the heart behind
valley & Veil
I've always been a little sentimental
I've always been the person who wants to hold onto things a little longer. The way someone laughs, a familiar hand. The places that become part of our story without us realizing it at the time.
Maybe that's why I've always been drawn to photographs.
Not simply for the way they show us what something looked like, but for their ability to bring us back to who we were, who we loved, and how it all felt.
i'm alexandria -
to the people who know me best.
i'm alexandria - to the
people who know me best.
Allie
Allie
A Story of place
I grew up in New York and built my photography career documenting weddings throughout the East Coast. For the last thirty years, this was home - familiar roads, old estates, and celebrations tucked into places I'd always known.
Then a destination wedding brought me to Montana.
What began as a work trip became a cross-country road trip West, and somewhere between the open roads, the mountains, and the Tetons rising in front of us, something shifted.
We got engaged in the Tetons on this trip, and married here a year later. We signed our marriage papers in the bed of a pickup truck, brought our dogs along for the celebration, and I spent the morning of my wedding fly fishing with my dad on the Snake River.
The West became more than a place I loved.
It became part of my family's story.
and then, the West called
The places we choose become woven into our memories.
The mountain you saw as you walked toward one another. The wind that caught your veil. The table where everyone you love sat together. The room where your dad saw you dressed and ready for the first time.
These details become part of the way we remember.
I photograph weddings and elopements with a deep reverence for both people and place because, years from now, I want your photographs to hold all of it.
Not only how it all looked, but how it felt to be there.
perhaps that's why i've always believed
place matters, too.
07. What is your why?
Because these are the days that shape us. They deserve to be remembered. One day, they will mean everything.
a. A singer
b. A writer
c. Running a coffee shop
d. B + C
05. If you weren't a photographer, what would you be?
My husband, my daughter, and the life we are building together.
06. What is one thing you can't live without?
a. The moment no one else notices
b. The perfectly posed portrait
c. The grand exit
d. The big, expected moments
04. What's one moment you're always watching for?
a. Breakfast in bed
b. Coffee on the porch
c. Sunrise in the mountains
d. All of the above
03. What is your ideal way to spend a morning?
Vanilla latte, extra shot. Iced.
02. How do you take your coffee?
a. The mountains
b. The ocean
c. Anywhere my family is
d. All of the above
01. What place feels most like home?
A little more about me
beyond the photographs
collecting fleeting moments
chasing a life well lived
forever drawn west
beauty found in quiet places
embracing motherhood with my whole heart
loving my people, fiercely
places that make me slow down
If you feel drawn to honest imagery, that preserves not only how life looked, but how it truly felt -
I would be honored to tell your story.
If you feel drawn to photographs that hold the people, the place, and all the in-between... I'd love to hear about the celebration you're dreaming up.
