Category Archives: Newborn Photography

Bergen County Newborn Family Session in the COVID19 world

It may sound cliche but being a family photographer, right here in Bergen County, I love building relationships with my clients and watching their kids grow.  Sessions when clients come back to me for a repeat photo session are always very special to me.  Sessions when I  get to see ‘my newborns’ become big brothers or sisters are even more special.

So this family photoshoot promised to be very near and dear to my heart because last time I  photographed this family, baby A. was just a baby a few months old and now she was a bit girl of almost 2.5 and a big sister to boot!  We were supposed to have a newborn family photo session for her little sister L. but then COVID 19 happened and everything was put on hold.  But, like I  told her Mom, when we finally were able to do this session, we appreciated it so much more!  This was my first session ‘back’ working with clients and I cannot tell you how great it felt to be doing what I  love to do!  And even though there were a few things I  definitely won’t miss once all of this is over (like wearing a mask, keeping my distance, using a hand sanitizer before I walked into their house, not touching absolutely anything and keeping my time indoors to a minimum) I  am thrilled that I  can work with clients again and capture their silver linings like spending a lot more time together as a family and having fun in their own back yard!

So whether you just had a baby and are thinking about doing a bergen county newborn photoshoot or want to take advantage of everybody being at home and do a family photo session – give me a call!  I  would love to photograph your family – from a safe distance!

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Published! | New Jersey newborn photographer

Guess what – one of my images was featured in the March 2020 NAPCP Inspired Magazine!!!  It’s always such a treat seeing my images in print!

You can read the magazine here – my image is on page 47!

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Another magazine feature!

You guys – one of my images was featured in the February issue of Inspired Magazine – a magazine for professional photographers run by one of my favorite photography associations – National Association for Professional Children Photographers!   I  love newborn photo sessions and lifestyle newborn photo sessions are my favorite so having one of my lifestyle newborn photographs featured in this great amazing is pretty awesome:)   You can check out the whole magazine here.

 

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Fun lifestyle newborn family photo session in Ridgewood | Bergen county newborn photographer

I am back from my epic Asian trip (more on that later) and one of the first orders of business for me is to share a pretty cool newborn photo session I did recently.

I’ve been a family photographer in Bergen county since 2009 and have always loved on-location photoshoots.  I love photographing families outdoors (there are so many beautiful places for photoshoots in and around Ridgewood NJ) but I think my favorite sessions are the ones that take place at my clients’ homes.  And out of those my absolute favorite sessions are those with repeat clients.  And what if you add in a brand new baby into the mix?  Well, it can’t get better than that!

So you can imagine how much I loved this at home newborn family photo session that we did at my client’s home in Ridgewood.  I’ve worked with this family a number of times over the years – from the time little Ms. E. was shy toddler.  It is always such a pleasure watching her grown and change and most recently – seeing her taking on a new role – that of a BIG SISTER!  I love lifestyle newborn photo sessions and they work so well for families with other siblings – I did some directing but mostly these guys just did their own thing, enjoying life as parents of two – or doing as much ‘enjoying’ as you can with a newborn that wakes up several times a night:)   There was lots of giggles (I can still hear Ms. E laughing), the baby was an absolute perfect and Mom and Dad – as happy as ever.  I really am so fortunate that I get to share in my clients’ joy and capture this special time for them!

 

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And a baby makes FOUR – Ridgewood newborn photo session

Are you expecting a new bundle of joy and wondering what’s the best time to hold a newborn photo session?   Then you will love this TBT of this pretty awesome at home Ridgewood newborn photo session.

You may’ve heard that you need to do a newborn session as soon as possible after the baby is born – usually within first 10 days.  And I would definitely agree with that – if you would like to have sleepy cuddly posed baby images, that is.   A few days after the birth babies are still sleeping most of the time (although for a lot of them this sleeping occurs mostly during daytime hours and not at night!), are very moldable and that’s a perfect time to capture beautiful images of sleeping newborns.

My Bergen county photography studio, located in Ridgewood, is perfect for these types of sessions – it has great natural light (and studio lighting equipment for cloudy days), lots of space for everybody to spread out and plenty of props to choose from.  With these sessions I focus primary on the baby (and capture all beautiful details of them!) but there are also plenty of images with parents, brothers and sisters and a grandparents if they are there for the session.

If posed studio newborn images are not what you are looking for, then a great alternative is an at-home lifestyle photo session.  These photo sessions are very different from Ridgewood studio newborn sessions that I offer.  With these sessions the focus is on the family – snuggling up with the new baby in the family room, rocking her to sleep in her nursery, hanging out on a big family bed together.  If you spent time setting up and decorating the baby’s nursery, if you have special meaningful pieces of furniture or art that you would like to include in the session – this is a great session to do that.  And if you have other children then this is the session I would definitely recommend over a studio newborn session because we would also be able to capture your other kid(s) in their natural habitat – playing with their toys, reading their favorite books, monkeying around – and doing all their favorite things.  Think of this session as a family session with a newborn focus:)

I recommend scheduling lifestyle family photo sessions about 6-8 weeks after the baby is born.  By this time the baby is more alert and awake and makes more eye contact and has a lot more personality.  Some of them even smile when they look at their parent – and who would not want to capture their babies first smiles on camera?!  Waiting a bit after the birth also gives parents (especially the Moms) a bit more time to recover from delivery and get settled into a life with a newborn.

So the type of  a newborn photo session you should choose really depends on the type of images you would like me to capture.  But I promise you that you will be happy with the results no matter the session type:)

This Ridgewood family opted for an at-home lifestyle photo session at their home.  We were going back and forth about the timing of it and in the end they took my advice and scheduled it for when baby G. was about 8 weeks old.  The parents absolutely loved the images we captured!

There was lots of laughter:

and snuggles:

There were beautiful moments shared between these parents:

and a stunning little girl:

There was plenty of time for big brother G. to play with his dad:

and some quality Daddy/Daughter time:

and there was enough time hang out and read together as a family of four:

I absolutely loved meeting this family for their Ridgewood family session and cannot wait to watch these kids grow!

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