These sessions are so much fun!!! Are you considering booking a first birthday studio milestone session with Photography by Alyssum to capture exactly where your baby is development-wise on their first birthday? I offer a basic milestone session or the optional upgrade to a cake smash session, but which is right for your little guy? […]

Studio sessions at Photography by Alyssum are such a “best of both worlds” approach to indoor sessions. I’ve designed them to have a styled-life approach to maternity, newborn, and baby photography. I want you to walk into my home studio and feel like I’ve taken the coziest pieces of lifestyle portraiture and stitched it with […]

I am so pleased to offer you two types of newborn portrait options. You can choose from a lifestyle or studio newborn session! But I often receive inquiries from clients asking which style I would recommend to them. My response always begins the same way- it is completely subjective to each family! So here’s the […]

While lifestyle newborn sessions are pretty easy on you and your family, there is some prep work involved in getting your home and family ready for your session. Before we dive into that, let’s talk about wardrobe so you can get that planned out first. Lifestyle Newborn Wardrobe When you sign your lifestyle newborn contract […]

I want to make your photo experience as stress-free and beautiful as possible. For that reason, I am a Castle Rock photographer who is a Style & Select member. I also keep a client closet from which you are welcome to borrow! If you are drawn to my warm and romantic style of outdoor sunset portraiture, you […]

A couple years ago, not long after my family moved to Colorado and I became the newest Castle Rock photographer, this family hired me to photograph their first newborn Claire (the big sister you see below). Since then, I’ve had the honor of watching their family grow. This year I got to meet their newest […]

As we return today from our first RV camping vacation in the Colorado mountains, I struggle to put into words what it has meant to us. (Luckily, I had about seven hours to think about it during the drive back.) The kids thrived in the outdoors with so much freedom to explore and let loose. […]

My heart was so incredibly happy to be back to work just in time to capture some amazing spring blooms at my favorite park in Highlands Ranch! This is one of the best times to be a Denver family photographer. With a mask on my face and a long lens on my camera, I got […]

My brand new website and blog are live and I’m back from quarantine, ready to serve your family!