Based in New Milford, NJ (Bergen County) and serving couples across New Jersey, New York City, and the Hudson Valley, Alex Kaplan is known for creating a calm, guided, and joy-filled photography experience. Browse our latest posts for real wedding inspiration, expert tips, and behind-the-scenes moments that make your day unforgettable.

Most couples spend months planning their ceremony and portraits, then walk into the reception without much thought about what happens next. That’s usually a mistake. In my experience photographing weddings across Northern New Jersey and the NYC area, the best wedding reception photos rarely come from the moments couples plan for. They come from the […]

Quick Answer: Nanina’s in the Park is one of New Jersey’s most elegant wedding venues, known for its gardens, an outdoor wedding ceremony space, grand ballrooms, and no shortage of portrait locations. For Ash and Zack, those spaces became the backdrop for a day that wove together Jewish traditions, Latin wedding traditions, quiet private vows, […]

Most couples spend months planning their ceremony. The vows, the flowers, the music, the seating chart that took three revisions to get right. Then the day arrives, and it moves so fast that half of it happens before anyone has time to notice it’s happening. That’s exactly where wedding ceremony photography earns its keep. At […]

After more than 30 years photographing weddings across Northern New Jersey and the NYC metro area, I can tell you this: an Indian wedding photography timeline is one of the most rewarding schedules I build, and one of the easiest to get wrong if nobody plans it with intention. Multiple ceremonies, multiple outfit changes, and […]

A Hackensack courthouse wedding is one of the most underrated ways to get married in New Jersey. The ceremony is short, the paperwork is manageable, and the portrait opportunities within a few blocks are far better than most couples expect. I have photographed weddings across Northern New Jersey for over 30 years, and some of […]

If you cringe at the thought of a camera pointed at your face, you are not alone, and you are not the exception. Most of the couples who reach out to me start the conversation the same way: “We’re just not photogenic people.” After thirty years photographing weddings across Northern New Jersey and NYC, from […]

If you’re planning a Bergen County courthouse wedding, the biggest questions usually come before the ceremony itself: where to get the license, who to contact, how early to arrive, what to bring, and where to take portraits afterward. This guide is built to answer all of it. The process is simpler than most couples expect, […]

Almost every couple I meet carries a few quiet wedding photography concerns into our first call, even when they seem calm about everything else. After 30+ years behind the camera and more than 800 couples photographed across Northern New Jersey and NYC, I can usually name those worries before they say them out loud. Will […]

★★★★★ “Did such a special job with our proposal. He accommodated to all of my requests and made the day very magical. The photos turned out extraordinary, and we are very happy!” Rishi, recent proposal photography client When Rishi reached out, he was planning his proposal from Boston, and he was facing the question I […]
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