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alice {girl vs. grown up}

By now, you have most likely concluded that I am a wedding and lifestyle portrait photographer.  Here is what you probably don't know:

In addition to (or maybe instead of) my photographer persona, most of my neighbors recognize me as the lady being pulled around town by my three dogs (or as I like to call them "the girls").  Ironically, I still think of myself as a girl, but really I'm a grown woman.

In addition to being creative, running my business has lots of grown up responsibilities that I happily greet on a daily basis.  When I have a shoot, I arrive early, with back up equipment, a second photographer, and over fifteen years of experience.  But the minute I start taking pictures, I suddenly personify my absolute favorite part of the job... I become a girl with a camera. 

The girl in me remains enthusiastic, creative, warm, and ever enchanted with sharing photographs.  The grown up is experienced, professional, and reliable.  So over the many years of being self-employed, I've learned that the whole girl vs. grown up is not a contest. Rather, it is a rare combination that makes me uniquely talented in photographing life's big events and little moments.

p.s.

My sister wants me to tell you that I'm a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography located in Santa Barbara, CA.  From there, I went on to build my wedding and portrait business in San Francisco and Los Angeles.  Currently, I'm finding my latest niche in the amazing state of New York! 

Thank you for coming by.  I hope to hear from you soon!

Category Archives: IDEAS FOR MY CLIENTS

wedding albums {new portfolio}

I recently heard another photographer say “It is not only our job to make beautiful images for our clients, but to also guide them through to the end of the experience… the end being the final destination for the photography.”
When properly done, an album will tell your story.  You can pull it off a shelf,...

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Brianna Phelan - The album is beautiful. Great job (:

Marianne Lozano - looks great Alice!

laure - Love, love, love this album!

Cathy - My wedding album is the BEST money I spent for my wedding. Fifteen years later, we still take it out and look at it. The kids are fascinated by it too.

Beth - The quality of the album paper and binding is wonderful, combined with your design and gorgeous images, its divine!

Noelle - This is fabulous - I love how the images are not constrained to one page. And the double page spread - it reminds me of Life magazine - uber professional and memorable.....

carrie + andy {slideshow}

Absolutely loving the new trend in stop motion messages. Carrie’s and Andy’s Valentines Day themed portrait session, gave me the perfect opportunity to give it a try for myself.
These two are so cute, and I couldn’t be happier with this fun little valentine message…

The creative possibilities for this type of fun stop motion message...

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:Della - Dude, that was fantabulous! And not to mention uber cute! I like how the pictures move like something in a flipbook. Great job Carrie and Andy, and especially Alice.

Biggest Sister : ) - Very nice : ).

Frank DiMeo - I love these Alice! So fresh and fun! Great couple and great job!

Gina Meola - LOVE THIS!!! What a great idea and sweet couple. F-A-B!

Feuza - How fun! I wanna do one~ is it just a bunch of pictures and then more of how you do the slideshow, email meeeeeee, if you can have a great day~

Meredith Perdue - Oh, my goodness! This is so incredibly cute! I love it!

laure - This is too cool! You are simply amazing.

Cooper - That was good

Jeremy - The best part about this is that there's nothing fake feeling about it - it's exactly the Carrie & Andy that I know. :) I love the secret shot of Andy disposing of the evidence!

Lindsay - Love it!

Noelle - Ohhhhh - I love it! It is retro and new at the same time....

valentines inspiration from {julia child}

Last fall I went to see the film Julie & Julia, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  First off, I think Meryl Streep is the most amazing actress ever!  I saw her perform in a play at UCLA a few years back.  It was a very civilized audience, but I wanted to jump up and down like...

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Amanda - I love this idea! . I rarely get my butt in gear to get xmas cards out, and this seems like more fun. :)

Meredith Perdue - This is an exceptionally cute idea! I especially love it because I just saw Julie & Julia last week- great film! Good luck with this fun promo, Alice!

Michael Nesmith - What a great Idea!

alice - Thank you Ladies :)

Noelle - Buttery!!! And lovely!!!! Both your work and the story....

Mindy - cute idea

introducing {snapshots!}

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Nanci - Is this offer available offsite? I would like to schedule a session for my family.

Abby - I think this is a great idea! I can't wait for July to see all the creative spirit!

Noelle - This rocks! I'll need to get an appt during a period of more temperate (warmer) weather.....

valentines inspiration from {julia child} » Alice G Patterson Photography {blog} - [...] send out some custom photo Valentines Day cards, you should seriously consider booking a session on Saturday January 16th as part of my new Snapshots!  series…. yep the photos are going to have a Valentines Day [...]

winter semi formal {photo party}

I’ve added a new “photo booth” service as an a la carte option for my 2010 clients.  It’s brand new service, so we thought we would try it out last weekend.  My niece invited her friends over to my house for a little pre-dance photo party, before they headed out for a great night at...

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Jill (Fridlund) Alessandra - Fun- Zany- Silly- slices of cool times! Like it: photo booth :-D

Danielle - I love all of them! I was so glad we could use the photo booth, it was great fun, and they turned out so cute!

Beth - Aw! I love them all, but especially the first one!

Noelle - What fun - and a cool way to get pictures of your guests (that show personality)!