Was asked to take newborn photos of Nicholas –like I did for Dom some years ago. Nicholas needed some breaks in-between sessions and Dom was way more interested in having photos taken now, than he was a few years ago! Is was fun to take photos of these beautiful boys!!
NJ Family Photographer
Courtney + Craig contacted me because they didn’t get many photos on the grounds of The New Jersey Botanical Garden the day of their wedding. I was excited to hear from them as I love Ringwood State Park, but had yet to shoot a wedding there! Here are are few image from the couple of hours we spent up there. Offering a 10% discount on Skylands Manor wedding photography for bookings through July 4th, 2015 –wedding can be anytime after that.
NJ Skylands Wedding Photographer
Amazing North Jersey wedding! Found an incredible little park in Tenafly for the formal portraits! Great fun, great weather and most importantly, Great people!!
Bergen County Wedding Photographers
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I have been there for their wedding, pregnancy announcement and maternity photos. It was an honor to take photos of J&D’s amazingly beautiful little girl in their home this past weekend! I love my clients…and I think they love me back!!
I wanted to do something new for this shoot and it struck me –flowers. This time of year that means cherry blossoms! I stopped by a hotel on my way to their home and clipped a few gorgeous blooming branches! Too cool!!
Best,
Thomas
Newborn Photographer
Kara’s Mom Danielle was referred by a past client (Thanks Lauren!). Danielle contacted me 2 weeks ago but since I had trips to Vienna followed immediately by Palm Springs, I couldn’t get to her home until Saturday. Thanks for waiting!
Danielle and James have a beautiful home and a gorgeous little purple nursery for Kara! Kara was terrific for her shoot! She did pee on my blankets once but every baby does that. She did crack a wicked little smile while peeing so see if you can find that photo!
I spent just over 3 hour with Kara and her parent in Yonkers. When it was time to leave and my wife texted me about her need for a pedicure ASAP, Danielle & James helped me pack my gear and bring it out to the car!
Thank you guys for hiring me and helping me –here is an extra large preview gallery to share with your friends and family!!
Best,
Thomas
New York Newborn Photography
While out in Palm Springs on other biz, I found Stevanna who was ISO a photographer for maternity photos.
I suggested Joshua Tree NP –there are some beautiful, smooth round boulders that I thought would be an interesting setting for maternity photos. The shape of the baby bump echoed in the boulders and vice versa.
I met Stevanna in the park when the light was perfect and we spent an hour capturing these photos. She was amazing in front of the camera –posed and professional (she has done some modeling). I should also mention it was in the 50’s that day and when we were shooting in the shade the boulders she posed on were quite cold!
Thanks Stevanna and sorry I won’t be around for newborn photos!!
–Thomas
Maternity Photography
I have been lucky enough to shoot Diana + Juan’s wedding in Quito, Ecuador, to shoot their pregnancy announcement photos and now their maternity photos! In a couple of weeks I will be shooting newborn photos.
Thank you guys for trusting me every step of the way!! Looking forward to meeting your baby in a week or so!
–Thomas
NJ Maternity Photographer
Danielle and Tomasz’s wedding took place at The Tides Estate. Love The Tides and it is only 15 minutes from home too!!
Crazy friends, warm families –though they were a little crazy too.
Danielle’s dance with her Dad had me tearing up…
–Thomas
Tomorrow, March 15th, 2015, is Danielle + David’s 2nd wedding anniversary. I figured I’d create a blog entry with 100 wedding photos as an early anniversary present. So, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!
Hoping to see you guys for a family shoot this Spring or Summer!
Venue:
The Mill at Spring Lake
http://www.themillnj.com/
Thomas
Spring Lake Wedding Photographer
Dan and Jane welcomed me into their home this morning to take photos of their beautiful baby girl Merrick Paige! We shot upstairs, downstairs, in boxes, in baskets, in hammocks. Photos were great and Merrick only peed on me once…better than average!
Beautiful girl and great Mom and Dad. Maybe I can sit on your deck with you guys this Spring and enjoy a beer!?
–Thomas
New Jersey Newborn Photography
www.JerseyBabyPhotography.com
We met at Rifle Camp Park (Woodland Park aka West Paterson) on Halloween. We had an hour to capture their engagement/Save the Date photos. The leaves couldn’t have been more beautiful. Katy and Jordan couldn’t have been happier to be (almost) alone together.
If you know how to get out of the way and make people relax, there is a moment in a photo shoot where the couple just engages each other and could care less that you are there. That happened almost immediately with Katy and Jordan so an hour was plenty of time to make amazing photos together!
