Alicia Marie Photography

Alicia Marie Photography Internationally published storytelling fine art photographer focusing on genuine human connection and artistic beauty.

Alicia Marie Photography is based in Fargo, ND specializing in children and pet photography. I offer custom fine art portraits and luxury couture sessions for children.

Social media can be hard on our hearts. It’s so easy to compare ourselves, question our work, or feel like what we’re cr...
08/28/2026

Social media can be hard on our hearts. It’s so easy to compare ourselves, question our work, or feel like what we’re creating isn’t “enough.”

But every creative should be proud of themselves for all that they do, especially for having the courage to put their art out into the world. Your work matters. Your creativity matters. And the fact that you keep showing up, creating, sharing, and putting a little piece of yourself out there is something worth celebrating.

DON’T forget to be PROUD of YOURSELF.
You’re allowed. 🫶

Xo, Alicia

Something about this photo makes my heart ache in the sweetest way.One day, they’ll hear that familiar music drifting do...
08/23/2026

Something about this photo makes my heart ache in the sweetest way.

One day, they’ll hear that familiar music drifting down the street for the last time as boys. It may still drift past them years later, but they’ll be listening from a completely different life. The little boys who once had to be reminded to slow down, even though the race to finish was the ultimate game, will become men with jobs, responsibilities, and maybe children of their own. Their summers will become schedules, and their laughter will be interrupted by adult responsibilities. But I hope they remember this day where they stood beside each other with sticky hands and melting ice cream, laughing so hard they could barely take another bite.

Little boys grow so quickly. They don’t realize they’re making memories while they’re making them. They think they’re just growing up together. Every day, they’re becoming witnesses to each other’s lives. They'll remember the other before his voice changed, before his shoulders got broad, before he moved away, and before life taught him how to hide the things that hurt. He’ll remember the kid who laughed at stupid jokes, always stole the bigger half, and knew exactly how to make him smile when nobody else could.

Brothers remember every version of each other, not just who they became, but who they were. The loud little boy, the awkward teenager, the young man figuring everything out. The brother who didn’t always say “I love you,” but showed up anyway.

Childhood doesn’t ask permission before it becomes the past. I know this all too well. One summer evening, McCoy and Beckham are beside the ice cream truck. Then somehow, they’ll be grown men who still know the stories nobody else remembers. So let them have the extra scoop. Let them get sticky. Let them laugh until their stomachs hurt. Because someday, you’ll look at this photograph and realize you weren’t just watching two boys eat ice cream. You were watching a relationship become a lifetime.

Xo, Alicia

A little gratitude is always good, especially when you reframe the question. Today, I am especially grateful for the 9.7...
08/21/2026

A little gratitude is always good, especially when you reframe the question. Today, I am especially grateful for the 9.7k of you who chose to be here and continue to follow my work. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 🥹😘🫶

This photo wasn’t an accident. None of my images ever are. It was taken with intention. She had three older brothers goo...
08/21/2026

This photo wasn’t an accident. None of my images ever are. It was taken with intention.

She had three older brothers goofing off, laughing, and running around her, but somehow, she was still able to find a quiet moment all to herself. Kids are good at that, aren’t they? They embrace the chaos, but they also know how to savor the moments when they have space and a little quiet. There were plenty of things happening around her, but somehow, this moment was enough.

Maybe this is a reminder for all of us, too. Don’t apologize for needing quiet time. Step away, leave the room, and sit with your thoughts. Be okay with having a moment that belongs only to you. I’ll never know what was going through her mind. Maybe it was the delicious ice cream. Maybe she was mesmerized by the bubbles. Maybe she was fascinated by the colorful truck sitting right there, all for her. Or maybe her little mind was somewhere much deeper. And I think that’s what makes moments like this so beautiful.

This is why kids need to put down the devices and experience the quiet moments of life. Let them be bored. Let them wonder. Let them sit with their thoughts and become fascinated by the simplest things. So much of childhood in the last 15 years has been consumed by loud, addicting, sensory-overload media, and we forget that we are here one time. They get one childhood. One chance to be little. Don't take the windblown hair, sandy feet, ice cream-covered faces, and muddy knees away from them. Let them make memories that don’t need a screen to entertain them. Because one day, they’ll be grown. And you can never go back.

Xo, Alicia

Imagine finding a photograph from 1926 and realizing the person who took it had no idea anyone would still be looking at...
08/20/2026

Imagine finding a photograph from 1926 and realizing the person who took it had no idea anyone would still be looking at it 100 years later. Now realize that someone could be looking at YOUR photograph in 2126.

They won't know your story. They won't know what you were worried about that day or what you were laughing about five minutes before the shutter clicked. But they'll have one tiny piece of evidence.

They'll see that this is what life looked like. This is how we lived. This is who we were. This is what the world looked like. And when I think about someone seeing one of my photographs in 2126, someone who will never know me, but will get to see a tangible piece of what I loved, who I loved, and what I thought was worth remembering, it gives me chills.

That's the power of photography.

Happy World Photography Day to all my fellow artists.

Xo, Alicia

What would you give to go back and relive one of the best days of your childhood? Can you imagine, for a moment, what it...
08/17/2026

What would you give to go back and relive one of the best days of your childhood? Can you imagine, for a moment, what it would be like to be six years old again, living life as if there were simply no problems?

