Yana Skakun
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Photography Blog
Tips, guides, venue spotlights and behind-the-scenes stories from my photography sessions across England.
Newborn & Baby
19 March 2026·6 min read
Hospital Newborn Photography: Fresh 48 Sessions Explained
Fresh 48 sessions capture your baby within the first 48 hours in hospital — the skin-on-skin moments, tiny details, and pure newness before you even leave the ward. What these sessions involve and how to arrange one in the UK.
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Newborn & Baby
19 March 2026·7 min read
Twins Newborn Photography: Everything You Need to Know
Twins newborn sessions require more time, more planning, and a very different approach to posing. From coordinating sleep states to capturing individual and together shots, a complete guide to photographing twins in the newborn period.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Surprise Vow Renewal Photography: When One Partner Plans a Secret Celebration
A surprise vow renewal is one of the most emotionally charged events a photographer can document. The moment of realisation, the tears, the joy — everything must be captured.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Multicultural Wedding Photography: Two Cultures, One Beautiful Story
Multicultural weddings weave together rituals, dress, and family from different traditions. They are visually rich and require a photographer who understands both cultural contexts.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Catholic Wedding Photography: Church Ceremonies, Sacrament & Beauty
Catholic weddings have a liturgical structure and a sacramental weight that differs from civil ceremonies. Here is how to photograph them with appropriate understanding.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Jewish Wedding Photography in the UK: Chuppah, Hora & Beautiful Tradition
Jewish weddings are rich with visual tradition — the chuppah, the breaking of the glass, the hora, the bedeken. A guide to documenting them with understanding and care.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Sunrise Elopement Photography: First Light, First Kiss, Unforgettable
A sunrise elopement — just the two of you, at dawn, with the world quiet and the light extraordinary — is one of the most beautiful experiences a photographer can document.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Elopement Photography in Cambridgeshire & East England
Elopements in East England — Cambridge, the Fens, the coast, the countryside — for couples who want an intimate, meaningful celebration without the machinery of a large wedding.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Intimate Legal Ceremony + Big Celebration: The Perfect Two-Part Wedding
More couples are splitting the legal ceremony from the celebration — a private registry office moment followed by a larger party. How this works photographically.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Intimate Wedding Photography in Cambridgeshire
Small weddings in Cambridgeshire — registry offices, college chapels, private houses — with the focus entirely on people rather than spectacle.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Two Grooms: Celebrating Gay Wedding Photography
Gay weddings with two grooms have a distinct energy and aesthetic worth celebrating on its own terms, not as a variation on a heterosexual template.
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Wedding Tips
19 March 2026·6 min read
Celebrating Two Brides: Beautiful Lesbian Wedding Photography
Same-sex weddings with two brides are an opportunity to photograph femininity, love, and celebration in a way that has distinct visual character.
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Photography Blog — Tips, Guides & Inspiration
Welcome to the photography blog by Yana Skakun — a professional photographer based in Cambridge, England. This journal covers everything from practical wedding planning guides and engagement session advice to family photoshoot tips, newborn photography guides, portrait session prep, and venue spotlights across Cambridgeshire, London, and East England.
Whether you're a couple planning your wedding, a family getting ready for a seasonal portrait session, or a professional preparing for a headshot shoot — you'll find honest, experience-based advice here. Every article is written from real sessions and years of capturing life's most meaningful moments across England.