CREATIVE + COLORFUL

PHOTOGRAPHY IN

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

My name’s Lissa (pronounced Lyss-uh) and I love photography with my whole entire heart. Here’s a few fun facts about me!

1. My husband is my very best friend.

2. I live for vintage stores and flea markets.

3. I am always down for a really good ghost (or crime!) story.

4. My house is bursting with flowers.

5. Romance books are my jam. What's up, Bridgerton fans?!

6. I collect thrift store artwork.

7. I wrote my college capstone on Johnny Appleseed.

8. My garden is insane. Like, 36 rose bushes insane.

9. Laffy Taffy jokes are my fave.

10. I really, really love happy people.

AM I THE RIGHT

PHOTOGRAPHER

FOR YOU?

i'm a colorful and creatively driven

photographer who loves finding joy and beauty in all the moments: from big events to every day to everything in between.

love personality-driven photographs with all the color?

You're in the right place.

COLORFUL?

what do you mean by creatively driven?

YES! color is ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE THINGS!

Y'know how everyone has their own aesthetic? While some of your family and friends may love muted colors and minimalist decor, I'm the total opposite. I LOVE color, texture, and visual interest. My photos totally reflect this!

I love: colorful vintage patterns, interesting texture, and unique compositions. My photographs - whether they're family photos, senior photos, wedding photos, or editorial work - aren't meant to just be seen once and then forgotten. They're meant to be felt - and remembered, too!

By embracing color and light, I'm able to create images that you'll cherish - and feel! - for years to come!

i don't like to take the same photos over & over

What I mean is this! I approach every single shoot with one end goal: To create photographs that feel like the person, couple, event, or family that I'm capturing.

While I, of course, will take similar poses and shoot in repeat locations, I want your photographs to feel like YOU and reflect THIS time in your life. As a mom of three, I know that life flies by so freaking quickly and, because of this, I'm not interested in taking photographs that just bleed into each other. I'm interested in taking photographs that'll take you back to a certain feeling and life phase, too!

Wedding Ceremony at Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas

Ready for photographs that'll make your heart stop?

You're in the right place!

Lissa Chandler photography

est. 2011

Colorful and Fun Photography in Northwest Arkansas by Lissa Chandler

I love photography with my entire soul.

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I know! It sounds terribly cheesy and may have even made you eye roll but, really, something about photography just tugs at my heart in a way no other subject ever has. I could pretend that photography just fell into my lap one day and that, in that moment, I suddenly knew everything a professional photographer should know and thought “This is IT!” in a magical, mysterious, breathtaking moment but, for me, it was always photography. It could have been anything – writing novels or playing piano or sewing stuffed animals or teaching college literature classes or finally publishing all of those half written essays about fairy tales and folklore and the American Dream that I wrote in college – but, instead of choosing anything, I chose the one thing that had always spoken to me from the time I was old enough to flip through my mom’s old photo albums.

It was a terrifying decision.

As I sat there in a brand new town, wearing an old outfit and worn out sneakers, filling out a business license while fresh out of college and, let’s face it, fresh to the real world, my face burned and my palms sweated and my heart pounded because, after years of hoping and dreaming and wishing and backpedaling and talking myself into other things, the time had finally come. I was finally ready to make a fantastic leap of faith and hope and wishful thinking and become the person – the photographer! – I had always wanted to be. I was thrilled. I was nervous. I was intimidated. I was deliriously happy. And honestly? I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen. I didn’t even know that Fayetteville would become my home!

Thirteen years later (eek!), I have come to love and appreciate running my own photography business more than I ever could have imagined (and I imagined I would adore it!). Photography has opened up so many windows and doors and skies for me. Being a photographer in Fayetteville, Arkansas is such a unique experience and I can’t help but constantly marvel at how amazing it is to be welcomed into the lives of others to document warm and beautiful moments that may otherwise be forgotten. I believe that photography is the most beautiful form of art and I am so crazy passionate about heirloom image making that, when I photograph someone, I don’t just want to scratch the surface. I want to photograph their hearts and their love and their interests and their personality and that little spark that makes every person so bravely unique and creative.

And when I deliver my completed galleries? I take all of the love that I have for photography, bottle it up in a gallery, and deliver that feeling to each and every one of my clients. When you receive your photographs, I want you to fall in love the way that I fall in love with all of my images and, more importantly, I want everyone you know – your best friend from fifth grade and your mother and your sister and the girl who used to sit next to you in your Freshman Biology class – to look at your photographs and say, “These are so YOU!!”” with a huge grin and a huge hug because, in those photographs, they don’t just see a pretty photograph of a pretty person, but a photograph that shows connection and love and spirit and, most importantly, the heart of the person in that photograph. I love creating photographs that show how loved and amazing and unique every person (and couple!) is. It is a dream.

