JRae Photography

08/22/2021

Loving yourself is difficult. It doesn't happen over night. It's constantly telling yourself your curls are wild and beautiful, just like your spirit. It's telling yourself your thighs are as big as your heart. Your style is as out there as your laughter. Loving yourself is finding the beauty in the parts others make you feel less than for. It's finding your worth, your power, your light ... and using it to draw in the people who compliment your soul and ridding yourself of those that make you feel anything less than amazing. Loving yourself is finding your truth, and building your life around that truth regardless of other's opinions.

07/26/2021

Sweet baby Breck was born on 7•7•21. I was able to meet Nicole a few days later to do his newborn photos❤️

07/13/2021

Last month, I met Nicole in the Dells for a maternity session. These photos turned out beautifully!

10/24/2020

09/28/2020

Been MIA for a little while. Truth be told I haven't picked up my camera in a couple months until last week. A friend of mine wanted a cute little family sesh done with her two kids. We met by the lake at sunset and got some really cute shots. This one is of her toddler, one of the cutest little boys I've ever seen. Such a ham and a momma's boy.
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07/20/2020

Flew over the capital this evening!

Thanks for taking me up, Scott!

07/17/2020

"I hope you never play small, brave girl. I hope you never have to shrink yourself down or soften your sound simply to fit into the hum of the world. I hope your wildest dreams don't scare you and that you are never afraid to let your sound be heard.
I hope you fail and mess up sometimes, because that means you're trying new things and going for bigger dreams.. And most of all, I hope you never ever let those moments stop you from chasing. Because if you keep climbing, if you keep going big anyways, if you keep squeezing out every drop of effort you possibly can, brave girl, know that your divine melody will echo across the seas and stars endlessly."
-Echo, Nikki Banas

07/15/2020

Photographing my youngest sister's senior photos made me realize how grown up she really is. She's been 10 years old in my mind for 7 years. I'm only now realizing that she's 17, going into her senior year of high school. Emily is this young woman full of light, love, and laughter. She's resilient, determined, and full of life.

Thank you for letting me be your photographer, Em.

xoxo,
Jess

05/08/2020

Hello, again. It's springtime in Madison! Flowers are blooming and my camera is aching to be used once more.
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02/18/2020

"There's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away."
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11/20/2019

"she is the sun
i can touch
and kiss

and hold
without
getting burnt"

10/22/2019

My soul aches for another adventure.
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