Livingston's wedding calendar runs through the Westminster Hotel's ballrooms, and its creative sessions run up Riker Hill — a former Nike missile base turned art park whose studios and meadows make the most unexpected backdrop in Essex County. The Memorial Oval anchors classic family portraits at the town's center.
In Livingston we photograph weddings at the Westminster Hotel — courtyard light, polished ballrooms, and portrait detours into nearby greenery — and creative sessions at Riker Hill Art Park, the former Nike missile base whose studios, bunkers, and wildflower meadows make Essex County's most unexpected backdrop. The Memorial Oval anchors classic family frames.
●The Westminster Hotel
●Riker Hill Art Park
●Livingston Memorial Oval
●Force Homestead
When is the light best in Livingston?
Riker Hill's meadows run gold from late June through September, and its hilltop catches the county's longest sunset light. The Westminster's courtyard is most photogenic in late afternoon — we schedule couple portraits there before the reception's first course.
What we photograph in Livingston
Four practices, one studio.
Maximus Visions is a wedding photographer first — that's the work that built the studio. Around it we've built three more practices that share the same documentary eye, the same two-person team, and the same standard of finish.
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Wedding Photographer
Primary practice
Documentary coverage, ceremony to last dance.
Our primary practice. Eight years of full-day wedding coverage across New Jersey and New York City — getting-ready through reception exit. We work in pairs, quietly, with a documentary eye and a deep familiarity with the venues, churches, synagogues, and country clubs across Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, and Essex Counties.
Full-day wedding photography
Wedding videography (cinematic edit)
Engagement sessions
Rehearsal dinner coverage
Bridal portraits & first look
Same-day social previews
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Photography Studio
A fully equipped studio for portraits, headshots & editorials.
Our Paramus studio is built for controlled-light portrait work — family, brand, headshot, and editorial sessions on backdrop and natural-light setups. We own our gear: Profoto strobes, medium-format and full-frame mirrorless bodies, prime glass, and tethered capture for in-session preview.
Studio family portraits
Professional headshots
Branding & founder portraits
Editorial & lookbook work
Maternity & newborn studio sessions
Tethered same-day proofing
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Aerial Photography
FAA Part 107 licensed drone coverage.
We are FAA Part 107 certified and insured for commercial drone operation. Aerial coverage adds a register no ground photographer can match — venue grounds, ceremony arrivals, large group portraits, real-estate-style estate establishing shots, and 4K aerial cinematography woven into wedding films.
Wedding venue aerial coverage
Aerial group portraits (50+ guests)
Estate & property aerials
4K aerial wedding cinematography
Real-estate listing aerials
Aerial event documentation
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Event Photographer
Corporate, private, and milestone event coverage.
Beyond weddings, we cover the full calendar of events that matter — corporate galas, fundraisers, conferences, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, bar and bat mitzvahs, baby showers, and brand activations. Same documentary eye, same two-person team, scaled to the room.
Do you cover weddings at the Westminster Hotel in Livingston?
Yes — the Westminster is one of the area's most polished hotel venues, and we plan its days around the property's courtyard light and ballroom flow. Couples who want greenery add a portrait stop at Riker Hill or the South Mountain woods, both minutes away.
What is Riker Hill Art Park like for photo sessions in Livingston?
Unlike anywhere else we shoot — Cold War bunkers turned artist studios, wildflower meadows, and hilltop views east toward the city. It photographs somewhere between industrial and pastoral, and couples who want something less manicured love it.