Twin Boys – Bergen County Family Photography

As a family photographer in Bergen County NJ, some of my favorite sessions are the ones that surprise me. I arrive thinking I know exactly how it will go — and then the family walks in and completely changes my expectations. This session with Deirdre, Joshua and their 3-year-old twin boys was exactly that.

Family Photographer Bergen County NJ — Twin Boys Session

When I first read their family questionnaire, I smiled and felt a small knot of nerves. Twin boys. Three years old. Full of energy. Mom wanted love-filled images of her two boys — and I wasn’t quite sure how I would manage to capture tender moments with two little guys who would probably just want to run around, wrestle, and do everything except look at the camera.

It turned out I had absolutely nothing to worry about.

These boys are so deeply connected to each other that separating them — even for a single individual portrait — was the real challenge. Dad had to gently hold one back while I photographed the other. And the moment the shutter clicked, they were right back together again, side by side, exactly where they wanted to be.

A Session That Felt Like a Playdate

This family lifestyle session was relaxed, joyful, and required very little directing on my part. The boys set the tone and I followed their lead — which is exactly how the best sessions go. It took place at our natural light studio in Passaic NJ, just outside NYC, where the soft, even light makes for beautiful, timeless portraits.

What stayed with me most from this session wasn’t any single image. It was watching these two brothers — identical in so many ways, each with their own personality — choose each other, over and over again, throughout the entire afternoon.