In a former life, I was an award winning wedding photographer as Jessica Horwitz Photography. My images have been published in Atlanta Magazine, Brides Magazine and the Knot Magazine and in blog sites, such as MyWedding.com. In 2007 I was awarded Citysearch’s Best Photographer in Atlanta. In 2012, I was voted Gwinnett Magazine’s Best of Gwinnett. I have been working as a professional photographer and graphic artist for over 10 years.
As of 2014, I am no longer accepting Wedding Commissions!!
Here is a quick history of Jessica Horwitz Photography.
As a photographer, I am primarily a storyteller. I capture the smaller in between moments, the environment and details and the emotion of the day. My narrative portrait art is a creative, loving blend of documentary images and semi-posed images. Even my group shots are still natural feeling and I encourage dialogue, searching out the real laughter.
Engagement Photos | Downtown Decatur
Tonya and Mark’s Funky and Playful Engagement Photos in Downtown Decatur and Piedmont Park. Jessica is a pet photographer featuring their dog, Blue.
Suzanne and Vincent’s Save the Date designs | Engagement Portraits at Virginia Highlands
I have but a mere second to post, so I will post something well worth your time. Suzanne is researching her options for Save the Dates with her engagement portraits, so I created some custom layouts for her from her images. I super love design work and it...
Danielle’s Bridal Portraits | Lake Lanier Resort, Ga
I think that Bridal Portrait Sessions might be some of my favorite types of images to create. Working with Danielle is always awesome, she is such a stunner, especially with the camera. These Bridal Portraits at Lake Lanier Resort featured both of her beautiful...
Alison’s Bridal Portraits | Rhodes Hall, Atlanta GA
I think that Alison’s Bridal session might be my favorite yet. Some of these whimsical, fairy-tale castle bridal portraits are so dreamy… Rhodes Hall in midtown is the perfect spot for such romance, and having a bride as stunning as Alison only makes it...
Piedmont Room at Park Tavern E Brochure | Wedding Photographer
So tickled to see the new Park Tavern wedding E Brochure and to see so many of my favorite images featured. Piedmont Room is one of my favorite places to be a wedding photographer for. Here are a few layouts that I love… Look out Leslie, you made the cover! 😉...
Celina and Fidel’s Painting
Celina asked me to do this painting months ago. And over time, I worked and worked and worked until my painting style changed a little bit from before and grew into something elegant, mysterious, dark and light and magical. It’s interpretive, and when I say...
Jeanette and Mike featured Wedding in Brides Atlanta
Awesome. It’s beautiful! Here is our Real Wedding feature of Jeanette and Mike at Primrose Cottage in Brides Atlanta. ...
Alison and Shane’s Engagement Portraits | Piedmont Park, Atlanta Ga
Piedmont Park is one of my favorite places to do engagement portraits… the skyline, perfect greenery and usually some perfectly serendipitous wildflowers. At Alison and Shane’s portrait session, the wildflowers happened to match exactly… a...
Natalie’s Bridal and Couple Portraits | Bridal Portrait Photographer Atlanta
Check out this beautiful lady! Natalie contacted me after her wedding to create some stunning portraits of her and her new husband. Together, we selected Winn Park near Ansley Park and midtown Atlanta for her session. We did a combination of bridal and couple...
Lacee’s Bridal Portraits | Rhodes Hall, Atlanta GA
Hi Blog!! I’ve missed you. 😉 And I have been so busy lately with all sorts of new adventures. I can’t wait to share some recent images with you. I love to shoot at Rhodes Hall, aka the castle on Peachtree. It is glamorous, timeless and...
Mercy and Franklin’s Engagement Portraits | Lenox Park, Atlanta Ga
Lenox Park is a really beautiful place for engagement portraits. Mercy selected this location and I think it was a wonderful selection… the beautiful bridge is a stunning background. I loved her outfit choices: a girly, feminine dress and casual jeans… the...
Stacy and Brian’s Engagement Portraits| Midtown Atlanta
Spring is here and love is in the air!! These tulips were awesome while they lasted. I did some personal work with the spring blooms before the two cuties arrived and I think I will post them on my business facebook page. Also Stacy and Brian’s slideshow will be...
Celina and Fidel’s Wedding Photography: Spring Hall, Atlanta Ga
I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season!! Today is a beautiful SNOW day!! I think we probably have like 5 inches or something! Celina’s wedding at Spring Hall featured my favorite color! I am starting this post after her ceremony, because there...
Holly and Daniel’s Wedding Photography at Great Oaks in Roswell, GA
Holly has been such an elegant lady to work with! Her simple and intimate ceremony and reception at Great Oaks provided us with some extra time to do portraits with her and new hubby Daniel. I love the classic and timeless feel of these portraits! So soft and...
