maternity minis
AT HOME OR ON LOCATION WITH JESS
This in-between season,
full of love, anticipation, and waiting — is worth preserving.
Whether it’s your first baby or you’re growing your crew, there’s a unique kind of magic in these last weeks. The roundness of your belly. The way your older child nestles close, curious and gentle. The love and anticipation that fills your home as you wait to meet this new little person.
I’m Jess McDaniel, and for over 20 years, I’ve photographed families across Boston in the moments that matter most. My maternity minishoots are 20-minute sessions in your home or at any location you choose — a calm, comfortable way to capture this fleeting time with honesty and heart.
Let’s celebrate what’s just about to begin. Scroll down to see more of my work, find pricing, and book your session.
Are we getting ahead of ourselves?
I know, I know, we're talking maternity photos. But before you know it, maybe we'll be thinking about pictures for a tiny new person? Here's a video about my style for newborn sessions.
WATCH MATERNITY MINISHOOT SAMPLE VIDEOS
These slideshows were made for my @bostonbabyphotos Instagram—so, let’s just say the music choices are… creative. Feel free to watch with the sound off (I won’t be offended!).
36 weeks in East Boston in January
33 weeks in Foxboro in April with 5 1/2 and 3 yr old big sisters
24 weeks on a rainy May day in Boston with a 3 yr old big brother
35 weeks in the Public Garden in June
36 weeks in Marblehead in June + October baby photos
36 weeks in the Public Garden in October + baby's first year
35 weeks in Jamaica Plain in November
31 weeks in Quincy in December
PRICING
In Home Photoshoots
Maternity Minishoot
$775
Subjects are usually 30-40 weeks along (33-37 is my favorite)
At your home or location of your choice anywhere within an hour's drive of Boston
20 minute maternity minishoot
25-40 edited, frame-worthy, downloadable JPG files
Choose to order Prints, Wall Art & Albums a la carte
Newborn & Family Photoshoot
$860
Subjects have a baby under 4 months old at home.
At your home, anywhere within an hour's drive of Boston
45-90 minute newborn & family photoshoot
50-75 edited, frame-worthy, downloadable JPG files
Choose to order Prints, Wall Art & Albums a la carte
Baby's First Year Package
$2700
Three photoshoots in a baby's first year + a coffeetable album at the end of the year
At your home, anywhere within an hour's drive of Boston
three 45-90 minute family photoshoots: newborn, six months & one year
custom-designed coffeetable album
50-75 edited, frame-worthy, downloadable JPG files after each of the three sessions
Choose to order Prints, Wall Art & More Albums a la carte
ADDITIONAL
Options
Coffeetable Albums
$295
My heirloom albums are the perfect way to preserve your images and look back on your baby's photos for years to come. You can select any photos you'd like from your session and I will design layouts for you in a custom coffeetable album. The photos are printed on thick, cardstock pages. If you'd like a book made combining photos from multiple photoshoots we take over your baby's first year, consider my Baby's First Year Package. Additional copies of my albums are $175.
Mounted Prints
$26 - $48
I print on Kodak Professional Endura Premier Paper, which is the most popular paper used by professional photographers. The paper boasts "accurate color, realistic saturation, excellent neutral flesh reproduction, and great intensity and offers brighter blues, cyans, purples, and reds". It has a standard archival value of 100 years in home display; 200 years in dark storage. The pricing for these archival mounted prints is 4x6 = $26, 5x7 = $32, 8x10 = $48... etc.
Messy Minishoot
$775
Is your babe no longer a newborn, but you'd love to document them with some fun photos at home? Consider one of my 20 minute Messy Minishoots at home, developed with babies 9-18 months in mind (but fine for any age kiddo who likes to get messy and then get cleaned up in a tubby!
I'd love to help, Do YOU have
More Questions?
Want to see a full maternity session gallery?
If you'd like to see a full maternity photoshoot gallery, I'd love to show you one. You can ask for one using my contact page here. In your note, just let me know a bit about your family (will your new baby have any older siblings, for example, and how old are they?) so I can send you a gallery that's closest to what you're looking for.
Would you like to have a quick phone call?
I'm more than happy to jump on a quick phone call so that I can get to know you better, and I can answer all of your questions. Click the button below to visit my scheduling page, where you'll find the link to book a stress-free 15-minute phone consultation.
Ready to book your maternity session?
If you know when you'd like to do your session and it's in the next few months, click the button below to check my available photoshoot schedule for the next couple of months online.
If you'd like to do your session more than 2 months from now, contact me and let me know your timing. I'll schedule an email to go out to you when I open booking for the month you're considering.
About Jess McDaniel
I'm a family photographer, and because I've been doing it so long I've naturally started doing senior photos, too. (My first babies from the early days of Boston Baby Photos are all booking their senior photoshoots now, and nothing makes me happier.)
I travel anywhere within an hour of Boston for photoshoots. Outside of photography, I truly love The Container Store, salty food and my husband and daughters. And not necessarily in that order.
Interested in hearing more about my messy minishoots at home for 9-18 month old babies, or my minishoots in the Public Garden for older kiddos? I'd love to chat with you!
FAQs
How do I book a time for a photoshoot on your calendar?
Visit this page here. My photoshoot calendar opens about two months in advance, which means in December my January and February calendars are open, in January my February and March calendars are open, and so forth throughout the year. If you already know a particular time of year when you'd like to take photos, just email me and ask to be put on my "contact first" list for any given month. Then I'll be in touch with you directly when that month of the year is open for booking.
NEWBORNS: I do save a few additional appointments each month for newborns, so if you've just had your baby in the past few weeks or months and the shoot times listed on this page don't work for you, let me know and I'll let you know if there are any other appointments available that aren't listed here.
WAITING LIST: As you can imagine with small children and stuffy noses, etc., I get a ton of cancelations (pretty much at least one every week or two). If you would like to try for an earlier appointment than what you see listed, you can ask to be added to my waiting list. Just send me an email: [email protected]. When I have an opening, I email the entire waiting list at once, and the first reply gets the spot. I schedule sessions usually on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and many Saturdays and Sundays at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Can I buy a gift card for someone else?
Absolutely! Visit my shopify store here to purchase a gift card for anything you'd like. If you don't see what you're looking for, contact me directly and I'm happy to make you a custom gift card.
I saw somewhere you do online courses teaching parents to take photos with their phones? Where do I find out about that?
Oh yes, that's for 1-2 year olds, it's called my Iconic Set by Boston Baby Photos® program - you can learn more here.
When do you do your Public Garden Minishoots?
In order to address demand for photos once babies are walking around and exploring their world, I'm in the Public Garden twice each spring and fall doing minishoots for families with children who are all over a year old. I announce those dates a few months prior, and loads more info with pricing and samples can be found on the Public Garden Minishoots page of my site here.
I have a question that's not answered here, can we do a phone call?
Of course, my phone call calendar is here. If you don't see a time that works for you, pop me a quick email ([email protected]) and I'm sure we can find a time for a call soon.
