When I spoke to this Mom about their Ridgewood family photo session she said that she did not want any posed images – all she wanted was fun and interactive photos of her family.  This was music to my ears because doing at home family sessions in Bergen County and capturing families’ every day moments is my absolute favorite thing to do!  And when she asked me if it would be Ok to capture a kitchen sink bath ritual they do with the baby of the family I knew that this session was be super fun.  And fun (and a bit chaotic) it was!

I arrived at their Ridgewood home bright and early (at 7:30!) and was able to capture their morning routine.  We got everything: from having cereal and listening to kids songs for breakfast to jumping on their parents bed and climbing into the little brother’s crib, getting their hair brushed by dad and getting bathed in the sink by Mom, climbing on windows in the bedroom and jumping from couches in the living room!  It was chaotic and loud and unscripted and absolutely perfect!  This was my first purely lifestyle family photo session in a while and I absolutely LOVED it!

And what’s even more important than ME loving it is that these parents loved it as well!   At their viewing/ordering session, after seeing literally just first TWO images this mom told me that she loved them and wanted to buy them ALL.  And when I joked that maybe she would hate the rest (after all, she only saw two at that time) she told me that feel of the images was exactly what she wanted to capture.  And that made my day!  And yes, she did buy them all:)

If you are located in Ridgewood or anywhere else in Bergen County and would like to have natural and fun family photos reach out to me – I would love to be your Bergen county lifestyle family photographer!

One of many awesome things about being a family photographer is watching kids grow – a lot of clients come back to me once or twice a year and seeing how kids have change during this short amount of time (while parents miraculously look the same) is pretty amazing…  But some of the most interesting and drastic transformations I get to witness is with ‘my’ newborns… Kids change so much within the first year and when they come back to me for their 6 months or a year session I am literally amazed at how different they are – not only look-wise (and they Do look very different from the squishy newborns they once were) but how they turn into their own people!

This was my fourth session with baby E.- although at 1.5 years old he does not look like a baby any more… He is so independent, knows what he likes (Finding Nemo and blowing bubbles are among his favorites), has the most adorable elbow dimples and he is just so full of personality!

When we were planning this session his Mom said that she did not want to be in any pictures – she wanted photos of just the two ‘boys’ together – E. and his Dad.  You know me – I am ALL ABOUT getting Moms in front of the camera and if I am being honest I was not 100% bought into this idea at first.  But when I came to the house and watched these two interact I could totally see why the Mom wanted to do the session the way we did it – it changed the dynamic of it!  And it really was so much fun capturing these two together!

Mom joined us towards the end of the session and what a joyous reunion it was – little E. wrapped his chubby hands around her neck – you would think he did not see her for DAYS!:)

Grandparents popped over towards the end as well – and I am so glad they did!  They adore this little guy and I was thrilled to be able to capture that.