovery from that surgery because I was on maternity leave, but they still came back to me and now there’s so much to celebrate! They’re currently enjoying the longest amount of consecutive time that […]

I photographed Sara and Abby in the Spring for a Mommy & Me Session. Abby’s now just shy of two-years-old and isn’t a new walker anymore. It was special getting to meet and photograph the entire family on the Cleveland boardwalk this time. 🙂 I love that this business introduces me to so many amazing, […]

Celebrating Fall by painting a pumpkin with Beckett Boy. He had a blast! His joy was contagious. Hope it is for you too 🙂

It’s that time of year to celebrate Seniors of 2020! I can’t believe it! I began this season photographing Angelica and couldn’t have asked to have more fun. 🙂 Angelica is so talented and just a LITTLE smart…okay, super smart. She told me her declared college major, but I think I only heard two words […]

August 18-September 17th (11th-going-on-12th month) My baby’s a year old. How. The days leading up to his First Birthday (September 18th), I was emotional. I didn’t expect that. Pregnancy seems to have made me a bit more unemotional, but the teary eyes happened more than once. Why did his First Birthday feel so bittersweet and […]

Somehow our Beckett’s officially a one-year-old! His birthday party was such a special time. ALL of my mom’s side of the family was present, even including one of Beckett’s second cousins! Many of our friends and their littles made it to the party too. Unfortunately, my Dad and his side of the family weren’t able […]

I get that God didn’t design motherhood to be about surviving, but like most moms, I feel like every day’s battle of the fittest. You know what I’m talking about—Survive until bedtime. Survive until he’s sleeping through the night. Survive until the next nap. Survive until the next developmental milestone. Survive until you’ve breastfed/pumped for […]

Did you see my post a few weeks ago about booking my first Wedding…and that the couple were also complete STRANGERS?! Ever since, I’ve been like a giddy little girl while I’ve waited to meet Jessica & Chad in person at their engagement session on private Chattanooga TN property. I knew that they had to […]

I never could’ve imagined having the opportunity to photograph a family from the time their oldest child was 6-months-old to the newborn season of their third child, Jonathan. Photographing a newborn makes my heart feel like it’s going to burst. But by far my favorite moment from this newborn session for Jonathan, was when Elise […]

Colorado Photo Shoot I met my oldest, younger brother, Grant, when I was 20-years-old. He came up to my mid-torso and was eager to meet his new playmate. My dad and his mom had been dating for a while, but we were just meeting for the first time. Our parents got married not long after. […]