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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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New Jersey newborn photography – meet baby M.

When people ask me what I recommend for newborn photography – studio or at home images my answer is ‘it depends’.  Because it really depends on what my clients’ vision for their newborn session is.  If they want images of cuddly sleepy newborns than a Ridgewood newborn studio session is the way to go.  If they want to get more lifestyle-y newborn/family images than their best bet is an at-home lifestyle newborn session.

And while I am more know for my lifestyle family and newborn photography and love newborn sessions held at my clients homes in Ridgewood and other Bergen County towns, I also like meeting and photographing newborns at my Ridgewood photography studio.  For one – when parents schedule a newborn session at my studio they don’t need to do any prep – they just need to show up with their brand new baby and a diaper bag and I take it from there – I have props, bean bags, a space heater and everything else needed for a great newborn studio session.  And natural light in my studio cannot be beat!  And as you can see from my images, even at my studio photo sessions I capture images that are natural and authentic.  As a matter of fact, some of my favorite newborn images were taken at the studio!

What almost every newborn photographer will tell you is that if you would like to get traditional ‘sleepy baby’ newborn images it is best to have the session as soon after the baby is born as possibly, usually within first 10 days.  And while I agree with that, I want to say that it IS possible to get beautiful newborn images even with ‘older’ newborn.  Case in point – beautiful baby M.  She was six weeks old when her parents came to my studio for her newborn session and she did GREAT!  She slept when needed, gave us great eye contact and cuddled with her parents.  And I LOVED how chunky she was – she spent first 6 weeks of her life working on acquiring chubby cheeks and legs:)

Another great thing that sessions with ‘older’ newborns have going for them is that new parents have some time to recover and adjust to life with a newborn.  Look at this Mom – she looks STUNNING, don’t you think?!  I definitely did NOT look like that 6 weeks after my kids were born.  Hey, I still don’t look like that and my girls will be SEVEN YEARS old in a week!  But I digress:)

I loved meeting this family – they are as sweet and nice and they are good looking!  And I am looking forward to photographing baby M. sometime in the future!

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If you are pregnant or have a brand new baby and would like to schedule a newborn session in Franklin Lakes, Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Glen Rock, Paramus, Old Tappan and other towns in Bergen County please contact me at lena@livelovelaughphotos.com.  Live Love Laugh Photos offers professional newborn photography at their Ridgewood photography studio as well as towns in Bergen County and Northern New Jersey.

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Ridgewood newborn studio and home session | welcoming baby O. to the world!

It is time to catch up on blogging – I have so many great photo sessions to share!  Let’s start with this one – a combination of studio/at home Ridgewood newborn photo session.  You know that I offer newborn photography at my Ridgewood photography studio and I have clients from all over Bergen County come to me for their newborn sessions – I offer traditional newborn images but put my person spin on them.  And I am sure you also know that I offer at-home lifestyle photo sessions, which work great for newborn images.  These sessions are great to show interaction, joy, love and chaos that the first few weeks with a brand new baby are:)

But did you know that for Ridgewood newborn sessions I give my clients an option to do BOTH – a studio session AND an at-home lifestyle family session! This option gives my clients the best of both worlds – they get beautiful studio portraits of their baby at my Ridgewood studio and then we go to their house for the ‘at home’ portion of their photo shoot!  I am know for my lifestyle photography all over Bergen county and I am glad that I can offer this option to my clients who would like to get a few traditional newborn portraits as well as lifestyle images!

This family opted for the studio/home option and I am glad they did – because images we captured at the studio were completely different from what we captured at their house!  Their brand new baby boy was ADORABLE – as you can see from the pictures!  But not only he was super handsome, but he slept like a champ through most of the session!  He let us dress him up, cuddle him, move him around – and slept through most of that!

 

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Ridgewood photography studio of Live Love Laugh Photos is a perfect place to hold your Bergen County newborn photo session.  Studio photo sessions are best done within first 10 days of your baby’s birth so it is best to schedule your Northern New Jersey newborn pictures while you are still expecting.

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