Erica and Michael’s Wedding Photography at the Ritz Carlton Atlanta
Erica was seriously a stunning bride and she really knew how to rock her Chaviano Couture amazing Bridal Gown. Check out her wedding details from her wedding photography at the Ritz Carlton downtown Atlanta. I really loved how they added their monogram to their candy...
Celina and Fidel | Bride and Groom Portraits
While we are on the topic, I should go ahead and post these since they match! This is Celina’s other gown, for the reception. Celina and Fidel wanted the best of both worlds… they wanted to spend the maximum amount of time with their guests and they...
Celina’s Bridal Portraits | Atlanta Botanical Garden Portraits
Celina has been so wonderful to work with over the past few months… besides being absolutely stunning every time I see her, she has invited me to create images for her for her wedding, engagement session, bridal portraits and day after portraits (even though we...
Leslie and Brad’s Park Tavern Wedding | Atlanta Ga, Wedding Photographer
I skipped last week! I have been so busy with all of this shooting throughout wedding season… I can’t wait to post all of these beautiful weddings we have been working on lately. Leslie and Brad were wed at the Park Tavern, in downtown Atlanta. I was...
Kathleen and Arjan’s Athens Day Chapel Wedding | Athens, GA Wedding Photographer
Yikes. I apparently have found a new love. Photoshop painting. Seriously. Photoshop 5 comes with a painting palate… you have brushes that respond to both the pressure of your brush on your tablet, as well as the orientation of your wrist. You clean your brush...
Stephanie and Adam’s Engagement Portraits at Piedmont Park
Stephanie and Adam brought their beautiful dog along for portraits at their engagement portraits! I love when people bring their pets… Stephanie and Adam were such a cool couple to work. We moved through several different spaces during our shoot … from the...
Jeanette and Mike’s Wedding Photography at Primrose Cottage
Happy Wedding Season! We are in the middle of Wedding Mania and LOVING IT!! Here is a collection of Jeanette and Mike’s Wedding Story! Check out her stellar idea for bridesmaids bouquets… she had each lady carry their own, unique bouquet (all in the same...
Jennifer’s Bridal Portraits at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
So excited that it is the Monday after Jennifer’s Wedding! These bridal pictures are so playful and fantastic… we all really enjoyed the gardens as we wandered about them in search of perfect portraits. So happy with...
Darcy and Chris’s Engagement Portraits on Peachtree
Darcy and Chris met me in front of the High Museum of Art on Peachtree Street downtown… our stroll was only the block from 17th to 16th, but the textures we found in that limited space were just spectacular. I just love how Darcy’s stunning red hair pops...
2010 Romancing the Brides
Hello again Blog!! Its been a few weeks since I have updated my posts, we have been super busy getting back into wedding season. We are excited about the new work we have been making and also about our early summer weddings. Tons of work coming to the blog in the...
Thank You Notes!!
Yea! Wedding Note Cards for 2010… Cards are available in sets of 24… they are 4 x 5.5 inches, on watercolor paper, and are folded in the center with blank insides. Each Thank You Note features your most adorable portrait and has a back that is designed...
Jenny and Ben’s Engagement Portraits in Downtown Athens
Jenny and Ben choose to do their engagement portraits in Downtown Athens. They are such a cool couple to get to work with… we had a really good time during our shoot. We started off in North Campus and worked our way downtown into the sunset… these...
Jeanette and Mike Engagement Portraits
Jeanette and Mike live in DC, but they will be wed here in Atlanta. Faith and I met for their session near Park Tavern and within 5 minutes after we started shooting, it began to hail. Yes, hail. They had come in from out of town, so rescheduling was not an option....
a little here and there… current publications
We are very thrilled to be featured with some really wonderful wedding resources lately… here is a rundown of where you can find some of our work out and about in the world. Brides Atlanta Magazine, Published Wedding Photography for Carly and Daniel at Rhodes...
Leslie and Brad’s Engagement Portraits in Atlanta, GA
Leslie and Brad and I had a sort of difficult time getting our session together… the first time we met to shot, it was at the 17th street bridge. Around 5 minutes after we started shooting, the storm clouds started to come in… we got around 20 minutes of...
Jessica and Ben’s Wedding at Primrose Cottage, GA
Since the day I met them, I completely fell in love with these two adorable lovebirds. They are fun, fun and fit together like two peas in a pod. Their wedding pictures here chronicle a day that was emotional, loving and just so filled with details that are all about...
Ginny and Johnathan’s Wedding at Little Gardens
Our first wedding at Little Gardens was such an incredible surprise. Little Gardens is off a main road here in town, and when you pull up into the driveway, you get swept away into its intimate grounds. It’s magic is all encompassing… Ginny and Johnathan...
