Fall 2020

I got to spend the busiest part of my year with some of my favorite clients, as well as plenty of new families here in Rockport. I greatly missed my flight to DFW to visit all my people up there, but I am grateful I was able to work here at home. I met these families out on the beach, in their homes, on their ranches - in their element. This fall was full of joy I couldn’t have imagined and I can’t say thank you enough to each family that invited me into their space.

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My travel sessions for Rockport, Austin, and San Antonio are limited
as we work to help keep hospitalizations lower in Texas.
If you #findyourselfinRockportFulton in 2021
I’d love to photograph you and your loved ones.

You can find more booking information in my store or by emailing hello@maeburke.com

2020 at Home | The Solomons

My earliest memories of Keri look like carpooling to work late (because her parents were our bosses and we had to stop for gas because we were running on fumes, probably from the Starbucks stop SOMEBODY said she needed) while listening to Kidd Kraddick in the Morning. Her youngest daughter recently pointed “OH MY GOSH MOM, Mae has a tattoo on her finger JUST LIKE you, and her nose pierced JUST LIKE YOU.” to which I could only laugh and say “It was the 00’s, Penny, you had to be there.”

But there’s also some wonderful truth in what this tiny smiley child said.
Keri is one of the most influential women in my life. Her patient spirit has endured years of me refining my fiery words. Like many of my friends, she has always paid for my photography, supporting my business as it’s evolved. Like few of my friends, she supports my heart with words of correction that prune and bring forth new growth.

I share all of this not to flex our friendship on all y’all, but simply to amplify what kind of wife and mother she’s learned to be. Learning to love well, being Jesus with skin on, is at the core of who Keri is, and after a decade of intense cultivation, I’m blessed and rejoicing watching a harvest come to her and her household.

The leadership and selflessness of the husband by your side has brightened up your whole world. Your happiness, the joy and peace you’ve received from the Lord, is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen established in you, Keri.

Respite for Leslie

Leslie and her long legged crew were looking for a break from the jarring reality that 2020 has become for many. Leslie is a front-line nurse and single mama in the Dallas area, and though this year has put us all through a lot, she is bracing herself for the fall season that will be as unpredictable as anything we’ve seen so far.

Feeling rusty, shooting less than I ever have in my career, I met her family in one of my favorite spots. Our time together was nothing short of refreshing.

“Peace.
No time Schedule.
No school
No work
No virus
Just us
Nature, seashell hunting, soul soothing.”

— Leslie

“My young man, he grounds me. My first baby love, he has the most amazing soul. He is truly one of my very best friends. My first born.
I forget
I forget to stop. The days are long but the years are short. Their love is nothing short of God’s blessing.”

— Leslie

“My wild child, my baby.
The one who certainly marches to the beat of her own drum; tough yet sensitive.
When you ask her she says ‘My mommy says we can’t kiss on the mouth because of the viwus’ because we haven’t had any actual kisses for over four months. Just fish kisses and cheek kisses - but still all the love.”

— Leslie

Introducing my clients to moon jellies, kissing crabs for good luck, and making sure they drop in to Panjo’s before they leave is always a pleasure. But witnessing God ease the burdens of a weary heart, right before my very eyes, is a blessing I don’t deserve and am grateful for. Leslie, thank you again and again for sharing an evening with me, and thank you for all your hard work this year.

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My travel sessions for Rockport, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and DFW are limited
as we work to flatten the curve of COVID-19 in Texas.
If you #findyourselfinRockportFulton this summer or fall,
I’d love to photograph you and your loved ones.

You can find more booking information in my store or by emailing hello@maeburke.com