Find the Best Photographers in Douglas

Nicole Weston Photography, also known as NW Photography AK, brings an unusual combination of skills to newborn photography in the Juneau area: Nicole is both a photographer and a DONA-certified birth doula, and she offers a Birth Doula & Photography Package that pairs the two. For a Douglas family, that means the option of working with someone who understands the birth process itself, not just how to photograph it, when planning in-home posed or documentary-style newborn sessions.

Her photography business is newer, having launched in 2024, but it builds on years of related experience — Nicole has worked as a birth doula since her college years and has also spent time with the Peace Corps. Her dedicated newborn, birth, and pregnancy photography services are laid out on her website, separate from her wedding and elopement work, and she photographs newborn sessions in the client’s home rather than requiring a studio visit, which can simplify things for families with a brand-new baby and limited ability to travel.

Client feedback describes her as ‘wonderful,’ ‘kind and patient,’ with close attention to detail in capturing quiet, beautiful moments. For Douglas-area parents who want a newborn photographer with real birth-support experience behind the camera, Nicole Weston Photography is a distinctive option just across the channel in Juneau. 

Jen Wolfe Photography is a Juneau-based studio built around documentary-style, unposed images, and newborn families are a core part of the business. Jen offers two distinct newborn-stage sessions: a Fresh 48 session, photographed within 48 hours of birth at the hospital or birthing location, and a Newborn session with no set time limit, both priced at $450. That flexibility matters for a small Southeast Alaska community like Douglas, where families may be coordinating a photographer around a hospital stay in Juneau or a homebirth.

Jen’s own background shapes her approach: she’s a Coast Guard spouse and homeschooling mom to two daughters, and she’s open about the fact that personal loss is part of why she pushes clients to take more photos with the people and places they love, rather than waiting for a ‘perfect’ moment. That philosophy translates into a relaxed, real-life style rather than stiff, heavily posed newborn portraits.

Her studio keeps clear posted business hours (Monday through Friday, 1-9pm Alaska time) and can be reached directly by phone or email, which makes scheduling straightforward for a new parent. For Douglas-area families who want authentic, in-the-moment newborn images over a highly styled studio look, Jen Wolfe Photography is a genuine local option. 

Silver Lens Photography is a Juneau-based portrait studio that has been photographing local families since 2017, and newborn and baby sessions are one of the things they do year-round. The studio keeps things refreshingly uncomplicated: sessions are offered as a Standard package (three hours) or a Shortened package (one to two hours), so parents of a brand-new baby in Douglas or greater Juneau are not locked into a rigid, drawn-out shoot schedule when they’re already running on little sleep.

What stands out about Silver Lens is the local-first pricing approach — the studio offers reduced rates specifically for Juneau-area customers, which is a meaningful detail for families in a small, remote Southeast Alaska community where travel and studio costs can otherwise add up fast. Their portfolio work spans newborn and baby portraits alongside maternity sessions, so they can photograph a family from the pregnancy announcement through the first weeks home with a new baby.

Online reviews back up the experience, with Google reviewers rating the studio highly for professionalism and communication during sessions. For a Douglas family that wants straightforward, well-reviewed newborn photography without a lot of frills, Silver Lens Photography is a solid, locally rooted choice just across the channel in Juneau. 

Leah Serena Photography, LLC was formally registered in Alaska in January 2022, though Leah’s connection to wedding photography goes back further — she started as a photographer’s assistant in high school and says the first wedding she helped shoot convinced her she’d found her calling. Based in Juneau and serving couples throughout the surrounding area, including Douglas, she works under the tagline ‘Your Story, Artfully told,’ and her portfolio backs that up: soft, true-to-life color grading in greens, blues, and neutrals that leans into Southeast Alaska’s natural palette rather than fighting it with heavy editing. Her own description of her style — blending documentary-style storytelling with fine art composition — shows up clearly in her wedding galleries, where candid in-between moments sit alongside more composed, landscape-driven portraits. Beyond weddings, she also photographs maternity and motherhood sessions, which means couples who book her for their Douglas ceremony have the option of continuing to work with a photographer they already trust for later family milestones. Leah operates primarily through direct client communication via email rather than a large studio team, giving couples a more personal, one-on-one planning experience from first inquiry through wedding-day delivery. 

