South New Jersey Backyard Wedding Yoselin and Joshua. May 18, 2019 South Jersey backyard wedding. When you are planning a backyard wedding, you hope for good weather! You want no rain, no wind and a mild temparture! We watched the weather forcasts for a couple of weeks before their day. I was ready to do […]
Long Beach Island Enagagement Session at Barnegat Lighthouse state park Long Beach Island Engagement sessions are always just beautiful. So many great locations on the island to chose from when planning your engagement session. Tanae and Ian met me at the Barnegat Lighthouse state park for their session and once again the location was just […]
South New Jersey Maternity session at Avalon Beach Anna and Austin wanted a South NJ maternity session. They are expecting their first baby in June and were excited to capture this special time in their lives in a special place. Austin and Anna met on a blind date 5 years ago. They were set up […]
The benefits of working with an event planner Working with an Event Planner. I have photographed many bridal couples and many of them have had a great experience from start to finish. BUT some of them have had so many problems they wished they had hired someone to do it all for them. Let’s face […]
‘ What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” -Karl Lagerfeld Preparing for a Family Session I am so excited that you have booked a family session with Memories by Maria Photography. It may be because your kids have changed so much, and you haven’t had […]
Congratulations to Alissa and Matt Married on October 18, 2019 Meet Alissa and Matt Ocean City NJ wedding. Alissa and Matt met five years ago through a mutual friend. At first, Alissa wasn’t interested in Matt. Little did she know how wrong she was. After, hanging out sporadically for six months Matt and Alissa both […]
Meet Amelia and Jona “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” — Maya Angelou NJ engagement session. Amelia and Jona chose their home, in Mullica Township, for the location of their engagement session. When we start to plan […]
Hilary and Bill’s Wedding Meet Hilary and Bill The Grove at Centerton wedding. October 27, 2019. These two met on a dating app called Bumble. They knew they both were onto something good when they had their first date eating sushi and bonding over corny jokes. And the rest is history. Bill and Hilary got […]
A baby makes three Princeton University Maternity session. Meet Chinmay and Manorama, they are expecting their first baby in the new year! Chinmay contacted me about photographing a maternity session for his wife and himself. These sessions are some of my favorite, so of course I said yes! And when he suggested we meet at […]
Meet Kristina and Perry A Longwood Gardens Engagement Session. Meet Perry and Kristina. They met while working at the same company in New Hampshire. Kristina joined Perry’s team in 2015 and sat at desks next to each other. Work required them to pick a Saturday to work and they coincidentally picked the same day. They […]