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When I started out on this photography journey back in 2008 my primary focus was on-location photography – I’ve photographed kids and families all over Bergen County. And while I LOVE on-location photo sessions I also love photographing kiddoes at my photo studio. My photography studio is located in Ridgewood, a block away from Hohokus and very close to Allendale, Saddle River, Old Tappan and other Bergen county towns. It is spacious and beautiful, gets great natural light AND I’ve got great snacks there!
But my favorite part of holding photo sessions at the studio (other than the fact that there is always plenty of chocolate there!) is that this is a place where kids can shine and just be themselves. I am not a big believer in props or backdrops – so I don’t have any of those at the studio. Instead I focus on bringing out kids true personality – I want them to be themselves and that’s what I strive to capture. I can be super silly at my photo sessions and some kids react well to that. Some kids are shy so I give them space and observe them from the distance till they warm up a bit.
I’ve been photographing these two for many years now – I first ‘met’ big sister A when she was still in her Momma’s belly! And since then we’ve had a photo session once a year – I seriously lost track of how many sessions we had together. And while now, that the kids are older, they don’t change as much as they did when they were 2 or 3, it is still pretty amazing to see how much they grow year after year and how they turn into amazing people that they are. And getting a text like this one below, where their Grandma (unprompted, I might add) said that I captured their personalities, really made my day!
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I have the most amazing clients – these guys drove over TWO hours (EACH WAY) for their Christmas photos at my Ridgewood photo studio! Every year their Mom picks out the coolest outfits and she did not disappoint this year either – loved their PJs, hand knitted Santa hats and very stylish ensembles they changed into after the PJs portion of the Christmas photos was done. Cannot wait to see them all again next year!
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Being a Bergen county family photographer I mostly photograph families with young-ish children. Parents want to get pictures of their newborn, babies, toddlers, little kids and come back to me year after year after year for those photos. But once children reach a certain age – around 10 or so sessions become less frequent – kids are busy with after school activities and social lives and they just don’t change as much every year. So while I do photograph tweens and teens I don’t do it often. But it is always a treat when I do – it is nice to have an adult conversation with my subjects! I believe these sessions are as important as sessions with young kids – as they are only a few more years before ‘grown up’ children leave the nest and go to college and I think it is priceless to have these last few years together captured.
I loved meeting this family – Mom and Dad and I hit it off at their pre-session consultation. They never had their family pictures taken and they wanted to remedy the situation before their oldest went to college. And when I met the kids I loved them as well! I imagine that as a teenager having a photographer follow you around and pose you in a public place may not be very comfortable or fun – but these boys did great! They were funny and relaxed, naturals in front of the camera and very entertaining! Mom and Dad were amazing together and I cannot get over the way this Dad looked at his wife – with so much love!
They are “in love with the photos” (their words!) and I have to say that I love the way they came out as well! And I know that a beautiful canvas collage and individual canvases these guys ordered will bring make they smile for years to come!
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Do you want to get beautiful professional pictures of your kids for Holiday Cards this year but realized that it is already a bit too late to do an outdoor photo session? Well you are in luck because my FREE studio Holiday Mini sessions are here! This promo has been very popular ever since I first rolled it out at my Ridgewood photography studio four years ago and I am excited to do it again! So if you live in Bergen County and want to get a beautiful studio picture of your kids for holiday cards you are in luck! I will be offering FREE holiday mini sessions at the studio for anyone who books a new photo session for 2018! And not only you will get a photo session for free, you will also receive a high resolution fully edited digital image – for free as well.
What:
– FREE 20 minute holiday studio mini session AND one FREE high resolution digital image (perfect for creating beautiful holiday cards!) when you book a new Signature, Simplicity or Milestones session for 2018
– Additional images are available for purchase at a special discounted price
When:
Wednesday November 15th: 11:30 AM till 2 PM
Saturday November 18th: 9:00 AM till 2 PM
Saturday December 2nd: 9:00 AM till 12 PM
Where:
Live Love Laugh Photos studio – 580 N. Maple Ave Suite 201 Ridgewood NJ
Fine Print :
– Mini sessions are for up to 3 siblings (no family pictures)
– Not valid for newborn sessions
– Not valid with any other specials or gift certificates
You can see a few samples from last year’s sessions here, here , here here, here here.
This year I will have some of the set ups I’ve done in the past – ‘milk and cookies’, ‘holiday lights’, ‘winter wonderland’:
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In addition to these I am bringing a brand new ‘set’ – giant snow flakes! I took Mia to the studio a few days ago for a few test shots – here they are for your viewing pleasure:
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So this year leave the picture taking to a professional, book a new photo session and get ready to get compliments on how beautiful your holiday cards look:)
NOTE: This post will appear at the top of the blog while the mini sessions are on-going. To see images from the latest family and children photo sessions please scroll down.
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You know what they say – “man plans, God Laughs?” That is what happened with this Ridgewood family photo session with one of my oldest clients. For their extended family session (they had family visiting from out of country and wanted to get images of everybody together) we thought that it would be nice to split the session into two: we would start downtown with a session with the immediate family of three – Mom, Dad and one of my favorite girls in the world – G.and and then head over to their house for the extended family portion of a photo shoot. Well that’s not how it worked out (we’ve got a smoked chicken to blame for that!) and instead we ended up photographing four girls downtown. It was definitely a different session from what we had it mind but probably a more fun one – there was lots of hugging and laughing and jumping and ice cream eating:)
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and then we did go back to their Ridgewood home for the second part of the photoshoot – and there was more hugging and laughing and even some pool diving:)
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I am seriously very lucky to have such amazing clients – who come back to me year after year after year, allow me to watch their kids grow from adorable toddlers to beautiful girls (and boys), who laugh with me and give me hugs when I need them.
