This year’s Motherhood Mini Session event was so special to me, and I am so grateful to each of the mamas and babies who joined me last April at Studio at 428! We had the most gorgeous florals by CS Farmstead, sweet treats by Signature Sweets by Amanda, and a beautiful day to celebrate these beautiful ladies.
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My love and affection for these boudoir session just grows and grows, and i’m hoping to do so many more of them in 2026! My goal for these maternity boudoir sessions is to find that gorgeous blend of femininity, strength, beauty, power, tenderness, joy, vulnerability, connection, and wonderment that comes with pregnancy.
Oh friends, I am SO excited to share these portraits with you! Something I’m hoping for 2026 is SO many more fine art boudoir sessions! They are so special to me, so fun, so empowering, and it’s the absolute best to get to remind these women of how uniquely stunning they are. Maternity boudoir sessions especially have such a sweetness and power to them, and I was so excited to bring the vision for this session to life.
20 years of doing this job (crazy, right?!) and the couples I get to know truly truly are the very best part still! Ben and Cosi were married this past May, and I got the sweetest text from her out of the blue 8 months after their wedding saying they were scrolling through their photos again and couldn’t love them more, and how thankful she was for me to have been there.
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Every detail was thoughtfully and intentionally put in place, every person there was full of joy for these two, and it truly was a dream of a day for Greg and Jackie at Stone Tower Winery here in Leesburg VA. Those spring colors popped against the vines that were in full bloom, and we used every inch of this stunning property because they built in plenty of time throughout the day to sneak away and soak it all in together.
Those fall days at Shadow Creek are what wedding dreams are made of! Stunning color, perfect weather, and incredible views. Tyler and Lana had the most perfect October day with a dream team of vendors, and it was such a joy to get to be a part of it all.
“The year is a book, isn’t it, Marilla? Spring’s pages are written in Mayflowers and violets, summer’s in roses, autumn’s in red maple leaves, and winter in holly and evergreen.” – L.M. Montgomery If the year is a book, each chapter in NYC is better than the next! Autumn in NYC just might be the […]
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“you are the one on the top of my wish list after all, it’s a holiday made for two” – dave barnes when Carissa first emailed me about doing some “first married christmas” photos and what she was envisioning, I was hooked! lights, lights, and more of those gorgeous warm christmas lights! I knew Reston […]
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“You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear Voices singing let’s be jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly” Our first day of christmas tree farm minis couldn’t have been more perfect! Perfect weather, gorgeous scenery, and 10 wonderful families! Thank you all so much for joining us! I’ve got just a couple […]
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“cause the only way to find your life is to lay your own life down and I believe that’s an easy price for the life that we have found” – andrew peterson few things fill my heart the way anniversary sessions do! each season in your life together deserves to be documented, you don’t need […]
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IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! IT’S FINALLY HERE! :) After over six months of hard work I am so thrilled to finally be able to share what we’ve been working on! I’ve known for a while that the Jessica Smith Photography brand needed a full re-haul, something that felt true to me and something that would […]
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