Cherished Beginnings Photography

Cherished Beginnings Photography is based in Fargo, North Dakota. For Fargo families who want their baby's very first hours on record before a planned studio session even happens, that hospital-based Fresh 48 specialty is the clearest differentiator in her business.

Alongside the Fresh 48 hospital sessions, she also photographs newborns, children, couples, and families in more traditional lifestyle settings once families are settled at home.

Cherished Beginnings Photography ranks No. 3 for newborn photography among the Fargo studios we reviewed for 2026. Rankings are earned through research and can't be bought.

Cherished Beginnings Photography has been photographing clients for 8+ years. Working inside an active hospital birth center for years gives Ridgeway a specific kind of newborn experience — moving quickly, working around medical staff and equipment, and photographing babies who are hours rather than weeks old — that a photographer without that hospital contract simply doesn't build up.

You can reach Cherished Beginnings Photography by calling 701-212-5270, through cherishedbeginningsphotography.com and with the Check availability form on this page.

Jacqueline Ridgeway is the contracted Fresh 48 photographer for Sanford Birth Center in Fargo, photographing newborns during their first hours after birth.

She has worked as a professional photographer for more than eight years, focused heavily on newborn and hospital-based birth photography.

No, alongside Fresh 48 hospital sessions, the studio also photographs newborns, children, couples, and families in lifestyle settings at home.

The studio is based in Fargo and works primarily with Fargo-Moorhead metro families.