A grandmother and her grandchild walking hand in hand beside a donkey in a Texas field
Documentary Family Photography · Kyle, Texas

Honest moments.
Lasting stories.

Documentary family photography for the beautifully unposed.

You don't need to perform here — just be together.

Two little girls standing together by the water, the older sister with her arm around the younger
Hey there, I'm Maria

A mom, a dreamer,
a photographer

I'm a mom of two girls. I found this work by turning the camera on my own family first. The pictures I kept coming back to were never the posed ones.

The way your toddler reaches for your hand. A quiet morning with a newborn against your chest. The laugh at the dinner table nobody planned for. Those are the ones worth keeping.

A session with me feels like an unhurried afternoon together. No stiff poses. No instructions to follow. You be your family, and I'll stay close enough to catch it.

— Maria Howard
Based InKyle, Texas
ServingAustin Metro Area
SpecialtyLifestyle & Family
A Glimpse

A few in-between moments

A mother lifting her son into her arms, foreheads touching, in a green Texas field

Connection

The moment before the laugh

A toddler climbing a backyard slide at golden hour under Texas oak trees

Play

Golden hour, no direction given

Two young brothers on a bench, one kissing the other on the cheek

Siblings

The kind you can't ask for

Kind Words
Maria made our family feel so comfortable that we completely forgot she was there — and then she handed us photographs that captured exactly who we are.
— Happy Client · Kyle, Texas
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the in-between moments
become the lasting ones.

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