Specialties
Hi! I'm Alison Eden, and I've been photographing babies, kids, and families, since 2006.
First of all, I f*cking love kids. Kids are messy, magical, brilliant, authentic, and tender. They can be mean and they can be mopey, and they can be very, very funny. I adore all those parts. My main goal as your photographer is to truly connect with your kids and capture as much of their complexity as I can.
Another goal of mine is to center moms as much as possible and make them feel gorgeous and special. Women in general tend to be so self-critical, and that is always heightened somehow by our age and our maternal status, as if growing old isn't a precious privilege and birthing (or adopting) a child isn't the most glorious thing in the world for our bodies to take on. And our partners always take the sh*ttiest photos of us, don't they? So let's take some photos that help you re-discover your beauty.
History
Established in 2006.
I started photographing babies and pregnant women in my tiny dining room after the birth of my first child. I then had a sunroom built so I could have a larger studio room. Eventually my family outgrew that house, and I moved my studio into a big, fancy retail space on E. 6th, and I was there for several years. Unfortunately, in 2016, that became financially unsustainable. I moved to a home in Hyde Park, and my studio was again part of my home, until the pandemic began. Now I'm only on-location. Over the years I've expanded my specialty from just babies and pregnant women to families of all ages! Many of my clients have been with me since that very first dining room studio began, and it's been such a dream to watch their families and children grow throughout the years. I've developed a bit of an expertise in photographing newborns, which has been especially fun.
Meet the Business Owner: alison D.
I appreciate what's funny and quirky about every kid I meet, and I try to let those things come through in the photos, rather than forcing them into a staid pose and expression. I like preserving the idiosyncrasies we might forget about our children as they grow out of them. About me: I have two beautiful sons, born in 2005 and 2008. I started shooting in my dining room in 2006, then moved to a fancy retail studio space, then another home studio, and now I'm on-location only. At the age of 33 I started playing bass and guitar, mostly in other people's bands, but I have released a few songs under the name Ali Ditto. I have reinvented myself multiple times in my life. I am proof that, even in motherhood, even after 40, you can keep getting hotter and more authentic every day.