The First Year Membership

Your Baby’s First Year, Captured Over Several Sessions

So You Don’t Have to Decide What Matters While You’re In It

Your baby’s first year moves fast, even when you’re doing everything you can to take it in. There are days you want to remember forever, and days you barely get a moment to breathe. The membership holds the year for you so you don’t have to. Every stage is planned, photographed, and kept in a way you can return to, for you now, and for your baby later.

I'm Jenna, your Raleigh portrait Photographer

When Someone Else Lets You just Be In It

I created the first-year membership for families who want this season to feel supported, without having to keep track of everything themselves. Life with a new baby moves quickly, and it’s easy to lose sense of time when days blend together. With the membership, you don’t have to remember when the next stage should be documented or worry about missing it.

As the year unfolds, I reach out when it’s time for the next session and guide you through scheduling in a way that fits into your life at that point. When you arrive, you can simply be with your baby, knowing this part of your story is being thoughtfully photographed and kept in a way you can return to, both now and later on.

This stage gives the year a beginning. When the first year is complete, these images remind you that the story didn’t start at birth, it started with waiting, imagining, and becoming. It’s the part that shows your baby where their story began.

Scheduled between 28-32 weeks

Includes Three to Four Sessions of Your Choice Across the First Year

Your Membership

This stage grounds the entire year. Later on, when everything else feels like it moved too quickly, these images become the place you return to when you want to remember how it all began.

Typically Within the first 2 weeks

Milestone Session

This stage keeps the year from being just a beginning and an end. It fills the space in between, when your baby starts to show who they are, so when you look back, the first year feels complete and thoughtfully held, not rushed past.

Typically for 3, 6 or 9 months 

One-Year Session

This stage brings the year to a close. It’s where you step back and feel just how much this first year held, seeing the change from baby to little person and realizing how full this season truly was.

CelebratEs your baby's first birthday

What my clients felt

"I didn’t feel like myself, and she made me feel beautiful"

Visiting Jenna’s studio was only our second outing with our baby, and I was nervous, emotional, and not feeling like myself at all. I almost cancelled more times than I can count. When we walked into the studio, Jenna embraced me and all the worry melted off. She sang to and comforted my newborn, who took to her calmness immediately. She helped me get dressed. She told me how beautiful I looked, and in a way that I truly believed her, and reassured me at every turn. The images she captured somehow made our new parenthood moment seem calm, beautiful, and really put together.

- Margaret

Where the First Year Comes Back To You

Your baby’s first year doesn’t stay. One day it fills everything, and the next it’s already behind you. Artwork from your membership gives it a place to land. Something you pass in the hallway, sit with on the couch, flip through on a quiet afternoon. Something your child grows up seeing. A reminder of how much this year held, even as time moves on.

Artwork for a Year You’ll Miss

Investment Details

  • Three to four single sessions within 15 months
    Choose from maternity, newborn, milestone, or first birthday sessions, so the year is documented in a way that fits your family.
  • Priority booking and scheduling support
    Your sessions are given priority, and I reach out when it’s time to schedule, so you’re not keeping track of timing or availability.
  • Guidance before each session.
    Personalized support with outfits, locations, and styling, including access to the client wardrobe, so those decisions feel simple and taken care of.
  • Flexible session locations.
    Sessions can take place in the studio or on location, depending on what works best for your family at each stage.
  • Guided image selection
    A proofing gallery that helps you choose the images that feel most like your baby and this season, without feeling rushed.
  • Artwork and session savings
    Enjoy a discount on all collections and artwork 

Your membership includes:

Inquire to receive the full session details and investment guide.

FAQ

How does a first year membership look like?

A first year membership allows you to come back again and again, capturing how everything changes, slowly and all at once.
If you’re curious what that could look like you can read more about the First Year Membership here. 

What types of sessions can I schedule?

You can choose from maternity, newborn, milestone (3, 6, or 9 months), and one-year sessions.

The flexibility allows you to decide what’s most important for your family to capture.

Do I have to schedule all three sessions at once?

No! We’ll plan your first session, and I’ll remind you when it’s time to schedule the next.

You’ll have priority booking and access to my schedule, so you won’t have to worry about availability.

What is the cost of First year membership?

I'd love to provide you with all the details about pricing, packages, and what’s included in the experience. To ensure I give you the most accurate and personalized information, please fill out my inquiry form.

One day, these pictures will mean everything

You can’t keep the days from moving, but you can hold onto what they give you