A woman holding a newborn baby wrapped in a white towel during a water birth in a birthing tub.

Atlanta Birth Photography & Fresh 48 Photography

Documentary birth photography and videography by a team of three experienced Atlanta birth photographers. Reliable on-call coverage for hospital, home birth, and birth center families.

Documenting birth stories for those who believe in the transformative power of birth.

Atlanta Birth Photographer | A Collective of Three Birth Photographers in Atlanta

Headshot of the Birth Story Collective; Chanda Williams, Brittany Knapik and Claire Mandrycky

Why Families Choose a Collective

Most birth photographers work alone.

If they're sick, at another birth, or unavailable, you're relying on a backup plan.

With The Birth Story Collective, you hire a team of three experienced Atlanta birth photographers who work together behind the scenes to ensure reliable coverage.

✓ Three experienced birth photographers

✓ Shared on-call coverage

✓ Familiar faces before birth

✓ One seamless experience

The day your baby is born will change you forever. Whether it unfolds quietly or with a flurry of motion, it’s a day filled with intensity and emotion. And in the middle of it all, time blurs. Details slip away.

That’s where we come in.

Our collective model means you are supported by a team, and not just one photographer. Through a shared, fully coordinated on-call system, we ensure that when your labor begins, an experienced birth photographer is ready to join you.

Every photographer on our team brings over a decade of experience documenting births of all kinds, in a wide range of environments, lighting conditions, and circumstances.

We don’t just show up…we arrive prepared.

We know how to move within your space with awareness and intention. We understand when to step forward and when to disappear. And we know how to recognize the moments that matter, even when they’re easy to miss.

Birth photography isn’t about perfection. It’s about truth. It’s about remembering how it felt.

We’re here to hold onto those moments for you, both the big ones and the quiet in-betweens.

Because years from now, when that day feels distant and almost unreal, your images will bring you back to the moment everything changed.

Questions We Hear Most Often

  • Birth doesn't keep business hours, and neither do we. We are on call 24/7 during your on-call period.

  • Because we work as a collective, families have the added security of a team rather than relying on a single photographer.

  • Many birth stories include unexpected changes. We have experience documenting cesarean births when permitted by your care team and hospital. If we aren’t allowed in the OR, we will try to pick up your story from your recovery room.

  • We plan for birth's unpredictability, and are in it for the long haul when necessary. On a rare occasion, another team member might tag in.

  • Most clients tell us they quickly forget we're there. We work quietly, only use available light (no flash), and avoid directing or interrupting your experience.

Mother in birth tub examining her newborn baby just after delivery
Big sisters pointing to their belly buttons at a Fresh48 session
We cry every time we watch it and it is something that we will cherish forever.
— K., Atlanta