Heirloom Family Photography
Your family has an everyday story to share. And it’s worth telling for a hundred years.
Today, it’s your newborn held in the ivory blanket knitted by your aunt. Tomorrow, it’s her excited, silly laughter on the first day of kindergarten. Her first school play, her sequined prom dress, the overpacked Honda headed to university. You already know.
It’s thrilling and bittersweet, the passage of time. You’ve known since your early days of motherhood when you tried to capture her “almost-smiles” up close with your iPhone. And then took another 14 photos in rapid, blurry succession trying to catch the “real” baby smile for Grandma. Since then, you’ve felt pulled in a gentle tug between documenting and living.
What if you could set aside the phone and hold sacred space for the present, enjoying dedicated experiences with your loved ones?
That’s the mission of Maiora Studios. Creating and capturing treasured moments for your family.
Because your family’s memories deserve more than a staged, fleeting upload to social media.
They’re worthy of mantle frames, of being held gently in cherished albums, and passed between generations.
Your memories are your legacy and a gift to your family’s future.
Maiora Studios specializes in creating memories that capture timeless smiles, in and around Ottawa.
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ways we can work together
Signature Photography Experiences
My offers are thoughtfully designed to record your family’s milestones through day-to-day experiences. I invite you to explore my signature packages and envision how we can capture beauty in the ordinary, making your life feel extraordinary.
For celebrating the early season of your baby joining your family, from your pregnancy announcement to baby’s first days at home.
For capturing your little one’s growing personality over three significant intervals in their first year of life.
For gathering your loved ones and extended family for a memorable, relaxed occasion to celebrate your baby’s milestones and first birthday.
I'm Jess - Family Photographer, Visual Storyteller, and Founder of Maiora Studios in Ottawa, Canada
Thank you for finding me here! I’m Jess, an adventure-loving, heart-centered, homebody photographer who loves documenting families in their ever-growing love.
As a mom, I like to imagine what it’d be like to experience the world through my daughter’s eyes. To freeze time in the moments she feels most loved and secure. To see what she sees, feel what she feels.
When we reflect on our lives and legacy, it’s the everyday connections and interactions that are worth remembering, not just the major milestones.
I approach photography like I approach motherhood. By leaning gently into the chaos, wonder, and big feelings of childhood.
Maiora Studios preserves the simple, quieter moments that bring us joy and peace as parents. The outcome is heirloom photography that holds tenderness in time, through subtle detail.
I’m here to help nurture and capture life’s relishable moments with your family.
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the Maiora portfolio
captured moments
I’m honored to tell these families’ stories through photography. They’ve invited me to share my visual representation of their treasured memories.
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"We just finished our family session with Jess and had the most amazing experience. This was our very first time doing family photos and with a 2yr old and 10m old we didn’t know what to expect. Any worries we had quickly disappeared once talking and working with Jess, she helped with our outfits, location, posing and the kids! She had our baby in one hand and her camera in the other. She made us feel so relaxed and at ease! We can’t recommend her enough for your next family photo shoot and we hope to work with her again!"
- The Sheppey Family
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Treasured Family Photography
If this is what you’re looking for, let’s start by booking your first session. I’ll guide you through everything you need to create a memorable experience.
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