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Some couples tell me right away that they are not dress-up people. They like the idea of engagement photos, but they picture suits, gowns and heels, and none of it sounds like them. Casual engagement photos are the answer, and after more than 30 years as a New Jersey engagement photographer, I can tell you […]

★★★★★ “Alex took beautiful photos of our engagement save the date pictures and made the experience fun and easy. The quality of the pictures was amazing and he has been patient throughout the entire experience. Very easy to work with!” Kayla Engagement photography G Verified Google review → Your save-the-date has one job before anyone […]

He hasn’t turned around yet. His eyes have slid as far over his shoulder as they can go without moving his head, his mouth is pressed flat, and his hands hang loose at his sides. Behind him, a little out of focus, she’s already smiling. That frame is a good place to start explaining why […]

Ask a five-year-old to smile and watch what happens to their face. The eyes go flat. The mouth stretches sideways, and something that was alive two seconds earlier turns into a small polite mask. That reaction is the whole reason I photograph kids at weddings the way I do. After more than 30 years behind […]

The forecast turns on a Tuesday. You have spent eleven months picturing portraits on the lawn, light through the trees, that spot near the water, and now a small rain icon is sitting on your date. I have been a professional photographer for more than 30 years, and I have photographed over 800 weddings across […]

Most couples ask me about the first look in the same breath as the timeline, which tells you something. They think they are asking a photography question. They are actually asking how they want the hours around their ceremony to feel. First look wedding photos went from unusual to ordinary over the thirty years I […]

Most of the winter proposal ideas in NJ that couples bring me start with an apology. They tell me the trees are bare, the light disappears by five, and their partner hates the cold. After thirty years photographing proposals across Northern New Jersey and New York City, I think winter is the most underrated season […]

Summer engagement photos in NJ come with a problem nobody warns couples about: the light you want and the weather you can stand rarely show up in the same hour. By July, midday sun sits almost directly overhead, and it does unkind things to faces. The hour you actually want is the one most couples […]

Two wedding photographs in my portfolio show how quickly light can change a picture. In the first, a bride and groom stand on a stone staircase with the sun behind bare autumn trees. Her veil lifts into the backlight, and the lace holds its texture. In the second, a couple becomes a clean silhouette against […]