Lilly Flakova
A newborn asleep in soft white bedding
Newborn · Maternity · Family

The first days,gently kept.

Maternity, birth story and newborn sessions photographed at home, at your baby's pace — the small, temporary details you will want back in ten years.

Three weeks, andthen it's gone.

Newborn photographs are the only ones with a deadline. For about three weeks everything — the curled hands, the shape of the sleep, the way the whole house goes quiet — belongs to that moment and no other. I photograph it the way it actually is: at home, unhurried, and led entirely by the baby.

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Maternity

Photographed in the last weeks, at home or somewhere with good evening light. Nothing stiff, nothing staged — just the two of you, and the shape of the waiting.

  • 60–90 minutes
  • Home or outdoors
  • Partner & siblings welcome
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The first 48 hours

A short, quiet session in the hospital or at home in the first days: the first hold, the first visitors, the details that blur almost immediately. Booked around your due date, not a fixed calendar slot.

  • On call around your date
  • 45–60 minutes
  • Gallery within a week
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Newborn at home

Between days five and twenty-one, in your own rooms, on your own schedule. No props, no headbands, no baskets — feeds and naps included, and we stop whenever the baby says so.

  • 2–3 hours, baby-led
  • No props
  • Safe, unhurried handling
04

The first year

Sitting, crawling, walking, cake. Three short sessions across the year, or a single family session whenever it suits — the same relaxed approach, a little more chasing.

  • Milestone sessions
  • Family portraits
  • Print collections
A newborn's hand held between two adult fingers
Newborn films

A minute of howit sounded.

How the session works
01

At your pace

Sessions run on the baby's clock. Feeds, changes and naps are part of the plan, not an interruption.

02

At home

Your rooms, your light, your things. Newborn photographs age far better than a studio backdrop.

03

Safe hands

No posed compositing, no props a baby can't hold. Comfort first, every time.

04

Quickly delivered

A private gallery within a week, because grandparents are not patient people.

Recent sessions

Newborn & maternity

Tell me yourdue date.

I hold a small number of dates either side of each due date, so early is better than late — even a rough month helps.