Tessa Rae Photography

Women are so damn incredible.
So fu***ng powerful.
I said what I said. And I MEANT it.
Women are capable of things that no other being on this earth can do. The way you hold your emotions, the way you stand in your strength, how you selflessly serve in love. Tender. Fierce. Delicate. Sovereign. Untamed.

Remember who you are. Remember your power.

Witnessing so many women under golden desert skies, being the mirror to remind them who they are… I never feel as alive as I do when I’m sharing sunsets with all of you. Thank you for choosing me 🪶

Poetry is found in the moments when your mind stops working
And all you do is feel.

It’s the last slide for me - mamas own words 🌱

Happy early Fathers Day to all the dads out there, whom I have photographed over the years in their sacred moments. The protectors, the big hands we fall into to feel safe, the rough housers, bringers of laughter. The big, strong guys, who melt with babies in their arms. I hope you feel so loved and celebrated.

There is a tender place between “something” and “everything.”
That’s where I see myself.
Someone’s something,
photographing them in the midst of their everything.

I can’t seem to keep up with both Facebook and Instagram lol, so it’s usually IG you’ll find me most active.

For now, my top 9 photos of 2023. This year has been incredibly beautiful. A year of deep transformation as a woman, and an artist. Being a photographer has made me acutely aware of how many millions of milisecond moments make up the magic of our lives. This year I have photographed life growing inside of a woman, birth, death, and everything in between. It is a profound experience to know you are the one trusted with the secrets and most sacred memories of others. I am truly grateful.

What a blessing, to have been chosen to walk this path and call it my life’s work. I am deeply humbled and grateful to my core to witness what my eyes have seen.

My prayer for 2024 is to continue to be worthy of telling these stories, worthy of witnessing these moments, worthy of being the one to shine a light on your love, to bring you into intentionally present moments and magnify all the magic of who you are. Thank you ALL. My heart beats for being an artist, and for YOU - you are the art.