I like my couples to just enjoy some time together in a cool or beautiful place –and I take photos. When they look back at the photos one day I just want them to remember a beautiful hour they spent together on Halloween not their engagement photography session.
See you two again on Sept. 26th, 2015 in Cooperstown, NY! There will be an Ommegang for me I take it?
Thomas
Best Engagement Photos
I shot Joyce and Paul’s Save the Date photos in June of 2011 overlooking the NYC skyline at dusk. One year later (6/12) I shot their wedding in Edison, Hamilton and Princeton. What. A. Party. Joyce and Paul then got me a job shooting the retirement party of the Chairman of the Dept of Surgery at UMDNJ. It was there they told me Joyce was expecting and wanted me to shoot their newborn photo in December of 2014.
Well, Joyce had twins and 11 days later on New Year’s Eve I was taking photos of them again and their beautiful girl and boy Luciana and Gabriel!
Makes me feel loved. Thanks for everything you 4!!
Best,
Thomas
NJ Baby Photographer
PS: If you peruse the whole gallery there are photos of Joyce and Paul at their engagement session and on their wedding day!
I was travelling to NM on biz and saw that Monument Valley was only a 4 hour drive from where I was working. Decided I’d get there early and spend at least a day in Monument Valley.
Now a 4 hour drive through the Southwest is not like a horrific 4 hour drive from NJ to Long Island in traffic or heading back to north Jersey from the Jersey shore on a holiday weekend. It is a drive with one fantastic vista after the other. Even when there aren’t magnificent rock formations and mountains, there is the austere beauty and restrained palette of the desert.
Anyway, so worth the long drive to and from. I did get a speeding ticket from a tribal police officer…still worth it!!
–Thomas
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Fine Art Landscape Photography
Alyssa and Drew were married a week after Hurricane Sandy hit NJ. It was hard to get to her parent’s house as so many streets were blocked or impassible due to fallen trees or downed utility poles and lines! Alyssa’s Dad had to talk me in over the phone.
At the church the power was out and a pair of shop lights running on a generator illuminated only the very front of the church. The priest said I could not use flash. Then he said I was moving too much an he assigned me to a bench. That was a stressful ceremony.
The venue too was running on generators but all there went smoothly.
Fun couple, cool friends and loving families could not be cowed by the aftermath of a hurricane!
–Thomas
Warren County Wedding Photographer
Cheryl is a local actress making a name for herself in indy horror films and retro glamour photo shoots. Cheryl wanted some strong headshots for her comp card and website.
Cheryl did her own make-up and hair and rocked the camera! Those RED lips!
–Thomas
Bergen County Headshots
Oakland NJ Photographers
–Thomas
www.AestheteStudios.com
I met Kim + Bubba at Kim’s brother Rich’s wedding 2 years earlier. I was so happy to work with her family at another wedding!!
Their wedding was held under a huge tent on her Dad’s property in Matamoras, PA a few hundred yards away from the Delaware River.
Tent weddings are the best weddings I am telling you know. Lots of fresh air, copious amounts of natural light (YEAH!!) and tons of people happy to be outside on a summer’s afternoon!
I had the best time –and I was working!
Add’l photos on Facebook –be sure to like us!
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Best,
Thomas
Pennsylvania Wedding Photographer
www.JerseyWeddingPhotography.com
I was lucky enough to shoot Nicole + Michael’s wedding at the Twin Brooks Country Club in Watchung, NJ.
http://twinbrooks.com/events/weddings/
Visit that page to see one of the shots from the day.That wedding was a watershed event. Every so often there is a wedding where you are given plenty of time, great locations and everything goes perfectly. New techniques work flawlessly, you are ALWAYS in the right place. You feel as if your abilities have risen to a new level. As a gamer I can say it’s like leveling up. Theirs was one of those weddings!
A couple of years go by and I hear from Nicole saying she is pregnant (cool) 17-year cicadas have over-run their backyard (cool) and would I be interested in shooting photos of their daughter when she is born. I was so happy that Nicole trusted me enough to take photos of Paige Elizabeth.
We make a good team –I hope there are more babies on the way!!
–Thomas
www.JerseyBabyPhotography.com
Had some work in NM and realized I’d only be 3.5 hours from White Sands Nat’l Monument. Made the drive out there twice, catching the late afternoon and early morning light. Really worth the drive even though I could not stay too long.
Amazing and otherworldly!
–Thomas
Landscape Photographer
Gina + Anthony have known each other since 3rd grade! Wow!
They were married in St. Matthias church, right next to the school they both attended as children.
