A gift I was
meant to share

Allyson Rivera is a California-born photographer with sand in her soul and a camera always close by. From Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo, she’s spent 25+ years capturing people in their most natural light—joyful, honest, and fully themselves.
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Her work is instinctive, artful, and deeply connected to place. Whether she’s photographing weddings, women, or everyday magic, Allyson brings a rare eye and an open heart.

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The journey so far

Allyson has been featured in Forbes and her work has been published on the covers of People Magazine, Destinations I Do in addition to thousands of publications internationally. She has had the honor of photographing Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan, The Hearst Family, Kirsten Dunst, Jackson Browne, Michael Landau, Michelle Branch, Matt Mangano, and Leo and TIffany Resig

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What moves her most is creating images that truly mean something to the people in them.
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