Alyssa Monique Photo and Film

05/16/2026

Jacob & Julisa 🧡

there’s something about young love in wide open places

the kind of love that isn’t rushed

05/14/2026

People see “$550 photoshoot” and think photographers pocket $550 dollars. 🤯

Here’s a realistic breakdown of where that actually goes 👇

Client pays: $550

• Put away 25% for taxes
$550 → $412.50

• Payment processing / transaction fee
$412.50 → $395.55

• SD cards (1–2 cards for a session, average cost)
~$65–$130
$395.55 → $330.55–$265.55

• Monthly business expenses split across sessions
(storage, gallery delivery, website, subscriptions, editing software, etc.)
~$50
$330.55–$265.55 → $280.55–$215.55

• Gas + travel to and from session
~$20–$40+ depending on location
$280.55–$215.55 → $260.55–$175.55

And that’s before:

• equipment upgrades/repairs 🛠
• camera bodies + lenses 📷
• computer + hard drives 💾
• insurance ✔️
• props/client closet 👗
• education 📚
• advertising 📢
• time spent shooting 🕑
• hours of editing 💻
• emailing, planning, culling, delivering galleries, bookkeeping, & a dozen other payless hours 💸

Photography is a business, not just “showing up and taking pictures.” I appreciate those who know the iceberg of backwork that goes on behind the scenes. ❤️🫶

- 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒚 𝑳𝒚𝒏𝒏 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 / 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒚 𝑳𝒚𝒏𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒓
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05/05/2026

she lets the wind take her
and answers only to what’s ahead

what chapter are you in that you’d like to capture?

(3/3 the summit)

05/04/2026

Thank you so much for your support. If you missed it, and still want to donate, please do!!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/gd86j7-honoring-our-beloved-sisters-memory?attribution_id=sl:453f787c-52fc-404b-ab4a-c5fa11f5518f&lang=en_US&ts=1777816772&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp17_tb-amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_options&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1den5ev14ferm

Thank you to everyone who came out today to support the Herrera family. 🤍

Alyssa Monique Photo and Film
Captured Aesthetic Photography
Kaitlyn Tidmore
Yellow Boot Photography
Morgan Rose Photography
Wild Souls Photo

05/03/2026

Hey everyone! A few of us photographers are coming together, myself included, to help support one of our own and her sister. Please come and support or consider donating anyway even if you can’t make it!

We are heartbroken to share that our beloved sister was taken from us far too s… Alexandra Herrera needs your support for Honoring Our Beloved Sister’s Memory

04/30/2026

Documenting the in-between

…literally. This was a spot we found in the middle of hiking a summit! (2/3, stay tuned for said summit 🧡)

04/28/2026

on the edge of everything familiar… and everything waiting

these are the kinds of senior sessions that feel like art to me. Slow, intentional, a little wild.
I only take a limited number each season to keep them this way

(1/3… stay tuned, there’s more)

04/22/2026

In her element, give it up for Alex 👏

04/17/2026

Justin + Danielle • so in love with you, in the quiet ways too 🧡

04/08/2026

A gentle shift in what is seen, and what is held.

I’ve taken down past images that showed children’s faces. From here on, anything shared will be created with intention through the process of being photographed, cropped, or edited to keep their privacy protected.

Another shift is happening here, too.
I’ll be taking on an extremely limited number of family and motherhood sessions as I begin focusing more on couples and filmmaking.

the feeling remains the same
the storytelling remains the same
only the boundaries have changed

Thank you for trusting me with your stories 🧡