Maegan Dougherty Photography » NJ Birth and Family Photographer

What can I say about this family that I haven’t already?  When I think of them, I smile and feel happy, and I love love love being their family photographer.  I think they are awesome for having their family photographed often, and for allowing me to capture them so naturally in their home (and on their front porch).

To see this family over the past few years, visit this blog post, and then click through the links from there!  And to schedule a family photo shoot in your home or to discuss having the birth of your baby photographed, e-mail me at maegandougherty@gmail.com.  I would love to hear from you!  🙂

Timothy Simo - June 2, 2013 - 3:30 am

Awesome as always

Lindsey Crowell - June 2, 2013 - 4:14 am

What a beautiful family

Jenny Dalbo Lombardo - June 2, 2013 - 11:51 am

Love all the pictures!

Shannon Jean Adams - June 2, 2013 - 12:10 pm

Those are great photos!!!

Toni Ippolito Anthony - June 2, 2013 - 12:13 pm

Awesome pictures! Love them all, but super soft spot for Sienna and Saylor on the bed! Sisters!

Shannon Hynes Salamone - June 2, 2013 - 12:13 pm

Beautiful photos!

Jennifer Simo - June 2, 2013 - 12:49 pm

You are incredible and I just love this family.

Nancy Shive Sullivan - June 2, 2013 - 2:53 pm

Great pictures, they all look so natural and fun!

alissa - June 2, 2013 - 3:40 pm

amazing!!!!!!!!

Angelina Dalbo Ranieri - June 2, 2013 - 8:04 pm

Awesome pictures! Love them:)

Courtney Stanek Reinl - June 3, 2013 - 1:47 am

LOVE all of them! Can’t wait for our session! 🙂

Alyssa Thuring Schuchard - June 3, 2013 - 11:00 am

So beautiful!!!

Angela Stamnes - June 6, 2013 - 4:45 pm

they are awesome pics!

I keep writing and deleting.  I’m not sure what to write because I loved this lifestyle family photo shoot so much.  The art on the walls.  The dancing and singing together.  The parents who completely enjoyed each other and their little girl, and let this be the kind of child-led time that I believe makes the most successful photo shoot.  A successful photo shoot to me is as much about allowing a wonderful experience for the family as it is about creating beautiful photographs.  A comfortable and fun experience leads to beautiful photographs.

I look at these pictures and feel full of joy, as I see and remember the joy radiating from this family while they are simply being themselves, enjoying each other at home.

The mom here, Angela, is an amazing yoga instructor, and I learned from her that even my plus-size model self  🙂  can do yoga.  During my yoga sessions with her, Angela knew exactly what my body and my mind needed.  She’s like a ray of light, and made me feel able and strong.  You can find her teaching schedule, and much inspiration, on her blog.

Doris B. Muller-Schroeder - May 29, 2013 - 2:41 pm

Every picture is just PERFECT! I wish you were around when my children were little!

Angela Cays - May 29, 2013 - 8:50 pm

We were so blessed to get to do this and have these moments captured by Maegan. I feel like she reveals our best selves. To be shown that light in our family is such a gift. I can’t say enough about how amazing she is during the shoot. We are beyond thrilled with the results.

Ana Sorce - May 29, 2013 - 9:13 pm

Beautiful photos! Beautiful people.

Cynthia Imperatore - May 29, 2013 - 10:45 pm

Maegan, I am blessed to be close friends with the above family, knowing and enjoying each member for their specials gifts and for the beauty of who they each are. And let me say, I am so impressed with your ability! You have TRULY captured their spirit as a family and the many moods and amazing delight of the little one. It is just like sitting in their home with them! WELL DONE! Wonderful photos!

Maegan Dougherty - May 30, 2013 - 2:27 am

Thank you so much, Cynthia! What a wonderful compliment!

Mary Wright Lenhart - May 31, 2013 - 8:32 pm

What beautiful pictures Angela! She is getting so big and grown up.

I love photographing families, and this family is so completely in love with their baby girl.  This was a special day for them and I’m glad I was there to capture some of that love!

Last month my friend Emily came here to our house for a family photo shoot.  I had been putting this off for a while.  Waiting to lose weight.  Waiting for my skin to clear up.  Waiting until we fixed up the house.  And I was finally ready to stop waiting.

Photography to me is about capturing emotions and relationships, and seeing past the imperfections to the beauty and the joy.  I trusted Emily to do this for my family, and I am honored that many families are comfortable enough with me to trust me in the same way.

Emily helped capture this time in my life and my family, when my favorite place in the whole world is our bed, where I sleep every night with my amazing husband and our two snuggly little boys.  When I get to spend every day with my boys, and every evening and weekend all four of us are together, and we cuddle and play and go for walks and bike rides and work on our garden.  And I have time to spend with friends, and talk to my mom on the phone, and cook dinner, and listen to coaching calls, and to do work that I love.  It’s the happiest time of my life and I’ve never felt more excited to be me.  I don’t want to forget anything about it.

This is what a day is like with us.

My adorable family.  Our happy life.  Our cozy home.

If you haven’t read this article yet, please do.  Maybe it will be the final little push you need to start being in pictures!

And Emily…thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Rebecca Aig Konstandt - May 24, 2013 - 2:53 am

The net photo is priceless!

Bridgette Brousseau Como - May 24, 2013 - 3:05 am

Beautiful! Love seeing your happy family!

Sara Muller - May 24, 2013 - 3:11 am

I love the net pic!!!

Takisha Miller - May 24, 2013 - 3:22 am

Your family is so gorgeous! And I love how you spend your day!

Doris B. Muller-Schroeder - May 24, 2013 - 3:54 am

I love all the pictures. I wish I could have been that happy when my 4 were little ones! Maybe they’d all be smiling now!

Cindy Landskron - May 24, 2013 - 7:29 am

Hey, you’ve got one of each: a ‘Maegan’ kind and a ‘Sara’ kind …

Cindy Landskron - May 24, 2013 - 7:29 am

And a very beautiful family !

Cindy Landskron - May 24, 2013 - 7:31 am

Aw, Mom, I guess we weren’t exactly a barrel of laughs all the time….

Jenny Podgorski - May 24, 2013 - 12:52 pm

I don’t know you but I know Emily… she is the best! And good for you for not waiting… you and your family will always be thankful that you did not wait!

Patti Jeanne Rauch Muller - May 24, 2013 - 2:35 pm

love, love, love …. pics, faces, family, photographer

Lesley Whyard - May 24, 2013 - 4:45 pm

Love it 🙂 What a happy lovely & warm family <3.

Stephen Mosca - May 24, 2013 - 5:37 pm

Okay – Who is holding the camera for these great shots?

Tara - May 24, 2013 - 6:08 pm

Soooo amazing!!! I love them all!!! So nice to see you in pictures Meg! 🙂

Marie Sullivan - May 24, 2013 - 7:37 pm

Sooooo soooooo Beautiful! I’m so glad you didn’t wait! The pictures are perfect! <3

Maegan Dougherty - May 24, 2013 - 9:15 pm

I guess you didn’t read what I wrote. 😉 It’s Emily Wilson of Emily Photography.

I am loving this mom so much right now because she sent me a message after receiving her pictures that was so perfect and was exactly what I needed to hear.  Thank you, you wonderful person.  🙂

I like a lot of things about this family, actually.  (You can see more of them here!)

Maegan Dougherty - May 15, 2013 - 4:11 pm

Testing to see if Facebook comments are working again…

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