Christine Johnson Photography is built specifically around elopements in the Juneau area, with Christine describing her home turf plainly on her site: ‘Alaska is wild. Your elopement can be too, without the stress.’ She lives in the area and photographs couples who want a ceremony built around Southeast Alaska’s glaciers, forests, and coastline rather than a conventional venue — her portfolio includes a glacier wedding for a couple named Rachel and Bill that captures exactly that kind of dramatic, ice-and-mist backdrop. That focus on rugged, weather-exposed locations translates directly to Douglas, where couples often want their ceremony to feel like it belongs to the Tongass rainforest and Gastineau Channel rather than a hotel ballroom. Christine offers hybrid photo-and-video packages, meaning couples can walk away with both a traditional photo gallery and a video record of their vows without hiring two separate vendors — packages start at $6,400. Her online presence spans Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and YouTube, giving prospective clients an unusually deep look at her actual client work and behind-the-scenes process before they ever reach out. For couples planning a small, adventurous Douglas elopement who want a photographer already fluent in the area’s terrain and light, Christine’s specialization makes her a natural fit. 

Nicole Weston Photography is run by Nicole Weston, a Juneau-based wedding, elopement, and family photographer who left a traditional career in early 2024 to pursue photography full time. Her background is unusually layered for the field: she holds a BA in Human Development with a focus on Family Studies and a BA in Spanish Language and Cultures, is nearing completion of a dual master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling, and served two years in the U.S. Peace Corps working in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala. She’s also been a DONA-certified birth doula since 2017. That combination shows up in how she works with couples — she brings a counselor’s ease at putting nervous clients at ease in front of the camera, which matters for elopements on Douglas Island’s quieter beaches and trails where there’s no crowd to hide the awkwardness of being photographed. Nicole was recognized with a 2024 Alaska Magazine award and a 2025 Elopement Legend Award, and she offers Super 8 and 35mm film add-ons alongside standard digital coverage, plus videography and drone footage for couples wanting aerial shots of the channel or surrounding peaks. She also maintains a fine art print shop of her Alaska work, giving couples a sense of her aesthetic before booking a consultation. 

Wild Iris Studios is run by Sierra, a Juneau-based elopement and adventure wedding photographer whose work centers on glaciers, mountains, and the wilder corners of Southeast Alaska. Her portfolio includes ceremonies shot at Alyeska Resort and on the region’s alpine trails, and her stated specialty — glacier elopements — puts her in direct reach of the Mendenhall Glacier and the Douglas Island trail system, both a short drive from downtown Douglas. Sierra describes her style as lifestyle-driven rather than heavily posed: she leans into candid interaction between couples and lets genuine emotion carry the images, paired with a cinematic, story-first editing approach. Beyond Juneau, she’s photographed elopements in Seward, Girdwood, Denali, and Hatcher Pass, along with destination work in Washington, Oregon, and Iceland, so she’s comfortable adapting to remote, weather-dependent locations — a useful trait for a Douglas ceremony that might involve a boat crossing, a forest trailhead, or a beach on the channel. Her booking process starts with a phone or video consultation so couples can talk through logistics before committing, which matters for weddings in a smaller, ferry-and-boat-access community like Douglas. Wild Iris Studios also shoots boudoir and offers video content through YouTube and TikTok, giving couples a fuller picture of her range before booking. 

Becoming Images is a boutique wedding and lifestyle photography studio run by Penny, who has spent more than fifteen years documenting weddings and has photographed over 200 celebrations across Alaska and beyond. Based in Juneau, just across the channel from Douglas, Penny now works alongside her daughter Kaley, giving the studio a genuine family partnership behind the camera. Their approach leans into Southeast Alaska’s unpredictable weather rather than fighting it — one couple who married at the Juneau Tram noted that Penny and Kaley turned a gray, rainy day into playful, striking images that captured the lush green mist of the Tongass rainforest. That same instinct for working with the landscape, rather than around it, makes the studio a strong fit for Douglas Island weddings, where fog rolling off Gastineau Channel and the forested hillsides of Mt. Jumbo offer their own version of that same moody, cinematic backdrop. Becoming Images books weddings, elopements, and intimate ceremonies, and offers dedicated planning guidance on locations, vendors, and day-of timing so couples aren’t figuring out logistics alone. Reviewers consistently point to the team’s professionalism and calm presence on the wedding day itself, which matters in a region where weather and ferry schedules can upend even a carefully planned timeline. With a track record built over 15-plus years and hundreds of weddings, Becoming Images brings a level of experience that’s hard to match in the Juneau-Douglas market.