Galleries - Alyssa Vanzo Photography

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A Sunrise to Sunset Elopement in Glacier National Park

November 20, 2020

couple stands next to each other in front of lake near midway utah

Salt Lake City Couples Session

October 15, 2020

Antelope Island Couple Session

October 14, 2020

Sunset Engagement Session at Taft Point

October 12, 2020

A Serendipitous Sunrise Elopement in Yosemite National Park

Sunrise Glacier Point Elopement at Yosemite National Park

October 11, 2020

Fall Engagement Session at an Upstate NY Cabin

October 4, 2020

Waterfall Engagement Session in the Catskills

October 3, 2020

Anniversary Session at Chimney Bluffs

September 27, 2020

Together, let’s create something meaningful

Just realizing this morning thats its been a solid

Just realizing this morning thats its been a solid minute since I've posted anything on here 🤭 Whoops Well, its all with good reason! There are soo many changes coming soon, in both my personal life and my business, and I've just been chugging along back here trying to my head on straight. So today, I bring you back to this shoot from two summers ago. My first workshop before I ever began "taking clients" or calling myself a photographer. Back when photography was just a hobby, and entrepreneurship was a fantasy. This photo seems worlds old - not because it actually was (this was only back form August 2019) but because I was a totally different person back then. I've grown so much and learned so much about myself and my craft in that time, and have grown this tiny little business - my baby - from the ground up. As I look at this photo this morning, I am honestly so damn proud of myself for all the risks I've taken since then and all the hoops I've jumped through to get to where I am right NOW, and also where I'm about to be. I am nearly bursting at the seams with all the announcements I have for you all in the next couple months and how my business and life is about to completely transform.🙌 Photo taken at @sambufalo 's Cedar Lakes Retreat. Appropriate vendors tagged.

Not sure if you've heard the news... But my conte

Not sure if you've heard the news... But my content day for photographers this May is almost SOLD OUT!! I cant even believe it! The day is honestly going to be soo beautiful, but also so chill and fun. I've been to shootouts before and as an introverted person + photographer, I always struggled to speak louder than others and leave with content that really felt like me. Portfolio builders like this are honestly one of the best ways to grow a photography business, but as an introvert its always nearly impossible to feel connected to or confident in your work when you're just riding coat tails of more outgoing or louder creatives all day. I intentionally designed this shoot out with the introvert in mind... plenty of space to sprawl out, a minimal attendee list, and even smaller working groups so photographers can still bounce ideas off each other but also have time to work individually with the models to create work they're proud of. I'll also be bringing "goodie baskets" filled with tools such as prisms, gels, and atmospheric fog so attendees can challenge themselves and try new things! The day is about getting content, but its also going to be about making connections + pushing our creative boundaries. I dreamed of styling and hosting a shootout for other photographers like this for so long, but never in a million years did I think I'd find such an AMAZING group of vendors to make my vision come to life.
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@lovelybriderochester There are only a couple tickets left! So if you're a photographer and want to start your 2021 season with a bang, head on over to my bio to snag one of the LAST TICKETS before they're gone foreva ✌

"Hey babe, let's just elope in Vegas" When you re

"Hey babe, let's just elope in Vegas" When you read that, did you think of forbidden love, cheesy Elvis impersonators, and disapproving family members? Why instead, try thinking of warm desert sun, long dirt roads, slot canyons, kayaking in Lake Powell, snow capped mountains in the distance, and a candle lit dinner under the brightest Milky way... yeah, Vegas really is your wild and adventurous lovers wonderland. I'll be back in Las Vegas in just a few weeks, so if you and your lover resonate with all its desert goodness, I have sooo many spots in mind for an adventurous engagement or anniversary session, or better yet - the elopement experience of a life time 🤗

Not sure if you've noticed, but I recently started

Not sure if you've noticed, but I recently started filming and sharing a series of educational IGTVs targeted at couples planning their elopement. While I have a bunch of written resources available on my website, I just had so many more ideas of topics I wanted to cover, but haven't had the time to sit down and write them (blogging takes up so much more time than you might realize) - so instead I decided to try filming them first and see how well the topics do. Of course I will eventually go back and write about most of these topics on my website, but I figured these videos could be a quick and effective way to share all of this information! With that said, if there are any topics you'd like to hear about, leave those in the comments below and I'll be sure to touch on them in the coming weeks!👇 I've already filmed over a dozen videos, and still have a handful to go. So you can look forward to tons of helpful elopement tips + good-to-knows all February- March long 👍

Happy Valentine's weekend! Go do something special

Happy Valentine's weekend! Go do something special with your honey, and don't forget to spread some love to all the ones you cherish 💕

Woke up (early) this morning with one thing on my

Woke up (early) this morning with one thing on my mind: change. Oh how the world has changed, how people have changed, how I have changed in only the past year. I looked around my home - which is currently an absolute disaster because of our renovations - and thought about all the little things about it that too soon will change. I looked out the window to see the snow falling and though about all the beautiful + warm adventures I miss from the summer, and remembered that those adventures will continue in only a few short weeks. Then, I looked at my work - scrolling through the hundreds of photos I have saved on my phone, trying to find something to share in conjunction with this post - and noticed how too my work has changed so drastically in such a short period of time. The composition, the color, the moods of the subject - all a seeming reflection of the me who has also changed in the past year. In all of this change is hope - hope for new beginnings, new challenges, and new goals to smash. All I can hope is that I allow my mind to untether and my goals + ambition to take over the steering wheel. I'm embracing the change and wanting the change... now I just have to live the change.

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