Avalon Portrait Gallery

Chico, United States

5

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3 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 530-891-3442
Website:
www.avalonportraits.com
Address:
2667 Alamo Ave, Chico, CA, 95973
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Today

Today 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Chico) 10:57 PM Thursday, May 29, 2025

Business hours

Monday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday –
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

We’ll «get» who you really are. At Avalon there are no cookie cutters. There is no big red X painted on the floor. Instead, we take the time to get to know who you are. We find out what it is you’re looking for. We don’t have any clients who come through the door wanting to look just like their friends’ portraits. Click through to our website! Take a look and you’ll see honest expressions in portraits that all have their own unique look. Then drop in to visit us and see more of our work. Maybe we can talk about what we can do for you. Thanks for looking!

Steve Twist

Owner, Avalon Portrait Gallery

History

Established in 1997.

Avalon Portrait Gallery was established in 1992 by Ross Pack. Steve Twist

purchased the studio from Ross in 1997.

Steve built the current studio and portrait park at 2667 Alamo Avenue in 2007.

Meet the Business Owner

Steve T.

Business Owner

A Colorado native, Steve married while earning his B.A. in Scientific and Technical photography at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. He opened Avalon Portrait Gallery after having done years of scientific and medical photography for the Air Force and Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dayton Ohio, and for Chico and Sacramento ophthalmologists and retina specialists.

Steve specializes in «people pictures». He does very little commercial or advertising work, but is at the top of his market in artistic portrait work and cinematic wedding work. Steve has assembled a staff of dedicated artists who use cameras and computers to create works of art that celebrates families and the ties that bind them together.

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3 reviews of Avalon Portrait Gallery

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Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
My husband and I were SO very pleased with Avalon! Such great prices, great quality and great people to be around! Steve did our engagement pictures in upper bidwell park and they turned out amazing, we were so excited to get them back. Then when it came to Wedding time, he truly captured every amazing moment. I warned him we had a very upbeat wedding party and family and he most certainly captured that all! I would go to Avalon a million times over again!
Place rating: 5
Ramona, CA
You have found your photographer. Done and Done!!!
I called Steve to take pictures of my family and was so impressed. He invited us to his home and in his back yard stands a full sized studio where you can sit and take pictures with all the normal backgrounds and furniture options but what I really loved was that his outside backyard was amazing. We had our kids pose with his huge tree swing and it turned out great, then we went over to his garden and with my wife and I on the grass the kids climbed on top to make a human pyramid. To this day its still my favorite picture to look at. I would encourage anyone to try Avalon and Steve. He does weddings, baby pics, family pics and from what I saw in his studio they turn out just as amazing. Call him you won’t be let down.
Place rating: 5
Milpitas, CA
I have to start by saying that I have no personal affiliation with Avalon Portraits other than finding them online after doing extensive research all across Northern California then booking them for my wedding just last month. So, I’m not doing any personal favors by writing them a positive review.
That said, Steve Twist (Avalon owner) is truly amazing! If you want photos that could easily be commissioned and/​or published by any top magazine in the world, book with Avalon! People saw my wedding photos and actually asked me if the photos were being sold to Brides Magazine! Steve’s style is elegant and effortlessly commercial without seeming trendy our lacking timeless flavor. I work in the industry as a designer and have worked written talent in SF and Los Angeles, and Steve Twist (and team) are the cream-​of-​the-​crop when it comes to professionalism, and humble, yet confident and easy-​going attitudes. Steve and his partner that day set a lighthearted mood that made us all comfortable and calm.
Book with Avalon and you’ll work with very communicative, receptive and intuitive photographers that will not disappoint! Plus, after doing my research in the greater San Francisco and Sacramento area, I found Avalon Portraits to be very reasonably price. When compared to other photographers that I didn’t find to have as impressive a portfolio, Avalon was often the lesser expensive! They could be charging more, but Steve’s a reasonable guy, and that’s really hard to come by in this industry of over-​inflated egos.