Maplewood Memorial Park — an Olmsted Brothers design of specimen trees, lawns, and a slow brook — has been the town's family-portrait setting for a century, and the jewel-box village beside it picks up the session's second half. South Mountain Reservation's trailheads start at the town's western edge for families who want woods instead.
In Maplewood we photograph family portraits across Memorial Park's Olmsted Brothers landscape — specimen trees, lawns, and the brook — holiday sessions among Maplewood Village's storefronts and string lights, garden frames at the Durand-Hedden House, and woodland sessions from the South Mountain Reservation trailheads at the town's edge.
●Maplewood Memorial Park
●Maplewood Village
●Durand-Hedden House & Garden
●South Mountain Reservation (Maplewood edge)
When is the light best in Maplewood?
Memorial Park's specimen trees were planted for layered depth, and their variety stretches real autumn color from mid-September to early November. In December the village lights come on at dusk — we time holiday sessions for that exact hour.
What we photograph in Maplewood
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.
What makes Memorial Park in Maplewood good for family photos?
It's an Olmsted Brothers landscape — specimen trees placed for exactly the kind of layered, painterly depth photographers chase, plus a brook and open lawns. October is spectacular, but the park's tree variety means genuine color from mid-September to early November.
Do you shoot holiday sessions in Maplewood Village?
Yes — the village's storefronts, string lights, and the train trestle make December sessions feel like a film set, and we time them for the hour the lights come on. In-home Maplewood sessions are equally popular; the town's older houses have wonderful window light.