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Sweet. {Folsom Senior Photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:22:04 +0000

This young lady is such a sweetheart. And you want to know why “E” is so sweet? You just have to spend a little time with her mother and you will know why. :) I had so much fun going out one evening with her and her mom to photograph her Senior Portraits. I didn’t have a set place in mind exactly; which can be kind of scary considering — but they trusted me and we went for it. It turned out perfectly except for driving up and down a street a couple of times trying to find a cute house that I had driven by once. Needless to say, we found it and it went perfectly with one of the outfits “E” had brought with her.

Thanks again for a fabulous time!

I decided to take a picture of “E” with her mom– it is one of my favorites!

But as you can see, I had a lot of favorites! :)

can we say photogenic? {Folsom portrait photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:57:24 +0000

Any angle I shot at — “M” looked good! Any face I told him to make — “M” looked good! Let’s just say he definitely is photogenic– a quality I think most people desire. As always, I enjoyed this session completely– it was a beautiful evening at sunset on the beach. What could get better then that?

Holiday Mini-Sessions. {folsom family photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:41:10 +0000

Now Booking!

Wow! It’s crazy to think that it is already that time of year to start thinking about family portraits, holiday cards — the holidays in general! But I have to say I am excited for Fall– I love the weather at that time of year. And because I know it will be here before we know it, I have decided to hold Holiday Mini-Sessions this year!

I am officially introducing my Holiday Mini-Session dates:

Thursday, September 23rd

“Secret Garden” in Roseville– 5:00pm-7:00pm

Saturday, September 25th:

“Secret Garden” in Roseville– 7:30am-10:00am

Saturday, October 16th:

“A Walk in the Park” in Folsom — 7:30am-9:30am

If you are interested in hearing more about our holiday mini-sessions, please email us at alysongowdy@gmail.com.

New Name. {Folsom Photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:24:34 +0000

Hi Everyone!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know I have changed my business name from

Alyson Kay Photography to my new business name -

Alyson Gowdy Photography

here is my new contact info-

email: alysongowdy@gmail.com

website: www.alysongowdy.com

blog: www.alysongowdy.com/blog

phone: 916.960.7137

facebook: coming soon!!!

So please write it down, change it on all your blogs, etc :)

And if you ever get an email from Alyson Gowdy Photography . . .

remember it’s ME!!!

Thank you soooo much!

Can’t wait! {folsom senior photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:03:19 +0000

To show you more of these amazing images! Loved loved loved this session!

happy birthday. {folsom children’s photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:35:37 +0000

for my most amazing mother.

I hope you have a fabulous birthday!

wish we could be there to give you a flower in person.

lots of love!

my sister. {folsom portrait photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:07:11 +0000

My beautiful sister was brave enough :) to come be my model for a couple of hours. I was really excited about everything I learned at a previous photography workshop that I attended – T&T Dynamite Workshop. I probably should have posted about that first but oh well . . . those will come shortly. I learned a lot from the workshop– one of my favorite concepts which when you say it sounds so silly and easy but then when you actually go and do it — well, it can be challenging. The concept was “how do you evoke emotion out of your subjects.?” Not only evoking emotion but evoking “natural emotion.” And really it comes down to how you act as the photographer– because how you act or “direct” distinctly shows in your subjects and your photographs.

So, my goal for the shoot was to evoke different emotions while making the model (my sister) look natural and beautiful all at the same time. . . and, of course, have a BLAST! Because really . . . that is always a rule :)

Thanks Jess for being my model and for trusting me even when you felt completely silly . . . you are awesome!

Just the girls. {folsom children’s photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:16:28 +0000

This was a fabulous session with just the girls. This mother is one of the strongest women I know as her husband has been gone serving our country! She is such a wonderful mother to her daughters. It was fun to capture this moment in their lives. We are so glad that now husband and daddy is safely back with his girls.

Mother & Daughter {folsom children’s photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:30:35 +0000

Couple session. {folsom photographer}

alysonkayphotography — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:29:14 +0000

This session was a blast — even though we woke up at 4:30am to get ready to go. (actually I woke up at 3am thinking I was going to not hear my alarm and then I began thinking about the shoot and did not fall back to sleep) Craziness! It was freezing cold and early but it made for some beautiful photographs next to Lake Tahoe.

I have decided to showcase this session so that you can see a lot of the images. If you go HERE — on my website, you will be able to view them!

Enjoy!

P.S. I have a new feature on my blog! If you like certain posts you can “LIKE” it on facebook by clicking the link below ;)