Live Love Laugh Photos blog

The majority of my family sessions this year were with babies and younger kids – up to 3 years old.  I love these sessions and have a lot to talk about with toddlers and younger kids – I am up-to-speed on all goings-on with Dora, Wonder-Pets and pretty much all Disney princesses thanks to my girls.  But whenever I have sessions with kids who are a bit older I love them just as much.  While they are very different (and not as physically demanding) I adore talking to them about about more grown-up topics such as their friends, boyfriends/girlfriends and just getting to know them better.

Case in point – this family session in Ridgewood.  The girls were super sweet and absolutely hilarious.  They told me me about their school friends and ‘boyfriends’ and how these so-called ‘boyfriends’ ran away whenever the girls were trying to hug them!   I think the whole ‘boyfriend’ bit was news to the Mom.   So when you have a session with me, not only you get beautiful professional lifestyle images of your children and family, but you also may find out things about your kids you did not know before:)

We got a perfect combination of more serious portraits and lifestyle playful and fun images.  The girls had a blast goofing around with their parents, playing with leaves and reading books – I was amazed by the younger one, who is just a bit older than my Mia and Alexa, was able to read – and not just a word or two but really read!  The girls loved pretending to be brides and bridesmaids with beautiful fall leaves bouquets created by their friend, who came to visit during the session and was a great ‘production manager’ for me:)

When I came back for their ordering session one evening, the girls were waiting up for me in their JPs and started to jump up and down with excitement when they saw me – it was so sweet and put a huge smile on my face for the rest of the evening.

This image deserves a special mention because no matter how many times I’ve seen it, it ALWAYS makes me laugh!

I absolutely love this family – we met 2.5 years ago when we (and they) first moved to Ridgewood and hit it off right away.   We actually met thanks to Ms. Josie and Mia and Alexa:  we were all hanging out at our local pool and the girls started to play with each other’s sand toys so her parents came over and we started chatting. We found out that we were both new to Ridgewood, moved here from the city, our kids were the same age – and the rest is history.   Many lunches, dinners and parties later these guys are some of my ‘oldest’ friends and favorite families in Ridgewood and I am honored and humbled that they come back to me year after year for their family portraits.

This girl may look familiar – one of her images from last year now graces the header of my blog!  I’ve photographed Josie when she was two, three and this session took place on her fourth birthday.  I do see her pretty often but nonetheless it is so interesting for me to see through the images how she changes year after year.  All traces of ‘toddlerhood’ are now gone and she is a hilarious, beautiful and very mature (in my opinion!) girl!

When this family had their first session with me two years ago, they created a beautiful collage of images that is displayed proudly in their home.   Every year they add to it and ‘refresh’ it with new images – it is such a great way to see how their family changes throughout the years!    And whenever I am over, it I gives me so much joy seeing my images on their walls!

And now without further ado here are  few images from their family session that we had Downtown Ridgewood: