Chris & Ana's Wedding

You may remember Chris and Ana from their Hoboken engagement session last year. These two were last year's free wedding contest winners. They got married on April 3rd at Crystal Plaza in Livingston, NJ. The venue was stunning! Jeanine La Macchia was the hairstylist, and Jeanine Mangan did the makeup--they both did an awesome job! Kelvin Gerald kept the music going all night long (and even gave the guests an encore when they started cheering for more!)

It was really difficult narrowing down my favorites...Despite a little rain in the morning, these two had the perfect day! The ceremony was gorgeous, and Ana's pink color scheme looked incredible. The ceremony was quite emotional, especially when Ana read Chris a poem by E.E. Cummings-I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. They left the ceremony to an instrumental version of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" which even got me crying! The party kicked off with some great entrances by the bridal party, and the dance floor was packed all night. We ended the evening with an impromptu photo shoot in the cocktail hour room. Now I'll stop telling you how amazing their big day was, and let you see for yourself!

Congrats Chris and Ana, I wish you two all the very best!!

Don't forget to click the images to see them larger. Enjoy!!

Family Portraits at the Cherry Blossom Festival

I was so excited when Janet asked me to take her family portraits at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park. I had never been there, but I'm so glad we went! These four were SO much fun, and we had a great time at the festival! The park was packed, but we worked around it as best as we could, and even got to sneak in some shots of JUST Mom and Dad!

Enjoy!

Baby Jon-one week later!

Isn't it amazing how quickly babies change?? Just one week after my first set of photos, I paid a visit to Jon Jr. at home. He's looking so much like Mommy now! Though he was absolutely wonderful for the entire shoot, he's just not digging the bunny outfit!!

Here are some of my favorites from our shoot-









And make sure to check back soon...I'll be making quite a few updates within the next few days, including the wedding of contest winners, Chris and Ana!!!

Welcome Baby Jon!!

I woke up to the wonderful news today that little Jon Jr. was born early this morning! We made the hike out to Long Island to meet him, and of course I brought the camera. He's already modeling it up, but he doesn't really like having his picture taken while being burped (hey, can you really blame him??) I can't wait for our "formal" session next week!

Congrats to the new mommy and daddy, Lori and Jon! Here's a preview of his adorable-ness!






Remember how I said he doesn't like a camera in his face while being burped?? Well this is how I know:

After two weeks and 663 votes....

The winner of the free session of their choice is...
Lauren & Brad!!
These two obviously worked really hard to get a TON of votes! They had 40% of the total!! Lauren and Brad will receive a $250 gift certificate which can be used for the session of their choice! They will also receive an 8x10" Gallery Wrap Canvas with their favorite photo from the session!

Second place goes to Barbara and Michael, who had the next highest amount of votes, with 27%! These two have won a $150 gift certificate and three 8x10 enlargements!

Third place goes to Jagoda and Danny, with 13% of the vote! They have won a $100 gift certificate and two 8x10 enlargements!

The runners up were Liz and Dewayne, Angela and Rudy, and Vivian and Victor! They will each receive a $75 gift certificate and one 8x10 enlargement!

Congrats to all of the couples, and once again THANK YOU to the couples and everyone who voted!!