Christina's Atlantic City Bachelorette Party

Christina and her future hubby Mike and I went to high school together and thru facebook have kept in touch.  This is how Tina came to think of me to shoot her wedding!   Their engagement session which we did in February came out wonderfully.  Funny story really quick.  We decided to go to Bryn Athen Cathedral on a Sunday.  Haha bad idea.  As we got closer to the Cathedral and started taking photos, several people told us that we could not take photographs there.  So as were being chased off the premises I snappped this really good one. I stop @ nothing.

Anyway the wedding is two weeks away, and for Tina's Bachelorette party she asked me to join her and her 10 friends to the Borgata to stay with them and have a night of fun while capturing all the fun they had in AC. 

 I had an awesome time with these girls!  Thanks so much for including me and hope everyone had a clear vision of the night with me documenting it.

Nicole, Tina's sister hit big on roulette # 7 winning over 1,000 bucks a few hours after we got there.  It surly was a long night.  They started early @ 4:00 and went well through 2am Evening consisted of dancing the night away at MurMur nightclub. 

Katie & Matt's Avalon Engagement Portraits

Katie and Matt were referred to me through another couple who's wedding I shot that they were at in Sept 2009.  They really loved the way the images came out of their friends wedding so they set up a meeting with me early this 2010.  They were way ahead of the game to book a photographer since their date is not till July 2011.  They had met in Avalon a few years prior through Matt's sister Kelly who Katie was friendly with when down at the shore for the summer.  After Kelly told Katie several times I have to introuduce you to one of my brothers, she did.  Matt and Katie were together ever since.

We had a few different locations picked out to visit while in Avalon, however after we finished up on the beach Matt had a great idea.  He said lets ride bikes!  Confused how this was going to work he proceeds to tell me that his sister Kelly would drive the Hummer style golf cart which is street legal in Avalon with me in the backwards facing back seat while he and Katie rode behind us.  This idea was my favorite part of the session.  Mostly because it was so different than anything I had done before in an engagement session.

 As we rode along the roads these two looked like two kids having so much fun messing around on the bikes.  As you can see the expressions on their faces are priceless.  We did have a destination to our ride.

We ended their session on Matt's boat and took a ride out into the bay.  Boy after this session and after I layed on the beach before we started the ride home seemed a little long.  But seeing the incredible images we captured made the entire day more than worth while!

Meet Jackie & Jeff.

I often joke that my job is like a day at the beach.  Well in certain cases, it actually is!  Jackie & Jeff were referred to me through Jackie's sister Julia.   Julia and my brother Ryan played golf together at Monmouth University and I am just so pleased when close to home referrals happen.  I met this cute couple at Starbucks one afternoon and had a great meeting discussing my different packages, and showing them the in's and outs of my behind the scenes after you wedding enhancing. 


When meeting any bride and groom for the 1st time to discuss how I make sure they remember everything about their special day uniting as one forever!  Giving them a sneak peek to see how I make my images look so bright and vibrant reassures any couple that their wedding photos will look beautiful! 

Jackie and Jeff choose to have their engagement photos taken on Ocean Grove's beach in NJ.   I arrived to Julia Jackie's sisters amazing beach front apartment which had a grand view on her wrap around deck atop the 3rd floor.  I spotted where I wanted to take them on the beach where little to no people were around, but then also wanted to venture over a few hundred feet on the boardwalk before going onto the beach.

So happy I did because inside this old breezeway there was a mural which was so unique.  I stuck them in front and ta dah we have a striking image with a little tweeking.   These two were so fun-loving and candid to work with and you can see they are going to live happily ever after.  One of my best beach sessions thus far! 

The wind kept Jackie on her toes keeping the hair out from her face however in many of the candid shots the movement of her hair adds something to the images.  I was glad Jeff was alright after I told him to stand on that wet rock and then proceeded to slip.  Our assistant Julia was such a huge help using the reflector in some shots, and holding our shoes in the rest ha.  We couldn't have done it without ya Jul! jk.    I can wait till their wedding in October of this year! 

Lori & Russ's Special Day

Lori found me on the internet and we had lost touch for a long time.  I reached back out to her to check on the status of her wedding planning.  Here they had found a photographer however, had not heard from her in a few months.  Needless to say, I told her I grew up going to Supplee Church where she was being married at and I lived down the street.  She ended up deciding to book me to photograph her wedding.  I was more than thrilled because I still had June 5th available in March.   I met Lori and her fiancee at the time Russ at Bryn Athen Cathederal where we had some really great engagement photos, which are posted in a previous blog.

The reception was held at The Manor House at Common Wealth  a beautiful location on Horsham Rd.  Lori and her husband Russ looked great along with uniting their children together in the same family.   I know these two are going to be very happy together.   Thank you for having me be apart of your special day.