Welcome To Fine Art Newborns

Marcelle Raphael is an award winning newborn and maternity photographer. Located in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, hers is the only studio to offer a complete pregnancy, maternity and newborn journey. Your experience starts as early as six weeks into your pregnancy with a state-of-the-art elective 2D / 3D / 4D ultrasound service, allowing you to bond with your baby before they arrive. Next you can choose to show off the beauty of your pregnancy with a pampered, high-fashion maternity portrait session with professional hair and make-up included. Once your newborn arrives we will capture the highest quality heirloom newborn and family portraits in fine art style.

Having photographed more than 500 babies within 13 years, she is highly skilled in the art of photography, posing and newborn safety, making her the perfect choice to capture family treasures for you to love for generations.

As a leader and educator in the photography industry, Marcelle teaches baby photographers across the nation in her “Newborn Intensive Courses”. She is also the Executive Director of Professional Photographers of South Carolina, Assistant Director of the Lamarr Williamson School of Photography and a leader in Professional Photographers of America.

What Happens When You Book With Fine Art Newborns?

Your experience with Fine Art Newborns is designed to capture the most stunning images of you and your little one. It starts with a pre-booking and preparation phone call, followed by the newborn or maternity portrait session. Your images are then fine art edited to perfection and delivered to you digitally to print and share.

Pre-Booking and Preparation Call

Before any images are taken, we will discuss the plan to capture your maternity or baby photos. Over the phone, we will review scheduling, color choices and options and how you should prepare for your session.

Before you book, you will know what the entire experience will be and can trust that we have put together a process that will give you the most precious images for you to cherish forever.

The Studio Session

Maternity portrait sessions are photographed between 28-32 weeks and last approximately 90 minutes.

Newborn portrait sessions take place 5-14 days after birth. Your session will start at 10am and last around 2-3 hours.

Immediate family members are more than welcome.

Image Processing and Delivery

After your session, images will be edited to the finest detail. I will post one of my favorites as a sneak peek on Facebook that week.

Within three weeks, you will receive a link to your own private gallery for viewing and downloading. Each image will be delivered in two formats. The first is optimized for printing and archiving. The second is optimized for social media and web.