The best dream, if I am being totally honest.

And because I love photographs! Here’s a whole bunch of my favorite photographs of 2016!

Note: This post was originally written in 2016. Want to see more recent photos? See ’em here!

Senior Photos // Engagement Photos // Wedding Photos // Family Photos // Studio Photos

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Candlelit Bridal Session, Bentonville AR Wedding PhotographerNWA Senior Photographer in Fayetteville, Arkansas | Cheerful Senior Photographs NWA, Lissa Chandler PhotographySpringtime Engagement Session, NWA Wedding PhotographerFayetteville AR Wedding Photographer - lissachandler.comNYC Central Park PhotographerSpringtime Engagement Photographs, Lissa Chandler Photography in ArkansasNorthwest Arkansas Senior Photographer, lissachandler.comEngagement Photography in Arkansas, Lissa Chandler PhotographyFayetteville AR Senior Photographer, lissachandler.comFayetteville AR Senior Photographer - lissachandler.comProm Photographs in the Forest, NWA Senior Portraits, lissachandler.comRainy Elopement in Fayetteville, lissachandler.comWedding at The Barn at The Springs, Arkansas Wedding PhotographerFayetteville AR Wedding Photographer, Wedding at Stan Jones Mallard LodgeBest Wedding Photographers in Arkansas, Vintage Wedding in the SouthKansas City MO Wedding Photographer, lissachandler.comNorthwest Arkansas Wedding Photographer Lissa Chandler, Teatro Scarpino WeddingFayetteville AR Engagement Session - lissachandler.comFayetteville AR Engagement Session - lissachandler.comFayetteville AR Senior Portraits | Lissa Chandler PhotographyFayetteville Arkansas Portrait Photographer, lissachandler.comNWA Senior Photographer, Mini Golf Senior SessionNorthwest Arkansas Wedding Photographer, LDS Wedding in Kansas CityBest Wedding Photographers in Arkansas, Vintage Wedding in the SouthNorthwest Arkansas Wedding Photographer Lissa Chandler, lissachandler.comNorthwest Arkansas Senior Portraits, lissachandler.comHappy Family Photographs in Bentonville Arkansas, lissachandler.comFayetteville Arkansas Wedding Photographer, Happy Couples PhotographsFayetteville Arkansas Wedding Photographer, Happy Couples PhotographsNWA Senior Photographer, Mini Golf Senior SessionNorthwest Arkansas Wedding Photographer, lissachandler.comFayetteville Arkansas Wedding Photographer Lissa ChandlerSenior Photographer in Northwest Arkansas, lissachandler.comFayetteville Arkansas Senior Photographer in Northwest ArkansasFayetteville Arkansas Wedding at Pratt Place Barn, lissachandler.comFayetteville AR Wedding Photographer, lissachandler.comKansas City Senior Portraits by Fayetteville Arkansas Photographer Lissa Chandler, lissachandler.comSenior Wearing a Hat, lissachandler.comHappy Engagement Photographs in the Fall, lissachandler.comCreative Bridal Session, Bright and Bold Wedding Flowers, lissachandler.comOutdoor engagement Session in Fayetteville Arkansas, lissachandler.comFall Wedding In Arkansas, Lissa Chandler PhotographyFayetteville Arkansas Senior Photographer, lissachandler.comArkansas Wedding Photographer in Fayetteville, Lissa Chandler PhotographyFall Wedding In Arkansas, Lissa Chandler Photography Wedding Photographer Home Office | Arkansas Wedding PhotographerBright and Happy Wedding Photographs in Arkansas, Fall Wedding at Sassafras SpringsCreative Wedding Photography in Arkansas, NWA Wedding Photographer, lissachandler.comSenior Photography Class, Click Away 2016Click Away Photography Conference, Styled Shoot by Lissa ChandlerSeattle Wedding PhotographerNWA Senior Session in Fayetteville Arkansas, lissachandler.comFayetteville AR Wedding Photographer, lissachandler.comNWA Wedding Photographer Lissa Chandler, lissachandler.comMagic Engagement Photographs in NWA by Fayetteville Wedding Photographer Lissa ChandlerFall Wedding at St. Anthony's on the Creek, lissachandler.comFall Wedding at St. Anthony's on the Creek, lissachandler.comNWA Wedding Photographer in Fayetteville, Indoor Styled Bridal Session, Lissa ChandlerSeperator -1Seperator -1Seperator -1

wedding dress with subtle star pattern and pearl cape

Ready for photographs that'll make your heart stop?

You're in the right place!

Lissa Chandler photography

est. 2011

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