Not Staged. Not Posed. Just the Truth of Those First Hours.

Fresh 48 photography captures the first 48 hours of your baby's life — the wrinkles, the yawning, the tiny fingers curled, the exhausted but beaming parents. These are the moments that are completely unrepeatable and so quickly forgotten.

This isn't the styled, posed newborn photography you may have seen. Fresh 48 is documentary — real, raw and deeply honest. It's the midwife checking your baby's weight, the first feed, a sibling peering over the edge of the cot for the very first time.

These aren't images you'll look at in 20 years and think “that was posed”. You'll look at them and feel exactly how those hours felt — completely.

Hospital, birthing centre or home birth

Arrive 4–8 hours after birth

60–90 minute documentary session

Quick-edit gallery within 48 hours

Full edit delivered within 2 weeks

No staging, no props required

What Gets Photographed

Baby Details

The tiny things that exist for only days — vernix, downy hair, curled fists, bent knees, the shape of those ears. Up-close and beautifully lit.

Parents & Baby

You holding your baby for the first time, sleeping together, skin-to-skin, the first attempts at feeding — all genuine, all documentary.

First Feeds

Whether breastfeeding or bottle, the first feeds are profound moments. Documented sensitively and beautifully with your privacy wholly respected.

Sibling Introduction

If an older child is visiting, I'll photograph that first meeting — one of the most emotionally powerful moments parents describe.

Medical Moments

The weighing, the checks, the little hospital tag on the wrist. These feel mundane now and precious later. I photograph them all.

Room & Atmosphere

The flowers from family, the hand-knitted blanket, the hospital bracelet, the gifts stacked on the windowsill. Context and story.

Fresh 48 Photography — Documentary Portraits in the First 48 Hours of Life

The first 48 hours after birth are some of the most extraordinary hours of any family's life — and among the most underphotographed properly. The hospital or birth centre environment, the first feeds, the first holds, the sleepy newborn curled against a parent's chest, the overwhelmed and radiant parents — all of this happens once and is gone. Fresh 48 photography documents these hours as they actually are: raw, emotional, beautiful and real.

Unlike a traditional newborn session booked for two weeks after birth, a Fresh 48 session takes place within the first one to two days — ideally on the day of birth or the following morning, while you are still in hospital or at your birth centre. The images are documentary rather than styled: natural light, minimal intervention, genuine moments. The baby is photographed as they actually are at this exact age — vernix still possible, cord clamp sometimes still present, all of the authenticity of new arrival.

What to Expect from a Fresh 48 Session

Sessions run 60–90 minutes at the hospital, birth centre or home. No preparation needed on your part — the entire point is to photograph you as you actually are. Yana works quietly around your rest, feeding and medical care, documenting the moments between without directing or interrupting. Images are delivered within one week as a private gallery of 40–60 fully edited photographs.

Booking a Fresh 48 Session

The best time to book is during the second trimester — before 30 weeks if possible. You provide an estimated due date and contact Yana immediately upon going into labour. Sessions are available across Cambridge, London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and wider East Anglia, with travel to other parts of England available.