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Some of my favorite photographs from a wedding weekend aren’t taken at the wedding. They happen at the gatherings around it, when nobody is watching a timeline and everyone is simply glad to be in one room. That was the mood on Saturday, October 17, 2026, when Evan and Elizabeth’s family and friends gathered for […]

The Robert and Lexi Weehawken Pier proposal happened on October 10, 2026, with the Manhattan skyline stretched across the Hudson behind them. Robert had a ring box in his hand. Lexi had a surprise coming, and her face tells you so. I was there to photograph it, and this is the story as my camera […]

Samuel and Savannah’s engagement session was supposed to happen at Deep Cut Gardens. Then the rain arrived, and the plan had to change. Instead of canceling or forcing a soggy outdoor shoot, I moved their session to Bell Works in Holmdel. What came out of it was a completely different set of photographs, and a […]

★★★★★ “Photos were fantastic and the whole album we got in a few days for our engagement shots. Excited for the wedding photos to come!!” Jon Engagement photography G Verified Google review → Jonathan and Emma brought their dog to Skylands Manor in Ringwood, and their engagement session naturally had two parts: photographs with their […]

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 […]

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 […]

Most people who call me about a proposal describe their plan, and then they apologize for it. They have spent a week looking at surprise proposal ideas NJ couples post online, and somewhere between the rented marquee letters and the drone footage, their own idea started to feel small. It usually is not small. It […]