Stockton, NJ | Family Photo Session

Documenting families in their home is one of my favorites parts of what I do. There is something magic, comforting, calm, and beautiful to take a peak into a family in their home. This session is a favorite of mine because the candids are pure joy and magic. These little girls were so full of life and smiles and happiness that shone through these photos. This session also has a very cinematic, almost analog feel for me at times. It makes me really want to bring film into my family sessions. Maybe soon I’ll grab my film cameras and try some experimenting for future family sessions.

A Year in Review: 2022

What an amazing year it has been! (I might have written this same thing last year-but it’s true!) We feel so fortunate to do what we do and it has been so much fun meeting new families and seeing our regular families again.

This year we traveled all around New Jersey, from the woods to the shore. We spent a lot of time in our neck of the woods in Bucks County, especially at one of our favorite parks, Tyler State Park. We also popped into Philly a few times as well! I’m hoping this year we’ll be able to explore even more beautiful areas and that I’ll be able to capture even more of those first newborn smiles and toddler tickles. Here’s to a wonderful past year and to an even better year to come!

Barnegat Light House Family Lifestyle Photo Session

Fall on the beach is one of my all time favorite times and places to take photos! I think I’ve said it before, but seriously, I’ll never tire of it! This sweet little family of three was so smiley and fun and happy it was such a pleasure to spend time with them. We photographed Hannah and Chris’ wedding a few years back and now they have this cutie little guy! I just love watching our couples grow into families. So happy to share some of my favorites from this session at Barnegat Light State Park. For more beach family sessions check out this one and this one. For Hannah and Chris’ beautiful wedding click here.

Early Fall New Jersey Beach Family Photo Session

This sweet little mini session was just about perfect. The rain was threatening to ruin the whole thing but we decided to go for it anyway. Just as we were meeting to start the session, the clouds cleared and let through a beautiful golden hour sunset. It doesn’t get any better than that! We photographed Jenna and Ben’s wedding and I was so happy when they reached out after their family grew. Their sweet smiley little girl was just too much fun to photograph! I just love this session. For another beach photo session , check out this one in Avalon.

Fall Family Photo Session in Lambertville

The Buck family were our neighbors for years and of course I was thrilled when they reached out for a family session after they had their second baby. I documented their first little one in a in-home lifestyle session a few years prior, you can check it out here. So for this one we decided on a golden hour fall session at the nearby Baldpate Mountain. It’s one of my favorite spots in this area and in the fall during the glowy evening is it perfection! Here are my favorites from this sweet, quick little session.

A Fall Family Photo Session in Princeton, New Jersey

The first time I photographed the McDevitt family there were three…now they are five! It was so fun to reconnect and see this beautiful family grow. With a baby and a couple toddlers it was action packed and so much fun-kids just bring the best kind of wild to a shoot. Each has their own amazing personality and were just a pleasure to capture! The gorgeous fall leaves and warm glowy sun made the whole thing even better.

This was our mini-lifestyle shoot, which is a 30 minute session. This seems to be our most popular package right now because I think it’s hard to know how long your kiddos will last during the session. This works well if you are looking for 30 or so photos to have a quick capture in this moment of your lives.

Sometimes it’s nice to slow down a little and spend a little more time playing and snuggling and exploring which is why I LOVE our 60 minute lifestyle photo sessions. We get a few more locations/looks and things don’t feel so chaotic and rushed and you will get a lot more photos (these are the shoots where I love to recommend putting together a small album-which is what WE do when we have family photos taken of ourselves).

We also offer day-in-the-life sessions which are pretty much non-existent right now because of covid, but when all this virus stuff goes away/becomes manageable I’m going to be offering a little discount on those. We don’t do enough of them and they are truly a magical way to document this perfect time in your lives. We capture a portrait session (all the usual great photos from our smaller sessions) but we also capture some of the day-to-day moments as well. Maybe making dinner and eating together, bath time and story time, or an afternoon playing in the sprinkler, eating popsicles and enjoying a picnic. Whatever is it, we take time and spend more than just a quick moment, we document your true days (because I think these everyday moments are the ones that slip our minds first).

Stay tuned for a little more info on our holiday card minis…..coming soon!! I’m thinking the date will be October 17th…hopefully that works for everyone!!

Early Fall Sayen House and Gardens Family Photo Shoot

It was early-ish October and I had never been to The Sayen House and Gardens before and oh my goodness!! It is SUCH a gorgeous place, what a perfect little haven outside Trenton, NJ in Hamilton Township. The trees were just starting to turn and the warm late afternoon sun was coming up to its peak of warm glowy-ness! It’s by far my favorite time of year and there were a billion perfect spots to capture the Reeder family. We’ve been photographing the Reeders since they got married and they now have a fourth little member of their family (I will post their newborn session soon!). Here is the session we captured of them when their little girl was a newborn. And if you want to check out their gorgeous beach wedding you can see it HERE. They are the just the sweetest and it is so much fun to watch them and their family grow. This is seriously one of the BEST perks of this job-getting to know couples and families and watching them grow and being able to capture the best moments of their lives—honestly, what could be any better?!

I have a ton of awesome sessions to journal so stayed tuned, especially if you love fall as much as I do! I also can’t wait to jump into all my fall sessions coming up this year! Whoo! Be sure to keep an eye on our Insta and FB feeds in the next few months for some sneak peaks!

New Jersey Newborn Family Lifestyle Photography Session

This sweet in home newborn lifestyle photography session in New Jersey was perfect, with a sleepy little baby girl, her playful pup and adoring parents. Little Everlee slept almost the entire time and we so easy to move around and capture all her newborn perfectness! Her designer mom (Evergreen Home & Event Styling) has created an incredible nursery and you can also see glimpses of their newly renovated modern farmhouse. This was such a fun and beautiful session, I’m so happy to share it!

Sweet Family of Three Photography Session During the Fall in Princeton, NJ

I’m so excited to catch up on sharing all of the amazing families we’ve captured throughout the years! We didn’t have the time or the right space to put them on our wedding journal but this space was created for just this reason-to showcase our love of family lifestyle photography.

This sweet fall family session in Princeton is an oldie but a goodie. Little Eleanor is completely adorable and her little fall inspired plaid shaw is amazing!! The leaves were perfect, the weather was beautiful and they had just finished celebrating her first birthday so we got to capture the little treasures from their celebration. We just love this one so much!

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Beautiful, Fall Family Lifestyle Photography Session in a Restored New Jersey Farmhouse

This is our second time capturing this beautiful family.  They recently bought an amazing old, circa 1800, farmhouse in New Jersey that they're renovating.  We were so happy to see them again, spend a gorgeous fall afternoon photographing them and meeting they're newest little guy! 

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The Hilkert Family

We have been photographing this amazing couple and their family since their engagement shoot in 2010.  We captured their beautiful wedding and have been able to document their growing family over the years.  This is, by far, one of the best parts of our job.  Watching families grow, becoming friends with our couples and laughing along with their children is the absolute BEST!  This is our most recent session with the Hilkert's in Atlantic City, NJ and we are so in love with all that we got to capture.