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Family and Newborn Photos is Saddle River

I love photographing families – and photographing growing families is definitely really high up on my Favorites List. I love capturing the chaos and joy that’s those first few months with a new baby at home.

Whenever my newborn clients ask me what’s the best time for their newborn session I always recommend to do it about 6-8 weeks after the baby is born. This gives Mom some time to recover and the whole family to settle into a life with a newborn. And the baby is a bit more aware at that point, which means that we can capture wonderful eye contract!

I love at home newborn sessions but at home newborn sessions when there are older siblings involved at my favorites! I always structure these sessions like a family session (because that’s what it is) with a newborn focus:)

This family session had a it all – a grand house tour given by the big brother, some story time, some tickle time, backyard adventures and quiet time with the new baby girl.

Brothers reading to each other at a family photo shoot at their home in Bergen County

Two brothers laughing during their family photo shoot in Saddle River

Capturing chaos of a family with three kids during at-home photo session in Saddle River

New mama is holding her baby at her at home session in Saddle River

Beautiful baby girl being photographed at her home in Saddle River during a newborn family photo session

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And the winners are….

It was a very intense race and I was very excited to see the results of Live Love Laugh Photos Best of 2017 contest. So without further ado, here are the winners!

1. The grand prize winner (with 101 votes across three platforms) is Image 18 ‘Thoughtful’! This family ran a great campaign and will receive a beautiful 16×24 gallery wrapped canvas of this stunning image!

2. The Second Prize winner is Image 7 ‘Happy!’ This family will receive $250 gift certificate towards a 2018 Signature or a Simplicity session!

3. And the winners of a Free studio winter mini sessions are: Jamie Bula and Stacey DeMarco. Ladies please contact me ASAP at lena@livelovelaughphotos.com to schedule your session.

There can only be one Grand Prize winner but I love all images that made it to the final round and want everybody to be able to display them in their homes. So all finalists in my Best of 207 contest will receive a 35% discount on a 16×24 gallery wrapped canvas of their ‘finalist’! Contact me by Feb 28 if you are interested in purchasing it.

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Baby’s First Year Photography Package

From wrinkly sleepy newborns to coos of alert babies to toothless grins of mischievous almost-toddlers; learning how to sit up and how to walk, the first year of your child’s life is full of amazing milestones. As a Mom I captured these milestones of my own children and I would love you to be able to have these memories captured as well. And that’s how the idea of my Baby’s First Year Plan was born.

Baby Plan membership fee covers sessions during the first thirteen months of your baby’s life. It is $2500 and includes:

Two weekday Signature Sessions and a $750 print credit for each session – total credit of $1500
One studio all-inclusive Milestone Baby session (optional upgrade to a family session is available)
One 11×14 canvas for every session held during the Baby Plan period
One set of 25 birth announcements or holiday cards
Priority Booking for Annual Free Holiday Studio Mini Sessions (includes a complimentary mini session and one digital image)

With a Baby Plan you can add the following optional add-ons to the package:

All-inclusive Studio Maternity Mini Session – $400
Optional unlimited all-inclusive Studio Milestone mini sessions – $500 each

With a Baby Plan, between canvases and custom cards you receive over $1350 worth of boutique goodies!

Because of the amount of time invested in each Baby Fist Year Plan, I will be taking only a limited number of Baby Planners a year. So if this sounds like something you would like to do, reach out to me ASAP to book your spot! And then start thinking about where you will be displaying beautiful canvases that you will receive with each session!

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And the winners are….

I could not wait to see the results of Live Love Laugh Photos Best of 2016 contest and find out who the big winners were. So without further ado, here are the winners!

1. The grand prize winner (with 79 votes) is ‘Pretty in Pink’! This family will receive a beautiful 16×24 gallery wrapped canvas of this stunnning image!

2. The Second Prize winner (with 67 votes) is ‘Wishing Upon a Star! This family will receive $250 gift certificate towards a 2017 Signature or a Simplicity session!

3. And the winners of a Free studio mini sessions are: Juliana Napalit and Christina (stranch2@hotmail.com) . Ladies please contact me ASAP at lena@livelovelaughphotos.com to schedule your session.

There can only be one Grand Prize winner but I love all images that made it to the final round and want everybody to be able to display them in their homes. So all finalists in my Best of 20164 contest will receive a 30% discount on a 16×24 gallery wrapped canvas of their ‘finalist’! Contact me by Feb 28 if you are interested in purchasing it.

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Sweet baby boy | Wyckoff newborn photo session

At 8 weeks at the time of his photoshoot E. was, what photographers consider, an ‘older’ newborn’. A lot of newborn photographers would tell you that the best time for a newborn session is as close to the birth as possibly – usually within first 10 days. And I do tell this to my clients as well – when they want to get typical posed newborn images. And while I love squishy sleepy newborns, as a photographer who is known for her lifestyle family work, I have to say that I love lifestyle family sessions with older newborns. When babies are between 6 and 10 weeks they are beginning to loose their ‘newborn’ look but instead they are a lot more aware, awake and their personality definitely shows. Having a session a few weeks after the birth also gives new parents some time to get used to having a baby (and not sleeping at night!) and time for Moms to recover.

From the moment I walked into their Wyckoff home for an at-home newborn photo session I could feel how special these guys were. From little personal touches everywhere in their home to the way they looked at their beautiful baby boy – you could almost feel love in the air! It was grey and rainy outside that day but inside their home it was warm, loving and cozy. I loved baby E. Disney inspired nursery with adorable prints, lots of special toys and a hand made sign post.

In the pre-session questionnaire this Mom told me that E.’s Dad could make me smile and he did just that – it was so special to see their bond and E.s dimply gummy smile! This guy was just 2 months old but he had his parents and grandparents wrapped around his perfect little fingers! I loved creating first family portraits for this family of three and capturing baby E. with his adoring grandparents. And I cannot wait to photograph them again in the future!