Jamie and KC’s Wedding at Brasstown Valley Resort
Jamie’s wedding at the Brasstown Valley Resort was absolutely breathtaking… prior to her wedding, she and I talked a bunch about how much sunset shots were really something that were important to her. The universe really was working in her favor on her...
Mary Kate and Nick’s Wedding at Brasstown Valley
Mary Kate and I met through the Make A Wish foundation… she was the wish coordinator for the wishes I photographed with them last year. After working on several very moving wishes together, she contacted us to work on her wedding! Her very beautiful wedding at...
Shawn and Tommy’s Newlywed Portraits at Home
I met Shawn and Tommy at Shawn’s childhood home to make casual portraits of them in the immediate weeks following their wedding, as a newly married couple! We started our shoot in her favorite room, the parlor. I really love the dramatic subtleties of some of...
Katie and Tyler’s Engagement Portraits at Piedmont Park
The gorgeous Katie and Tyler took a two outfit stroll with me through the most well known park downtown. So, here are my favorite reason’s why to do your portrait shoot at Piedmont Park.
Ginny and Jonathan’s Engagement Session at Vines Botanical Gardens
We met at the very picturesque Vines Botanical Gardens, a popular spot for many of my clients engagement sessions. The gardens are whimsical and soft, not overly manicured, but perfectly spotted with architectural details like white latticed fences and beautiful brick...
Jamie and KC’s Destination Engagement Session
Destination Engagement Sessions always end up with a little extra something special… when we travel to our clients very personal spaces, we have twice as much time to shoot. Jamie and KC utilized 4 outfit changes! They hosted us to a family cabin in the North...
Liz and Scott’s Wedding at Primrose Cottage
Liz and Scott sincerely understand how to throw a good party… this wedding was one of the most exciting and fun events!! They hosted a really fun band that kept their guests dancing non-stop. They all stayed right until the end, arms in the air, singing...
Leah and Vikram’s Wedding at the Roswell Founder’s Hall
Leah and Vikram’s bright, summer wedding was so wonderful to be a part of… Leah had matching robes for her bridesmaids made, each monogrammed with their initial. This kind of attention to detail made the getting ready pictures we did at Leah and...
Rochelle and Matt’s Engagement Portraits at the Athens Botanical Garden
One of the many things our blog is helpful for is for our clients to choose a location for their own Engagement Session. As these casual portrait sessions are included with all of our wedding packages, it can really be fun to do a search on this blog to see some...
Carly and Daniel’s Wedding at Rhodes Hall
Carly and Daniel’s wedding was such a touching experience to be a part of. It is always such a joy to get to document the smallest moments for a couple that mean the largest things. I really like working with these two… Carly’s dad is a photographer...
Katherine and Jacob’s Engagement Portraits at Kennesaw Mountain
Something that I really enjoy about working with so many different people is being able to make imagery that works for each particular client… to me, a portrait is a comprehensive study of who someone is at this particular time in their life. Katherine and...
Jessica and Ben’s Engagement Portraits at the Roswell Mill
Jessica and Ben were so awesome to shoot with during our engagement session. They were playful and goofy while we shot and it really gave me the chance to catch some narrative portraits… these portraits share Jessica and Ben’s intimate humor. I met Jessica...
Robin and Dotan’s Engagement Session at Home
There is always something so sacred and special to me about the home space… when we make Engagement Portraits for our clients, we are creating a narrative of their everyday experience with each other. Space informs that relationship clearly and...
Nikki and Brian’s Wedding at Primrose Cottage
Oh, new blog… how much I love you! I might have gotten carried away here with Nikki and Brian’s wedding pictures, but like usual, choosing my favorites is difficult. So I choose a good solid handful. 😉 Their portfolio, which is my collection of...
Cindy and Michael’s Wedding at the Peachtree Club
Cindy and Michael had an intimate wedding ceremony and reception on the top floor of the 999 Peachtree building… the view from their spectacular space was unmatchable. I really enjoyed working with the urban textures… I think my favorite part of the day...
Angie and Jarvis’s Destination Engagement Session
Faith and I traveled to Alabama to work with Angie and Jarvis and they took us through their hometown. We were thrilled to find cobblestone streets and amazing textures on the buildings. Our landscape for the first half of the shoot was historical urban, and...
Nikki’s Bridal Portraits at Primrose Cottage
Welcome to our new blog!!! I am so excited about this bolder, larger and wonderful new blog! Don’t forget, you can still access our old blog, to see our archives. We will use this blog to update our clients with new information and our intention is that is...