MOTHERHOOD & Maternity PORTRAIT SERVICES
Connecticut photography experience rooted in connection, emotion, and her.
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Motherhood Collections
A thoughtfully designed photography experience documenting your journey from pregnancy through your baby’s first year.
This is not simply about milestones. It is about preserving the transformation. The quiet shifts. The way your hands learn the weight of your child. The way your world rearranges itself around love.
Each collection is intentionally structured to tell a cohesive story across seasons, from maternity to newborn, six months, and first birthday. Every session builds upon the last, creating a body of work that feels connected, meaningful, and enduring.
For families who value continuity and heirloom artwork, collections offer a refined approach to documenting this fleeting chapter with depth and intention.
Your story deserves to be preserved as a whole, not in fragments.
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Maternity Session
Pregnancy reveals the quiet strength and extraordinary beauty of a woman’s body. Though the changes can feel unfamiliar, they are powerful, deeply meaningful markers of the life you are creating.
This is the beginning of your motherhood story.
My Connecticut maternity photography experience is designed to honor this fleeting season with emotive, natural portraits that celebrate your silhouette, your connection, and the anticipation of what’s to come.
This time is brief. Let yourself feel radiant, grounded, and beautifully seen.
Pregnancy announcement sessions are also available, with preferred bundled pricing when reserved together.
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Lifestyle Newborn Session
Your motherhood journey deepens the moment your baby is earthside.
These early days are tender, transformative, and impossibly fleeting, a season worthy of being preserved with intention.
My Connecticut lifestyle newborn photography sessions are calm, natural, and connection-focused. Documented in the comfort of your home, these portraits center on genuine interaction, the way you cradle them, trace their tiny features, and settle into your new rhythm together.
Quiet breastfeeding moments. A warm bath gently poured. Bare feet swaying in the nursery light.
No props. No forced posing. Only your love, your connection, and the honest beauty of these first days as a family.
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Milestone Sessions
An intentional motherhood photography experience designed to preserve the beautifully ordinary and the deeply meaningful stages of your child’s growth.
From the sitter stage and first wobbly steps to turning one, these Connecticut milestone photography sessions document connection as it evolves.
Quiet breastfeeding moments.
Bath time rituals.
Simple snuggles and favorite everyday rhythms.
The way they reach for you.
The way you hold them a little closer.
Your baby is changing — and so are you.
Each milestone marks a subtle shift in your bond, in your confidence, in your motherhood.
Common milestones include:
- 6–8 months (sitting independently & laughing)
- One Year (ending in cake smash)
- Final breastfeeding or sink bathing session
Because these stages pass quickly — but the feeling deserves to be remembered.
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Family Sessions
A elevated Connecticut family photography experience designed to preserve the true essence of your family at this stage in life.
These authentic lifestyle portraits are relaxed, emotive, and rooted in natural connection.
Rather than stiff posing or constant direction toward the camera, sessions unfold through gentle guidance that encourages genuine interaction between parents, siblings, and even beloved pets. The result is imagery that feels organic, refined, and deeply personal.
Family sessions are thoughtfully designed as a 60-minute experience, allowing space for connection to unfold naturally across seasons and landscapes.
Because the years move quickly — and your story deserves to be told beautifully.
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Mini Sessions**
Seasonal Connecticut mini photography sessions offered on select dates at a pre-curated outdoor or indoor location.
Designed with simplicity and beauty in mind, these 20 minute sessions provide a streamlined portrait experience while maintaining the same refined, emotive style.
Held back-to-back on designated dates, mini sessions are ideal for families desiring updated imagery in a shorter timeframe.
Availability is limited and announced in advance to my email subscribers first.
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Womens Portrait Session
A powerful, refined portrait experience created to honor the woman you are today.
Whether you are closing the chapter on childbearing, launching your own business, reaching a personal fitness milestone, or desiring an intimate boudoir-inspired session — this is a space to celebrate your evolution.
These Connecticut portrait sessions are designed to feel intentional and empowering. A time to be pampered. A time to feel confident in your body and grounded in your accomplishments. A time to be seen, not only as a mother, but as a woman.
Sessions are held outdoors in nature or within a thoughtfully curated indoor setting, creating imagery that feels elevated, soulful, and entirely your own.
YOUR EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
- Personalized wardrobe consultation to thoughtfully curate your session aesthetic
- A custom style guide and moodboard to bring your vision to life
- Curated location selection tailored to season and light
- Professional hair and makeup coordination with trusted, on-location artists
- A fully guided portrait session designed around natural connection
- Collection options including digital imagery and heirloom albums
** Does not pertain to Mini Sessions
WORDS FROM MOTHERS
Alicia is our photographer for as long as she’ll have us ;)
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Alicia on three different occasions. Twice for family photos and once for a boudoir shoot. She is professional, collaborative, patient and truly goes above and beyond. She will schedule hair and makeup, send mood boards, and is amazing with “sometimes” stubborn children. The results are stunning.
