Bat Mitzvah (Bas Mitzvah) Photographer & Videographer in New Jersey

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Twelve years coming. one day to keep

Bat mitzvah coverage built around the family — portraits before, the seudah, and every friend in the room.

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Bas mitzvah photography, in full

What a bas mitzvah asks of a camera.

A bas mitzvah is the first simcha that belongs to her, and the photographs she keeps from it are of people — her family, her friends, the speech she practised for a month. Covering it well means working the room rather than the schedule.

The portraits

Portraits come early, while everything is still exactly as it was planned — her on her own, then with her mother, her grandmothers, her sisters, the generations together before anybody is tired. If those pictures have not been taken by the time the food comes out, they are not going to be taken.

The dvar Torah

She has been practising the speech for a month and will say it exactly once. We photograph the dvar Torah with the same seriousness we bring to a chuppah — and the moment straight after it, when she finishes and looks for her mother, which is usually the best frame of the night.

The candle lighting

A candle lighting is a list of relationships read out loud — each name called up is a photograph of who matters to her, one at a time, in hall light, happening once. It is covered from where the faces are: hers, and the person walking up.

Her friends

The room is full of girls who have known each other since playgroup, and they are the pictures she will want at twenty-five — photographed as individuals and small knots of friends, not as one wide shot of a table. Then the dancing, once the self-consciousness wears off.

Photography and film, one team

CJ Studios is one in-house team for both photography and cinema — one contract, one schedule, and nobody competing for the same shot. Female coverage is available and is not treated as a special request; for many families it is simply the requirement, and it should not have to be negotiated.

Where we photograph bas mitzvahs

The studio is based in Toms River, New Jersey, twenty minutes from Lakewood, and photographs bas mitzvahs across Ocean County — Lakewood, Toms River, Jackson — as well as Brooklyn, Teaneck, Monsey, the Five Towns, and the wider tri-state area.

Good questions

Bat mitzvah questions.

Do you photograph bat mitzvahs and bas mitzvahs?

Yes. Bat mitzvahs and bas mitzvahs, with photo and film from one in-house team at CJ Studios, so the photographs and the highlight film tell the same day.

Where do you photograph bat mitzvahs?

Across New Jersey (Lakewood, Toms River and Monmouth County, North Jersey and South Jersey) and New York (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Long Island), and anywhere in the tri-state. In shul, at the hall and at home.

What do you photograph at a bat mitzvah?

The portraits before, her dvar Torah, the candle lighting, the family and the dancing, with every friend in the room.

Can we do portraits before the bat mitzvah?

Yes. Many families photograph the portraits and family pictures before the celebration starts, so the evening itself is free for the guests and the dancing.

How far ahead should we book a bat mitzvah photographer?

As early as you have the date, since Sundays and spring and fall dates fill first. Send us the date and the venue and we will reply within one business day.

How much does bat mitzvah photography cost?

It depends on the hours, whether you want photo, film or both, and albums. Send us the date and the hall and we will put together a quote for your simcha.

Begin the conversation

The date is set. Now keep it.

Tell us the date and the shul — we’ll reply within one business day.

Let’s talk →or WhatsApp — +1 (347) 201-0613

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Twelve, and radiant.

Photographs, or films?

The Photographs

The Films

Bat mitzvahs we have photographed.

A Bat Mitzvah at Bison & Bourbon

A Sophisticated Bat Mitzvah at DoubleTree Fort Lee

A Bat Mitzvah Celebration in Monsey

Twin Bat Mitzvah in Pennsylvania

Bat Mitzvah celebration — March 2026