I'm so happy to announce that I've been published in the Fall 2010 issue of Engagement 101 Magazine! They chose eight brides to be in the "Real Wedding Style" section and FOUR of those brides where mine! Congrats to Megan and Rob, Viviane and Ty, Nancy and Eric and Sarah and Stephen all for being such beautiful and stylish couples to make it into a magazine!
Be sure to pick up a copy today, support them and enJOY!!
Poor Jessica and Andy. We had to reschedule this engagement session twice because of thunderstorms. The last time we rescheduled it we both vowed that we would do it rain or shine and in the end have some fun shots with them dancing in the rain with or without an umbrella. :-)
Luckily it didn't rain and we were able to photograph on one of the most beautifully lit evenings that I've seen in Asbury Park. We even explored a little bit into this field that I found with a bunch of stumps, some colored, some with faces painted on them and some with piles of stones teetering creatively on top of them. Needless to say, this was a great shoot (not to mention I just love shooting brides with red hair)!
Jennifer and Ryan were such a fun couple. In the beginning of the day, I couldn't get Jenn to do a "serious" face, she just kept cracking up (which made for some excellent snapshots of course)! Later, when we were doing out photo session in Spring Lake Park, we did manage to get a few serious ones, but Ryan and Jenn were so very much alike that when together, neither of them could stop smiling at each other. Ahhh, love. :-) Their bridal party was just as fun. One of them even dubbed Kyleigh as their personal assistant, and somehow she managed to be his and mine at the same time!
Nino, my lighting specialist, didn't fail to help me product some KILLER images at sunset again. So in love with this one in particular!
Wayne and Vanessa are one of the first couples I met with when I started my business, so it was so great finally getting to their wedding day after well over a year of planning. :) It was a great day all around starting at Soho Salon (I love photographing in salons) and ending up at Eagle Ridge (where Rob and I had our reception)!. :-)
The day started off with a bang...or more like a SMASH as Rob and I had to literally break into our house after locking ourselves out (yes, I did try all windows and even personally climbed on the roof to check the bedroom window). We did finally get in and get going (I don't like being late and never have been to a wedding), and then got a flat tire (slow leak so we quick fixed it and went on our way). So, there's not much to say about the breaking and entering part, so we took a video:
I think one of the most fun parts of the day was how many times that someone said "Vanessa" and both of us turned around to respond (although, I think I looked like the goof doing so because 95% of the time they were calling her and not me)! All-in-all the day was wonderful and I couldn't have been more thrilled to have Nino 2nd shooting with me (who I've now names my lighting specialist) and getting some KILLER stuff!
I am a tri-lingual (English, Spanish and a bit a French) wedding photographer from the great state of New Jersey. I have been into photography for over 10 years now and have spent most of it photographing Jersey Shore Weddings. I love doing destination weddings because I love traveling and seeing new places, especially ones where I can speak the language!
vanessa@vanessajoy.com