Find the Best Photographers in Fairbanks

Love Alaska Studio Photography offers newborn portraiture from both a downtown Fairbanks studio and in clients’ own homes, giving families a choice between a traditional studio setup and a documentary-style session shot wherever they’re most comfortable. For in-home newborn sessions, the studio brings its own lighting equipment along, so families don’t have to worry about their space being “photo ready”: Love Alaska Studio handles the technical side while parents focus on their new baby. The studio’s approach spans traditional, lifestyle, and fine art portraiture styles, letting families choose between classic posed newborn portraits and a more candid, documentary feel that captures the actual first days at home rather than a staged backdrop. That documentary option is packaged as the studio’s “Family Docu-Story,” starting at $750, which leans into real, unposed moments, a diaper change, a first bath, siblings meeting the baby for the first time, rather than only formal poses. Because the studio offers both studio and in-home newborn sessions, it fits a range of family preferences, from parents who want the controlled backdrops of a studio to those who’d rather not leave the house with a days-old infant, especially during a Fairbanks winter. Sessions can be booked directly through the studio’s website, where families can also view examples of past in-home newborn work. 

Amy Torres Photography brands itself as Fairbanks, Alaska’s premiere newborn and child photographer, working out of Ft. Wainwright and serving families throughout the Fairbanks and interior Alaska area. Amy’s session menu covers the full arc of a baby’s first year and beyond, including maternity portraits, newborn sessions, Fresh 48 sessions taken within the first two days after birth, milestone sessions, and cake smash photography for first birthdays. Her cake smash sessions are built as a full experience rather than just a few frames with frosting; each one wraps up with a splash bath, giving parents a playful, messy, memorable close to the shoot. Because Amy works with newborns as young as a couple of days old through the Fresh 48 sessions, her approach has to accommodate the reality of a family still adjusting to life with a new baby, working around hospital or home settings and a newborn’s unpredictable feeding and sleep schedule. Her portfolio spans soft, classic newborn portraits to more playful milestone and cake smash images, giving Fairbanks-area families a single photographer who can document a baby from their first days through their first birthday. Families can view her full newborn, milestone, and cake smash galleries and reach her directly through her website to check session availability. 

Jana Butman Photography has specialized in family and baby photography in Fairbanks since 2010, working with babies from one week of age all the way through toddlerhood. Her downtown studio, at 2nd Avenue Suite 204, offers newborn, maternity, family, and cake smash sessions, along with on-location shoots around the Fairbanks area for families who prefer a natural, outdoor setting. Jana has built her newborn technique through workshops with portrait educators Kelly Brown and Rachel Vanoven and by attending the Milky Way Family Retreat, training that centers on safely posing infants who are still just days old. Her overall approach to photography is intentionally minimal, keeping the focus on the connection between a baby and their family rather than elaborate props or backdrops, and she describes creating “a welcoming atmosphere” where even nervous first-time parents feel at ease while she works. Safety stays the priority throughout every newborn posing sequence, with sessions paced around feeding and settling a baby rather than a fixed schedule. Beyond the photography itself, Jana also offers print and home art design services, helping families turn a newborn session into framed prints or wall art rather than just a digital gallery. For Fairbanks families looking for a studio with more than a decade of dedicated baby photography experience, Jana Butman Photography combines that experience with a calm, unhurried session style. 

Moose Tracks Photography is run by Melissa, who has worked as a professional photographer in Fairbanks since November 2018 from her downtown studio on 4th Avenue. Melissa shoots on Canon EOS R mirrorless cameras with professional studio lighting and finishes every gallery in Adobe editing software, and while her studio handles portrait, family, real estate, and headshot photography, clients specifically seek her out for her newborn work. One client testimonial describes her as having “a golden touch with newborns,” recalling how she soothed their baby into a deep sleep before gently posing her for the session, exactly the kind of unhurried, safety-first handling that newborn photography demands. Families who’ve worked with Melissa describe the resulting images as photos that “will be treasured for the rest of our lives,” a reflection of both her technical skill and her patience during a type of session that can’t be rushed. Based in downtown Fairbanks, Moose Tracks Photography gives families an in-studio option with professional lighting and equipment purpose-built for capturing sleepy newborn portraits, without needing to travel outside the city. Melissa’s broader portrait and family photography background also means Moose Tracks can grow with a family, from a baby’s earliest days through milestone and family sessions in the years that follow. 

