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Two elves at the Ridgewood photo studio

Loved seeing these two adorable elves when they came to my Ridgewood photo studio to get their Christmas pictures done! Cannot wait to see and photographing them again (along with their human Mom and Dad) for their family session next year!

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Merry and Bright | Holiday photo session at Ridgewood photography studio

Here is more cuteness from holiday mini sessions at my Ridgewood studio. This family came to Ridgewood for their family session this spring and I loved seeing them again when they came to my Ridgewood photography studio to get pictures for their Christmas cards. Can I just say how much I love the PJs this Mom picked out for her kids?- I bought the same ones for my girls:)

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Family fun at a farm | Mahwah family photo session at Secor Farms

I consider myself a very lucky photographer because a lot of my families come back to me year after year after year. I love developing relationships with them, having our own inside jokes, watching kids grow and being there to document big and small milestones. And eventually the line between being clients and friends gets blurrier and blurrier and each photoshoot feels more like hanging out with friends than working. Such is the case with this family – this is their fourth family session with me and it may sound cliche but I really look forward to seeing them every year! For this year’s photoshoot we decided to do something different and have their family photo session at a farm. It may not be easy to find a working farm in the middle of Bergen County to have a family session at but since I am so awesome and go above and beyond for my clients I did just that! And not only were we able to have a session at a farm but we were able to do it before it was open to the public so we had the whole place to ourselves!

I think this was one of my favorite family sessions I’ve done in a long time – it was just so much FUN! The kids loved running around on a farm, playing in a pumpkin patch and exploring not one but TWO corn mazes! And to top it all off there were piping hot apple cider donuts that waited for them at the end of a photo session:)

These guys always order the same canvas collage and they always display it in the same spot in their house. Each year they replace it with a new one and ‘re-allocate’ old canvases elsewhere. This Mom told me that it makes her really happy walking up the stairs and seeing a fresh collection of their images displayed there year after year. And it makes me very happy coming to their house and seeing their happy images from the last four years displayed all over the house!

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Boys, boys, boys | fun photo session in Ridgewood

“What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails
And puppy-dogs’ tails
That’s what little boys are made of.”

This nursery rhyme is very appropriate for this Ridgewood family photo session I had a few weeks ago. What do you get when you combine 8.5 twin boys and a 6 month old puppy who is bursting with energy? You get a lot of running, jumping, general goofing around, silly jokes and funny faces. But you also get some soulful conversations, thoughtful looks and long eye lashes. And I loved that 1) I was able to get natural smiles from both boys despite the fact that the Mom told me that she was not sure if that was at all possible 2) the boys ended up having lots of fun and 3) the Mom loved all images and kept saying how amazed she was at the outcome!

Lena Antaramian is a Bergen County family photographer with a natural light photography studio located in Ridgewood Northern New Jersey. If you are looking for an outdoor family photo session and a studio holiday or Christmas session for your kids in Bergen county reach out to us.

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Fall family photo session fun in Ridgewood

I’ve been photographing G. and her family for over four years and between family sessions (we’ve done them in their home, downtown Ridgewood, in a park in Wyckoff – just to name a few), studio Christmas sessions and First Communions photo sessions I lost count of how many photoshoots we had together. What I do know though is that every single session with these guys is so fun and I literally look forward to seeing and photographing them. I love seeing being able to watch G. grow and document it along the way. When she was younger she told me that I was ‘a very good picture-taker’. That, completed with the fact that she LOVES her photoshoots makes for successful photo sessions:)

This family does a family photo session every year but G. is the one who asks her parents to schedule Ridgewood photo studio shoots just for her in between – Christmas and First Communion ones:) She loves the camera and the camera (and I!) love her!

I started this photoshoot with hanging out with G. in her bedroom (she has the coolest room!) – she was telling me about her favorite toys, lego sets (I was REALLY impressed with the start wars one!) and books. Then it was onto a very passionate game of Monopoly, which, I was told, took over TWO days to complete:) Afterwards we hung out in the backyard for some cuddly images with her Mom and Dad and Grandma as well as some action shots on her swing set. And once that was done we headed over to a park in Wyckoff for some leaf-throwing fun!:)

I love how these images – I think they capture this amazing girl perfectly. And I love that this family chooses to decorate their home with their family photos – I love seeing my work being enjoyed by my customers day after day after day!

Lena Antaramian of Live Love Laugh Photos is an award-winning photography with a natural light studio located in Ridgewood, Bergen County. She is known for lifestyle family and children photography and works with clients from Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Allendale, Cresskill, Saddle River and other towns within Bergen County, Northern New Jersey and other towns in NYC Metro area. If you are looking for natural children or family photos done at your home, on location or at her photography studio please reach out to Lena at lena@livelovelaughphotos.com