A Golden Hour to Remember | Fresh 48 Session with Jaidyn, Hunter, and Brynleigh

Northern Michigan Fresh 48 and Maternity Photography

There’s nothing quite like the first hours after meeting your baby. The world feels slower, softer and somehow bigger all at once.

Capturing these moments is one of the greatest honors of being a photographer, and documenting Jaidyn and Hunter’s Fresh 48 session with their beautiful daughter, Brynleigh, was pure magic.

We met them at the hospital just hours after Brynleigh’s arrival. Their room was filled with a calm joy you could feel the second you walked in. It’s moments like these that remind us why we offer Fresh 48 photography in Northern Michigan. The way a father looks at his daughter for the first time, the way a mother holds her newborn like she’s known her forever:

Those are the memories that deserve to be preserved.

Fresh 48 sessions are different than traditional newborn shoots. They’re raw, unposed, and deeply real. No pressure, no stress, just you, your baby, and the first few golden hours of a lifetime of love. Whether it’s a quiet hospital room in Petoskey, Charlevoix, or Harbor Springs, or a cozy birthing center in Northern Michigan, these sessions capture life exactly as it unfolds.

Maternity and newborn photography are some of the most monumental moments we get to document, and nothing compares to the privilege of watching a new chapter begin right before our eyes. As photographers based in Northern Michigan, offering maternity, Fresh 48, and newborn photography, we know how fleeting these first days are and how powerful it is to have them frozen in time.

If you’re expecting and considering a Fresh 48 session in Northern Michigan, we would be honored to tell your story. Reach out to learn more about maternity photography, hospital newborn sessions, and lifestyle family shoots in Harbor Springs, Petoskey, and beyond.

Because the first days deserve to be remembered exactly as they were.