The Grand Marquis in Old Bridge, New Jersey is a familiar venue to our studio, yet with every wedding we experience something new, and capture great new images. Read Full Article

It is probably true that you will never wear your wedding dress again –save the few times you’ll try it on in the years to come to feel nostalgic (and to see if it still fits!). However, would you be willing to consciously “trash your dress” in ocean waves, swimming pool slides, or dare I say…even mud?

Photo: Rebecca Arthurs

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Full of surprises, the Garden State continues to amaze and impress the wedding audience with its variety of venues, from vineyards to perfectly groomed country clubs. The Palace at Somerset Park quickly sets itself apart from all others with its grand and opulent presence, nestled into 30 beautiful landscaped acres of Somerset, New Jersey.

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Situated only minutes from NYC, and surrounded by a perfectly manicured golf course, Brooklake Country Club, is among the very best of New Jersey Wedding Reception locations. Read Full Article

I’ve been putting together wedding albums for 20 years and have seen many a bride struggle with the task of picking out her favorite images. Some have literally taken years to get their photos together—and I can’t blame them! Photo editing is hard enough if you’re not used to it. Add to this that you are trying to be objective about photos from your own wedding, and it is nearly impossible! Read Full Article

As the winter months wind down, the wedding season winds up. With winter never taking a bite of the North East this year, it has been one of the best Winter Wedding seasons we have ever had at our studio.

In addition to the discount rate during the winter months, our brides took advantage of the incredible weather, allowing couples to have photo opportunities in locations otherwise reserved for the spring and summer months.

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Many couples consider their pets to be part of the family and as a result, more and more of the newly engaged are opting to bring their furry friends to their engagement photo session.

As a dog owner myself, I love this trend! However, I could also see it being a bit distracting! If your dog is very well trained, you shouldn’t have any problems but if your dog isn’t very obedient, it might cause you more stress than pleasure to bring them along. You don’t want a bunch of shots of you being pulled around or worried about the dog getting away.

If you do bring your dog along, I think it is best to give Fido a rest after you get some shots as a group and spend some time taking a few with just the two of you –it is always good to have diversity in your pictures! Also, I suggest you bring along a friend who can take the dog for a short walk while you finish your photos and make sure your pet has plenty of water and treats for the photo shoot.

In the end, bringing along your well-behaved pet will probably help you both feel more comfortable in front of the camera which will likely aid your photographer in capturing more candid and comfortable shots of you and your family!

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Guest Post By: Sidney Diongzon, Photographer

Waiting to get married usually involves finally meeting the “one” so you can live happily ever after. But sometimes waiting involves saving up money so you can have that dream wedding, even if it means waiting for years. Lauren and Daniel are a lovely English couple who spent years saving up for their dream wedding. And when they finally saved just the right amount, they placed over £4000 as a wedding deposit on a venue (that’s nearly $7000!). Their dream wedding was finally going to happen until the unthinkable occurred. The wedding venue went bankrupt and Lauren and Daniel lost their wedding deposit. All gone. And all this almost a month before their wedding. Furious and extremely upset, they cried out for help on Twitter and that’s when I came in. I saw their tweet trending and I felt so moved by their story that I had to do something to help. So I contacted them and told them that I would be willing to shoot their wedding…for free! That’s right, for free! After I offered my services to them, a boat load of wedding vendors began to offer their services as well. Lauren and Daniel were about to have their dream wedding after all. Their wedding day turned out to be a beautiful day of pure celebration and triumphant victory after a heart-wrenching loss. I’m not kidding because this photographer was even dancing to “Single Ladies!” And as for Lauren and Daniel, they got their dream wedding. But more importantly, they really got to experience how dreams actually come true.

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A small state, often overshadowed by our neighbors to the north and South. It’s hard to get recognition, when your competing with the spot light with Manhattan and Philadelphia however, New Jersey is not a newcomer when it comes to rolling out the red carpet.

With the Academy Awards recently behind us, it offers a perfect segway for the feature Real Wedding in this post. Read Full Article

Although New Jersey is among the smaller, more populated states, it is still known around the country as the Garden State and plays host to some of the most pristine country clubs and golf courses in the United States.

Twin Brooks Country Club, located in Watchung mountains of New Jersey, is among New Jersey’s top notch wedding reception locations. Couples enjoy the convenience and perfectly groomed landscapes, which provide perfect backdrops for your wedding photos, removing the need to travel to additional off sight photo locations. Read Full Article