Allyson is the owner, photographer, editor, packager, order shipper and everything in between for Gally Photography. She grew up in a little country town just outside of Fort Wayne Indiana where she spent a lot of time roaming around outside with her parents and two sisters. She went to Purdue University where she double majored in Photography and Advertising and minored in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.
Her interest in photography was apparent as early as the 3rd grade when she made a book (which still sits in her box of memories) stating that when she grew up she wanted to be a photographer. In high school she took three photography courses and won a Gold Key in the Scholastic Competition for her portfolio. During College she continued taking photography courses while changing majors multiple times. Finally she decided to take the leap and follow her dreams. She started building her portrait portfolio and after a year and a half officially opened Gally Photography. After college she started working for a commercial photography company, BFA Commercial Photography, where she continues to learn from professionals about commercial photography and lighting that she can apply to her own portrait business.
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"Our family of 8 had fall photos taken by Allyson. She was absolutely amazing to work with! My 5 year old and 18 month old loved her and she got some amazing shots of them! She made us all feel comfortable and we had so much fun! Her communication is excellent, turnaround time is unbelievably fast, and her talent is raw and beautiful! These photos mean the world to us! We are thankful she was able to capture these moments for our family to have forever! I can’t recommend her more!"
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"Allyson was such a joy to work with! She has a great eye for creative pictures! She took some of the best maternity pictures we could ask for. We look forward to having her capture our family as we grow!"
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"Allyson was professional and easy to work with from the beginning. Every email I sent her was responded to within hours. At the shoot, she had a great attitude and was willing to be flexible with what we wanted out of the session. We were very nervous because we included our dog in some of the pictures, but she did a wonderful job incorporating him and making him look great."
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"We were so lucky to find Allyson. She was very professional yet personal,and easy to work with. During the wedding, I barely noticed she was there, but she got some amazing shots. We could not have found a better photographer, which is important, because she preserved those memories for us forever!"
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"Our home-building company needed photos of our Model Home to use in brochures and to display throughout our office. We contacted Allyson and were quite pleased with the results. She was very thorough, covering many of our features and creating shots with an artistic perspective that grabs a potential customer’s eye. We display these photos in our front lobby and are quite pleased with their professional quality."
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"Allyson did a fantastic job with Morgan's newborn pictures! I thought she would be sleeping the whole time and it would be a breeze. I was wrong, she was awake and crying. Allyson was so patient with taking so many breaks to calm her down. Allyson did wonderfully and I can't wait for her to do more pictures down the road!"
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"I cannot thank Allyson enough for the SPECTACULAR work she did photographing my wedding! Not only was she professional and knowledgeable, she is so genuine and caring. She made me feel extremely special and valued like she wouldn't rather be anywhere except sharing in our special day!"
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"We met up with Gally Photography and has some fun family pictures taken. Bryson was in a horrible mood the entire session (bring on the terrible two's and temper tantrums...) but you can't even tell from the pictures because Allyson did SUCH an amazing job! She was so patient with Bryson and I am so incredibly thankful for these pictures."
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"I think in our two sessions with Allyson she has done a great job. We had her do our daughter’s senior pictures. We were so impressed we had her do our family pictures. Would definitely have her do any future pictures for us."
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"We really enjoyed our shoot with Allyson. It was personal, casual and she let our daughter do what she wanted. She REALLY liked that! Our pictures were gorgeous, even though it was an overcast day. The editing and the digital disc offering was what sealed the deal. We're very satisfied with Allyson as our family photographer!"
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