The journal

We are wedding and family photographers servicing the Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico area. Follow our wedding Instagram @maurajanesphoto and our portrait Instagram @maurajaneportraits.

Typically, our clients that want family sessions are previous couple’s who’s wedding we’ve shot. However, Jamie and Mario are a different story! Maura actually met this family through her husband, Brandon, and has been shooting their family portraits for years. As a result, she’s been able to watch these kiddos as they’ve grown, while also […]

Sarah and Lance met in college, where they became fast friends. They admitted that there was always a little flirting, but kept it relatively platonic by going to each other for relationship advice. A few years went by, with Sarah having graduated and Lance in the process of completing his flight school with the Navy, […]

For our five year anniversary, Brandon and I decided we really wanted to take a special trip. We landed on Italy, since it was on my bucket list, and Brandon having been, knew I would love it. I began doing research of what to book the trip through. Wether we should do a travel website […]

Last November we traveled to Arizona for a photography conference called United. It was full of education, stunning photoshoots, motivational talks and, of course, amazing parties! While there, I rose one morning to capture this breathtaking styled shoot at the Tempe at The Buttes. It was full of vibrant florals: from the palms and ranunculus […]

Many of our couples’ proposal stories could bring you to the verge of tears with how sweet, romantic, and well thought out they are… This one brought us to tears through laughter! (In a good way!) Melise and Nick both love to camp, so for her birthday, he took her to Big Bend National Park […]

Us girls over here at MJP have all dealt with name changes, and we know, its a pain in the butt and can be super stressful! DMV and social security office lines, passports and banks… Don’t even get me started! So, to help you out and hopefully spare you a few tears, we have put […]

As we enter the new year, we wanted to discuss all of the new trends for weddings that we’ve been experiencing: what we think is important, what we absolutely love, and what we want to leave behind in 2019. • Invitations • Invitations used to be incredibly uniform: all the details were engraved on a […]

There is just something so special about creating your first family heirloom. I keep our wedding album on our coffee table and smile every time I see it sitting there. Having digital images is wonderful, but having a printed keepsake that tells the visual story of our wedding day is priceless! We aren’t a photography […]

Rebecca and Nathan both had their friends set up Tinder accounts for them, and though they didn’t want to use them, they gave it a try and luckily ended up finding each other. Rebecca joked that Nathan was “super sweet and not creepy,” so she decided to give him a chance as well. They met […]