Meet Jen

Photography was never part of the plan.
For over a decade I worked as a parole and probation officer. I kept that world completely separate from the rest of my life — you learn quickly in that job to hold things privately, to carry weight quietly, to show up for other people's hardest moments without ever bringing your own through the door. I was good at it. And I never once picked up a camera.
Then Deacon was born, and everything changed.
I didn't even do maternity photos when I was pregnant with him. That is one of my deepest regrets — one I carry into every single session I photograph. Because I know now what those images would have meant. I know the exact weight of not having them.

Once he arrived I couldn't stop wanting to document everything. The obsession was immediate and total. So I threw myself in — shooting constantly, studying light, learning posing, practicing on anyone who would let me. Deacon's childhood became my classroom. His friends, their families, eventually weddings. I shot thousands of hours. I gave up weekends. I fell completely in love with the craft — and then I lost Ruby.

Deacon was a year old when I got pregnant with his little sister. We lost her at 16 weeks. She was due in January 2015. Her name was Ruby, and she changed everything about why I do this work.

Grief sends you searching, and I started the Tulle Skirt Project. I made every single skirt by hand. Women came to me, I put them in one of my skirts, and I listened. To what they had survived. To what had almost broken them and hadn't. For a long time I hung those skirts on the wall of my office — every one of them a story I had been trusted to hold. Those women kept me going through the hardest season of my own life. I was healing right alongside them, and I carry every one of their stories into every session I photograph.

Someone close to me repeatedly told me I would never make real money doing photography. Every time I got excited, every time I mentioned raising my rates, the answer was the same: nobody will pay that for photos. At the time I was charging $50 a session. That voice shrunk me, but at the same time, it lit something in my belly that has never gone out.

Once I was making my own decisions, everything changed. The business I had been trying to build inside someone else's doubts finally had room to grow. I worked out of a tiny bedroom in a little townhouse, weathered the uncertainty of the pandemic, and kept going. As my training deepened and my experience grew, I raised my prices to reflect that — because this was never a hobby. This was how Deacon and I paid our bills, built our life, and worked toward one goal that never moved: a home. A real one. A place that belonged to us. We got the keys in 2023. In May 2025 I married Miguel, and we are a blended family of five with an adventure that is just getting started.

Maternity and newborn work found me the same way photography did — gradually, then completely. Every path I had taken, every season I had lived through, every woman whose story I had held, led me directly here. To this studio. To this work. To the specific and profound privilege of photographing women in the moments that matter most.

I know what it feels like to wish you had the photos. I know what it feels like to carry a loss that nobody can see. I know what it costs to put something you love out into the world and hold your breath waiting. I feel that with every gallery I deliver. When a client messages me crying, telling me the photos are more than she imagined — that she finally sees herself the way the people who love her see her — I cry too.

Every single time.
That is why you pick me.

Every mother deserves photos that show her the strength she doesn't always see in herself.

Former collegiate rower at the University of Texas. Hook 'Em!

fun facts about me.

I genuinely hate coffee.
I know, I know.

Miguel and I spend weekends on day trip adventures — hiking, small towns, anywhere worth the drive.

My nephew pitches for LSU. We are very proud and extremely loud about it.

Currently binge watching Shameless. Please no spoilers.

Connecticut born, Texas made. My whole family is still in New England — which explains the accent.

A look into my life.

The Tulle Skirt Project • Behind the scenes • My why

"You can truly see how much heart and care she puts into every part of her process."
— Hannah, Bump to Baby Client

"She made us feel so comfortable and had the best outfit choices. We didn’t feel awkward at all and I’m obsessed with all the photos." - Alyssa, Maternity Client