Maplewood grows portraits by design.
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.
Quick Facts — Maplewood
- Travel from studio
- 31 min · 19 mi from Paramus
- County
- Essex County
- ZIP codes
- 07040
- Sessions covered
- Weddings · Family · Engagement · Holiday
- Best season
- Autumn & December
- Planning ahead
- Check availability for your date
Where could you plan photos in Maplewood?
Maplewood planning options include Memorial Park, Maplewood Village, the Durand-Hedden House, and South Mountain Reservation trailheads. Check access and season while comparing family, holiday, garden, and woodland settings.
- ●Maplewood Memorial Park
- ●Maplewood Village
- ●Durand-Hedden House & Garden
- ●South Mountain Reservation (Maplewood edge)
When is the light best in Maplewood?
Memorial Park's varied trees can extend autumn color across the season. In December, compare village-light timing with the date's dusk when planning a holiday session.
What we photograph in Maplewood
Weddings first, and every session around them
Maximus Visions is a wedding photographer first, and the same documentary approach carries into family portraits, engagement sessions, holiday sessions, studio headshots, maternity and newborn work, and event coverage. See every option on our services page.
Frequently asked — Maplewood
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.
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