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Alison and Rob Married | Chalfonte Hotel | Cape May wedding Chalfonte Hotel Wedding. The historical Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May NJ was the location of Alison and Rob’s beautiful wedding. The weather was perfect for their October date. When I met with Alison for her timeline planning she was praying hard for a nice […]

Chalfonte Hotel Wedding | Cape May NJ Wedding | Alison and Rob

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Sara and Dan | Engagement Session | Barnegat Lighthouse, Long Beach Island, NJ LBI Beach Engagement Session. I adore doing engagement sessions in locations that have a meaning to the couple I am photographing. Sara and Dan have a special connection to LBI and wanted to have their session on the island they love. These […]

LBI Beach Engagement Session | Barnegat Lighthouse | Sara and Dan

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Julia and Austen | Beautiful Beach Wedding | Cape May, NJ Cape May Beach Wedding. I have said before that I just adore photographing beach weddings and this wedding made me realize this even more! Julia and Austen were truly a photographer’s dream couple. They were so sweet, so in love and posed so well […]

Cape May Beach Wedding | Angel of the Sea | Julia and Austen

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Cape May Beach Wedding
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Amanda and Andrew | September Wedding | OCNJ and Family home A warm September wedding. Amanda and Andrew could not have asked for a more beautiful day to get married in September. Amanda and Andrew started the day on the beach in Ocean City, NJ  and ended the day saying their vows on the front […]

A warm September Wedding | Ocean City NJ | Amanda and Andrew

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Rebecca and Matt A beautiful wedding on a rainy day Windrift Resort wedding.  Rebecca and Matt planned their wedding on the beach in front of the Windrift Resort in Avalon, NJ. Well, Mother nature did not cooperate with their plans, and it rained. All plans had to change. This was one of those times where […]

Windrift Resort Wedding | Avalon New Jersey | A rainy wedding day | Rebecca and Matt

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Cape May Engagement Session | South Jersey Engagement Session | Julia and Aaron Cape May Engagement Session.  Julia and Aaron knew they wanted to have their engagement session on the beach when we first started to make plans.  I suggested that we go to Cape May. Cape May has always been one of my favorite […]

Cape May Engagement Session | South Jersey Engagement | Cape May, NJ | Julia and Aaron

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Cape May Enagagement Session
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Ocean City NJ Proposal | NJ Beach Surprise Proposal | Zach and Alexis engaged Ocean City NJ Proposal. One of my favorite sessions to photograph are surprise proposals! I enjoy them wherever they are but love them when they happen on the beach.  Zach and his mom contacted me the beginning of April about photographing […]

Ocean City NJ Proposal | NJ Beach Surprise Proposal | Zach and Alexis

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Tommy and Jessica | Cape May Surprise Proposal | Jersey beach Engagement Cape May surprise proposal. I just love capturing these moments in a couple’s story! This was the 11th surprise proposal that I have had the pleasure of photographing. The proposals have been on docks, on the beach and under a gazebo on a […]

Cape May surprise proposal | South Jersey Engagement Photographer | Tommy and Jessica

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‘ 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 […]

Preparing for a Family Session | South New Jersey Family Photographer | Most asked Questions and Tips

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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 […]

Creating a Wedding day timeline | NJ wedding photographer | South New Jersey Wedding Photographer

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