Sweet Rose Newborn Photography is the Fairbanks studio of Vanessa Sanoja, who has photographed more than 600 newborns since founding the business in 2014. Vanessa’s training includes workshops with well-known portrait educators Kelly Brown, Sue Bryce, and Ana Brandt, along with specialized instruction in newborn safety and posing, a priority she reinforces by keeping her own vaccinations and boosters current for the youngest clients in her studio. Sweet Rose’s newborn sessions are built around patience: babies set the pace, and the studio delivers a gallery of 35 retouched images once a session wraps. Maternity clients have access to a wardrobe of roughly 20 gowns and can bring family members along for combination sessions that mix studio, outdoor, or blended settings. Beyond newborn and maternity work, Sweet Rose also photographs first-year milestones and cake smash sessions, tracking a baby’s growth from their earliest days through their first birthday. The studio, located on Airport Way in Fairbanks, serves families from Fort Wainwright, Eielson Air Force Base, and North Pole in addition to Fairbanks proper, and offers payment plans to make sessions more accessible. Clients consistently describe Vanessa’s approach as calm and reassuring, with reviews highlighting how comfortable she makes new parents feel while she works gently with a sleeping newborn. 

Two Wild Photography is run by Deanna, a Fairbanks-based photographer with more than 12 years of experience photographing families throughout interior Alaska. While she’s best known locally for wedding and elopement coverage, her portfolio also includes newborn portrait sessions, offered as part of the same personal, unhurried approach she brings to every shoot. The studio’s name comes from Deanna’s own two children, and that family-first sensibility carries directly into how she photographs the newest members of other people’s families, with patience for feeding breaks, mid-session fussiness, and the unpredictable rhythms of a baby just days or weeks old. Deanna describes her overall philosophy as capturing “the everyday magic that makes your heart beat hardest,” an approach that favors soft, candid connection over stiff formality, which suits newborn sessions especially well since the best moments often happen between poses rather than during them. Based in Fairbanks, she’s built her business around meeting Interior Alaska families wherever they are, and her decade-plus of local experience means she understands the practical realities of photographing newborns during an Alaska winter, from managing studio warmth to working around short daylight hours. Families can reach Two Wild Photography directly at (907) 854-4904 to ask about newborn session availability. 

Applegum Photography is the newborn portrait studio of Ashley Leppert, who has specialized in newborn photography in Fairbanks for 13 years. The name Applegum began as a personal nickname and became the identity of her Interior Alaska studio, where Ashley works as a wife and homeschooling mother of five alongside her photography practice. She describes herself as a custom portrait photographer who has built her business around one specialty: newborns, in a studio designed specifically for the comfort and safety of babies just days old. Ashley schedules sessions during the first two to three weeks of a newborn’s life, when babies tend to be sleepiest and curl into the soft, posed portraits her studio is known for, and she builds two to three hours into every appointment so there’s time for feeding, soothing, and diaper changes without rushing a sleeping baby. Every session includes props, wraps, and outfits supplied by the studio, along with coordinating dresses available for mothers and older siblings who want to be part of the portraits. Applegum Photography serves families throughout Interior Alaska, including North Pole, Fort Wainwright, and Eielson Air Force Base, in addition to Fairbanks itself. For families navigating the unpredictability of a newborn’s schedule, Ashley’s studio experience and years of specialization mean she’s built her process around handling mid-session feedings and fussy moments calmly. 

Shiana Joy Photography, run by Fairbanks photographer Shiana Joy under the handle @goodvibetribe, has built a following of more than 4,700 people around a distinctive “romantic, moody” visual style. Her work spans both weddings and portraits, and her website features an elopement-focused offering she brands “Adventure Vow,” aimed at couples who want their ceremony built around Alaska’s landscape rather than a traditional venue. Her portfolio includes full wedding-party photographs — brides in flowing gowns, bridesmaids in matching sage-green dresses, groomsmen lined up against a backdrop of spruce forest and open sky — alongside quieter, more intimate engagement images shot along Fairbanks-area riverbanks at golden hour. That range, from big group wedding-party shots to close, emotional couple portraits, reflects an approach built around capturing genuine reactions rather than only formal poses. Her online bio promises “weddings & portraits” with a consistently moody, cinematic color grade rather than the bright-and-airy look common elsewhere in the wedding photography world. For Fairbanks couples drawn to a specific aesthetic — dramatic skies, rich tones, and a sense of adventure built into the images themselves — Shiana Joy Photography offers a visual style distinct from the more traditional or documentary-style studios also working in the area. 