The reception was at the alway beautiful Forsgate CC in Monroe Township. Golf courses are always great to shoot on…FORE! That was close.
Family, friends and lots of kids at the wedding –what a great time!
–Thomas
Central NJ Wedding Photographers
Molly and Jay hired me to shoot their wedding >1 year before the date. We shot a wonderful engagement shoot about a year before the wedding in Ringwood State Park. One of the best places in No NJ, IMHO!! Their wedding was at the beautiful Il Tulipano in Cedar Grove:
http://www.iltulipano.com/
Jay was the rare groom who LOVES the camera never needed to prompt him to smile! Molly’s quiet beauty really complements Jay’s gregariousness.
We had a visit from the Cedar Grove Fire Dept some false alarm. We got some great photos with the fire fighters and fire trucks. I really appreciate what these folks do for us all.
What a fun night –hope to see you guys again soon!
See the whole preview gallery on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.742638152474862.1073741892.101520966586587
Best,
Thomas
Essex County Wedding Photographers
Julie and Bob’s wedding was one of the weekends I had weddings Fri, Sat and Sun. Exciting to be so sought after a wedding photographer.
Julie’s parent had come out from Illinois with this amazing vintage car that Julie loves…well everybody loves. The car was trailered out from IL…was only driven a few dozen miles in NJ. It was a resplendent emerald in the afternoon sun when I showed up to begin shooting. Julie’s proud Dad gave me a tour and history of the car.
At this wedding two other couples who had hired me to shoot their weddings were also at the wedding and reception. I regret not getting a photo of the 3 couples with me!
A touching ceremony, great fun-loving people and warm welcoming families. That’s what it’s all about!
More photos on Facebook:
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–Thomas
Central NJ’s best wedding photography
Ariel + Tiruvattar’s wedding day started off cold and rainy…it was pouring when I showed up at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton where Ariel was getting ready. The rain let up after the ceremony an we were able to get outside for some portraits to my delight! I have only had it rain all day at a wedding twice in the past 5 years. I have been incredibly lucky!
Reception was at The Estate at Florentine Gardens –my 2nd time at this grand, impeccably organized venue:
www.florentinegardens.com
What a party…it was bedlam when the bride and groom were introduced! Incredible energy and love from Ariel and Tiruvattar’s families and friends.
Great night! Great fun, great friends, great photos and big love!
See more from this wedding on my Facebook biz page!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.743121529093191.1073741893.101520966586587
Best,
Thomas
Bergen County Wedding Photographers
I am shooting Sam & Dan’s wedding in PA October 2015. They needed save the date photos. Dan ios a photographer too and I was trying to think of something novel.
Early November I went apple-picking with my family at Och’s Orchards in Warwick, NY. In the past we had gone to Masker’s Orchard down the road. I don’t like that place. To my delight I loved Och’s and will be there every year henceforth!
http://ochsorchard.net/
While there, I got to thinking how it’s make a cool venue for a shoot so I took some iPhone HDR photos and sent them to Dan. He liked the idea and trusted in my vision so we met there on 15-Nov-2015. Sadly, apples were pretty much cleaned out but we were able to come up with a dozen or so.
Sam and Dan brought a cool save the date sign which we decorated with autumnal foliage. A ladybug stopped in for a cameo during a ring photo and Dan carved a heart into an apple!
Ultimately, we all had fun –that is the key to a successful engagement, or family portrait session. Make it fun and let people have fun. How about them apples?
Best,
Thomas
Warwick Wedding photographers
Jerome and Kieu found me on The Knot (see my reviews there, BTW) and we met in a Panera. I was hired the second I opened my mouth and didn’t say something stupid. They were really excited to meet with me and we signed the contract that night which doesn’t happen as often as I’d like ;0).
The wedding was at the beautiful Ravello in East Hanover:
http://www.ravellobanquets.com/
I was at Ravello early, and though they had a nice garden it really wasn’t “my style” for the portraits of Bide, Groom and Bridal party. There was a wooded area behind the building and I headed there after letting the bride know I had arrived.
It was perfect…small trees filtering the light and allowing the sporadic sunbeam through. Perfect! I showed the bride and convinced her that this was where we NEEDED to shoot. She trusted me, and if she could walk on the dirt, here brides maids would follow!
Getting a bride to trust your instincts and vision is essential. Showing her a couple of photos after you begin shooting in a novel setting is always a good idea. If your bride is nervous she won’t be able to hide it and every photo will make if increasingly clear.
More photos on Facebook –give us a like and follow us there too for updates!
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–Thomas
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