Wild Hearts & Golden Light
A girl, her horses, and a quiet Texas evening
There’s something different about girls who grow up with horses.
They speak a softer language — the one written in hoofbeats and hay, patience and power. They learn early how to listen without words and to trust their instincts. They carry a wildness that isn’t loud, but unshakable.
This session was born from that wild spirit. She’s young, but seasoned — a competitive rider, a true horsewoman, and already so grounded in who she is. One horse carries her. The other waits and watches, still learning, still growing — just like her.
As the sun dipped low across this Texas field, there was a presence, a peace, and a girl being entirely herself — boots, braids, dirt, grace and all.
These are the kinds of portraits I want to make more of — not just beautiful, but honest.
Photography that doesn’t just show what they look like, but who they are.
So whether your child feels most alive in a saddle, in a garden, or snuggled with mom reading a book — let’s capture them there.
In their element.
In this fleeting moment of becoming.
Exactly as they are.
📍Photographed in Texas
🐴 Featuring two of her beloved horses
📷 By Jessica Rae Portraits — storyteller of wild, sacred childhoods