Alaska Film Images is the wedding and portrait photography business of Howard Benson, who has called Fairbanks home for more than two decades. What makes his studio distinct in the Fairbanks market is his commitment to film: rather than shooting digitally, Howard uses old film cameras to photograph weddings, engagement sessions, bridal portraits, and family portraits, producing the grain, tonal depth, and timeless black-and-white look that only analog photography delivers. His own site puts it plainly — he wants to help couples “preserve your wedding day with the classic look of film” rather than settle for images that look interchangeable with everyone else’s. That philosophy shows in his portfolio, which includes quiet, documentary-style black-and-white portraits of Fairbanks couples on their wedding day, shot with the softer contrast and organic grain structure specific to film stock. Past clients have described the results as timeless; one client, Stefani Ruschman, wrote that she and her partner were “very grateful and pleased” with photos they called beautiful and timeless. For couples who want their wedding images to look and feel different from the wall of near-identical digital wedding photography online, and who are drawn to the nostalgic, archival quality of true film photography, Howard Benson’s decades of Fairbanks experience and dedication to the medium make Alaska Film Images a distinctive option. 

Bryanna Hunt Photography is a Fairbanks-based studio that Bryanna Hunt describes on her own site as offering “Fine Art Wedding + Portrait Photography.” While much of her recent work centers on boutique, editorial-style portrait sessions, her wedding and engagement portfolio includes genuinely candid moments — including an outdoor engagement session where the couple is caught mid-embrace, ring visible, laughing together rather than posing stiffly for the camera. That relaxed, connection-first style carries through to how she talks about her work: she describes wanting clients to feel comfortable and confident in front of the lens, an approach she credits in part to training tied to Sue Bryce’s associate photographer accreditation, a recognized program within the fine-art portrait photography world. Her online presence includes an active portfolio, blog, and print shop, giving Fairbanks couples a chance to see a wide range of past sessions before booking. Because her studio blends wedding-day storytelling with the posed, polished sensibility of fine-art portraiture, she’s a fit for couples who want their wedding or engagement photos to feel intentional and elevated rather than purely documentary. For Fairbanks and North Pole couples drawn to a more stylized, editorial look for their big day, Bryanna Hunt Photography offers a distinct alternative to the candid-documentary approach common among other local wedding photographers. 

Applegum Photography is owned and operated by Ashley Leppert, a fine-art photographer based in Fairbanks with a studio at 542 4th Avenue in the heart of downtown. What sets Applegum apart is the sheer breadth of interior Alaska it covers: alongside Fairbanks, the studio regularly serves North Pole, Fort Wainwright, Eielson, Delta Junction, Nenana, Salcha, and Fox, making it a practical choice for couples marrying anywhere across the region rather than just within city limits. Ashley’s wedding portfolio leans into genuine, in-the-moment shots — bridal parties laughing together, quiet details caught between the posed formals — rather than an over-styled, editorial look. Her online scheduling and clearly published booking process make it straightforward for engaged couples to lock in a date, and she recommends booking at least six months ahead given how quickly interior Alaska’s short wedding season fills up. Beyond weddings, Applegum also shoots newborn, maternity, and family sessions, so many of her wedding clients return for portraits as their families grow. For couples who want a Fairbanks photographer already familiar with the logistics of shooting across a widely spread service area — different lighting at different elevations, travel time between towns, and Alaska’s dramatic seasonal light — Applegum Photography brings that regional experience to the table. 

Two Wild Photography is run by Deanna, a Fairbanks-based photographer with more than 12 years of experience documenting families, couples, and weddings across interior Alaska. The name comes from her own two children, and that same sense of personal, close-knit storytelling carries into how she approaches every wedding day. Deanna describes her work as capturing “the everyday magic that makes your heart beat hardest” — an approach that favors candid connection over stiff, posed formality. Her services span full wedding-day coverage, intimate elopements, and portrait sessions, and she’s built a reputation for meeting couples wherever their celebration takes them; as she puts it, “no distance is too far” when it comes to an Alaska elopement. That flexibility matters in a region where a ceremony might happen on a riverbank, a mountain overlook, or under the aurora, and where getting there is often part of the story. Clients consistently point to her patience and ability to put nervous couples at ease in front of the camera, a skill that shows in the relaxed, genuine expressions throughout her portfolio. For Fairbanks couples who want a photographer who already understands the logistics of shooting a wedding in interior Alaska — long summer light, unpredictable weather, and remote locations — Two Wild Photography brings over a decade of local experience to the job.