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Alisandra Photography Blog

By now, a lot of you have been to my new website. You’ve taken a tour and know what’s there [and entered my giveaway a few weeks ago], and so this might be old news. But I still find myself visiting my own website just because I love the feeling of it so much! Although it […]

Dear Justin and Mary, I registered for Walk Through A Wedding at 5am the day after Thanksgiving. Deciding to give up going to WPPI, I talked with my husband about how it could and should potentially be more beneficial. But I honestly didn’t know. The reviews were good, but who posts bad reviews? I was […]

Today, I have a long to-do list. I’m packing for two trips at once so I need to stay super focused! This weekend, Chad’s parents invited us to Liberty to watch Chad’s brother’s play. The theatre department is doing Carousel, the musical. I’m really excited about it! The very HOUR I get home, I’m going […]

Before I got into this business, I would look through my parent’s wedding album yearly. I would pull out the yellowing photos and just smile. The photography was ok – they had an uncle shoot the wedding – but I loved seeing what my mom wore, the way my dad looked at her, his cowboy […]

When a bride has a request, no matter how crazy, I want to make it happen. It’s just my personality. I’m a little stubborn that way. So when Leslie casually mentioned that she would love to have her engagement session in the snow, I got a little worried. I’ve lived in Northern Virginia and mountain […]

Pinterest is seriously one of my favorite sites. I mean, that is kind of obvious. It has grown to 210 million unique users since it’s launch in May 2011. I use it for so many reasons. For business and creative inspiration, for something to do while Chad is watching basketball, or for great DIY and […]

I actually teared up a little when I pressed publish. I don’t know why – maybe  because for 3 years now I’ve had a website that was a TEMPLATE. Sure, it showed my work. But it didn’t allow for any personality, there was no contact form, and no opportunity to really customize ANYTHING. Well, it’s […]

I’m going to make a bold statement and say that a timeline can make or break your wedding day. A BAD timeline can make you late and leave you in tears. It can make you feel regretful and puts you and your vendors in a tizzy. I’m not even sure what a tizzy is, but […]

Let me just say this. Part of me LOVES writing these types of posts. The other part of me thinks, “I am for sure driving readers away writing about ME and what I DID and what I DIDN’T DO.” But that first part is winning. The one that loves writing these posts. Because I know […]

What are you committing to do in 2013? Here are my [almost] 13 items I have in mind… 1 // work out 2 // blog daily + stick to my blogging calendar [on track so far, y’all] 3 // practice handlettering 4 // read 3 books 5 // meet my booking goal 6 // get […]