Chicago Newborn Photographers

Maya has always had a love for photography. From a very early age - if she went, a camera went with her! Maya cultivated that love with darkroom work, photography courses, and contributing to her college as photo editor of the newspaper, yearbook and literary magazine Maya specializes in Maternity Shoots, Newborn Sessions, Children's Photography, Head shots, Engagements and Family Portraits. She also shoots Special Events and Celebrations such as Charity Gala's, Small Weddings and Birthday Parties. If she were to choose a favorite...it definitely would be family photography capturing moments to be shared generation, after generation, after generation.

After Ahmed el Ainouni started his freelancing career as a lifestyle, portrait & action sports photographer& videographer in 2014 in Amsterdam, he soon started travelling for his assignments in Europe & the US. Since 2019 he's fully based in Chicago. He has worked with businesses as well as individuals and is usually responsible for both, pre- and post-production. Therefore his expertise ranges from concept creation, capturing visuals to retouching and handing over the final product to his clients.

Megan has so far spent 19 years shooting freelance commercial, wedding/ event, portrait/ fashion, and lifestyle work. Her ability to keep it professional, but make a shoot FUN is a unique aspect of what she bring to the table. Offering direction, posing, and her ability to align help clients achieve the exact look needed. Career Highlight: Having an image digitally displayed at the Louvre in Paris for the fifth annual Exposure Award.

Lena Vieira is a professional photographer that has been working in the business since 2006 right out of high school. She has her bachelors and masters degrees in photography where she has used her craft to express herself as a fine art artist along with bringing her many clients ideas to life with her photography skills. In 2012 Lena decided to leave her small town life in Santa Fe, New Mexico to pursue her dream for the big city and started Vieira Photo. She wanted to do more with her photography career started to develop a passion of giving back to the community of teaching photography and its art to students of all ages around Chicagoland. Her work helped create an after school program for teens to attend and learn how to become artists. Lena has a strong passion in photographing the Autism community with working with families and organizations for the past few years. Lena has a strong passion for all areas of photography but her specialty is portraits.

Alethia is an experienced photographer who specializes in wedding, portrait, lifestyle, and family photography. With a background in museum and product photography, she also partners with multiple Boston offices and startups to provide corporate, event, and artistic product photos. When not near a camera, Alethia is often found planning her next international adventure or cuddled up in a window with a good book.

Joshua Tammaro is an experienced professional Director of Photography who has worked as a freelancer with many award winning firms in Chicago for over 10 years. Joshua specializes in wedding and event photography, having completed over 400 shoots all over Chicago. When Joshua is not telling your story through the visual medium of video he is working on his passion project Photo Booth business.