Andrew and Jenna went on their first date March 2015. Jenna still recalls Andrew joking around and telling some of his favorite stores, in particular, about his family dog Baxter. He soon had Jenna laughing and laughing which made her forget all about the first date jitters!
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THE INN AT WEST SETTLEMENT//MADISON + KEVIN
Kevin and Madison both went to school in New York City at NYU. They actually met over 6 years ago at a mini-golf event, where Kevin immediately partnered himself with Madison! Madison had mentioned that she just changed her major to photography, not aware that Kevin was a film major. This, of course, led to a most vibrant conversation that they both still remember to this day!
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LIBERTY STATE PARK ENGAGEMENT//KELLY + BILLY
Kelly and Billy met in 2010 at Montclair State University. They were both student teachers at the time together at Northeast Elementary School.They would spend their lunch hours enjoying each other’s company and getting to know one another as just friends!
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CROSS ESTATE GARDENS // CLAIRE + KEITH
It was just about two years ago that I received an email from Claire! She was newly engaged and she and Keith had just booked their wedding venue at The Rock Island Lake Club! (One of my favorite venues for sure).
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TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB WEDDING//CHELSEA + JON
As the summer was getting close to an end, Chelsea and Jon waited with excitement to know that their wedding day was not far off! Chelsea and Jon celebrated their love at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey where their families all gathered around them and joined as one family and one heart!
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CROSS ESTATE GARDENS MATERNITY SESSION//KAITLIN
This maternity session is very close to my heart! A few years ago I blogged about my daughter Kaitlin and Andrew’s beautiful North Carolina wedding and I wanted to express my heart as a mom when your daughter gets married! It was such a wonderful joy for me to share my heart!
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SKYLANDS MANOR ENGAGEMENT//HEATHER + JACK
Heather met Jack through her cousin Jimmy as the two of them grew up together and were best friends. She secretly had a crush on Jack before she was old enough to even date!!
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SPRING LAKE MATERNITY SESSION//ALYSSA + CHRIS
I have been photographing this beautiful family for over seven years now! It started when Alyssa was expecting her daughter, Autumn Faith. We had so much for the first time doing a maternity session.
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PLEASANTDALE CHATEAU WEDDING//REBECCA + TYLER
Rebecca and Tyler's beautiful wedding at the Pleasantdale Chateau was nothing short of a fairy tale! They chose this venue in particular because it was full of old world charm and warmth at the same time. Their wedding day was perfect in every way.
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RYLAND INN WEDDING//KELSEY + MATT
Kelsey and Matt met in December 2013 through two mutual friends in Boston, Massachusetts. Matt was heading to New Jersey to visit family coming down from Maine when one of his friends invited him to a holiday party.
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CASA BELVEDERE WEDDING // LINDSEY + ANDREW
Andrew and Lindsey met at a Sushi Bar in Staten Island where Lindsey grew up. She was in graduate school for speech pathology and Andrew was nearing the end of medical school. The cutest thing that Andrew did to impress Lindsey that night was he took a napkin out and drew a picture of the central nervous system! She will never forget it!
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BEAR BROOK VALLEY WEDDING//BRIT + JON
Brit and Jon met at Manalapan High School where Brit was hired as a long term substitute for a physical education teacher. Jon was the high school football coach.
They hit it off immediately, and they found that there days were intertwined because Brit had all of Jon's students as her students. She soon noticed that Jon was always popping his head into her class to "check in" on his players he would say! It soon became clear that he was actually checking on Brit! They soon started dating and after four years Jon decided to propose!
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VERONA PARK ENGAGEMENT//JEN + STEVE
It was about 2 1/2 years ago when Jen met Steve on Match.com. She was new to online dating and had no idea what she was doing! Match turned out not be so easy after what she had heard about it. She winked at him somehow on the website and he messaged her right away.
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RYLAND INN WEDDING//DINA + NICK
Nick and Dina were both living in Hoboken, New Jersey. The first week that Dina moved there from Stirling, New Jersey, she decided to download Tinder and thought it was time to start dating and hopefully meet someone nice!
BAY HEAD, NEW JERSEY BEACH ENGAGEMENT//ABBY + MIKE
Mike and Abby are high school sweethearts. They met in art class, Abby was in her sophomore year and Mike was a senior. They had a mutual friend that introduced them and by the end of the year they started dating.
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MONTCLAIR ENGAGEMENT//JUSTINE + MIKE
Mike and Justine first met in September of 2013 online and had their first date in Montclair, New Jersey. They decided on a movie date where they saw "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs two". With a title like that, we could see that they both share the same sense of humor!!
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BEAR BROOK VALLEY//ALYSSA + JEFF
Alyssa and Jeff first met in Ms. Sorrentino's freshman year chemistry class. Jeff was immediately smitten, but Alyssa kept him at arm's length for three years! Eventually she relented, and they started dating senior year of high school.
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JEANINE + JOHN//LAVALLETTE ENGAGEMENT SESSION
I first met Jeanine when she was one of my past bride's bridesmaids. She and her sister were in the bridal party and we hit it off right from the beginning. She was so much fun to be with and she helped me out so much!
COURTNEY + PETER //RYLAND INN WEDDING
Peter grew up in Virginia and Courtney is from New Jersey so when Courtney chose Virginia Tech to go to college, little did she know she would meet the man she would marry! They just so happened to both attend a Hurricane Sandy Relief event where they ended up going to dinner together with mutual friends and ended up sharing a cab home. Courtney tell Peter that he had her laughing the whole ride home!
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APRIL + CHRIS//VIRGINIA COUNTRY WEDDING
April had always dreamt about her wedding day since she was a little girl. She thought about every detail! What her dress would look like and what kind of pretty shoes she would wear.
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