Frequently Asked questions
When & where do sessions take place?
Outdoor sessions are thoughtfully scheduled on weekday evenings, typically 1–2 hours before sunset. This timing allows us to capture the soft, romantic glow of golden hour and the depth of moody blue hour light — the signature tones that define my work.
Locations are carefully selected based on season, landscape, and the overall vision for your session, ensuring imagery that feels organic, elevated, and timeless.
Newborn sessions take place weekday mornings starting around 11:00am.
Indoor sessions take place weekdays at varies times.
Do you have a studio?
I do not maintain a dedicated studio space.
My work is rooted in natural light and the interplay between humanity and the environment. Photographing outdoors in every season allows us to create imagery that feels organic, expansive, and deeply connected. With thoughtful wardrobe planning and aligned expectations, each season offers its own beauty.
For newborn, motherhood, and intimate family sessions, in-home photography is available. Sessions held within your space bring a sense of calm, authenticity, and personal storytelling to your gallery.
If a studio setting is preferred, I’m happy to provide a curated list of rentable studios available by the hour. Access to varied spaces allows for a more customized and creatively inspired experience. No session will ever look the same.
How & When Will I Receive My Gallery?
Your fully edited online gallery will be delivered within 2–4 weeks of your session.
Each image is thoughtfully reviewed and refined to ensure your gallery feels cohesive, emotive, and timeless.
During peak seasons, delivery timelines will always be communicated in advance.
You will receive a private viewing gallery where you may select the images that speak most to your heart and choose the collection that best preserves your story. This include Heirloom Albums.
How does hair and makeup work?
Professional hair and makeup services are not required, but they are highly recommended to elevate your overall experience and ensure you feel confident and camera-ready.
As you are investing in meaningful, lasting imagery, feeling your best is essential. Having an artist prepare you prior to your session allows you to arrive relaxed, polished, and fully present, without the added stress of getting ready on your own.
Hair and makeup services are offered as an add-on and are paid directly to the artist. I will coordinate introductions with a curated list of trusted, on-location makeup artists who travel to your home before your session for seamless preparation.
Do you offer Personal branding photography?
Brand photography is offered within my Women’s Portrait sessions, and it is not for every brand.
My Connecticut branding photography is designed for bold, creatively driven women in highly visual industries, brands that value artistry, mood, and emotional depth over trends and templates.
This is not traditional headshots.
It is not prop-heavy, surface-level imagery.
My work leans moody, directional, and light-focused, using natural light, shadow, movement, and empowered posing to create visuals that feel cinematic and emotionally charged. The result is imagery that communicates authority, depth, and presence.
These sessions are for brands willing to think beyond the expected. Together, we craft a visual language rooted in feeling, refined, powerful, and intentionally distinct. We may incorporate environment, subtle styling elements, or meaningful tools of your craft, but the focus is always you, your energy, your expression, your vision.
This experience is for women ready to be seen fully and lead boldly.
What Should We Wear?
Wardrobe is a foundational part of your session’s aesthetic. I create customized moodboards and a personalized style guide for each session, thoughtfully curated for you and your entire family. Together, we refine tones, textures, and silhouettes that complement the season, location, and light ensuring your imagery feels cohesive, elevated, and timeless.
What Happens If It Rains?
I closely monitor the forecast leading up to your session. If rain is predicted, I will reach out the evening prior and provide 2–3 alternative dates within a two-week window.
That said, clouds and light rain can add depth, mood, and visual emotion particularly for maternity sessions. When appropriate, I may present the option to proceed, allowing you to decide if you’d like to embrace the atmosphere.
How Far In Advance Should We Book?
Most clients reserve their session 3–6 months in advance.
For maternity photography, I recommend reaching out shortly after your 12-week appointment. Maternity sessions are typically scheduled between 28–32 weeks, when your silhouette is beautifully defined and you’re still comfortable moving naturally.
Do You Travel?
Yes — I photograph families throughout Connecticut and into New York. Travel beyond 20 miles from Norwalk, CT is subject to a travel fee. I am always happy to discuss meaningful locations that align with your vision.
Can Grandparents or Extended Family Join?
Grandparents are always welcome to attend your session. An additional per-person fee will apply.
Extended family sessions are not offered, as my work is rooted in intimacy and storytelling. Limiting sessions to immediate family preserves the depth, connection, and intentionality that define my photography.
How Many Images Are Included?
Collections are offered in two primary tiers — one including 30 images and another including 70+ images. A third signature collection includes an heirloom album.
After viewing your private preview gallery, you may select the collection that best preserves your story.
What If My Children Don’t Cooperate?
Children are never expected to “perform.” My sessions are gently guided and rooted in natural interaction rather than forced posing. Movement, play, and emotion are welcomed they are often where the most meaningful imagery unfolds.
Your only role is to connect. I will take care of the rest.
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