Your photographs deserve to live somewhere beyond a screen.

Each heirloom album is custom designed by Tessa Newton Photography and handcrafted with archival-quality materials intended to last for generations. From linen and velvet covers to thick lay-flat pages, every detail is thoughtfully selected to create a piece that feels deeply personal to your family.

These albums are designed to preserve your story in a tangible way — something your children can hold in their hands years from now and revisit long after this season has passed

Heirloom Albums

Your images were never meant to stay hidden away on a hard drive.

Custom framed artwork transforms your portraits into part of your home and your family’s legacy. Every piece is thoughtfully designed with your space, aesthetic, and vision in mind — from frame style and matting to sizing and placement.

Each frame is handcrafted using museum-quality materials and professional archival printing to ensure your artwork remains beautiful for decades to come.

Together, we’ll create pieces that feel intentional, timeless, and deeply personal to your family.

Signature Frames

Matted albums offer a timeless and artful way to preserve a smaller collection of meaningful images from your session. Featuring beautifully matted prints mounted within each page, these albums feel refined, intentional, and heirloom in nature — perfect for documenting a season of motherhood, a milestone, or gifting to loved ones. More than simply a photo book, they are thoughtfully crafted keepsakes designed to be held onto, displayed, and revisited for years to come.

Each album is handcrafted with archival materials and made with exceptional attention to detail, featuring thick matted pages and luxurious cover options that beautifully elevate your images. Clients may choose from a curated selection of fabrics and debossing options to create an album that feels personal and uniquely their own.

Matted folio albums may hold between 10–24 images and are available in even image increments only.

Matted albums

Mini album

A smaller companion to your family’s heirloom album, designed to be treasured for years to come.

Mini albums are exact replicas of your selected heirloom album, thoughtfully resized into a beautiful 6x6 format. Each mini album features the same images and layout design as your full-sized album, making them a perfect gift for grandparents or extended family members.

Crafted with the same archival-quality pages and craftsmanship, these albums are simple, timeless keepsakes designed to be revisited often.

They also make a beautiful addition to extended family sessions. Many families choose to create one larger heirloom album for the family as a whole, then add mini albums for grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, or individual households so everyone walks away with a tangible piece of these memories to keep in their home.

Your memories deserve more than a folder on your phone.

Together, we’ll create artwork that feels personal, intentional, and deeply connected to your family — pieces designed to be lived with, passed down, and revisited for generations to come.

If you’re ready to create something beautiful for your home and your family’s legacy, I would be honored to guide you through the process.

Your family’s story deserves to be preserved in a way that can be seen, held, and revisited for generations to come.

Not tucked away in a forgotten folder on a hard drive, but thoughtfully transformed into custom artwork created for the home and life you’ve built together. Framed pieces passed in the hallway each morning. Albums pulled from the shelf years later with little hands turning the pages. Tangible reminders of the season you never want to forget.

Every heirloom piece offered through Tessa Newton Photography is intentionally selected for its craftsmanship, beauty, and timeless design — bespoke artwork created to honor your family in a deeply personal and lasting way.

Album box

A handcrafted album box offers a beautiful way to preserve and protect your heirloom album for years to come. Clients may choose from linen, fabric, suede, or walnut wood finishes to complement their home and personal style. Fabric and suede boxes may be customized with debossing, while walnut boxes are available in three stain options for a timeless, elevated finish.

*matted albums begin at $500

*Lite frames begin at $450

*Heirloom albums begin at $1,300