Ivan and Jackie met when his cousin started dating Jackie’s best friend. At the time, both Ivan and Jackie were in other relationships. Some time passed where they were both single again and they ended up running into one another during a night out with friends. The rest is history!
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NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB ENGAGEMENT//JACKIE + MATT
Jackie and Matt went on their first date the evening of December 7th, 2015. On each side of the Tappan Zee Bridge, she lived in Rockland County and he lived in Greenwich and grew up in Westchester.
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TRIBECA ENGAGEMENT//LINDSAY + GREG
It was back in college that Lindsay and Greg met each other. They became immediate friends and enjoyed each other’s company very much! They soon found out that they had lots and lots of things in common. It became more and more apparent as time went on that they were meant to be together! The rest is history!
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SPRING LAKE BATH AND TENNIS CLUB WEDDING// JEANINE + JOHN
Jeanine and John actually met on a blind date on the upper east side in New York City during a very crowded Tuesday trivia night. They were instantly attracted to each other as they both will tell you and the rest is history!
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CHRISTINA + TOM ENGAGEMENT SESSION//NATIRAR PARK, NJ
Christian and Tom are both avid runners! They both have run marathons and totally enjoy it. They have a mutual friend that started thinking about both of them and wondering if she should try to do the matchmaking game!
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SKYLANDS MANOR ENGAGEMENT//JENNA+ANDREW
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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