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Newborn baby being held by parents, mother kissing the baby's forehead, father smiling with eyes closed, at East and Elm Portrait Studio during a studio newborn session in Fairport, NY.

Full-service family, newborn & maternity photography in Fairport, NY

Let's Create Something Worth Keeping

Timeless family, newborn, and maternity photography for Fairport and Rochester, NY families who want their moments and connections held onto, not just remembered.

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A dad holding a young girl with curly hair and a white bow at East and Elm Portrait Studio in Fairport, NY, during a family session.

Two children lying upside down on a bed, smiling and playing at East and Elm Portrait Studio in Fairport, NY, during a family session.

A newborn baby with a white bow headband cuddling a dog on a white bed at East and Elm Portrait Studio in Fairport, NY, during a newborn session.

A young girl with curly hair, tied with white bows, sitting on a beige textured blanket and pillows, smiling at the camera at East and Elm Portrait Studio in Fairport, NY, during a family session.

A woman with long blonde hair lying down and gently kissing a sleeping baby, both on a white textured blanket at East and Elm Portrait Studio in Fairport, NY, during a newborn session.

The Only Thing You Own That's Worth More, Year After Year

A photograph doesn't lose its value the way everything else in your home does. It gains it. What feels ordinary today, the way your daughter grips your hand, the exact shade of your son's baby curls, becomes the thing you can't believe you almost didn't stop to capture. That's the point of East & Elm: to slow you down long enough to notice, and make sure what you notice ends up somewhere you'll see it for the rest of your life.

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Don't Just Book the Photographer. Book the Artist.

East & Elm Portrait Studio is a full-service experience, start to finish:

A real studio to walk into, not just an inbox exchange
Client closet and outfit styling, so you never have to guess what to wear
A design consultation before your session, where we plan every detail together
Hair and makeup, available as an add-on
A reveal and design session, where we choose your favorites and design your artwork together
Custom, heirloom-quality artwork and albums, made to be lived with, not left on a hard drive

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Sessions for Every Season of Your Story

Family Photography

Rochester and Fairport family sessions built around how your family actually moves, plays, and connects, not stiff poses that feel like everyone's holding their breath.

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Milestone Membership

A Rochester and Fairport, NY membership built around baby's first year, so nothing in between gets missed.

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Newborn Photography

In-studio newborn sessions in Fairport, NY, designed around your baby's comfort and your family's story.

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Maternity Photography

This season moves fast. Rochester and Fairport maternity sessions that slow it down, so you have images that hold onto what it felt like before your baby arrived.

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Branding & Headshots

Branding photography for Rochester entrepreneurs who want more than a stock photo gallery, images that actually look and feel like your business.

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Senior Photos

Rochester senior photos that feel like them, not a template pulled from Pinterest. Real personality, real portraits.

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Erinn Magin, owner of East and Elm Portrait studio, sitting on a white cube near a large window with sunlight streaming in, wearing white pants and a light-colored sleeveless top, smiling and looking at the camera.

A woman sitting on a white bed holding a newborn baby in a beige blanket, at East and Elm Portrait studio in Fairport, NY.

Twenty Years Behind the Camera. One Reason for All of It.

Erinn has photographed families for 14+ years, after starting her career in wedding photography and building her business out in Colorado. Now she's back home in Fairport, doing the work that matters most to her: helping families slow down, and giving them something to hand down.

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A young girl sitting on a white cube at East and Elm Portrait Studio in Fairport, NY, during a family photography session.

A woman and a man hold a newborn baby close, both with foreheads touching and eyes closed, smiling softly, in an intimate family moment at East and Elm Portrait studio in Fairport, NY.

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Whether it's newborn to first birthday, or your family's yearly portraits, membership is built for the families who know they'll want these images again next year, and the year after that.

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    Seen.
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