There is almost nothing you can’t handle. You can roast a 16 pound turkey to perfection, run a carpool with the logistics of a small country and organize a family calendar that would give Obama’s datebook a run for its money.
But when it comes to capturing the perfect picture of your children, your execution is lackluster.
Enter photographer Stacey Ilyse.
Her natural light, on-location, lifestyle photography captures those memories of your family during your most honest, true-life moments but without the slightly closed eyes or cut-off heads that is the trademark of mom-photos. Somehow, Stacey makes sitting with your kids at the kitchen table or playing scrabble around the fireplace on a snowy day look beautiful; and as you play, she snaps away. These are the moments that you never think about capturing, but realize as life moves forward you wish you could look back on and relive though the photographs.
We’re not exactly sure what gives her the knack for making her subjects so comfortable. Perhaps it’s her head of big, curly hair, or that she too is a Jersey-girl, raised in Ho-Ho-Kus (we knew she seemed familiar). But Stacey chalks it up to her fun loving personality and years of babysitting experience that gives her the ability to be flexible with kids’ ever-changing moods and their adorable quirks.
Most of Stacey’s sessions last for 60 to 90 minutes and are shot in your home or a nearby park if you prefer. After the shoot, your proofs will be held in an on-line gallery for review. She offers high-end canvas prints, custom couture albums, and works hand in hand with the printer to ensure your pictures look as good in person as they do on the web. And bonus: her print prices are really reasonable! Because, as she says, she wants you to enjoy as many as you can.
So leave the perfect shots to expert photog Stacey Ilyse and invite her into your home (or next event) to commemorate the most ordinary or most extraordinary of moments; she offers a truly unique service with the option for individual sessions or complete year in the life collections.
That way you can get back to running your own little fiefdom.
BERGENMAMA OFFER: $50 print credit when you book a session. Refer to BERGENMAMA when booking. (expires March 31, 2011)
Stacey Ilyse Photography
Studio: 646-470-6461
Cell: 201-925-0160
staceyilyse@gmail.com
(Sitting Fees are $200 per session, prints start at $15)
