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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Remember Heather’s gorgeous maternity session?! Well, baby Luke Wakeman Cline was delivered on October 2nd at 3:46 pm, weighing 8lbs 7oz, and was 20 3/4 inches long. Heather brought him home in style in a birthday tux!! A few days after Mommy got settled at home with her little one — Heather invited me over […]

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Woo hoo! He said YES! LOL!!! Remember the crazy adventure I had with my husband on the Sea Cycle?! Well, the following day I completed an insurance claim (thank God for valuable personal property insurance!) and quickly got fully reimbursed (thank you USAA!). Afterwards, the “get a new wedding band” was on the to-do list […]

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So, what happens after the photography session? I wanted to feature my post-processing workflow for today’s blog post to better educate my clients, followers, and prospective clients regarding my “next steps” process after the session from the time the pictures are taken to the time the final product is in my client’s hands. This will […]

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  “Wow! Your camera takes great pictures!” — Any photographer has certainly heard this before… and it’s slightly more complicated than that. Most people think that by spending lots of money on a DSLR camera that it will magically take great photos — While this is partly true, it does take a good camera (and […]

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I met Brittanny back in college — we both worked together at Bookbinders Grill in Christiansburg, VA. She went to Radford and studied Fashion Merchandising & Design. She’s incredibly talented!! A few years ago she launched a business, BrittannyChanel Jewelry. Each piece of Brittanny Chanel Jewelry is handmade from sketch, to design, to finished product. Her passion is […]

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WELCOME!! I’m SO very excited to announce that Allison Shumate Photography’s blog now has a new home! If you were a follower of my “old” blog… you would agree that the new and improved blog is much sexier! {Insert Justin Timberlake “I’m Bringing Sexy Back”!}. I previously had used Blogger for my blog template which was […]

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  I am SO very excited to introduce you to this precious family!! I met Danielle a few years ago and we instantly became friends! She is so much fun, so genuine, so very down the earth!! Full of love, laughter, and spontaneity! I couldn’t wait to spend some time with her son Aidan because […]

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I’m excited to launch a new topic for the blog today — Stuff I Love! This will have quite a variety of topics from gadgets to gizmos a-plenty! Yes, I just pulled that from the Little Mermaid (favorite Disney movie growing up!). I thought I’d jump right in with my top favorite Apps!

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