Pearl Moments Photography

Pearl Moments Photography is based in Norfolk, Nebraska. Tanisha Palensky has run Pearl Moments Photography from a studio in downtown Columbus since 2013, and was voted Best Photographer in the 2025 Best of Columbus community awards.

Her editing style favors warm, natural tones over heavy filters, and her blog and client galleries show a steady stream of recent sessions rather than a portfolio that's gone stale.

Her newborn work covers both a traditional in-studio session and a Fresh 48 hospital lifestyle session for parents who want their baby's first day documented before leaving the hospital, including scheduled c-section births when timing allows.

In our 2026 rankings for Norfolk, NE, Pearl Moments Photography placed No. 7 for newborn photography. Rankings are earned through research and can't be bought.

You can reach Pearl Moments Photography by calling (402) 992-1499, through pearlmomentsbytanisha.com and by sending your date through the form on this page.

It's a $350 session held in the hospital within 24 hours of your baby's birth, capturing those first hours before you head home. Tanisha can only guarantee availability for scheduled c-section births, since natural labor timing is harder to plan around.

For $1,500, it bundles a newborn session (studio or lifestyle) with four more sessions across baby's first year -- the rollover stage around 3 months, sitting up around 6 months, crawling around 9 months, and a 12-month standing or walking session that can include a cake smash.

Newborn sessions are typically done in-studio or in-home. Most other on-location session types are kept within about 20 miles of Columbus, so it's worth confirming travel details when you reach out if you're coming from further away, like Norfolk.

No -- Tanisha also photographs maternity, couples, family, extended family gatherings, seniors, and business branding from her downtown Columbus studio, so many newborn clients return to her for later family milestones.