Now that you are imagining that, the next time you see a young child, whether it's your child, grandchild, a niece, nephew, or one you may not know, but smile at as you witness them smiling and having a wonderful day, stop and think for a moment. That child might just be living out one of the best days of their life, and they don't even realize it yet, a day that in 20 years they would do anything to revisit. Your most memorable days are almost never the most extravagant. They are moments you may not have thought twice about at the time, but would mean everything once they passed.

For these four, they all might remember this day. They may not recall every moment, but they might just remember a feeling. The feeling of laughing hysterically, the taste of the ice cream, their cheeks that turned numb from smiling so much, and the simple happiness of being a kid with nothing in the world to worry about.

They won't know it yet, but this could be one of those days they someday wish they could step back into. A day when their biggest decision was which ice cream they wanted, when laughter came easily, and when the people beside them were all they needed to make the day feel perfect.

And maybe, years from now, they'll see a photograph of these four little faces and suddenly remember that feeling. For just a moment, they'll be children again, wishing they could be younger versions of themselves, standing beside an ice cream truck, smiling without a care in the world.

Because we never know when we're living a moment we'll one day give anything to have back.

Xo, Alicia

08/03/2026

I am so grateful to for featuring three of my images! It’s always such an honor when your images are asked to be a part of a collective to celebrate great artistry and community. Whoever reads this… keep shining, always ✨✨✨

There's so much that comes to mind when I think about what's most rewarding about being a business owner.Above all, it's...
07/29/2026

There's so much that comes to mind when I think about what's most rewarding about being a business owner.

Above all, it's the people I've had the privilege of meeting.
There's something so beautiful about finding people who genuinely appreciate what you do, want to work with you, and trust you with something so meaningful. In return, I love serving them. That balance of appreciation, the mutual respect, admiration, and shared desire to create an unforgettable experience is, without question, my favorite part of what I do.

I've always treated my business and images the way a painter breathes life onto a blank canvas. Photography has never been about quick downloads for me. It's always been about creating what I remember seeing on the walls of my childhood home. It's about beautiful portraits and tangible artwork. That mutual investment means everything to me. There is no greater feeling than when an image, or multiple images, are loved so much that they find their home where they were always meant to be, with the family. Knowing those pieces will become part of their story for generations... how does it get better?

Another incredibly rewarding part is simply looking back at what I've built.

The countless hours, sleepless nights, website building, investments, branding, design, legal work, and every little detail in between have all led to a business I'm genuinely proud of. What makes me even prouder is that, over the past ten years, I've never compromised who I am. I never gave in to what everyone else said I should be doing or chased trends that didn't feel authentic to me. I've always been proud to do things completely differently and build a business that reflects my heart instead of the crowd. I wouldn't change that for anything.

So, if you're a business owner... whether you're a photographer, designer, realtor, baker, florist, or shop owner, I want to ask YOU something.

What are you most proud of? What has been the most rewarding part of building your business? Take a moment today to celebrate yourself. We spend so much time focused on what's next that we rarely stop to appreciate how far we've come. I'd love to hear from you, friends. ❤️

Xo, Alicia

Speaking as a millennial...Can children be bored anymore? This is a question I've asked myself often. Sometimes I wonder...
07/21/2026

Speaking as a millennial...

Can children be bored anymore? This is a question I've asked myself often. Sometimes I wonder if we can ever go back to how things used to be.

For me, I thrived on boredom. Did I always like being bored? Absolutely not. I'm sure you remember hearing your parents say, "It's okay to be bored." "Go outside." "Go find something to do." Sometimes I was annoyed, but every single time, I'd eventually find something. Even if that something was bouncing a ball outside just to see how high I could make it go, riding my bike until the streetlights came on, or making up games that somehow kept us entertained for hours.

Nowadays, it feels like the second a child says, "I'm bored," a screen appears. So many kids are glued to electronics, their faces inches from a screen, never even noticing the world happening around them. Then there are moments when I see it... kids outside laughing until they can't breathe, chasing bubbles, drawing all over the driveway with chalk, or making up games that don't make much sense to anyone but them. Every time I do, my heart catches a little glimpse of what childhood used to feel like.

In a world that wants kids to have phones, social media, and TikTok by second grade, when they're already being asked to grow up so much faster than we ever did, it breaks my heart for them. I just want them to experience a little piece of what made our childhood priceless.

So let the littles be bored. Let them climb trees and reach for the branches. Let them bounce a ball until dinner is ready. Let them cover the driveway in chalk, run through sprinklers, cannonball into the pool, look for shapes in the clouds, read books, go to the park, catch butterflies, and laugh until they tip over.

Some of my favorite images aren't because they're perfectly posed. They're because, for just a second, they take me right back to a childhood that felt slower, simpler, and full of little moments we never realized would one day become the memories we'd miss the most. Children only have a few years to be a child; they have the rest of their lifetime to be an adult. Don't let society, screens, and social media steal that from them.

Xo, Alicia

Hands down, the best part. 🥹🫶
07/13/2026

Hands down, the best part. 🥹🫶

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