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Upstate South Carolina Family & Portrait Photographer

I'm Alicia — a portrait photographer based in Clemson, South Carolina, with nearly 20 years of experience capturing the people and moments that matter most.

I specialize in natural light, on-location sessions for families, expecting mothers, elopements and intimate weddings, and multi-generational gatherings across Upstate SC. I work throughout Clemson, Central, Pendleton, Anderson, Seneca, Greenville, and the lake communities of Lake Keowee and Lake Hartwell.

I also photograph life's bigger milestones — anniversaries, milestone birthdays, baby showers, and gender reveals — because the celebrations that gather the people you love deserve to be remembered just as well as the everyday ones.

My sessions are unhurried and connection-focused — built around golden hour light, real laughter, and images you'll display for decades. Whether you're planning a family portrait session, a maternity session, an elopement, a milestone celebration, or a generational family gathering, I'd love to be there.

Because these seasons go fast. And they deserve to be remembered well.

Extended family smiling together for portrait session at South Carolina Botanical Gardens in Clemson, South Carolina

Engagements, anniversaries, and family sessions — captured outdoors at golden hour in the light that feels just right.

FAMILIES & COUPLES

Grandparents, parents, children — all together, in one frame, for keeps.

GENERATIONAL

Every stage of motherhood deserves to be honored — the bump, the newborn, and the toddler years that blur by too fast.

MOTHERHOOD

Woman holding sunflower in field during natural light portrait session in Clemson, South Carolina

Hi, I'm Alicia. I've spent nearly 20 years capturing the moments families treasure forever.

I’m a wife, a toddler mom, and a daughter living in a multigenerational home — shaped by years of caring for my grandmother, who lived to 101. Family isn’t just what I photograph. It’s where I come from. That’s why I show up to every session not as a vendor, but as someone who genuinely understands what you’re trying to hold onto

  • "Best in the game. Rios Tegen Photography has done everything from our engagement photos to maternity photos to "generational" family photos and we could not be happier. The level of quality, professionalism, and ability to manage both large and intimate shoots is unmatched."

    — Jake

  • "Couldn't say enough good words about Alicia. She has such a creative eye and captured so many little moments. It felt genuine to us. Nothing felt forced or overly posed. We are so happy with how everything turned out and already have these pictures hanging in our home."

    — Morgan

  • "Alicia took my pictures and they were wonderful! I would highly recommend booking with her. She is talented behind the camera and makes you feel so comfortable and confident."

    — Mackenzie

  • We have had our photos done several times and absolutely love them. Rios Tegen Photography is an expert with lighting and helping us feel so comfortable. Not to mention, the editing skills are amazing!"

    - Kelsey

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