2021, a Year with ALP

After the truly life changing year the was 2020, we knew that this year was going to be incredibly special as the world finally opened back up for big weddings and celebrations of all kinds. Our 2021 couples filled our cups to the brim with the must stunning days that we’ll cherish for seasons to come.

If going back to a full wedding season wasn’t exciting enough for us, we were also beyond lucky to travel to so many gorgeous new locations this year. From the vast wine country of Austin to the dreamy mountains of Taos to the ever mystic Ghost Ranch to all the new little spaces in Santa Fe, our scenery was far from the ordinary. On top of this, so many of our couples were finally able to celebrate with all of their friends and family, an experience that we will never take for granted ever again.

Cheers to all the new adventures with the best couples in the most stellar of places, we can’t wait for all that 2022 is sure to bring our way.

Places the ALP Team Visited in 2021
White Sands National Park (Alamagordo, NM)
Bishop’s Lodge Resort (Santa Fe, NM)
Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Farm (Albuquerque, NM)
Four Seasons Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM)
Camp Lucy (Dripping Springs, NM)
Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, NM)
White Mesa (Rio Rancho, New Mexico)
La Posdada de Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM)
Lighthouse Studio (Albuquerque, NM)
Camino Real Ranch (Austin, TX)
Breckenridge (Colorado)
Race and Religious (New Orleans, LA)
Hacienda Doña Andrea de Santa Fe (Cerillos, NM)
The Seraphim House (New Orleans, LA)
The Stakeout Taos (Taos, NM)
Sandia Foothills (Albuquerque, NM)
Taos Ski Valley (Taos, NM)
Sandia Resort (Albuquerque, NM)
La Fonda on the Plaza (Santa Fe, NM)
Tingley Beach (Albuquerque, NM)
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town (Albuquerque, NM)
Sandia Mountains (Tijeras, NM)
Angel Fire (New Mexico)
La Mesita Ranch (Santa Fe, NM)
Hotel Andaluz (Albuquerque, NM)
Inn and Spa at Loretto (Santa Fe, NM)
El Malpais National Monument (Grants, NM)
Hotel St. Francis (Santa Fe, NM)
Farm and Table (Albuquerque, NM)
Ten Thousand Waves Resort (Santa Fe, NM)
Pecos National Historic Site (Pecos, NM)

Weddings + Engagements by the Alicia Lucia Photography Team
Blog + Photo Curation by Jaclyn of Alicia Lucia Photography

2020 - Moments with Alicia Lucia Photography

2020 was by far one of the most challenging years our team has ever faced, yet through all the difficult descisons and make-or-break moments, we still found the light on the other side of it all.

After an intense global pandemic forced our weddings and shoots to a screeching halt, we weren’t sure what to do, but somehow we found a new path and gained a better perspective on our lives, our business, and our community. We found new ways to capture weddings/elopements and support our couples as they navigated this insane year. And we also found even more opportunities to create beauty through styled shoots and portrait sessions. If one thing is sure, 2020 reminded us of why we set out to do what we do in the first place: love. Watching love win over and over and over again this year, despite all of the odds was something to behold. And we once again fell in love with with what we have the immense privilege of doing, capturing those undeniably beautiful moments of pure joy.

The biggest thank you from the bottom of our hearts goes out to every single couple, family, and individual who continually put their trust in us during a year where everything was uncertain, yet everything mattered even more. And to all of our vendor friends, thank you for riding this one out with us, we’ve never had so much faith in the wedding community as we do right here and now.

No year will ever be quite like 2020, and while we’re grateful to see beacons of hope at start of the new year, we’re forever be grateful for the year that gave us all a chance to start anew and to believe in the magic that is love.

Weddings, Elopements, Styled Shoots, and Portrait Sessions by the Alicia Lucia Photography Team
Blog + Photo Curation by Jaclyn of Alicia Lucia

Angie + Brittany, a Summer Engagement

Brittany and Angie, two of the kindest souls share the sweetest love story and its one that we admire deeply. From the first moments of reaching out, to us to photographing their engagement, to handling everything 2020 has thrown at them with grace, these lovers are by far a rarity in this world.

Long before they were planning (and then re-planning) their wedding, Angie and Brittany first met in 2014 while both studying at The University of New Mexico and instantly became friends. After knowing each other for awhile, they took a leap of faith and kissed for the first time during a night of tequila and Taco Bell with friends. The rest of the puzzle pieces fell easily into place as Brittany and Angie realized just how compatible they are and continued to fall deeply in love with one another. Last year, after they went ring shopping together, Brittany proposed to Angie before her birthday in December and then Angie proposed to Brittany in January.

The simple pleasures that have brought Angie and Brittany even closer together include cooking delicious meals together (and enjoying amazing food together in general), hanging out in their garden (which sounds like an absolute dream btw), reading and watching TV together, and sharing a deep love for pets (including their fur babies Mimi and Indica). And next to all of these amazing wonderful passtimes are also some incredibly shared emotional joys that Brittany and Angie do together including making each other laugh, being good to one another, taking the time to care deeply about their loved ones, and expanding their horizons to make their community and the world a better place for everyone.

Angie and Brittany, you two astonish us with your kindness, compassion, and ability to always remember what truly matters in this life, no matter what it throws at us. Your wedding plans might look different than you anticipated, but we have no doubt that your day of love will be profound, genuine, and above all beyond beautiful. We’re so lucky to know such stellar human beings, we can’t wait to capture the beginning of your next chapter together!

Engagement Location - Los Poblanos
Makeup - Rachel Lorenzo (cyberpalette)
Rings - Ooh! Aah! Jewelry

Engagement by Alicia of Alicia Lucia Photography
Blog + Photo Curation by Jaclyn of Alicia Lucia Photography