Alicia Stone Photography

04/13/2026

How do you start a post like this? Sharing so publicly that a piece of you is gone?

Let alone sharing such news on my business page where my goal has been to capture smiles and the beauty of people existing together in real time. Sure, I touch into a sense of moodiness in my work, but this? Holy heck...

This is the most real, raw, macabre, and brutal experience I've known in my almost 34 years of living.

So I've sat in silence, existing within the void of a home that will forever be changed by the events of the last few weeks. And as badly as I want to hide away in my pain, I can't hide from this post forever. And so I'm here to share the update we never would have dreamed possible.

On February 25th, my family received the worst news imaginable that our baby, Esther Mable, was officially pronounced dead; her heart stopping before she'd even had a chance to make it into this big beautiful world.

There aren't many words that I can string together to describe the deep ache her missing presence has left us with. So much of life that once looked vibrant has dulled and very often, I'm ebbing between a state of numbness and disbelief. Some days, I still feel in complete shock that this is truly our life now.

In truth, my silence stretched so far because a very small part of me hoped and prayed that one day, I'd wake up and all this would be some horrific nightmare.

But a nightmare it is not.

Unfortunately, this is our new "normal."

To anyone that wonders what you can do for us in this incredibly difficult time, simply pray. We have been so grateful to have had an entire village rally behind us but the days ahead are bleak and difficult. It's was no easy thing to walk away from our sweet girl and as you can probably imagine, our hearts and souls are heavy in her absence. Prayers for peace over each of us are so appreciated. That is the big battle we each face daily.

I thank you in advance for your patience as I find the strength to juggle all the things and to ease back into work life. For any future inquiries on sessions, events, or weddings, please do not hesitate to reach out. Email is the best way to reach me as social media still feels very daunting right now.

Lastly, as cliche as it may read, love the people around you well. Take nothing for granted because life truly can take the worst turn in the blink of an eye.

02/14/2026

It was freezing cold but we definitely conquered this session! So excited to welcome this sweet bebe soon. She is already so incredibly loved by so, so many! 🩷

02/14/2026

Precious James. There are few things sweeter than this right here...💛

02/01/2026

Hello lovelies! Important UPDATES! 🩷

Long time no speak, I know! For anyone not aware, we are nearing the due date of our sweet girl and so it seemed a great time to update everyone on what my business will look like during this process.

If it hasn’t been painfully obvious thus far, I have slowed down quite a bit in the last month and have really died down on any sort of “advertising.”

I have sessions on the book that I will be closing out but once our sweet girl makes her grand appearance, I’ll be taking time to simply focus on transitioning our home, resting, and healing.

I will post more as her due date becomes an actual birth date of exactly how long I plan to step away, but until then just know I’m still here, Alicia Stone Photography is alive and well and will absolutely continue on after this short season, and I’m absolutely missing my busy work flow.

But as said, this is simply a short season of resting and preparing for the wonderful gift of ours to come!

Please be patient with me in the coming weeks and months and understand that if my response come further than what you’re accustomed to, it’s not because your business isn’t important to me.

I currently have a lot of moving parts going on and I am hyper focused on getting ahead in my children’s homeschool, on top of all the checkups, to carve out as much time as possible to focus on our girl when she gets here.

I appreciate and adore each and every one of you! I’m so grateful for your business and I promise you, I’m greatly anticipating the time that I can pick up my camera more than a couple times a month.

Work phone is still disabled and will be until further notice. Best form of contact to reach me is [email protected]

Facebook messenger is not a great form of contact for me at the moment as social media has and will for the forceable future take a back seat.

Wishing all you beautiful people the best on this wonderfully rare snow day! Go out and enjoy it.

Alicia 🩷

12/08/2025

If you think to yourself, "I wonder why Alicia hasn't posted my session/wedding/event..."

Ya girl is struggling and I am behind on my posts. SO behind. And I struggle at juggling social media amongst everything else. Hence the reason I've gone on a posting rampage today.

I think my business goal for 2026 will be to be more consistent with my business pages. Pray for me...that will be interesting to juggle adding one more cutie to our bundle in March! 🤣😝

Please don't take offense...I promise I'll get around to posting all the sessions. Eventually. Until now, enjoy an over abundance of some of the beautiful clients I've had in front of my lens the last few months.

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12/08/2025

The Mckenzie Family 💛

The most perfect fall background and the cutest little family of them all! We had so much fun, albeit we may have sweat a bit (fall in the South...am I right? 😅), walking the trail, looking at the water & ducks, and capturing this absolute adorable fam.

I mean, how cute can you get?! Absolutely STUNNING! 😍

12/08/2025

Biddle Christmas portraits with this sweet & sassy girl and her wonderful parents! I was SO blessed to have captured this sweet girls birth and to follow up a few months later to snag these was nothing short of magical. ❤️

12/08/2025

Mr. & Mrs. Ward 🤍

Jake & Anna will forever hold a sweet place in my heart as I've known Jake since he was a 6th grader and I was his English teacher. It would be an understatement to say that teaching Jake was a blessing, as I met him in 6th grade and was allowed to then follow him and his wonderful classmates into their 7th year. Two years of some of the most wonderful kids you could imagine. And in those two years, Jake was enamored with Anna the moment he put eyes on her.

How could you not though? She is an absolute doll. Inside and out!

I was honored to capture their secret engagement, the question asked in the exact spot Jake & Anna spoke for the first time, and it is nothing short of an honor to have then been able to capture the sweetest ceremony where two of the sweetest souls I've ever been blessed to know became one.

Anna is darling and it was oh so clear from the start why Jake was head over heels in love with her. So many sweet memories come up as I shuffle through this gallery but the greatest is gratitude.

Gratitude for being a part of their lives in many more ways than one. Gratitude for being honored to capture such sweet moments. Gratitude for getting to know two insanely kind people like Jake & Anna. They truly are one of a kind.

I love you both to pieces and I'm so thrilled to see where life takes you.

12/08/2025

Mr. & Mrs. Long 🤍

The day did its best to rain us out, but we were determined not to lose hope! By the grace of God we were able to get these cuties hitched, narrowly missing a pretty big downpour!

This ceremony felt so serene and like something out of a romance novel, even with the dark clouds looming above to add a touch of the perfect moodiness over the day.

It was so special being a part of this wedding and, a book loving nerd myself, it’s a sweet storybook ceremony I’ll always cherish getting to capture. 💛🥰

12/08/2025

Grateful to have been able to capture this sweet girl and her ROTC loving heart by celebrating such a wonderful milestone in her life!

There wasn't a single boring moment between me, her, her bestie, and her sweet mom. Many laughs were had!!

Congratulations, beautiful! So many wonderful people are SO proud of your accomplishments and the bright future ahead of you. 💙