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I am super excited to present to you my first ever Celebrate Motherhood event! This great event has it all – professional makeup application, studio session with your kiddies, and discounted digital collections and products!
This a great opportunity to get fun photographs with your kids! Just in time for Mother’s Day these sessions make a great gift – get it for a Mom in your life or get it for YOURSELF! It is also a priceless gift for grandmothers – who love to be invited:)
Limited spots are available so if you want to grab yours reach out to me as soon as possible!
When this Allendale Mom called me to schedule a photo session for her kids she told me that she wanted to capture her boys as they are now – still her boys – before the oldest turns into a grown man and goes to college. As we were chatting she mentioned that it was a while since she’s been in pictures with them – like so many Moms out there (including me!) she is the one who takes pictures and as a result she is rarely in them. And you know how strongly I feel about parents (especially Moms because they are always behind the camera!) to be in the pictures so of course I told her that we would some shots of her and the boys!
I don’t mean to toot my own horn but a lot of my repeat family photography clients (and their kids!) look forward to their sessions with me – they know how much fun they are (if you don’t believe me, check out this video here). But when you are 15 and your Mom tells you that she hired a professional family photographer to take your pictures and you need to go downtown Ridgewood for your photoshoot (where you can run into your friends or some cool girls) – this may not seem like a fun activity to do. But guess what – I won these boys over! A few minutes into a session this Mom told me that the boys warmed up to me right away and when the photoshoot was done the oldest told her that I ‘was cool!’ – which to me is the biggest compliment there is coming from a 15 year old!
One of the reasons why my Bergen County families come back to me year after year for their family photo sessions is because of the experience I provide – their sessions are laid back, stress-free and fun and I was thrilled to hear that these guys felt the same way. But what’s even more important is that people love their images and we checked off that box in this session as well – at their viewing/ordering session this Mom kept RAVING about the images and told me that they were ‘everything she wanted AND MORE!’. So I file that under a super-successful photoshoot:)
And if you like these images, live in Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Cresskill or other towns in Bergen county or surrounding areas you should take advantage of my Christmas in July photography special – book and hold your new photo session by September 10th and receive a free set of 25 Holiday cards with your order!
I love my Ridgewood photography studio but my passion has always been on-location family photography. As a Ridgewood family photographer I love going to people’s home all over Bergen County or meeting them in parks for their family sessions – everything is green and bright and happy! But with on-location outdoor photography comes a challenge – the unpredictability of weather! We had to reschedule this family session TWICE due to rain. But third time was a charm because when we finally did met everything was absolutely perfect – starting with outfits (this Mom did an amazing job with two different sets of outfits!), locations (we split up the session between a park in Wyckoff and downtown Ridgewood – to get urban images) and this family, which was one of the happiest and most loving familiest I’ve met – and that’s saying something because all my families are simply awesome! But my favorite part of this family session was baby H. – if you think he looks cute in pictures you gotta see him in person – you won’t be able keep your hands to yourself – you will want to hug, squeeze and hold him! He has amazing laughter, a toothy grin, adorable chubby cheeks, elbow dimples, long beautiful eye lashes, a head full of curly hair and such a sunny personality! And if that was not enough, he was born on April 23rd – which is the day of MY birthday!!!! It truly was such a pleasure to photograph him and his family.
So if you need for a little ‘pick-me-up’ do yourself a favor and scroll through these images – I promise they will make you smile!
I was going to write a nice blog post about photographing these beautiful, funny and spunky kids and their gorgeous momma at my Ridgewood studio. I was going to write about how I hard laughed watching K. dance to Meghan Trainor or listening to her ‘directing me’ and asking me to take a picture of her feet and the feet of her doll (which I did!) or how funny her expressions where or how she was the feistiest 6 year old I’ve seen in a long time. And I was going to write about her sweet brother J. who loves his blankieand his stuffed; and how sweet his giggles were and how much he loved snuggling with his Momma. But instead I will just use a few quotes their Mom posted on FB when she saw their pictures:
“We did a session with Lena today and she was magic. She gave me permission to not stress about my kids and their behavior. She made them feel so comfortable and relaxed. She coaxed out their real personalities by inviting through fun, humor, and laughter – and encouraging them to bring along their favorite toys (in this case a blankie and favorite stuffed animals). It was just so good!!! This my friends, is why Lena Antaramian does what she does and is who she is.
Anyone can take a photo. But to capture the true essence of a 4 year old is a whole other story! This is literally a snap shot of J. at 4 years old. His every night. His ‘guys’. His ‘blankie’. His world. His life. His brain. His experience. And somehow, Lena captured it in a 30 minute session. Thank you mama!!!!”
She gets me… This is exactly why I do what I do and why I love it so.
Check out images from a great Bergen County family session I had recently. I’ve been so lucky to work with so many wonderful new Bergen County families this fall season and these guys were no exception. They were relaxed and natural in front of the camera and that translated into natural and fun images. I look at these images and all I see is love and happiness and even though it may sound like a cliche but capturing that really warms my heart and makes me so happy!
This was their first professional photo session as a family for four – baby J. just turned a year old and they were definitely in need of updated family pictures – and professional pictures of J.!
Big sister M. is so funny and so cool – she is great at soccer and is all about Batman. She was a Batman (not a BatGirl) for Halloween, which I think is super cool! Little brother J. is adorable with his toothy grin – he is very proud of his walking skills:) And together with their Mom and Dad they laughed and jumped and hugged and played with leaves and even with a soccer ball. When I was selecting images to include in this post, I noticed that these guys were smiling or laughing in all of them – this session really was as much fun as it looked like it was. It really was an awesome session!
If you are interested in booking a family photo session or a Bergen County holiday photo session for your kids don’t forget to check out a free Ridgewood studio holiday mini sessions special I have going on right now – everyone who books a new 2016 family or children photo session will receive a studio mini session at my Ridgewood photo studio AND one high resolution digital image – for FREE! You can get more info re this special here – and reach out to me ASAP if you want to take advantage of it because I only have a handful of spots left!