30 Wedding Day tips | You wish you knew before your wedding day | Tips from photographers and wedding vendors | South jersey wedding photographer 30 Wedding tips you wish you knew before your wedding day. I love photographing weddings because it is such a joyful day, and everyone wants to help make the day perfect […]

South Jersey Family Beach Sessions | Family Beach Photographer | 2021 Beach Sessions South Jersey Family Photographer. Wow! What a year I had in 2021. With so much uncertainty surrounding families and couples this past year, I was highly nervous about how my year would be. Well, I didn’t need to worry because I had […]

2021 Weddings | South New Jersey Weddings | Maria’s favorites South Jersey Weddings. This year I chose not to do my photo of the year contest. There was no time to get it all together this year. I also had a busy year, and I felt it would be too hard to narrow down images […]

Why you should book your Engagement Session with your Wedding Photographer 4 Reasons to book engagement sessions with your wedding photographer. Planning your wedding can be very time consuming. The thought of adding one more thing to your list like engagement photos can make you wonder if you should even bother. Well, there are many […]

Ocean City NJ Family Beach Session | Where should I have my family beach session? | Ocean City, NJ Ocean City NJ Family Beach Session. Ocean City has been voted the #1 Family beach resort for many years. The resort town of Ocean City, NJ, is an island on the coast of south NJ. The […]

Photo of the Year 2020 | Memories by Maria Photography | South New Jersey Photographer South New Jersey Photographer. Photo of the Year 2020. Wow…what a year! I cannot thank my clients, family and friends enough. Your support of my small photography business through this global pandemic was very appreciated! In March, after my first […]

South Jersey Beach Photographer | Family Beach Photos | Summer of 2020 South Jersey Beach Photographer. Memories by Maria Photography. I had one of the busiest summer seasons ever! I am so thankful that with everything that was going on in our world I was able to work at the job I love. With all […]

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 […]

Wedding day Timeline Creating a Wedding timeline is so important!! Creating a wedding timeline. The one item I include in every wedding package is custom timeline creation. Sometimes putting together all the pieces of the wedding day puzzle can be challenging, and other times they fit together very nicely. During our first meeting, we usually […]