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An intimate OCNJ wedding. Shawn and Erin had the perfect fall weather for their wedding in Ocean City, New Jersey. The details of their wedding plans changed several times, but one detail was always the same, the location. These two love Ocean City and didn’t want to get married elsewhere. Shawn and Erin originally had […]

An Intimate OCNJ wedding | A Fall Ocean City, NJ wedding |South Jersey beach wedding | Shawn and Erin

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Ocean City Engagement Session | Ocean City NJ Beach Engagement Session | Emily and Mike Ocean City Engagement Session. I love when my couples want to have their engagement sessions at locations with special meaning to them. Ocean City, NJ, was just the place for Emily and Mike’s engagement session. Mike has a house close […]

Ocean City Engagement Session | OCNJ Beach Engagement Session | Emily and Mike

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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 […]

South Jersey Family Photographer | Family Beach Photographer | Memories by Maria Photography

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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 […]

South New Jersey Weddings | 2021 Weddings | Memories by Maria Favorites

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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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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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Romantic Beach Engagement Session | Beach Engagement Ocean City, NJ | Corinne and Mateus Engaged Romantic Beach Engagement Session.  Corinne and Mateus met me in Ocean city, Nj on a beautiful summer morning in September.  These two wanted a quiet beach with a pier for their engagement session.  We decided that the 14th street beach […]

Romantic Beach Engagement Session | Ocean City New Jersey | Corinne and Mateus

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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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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 […]

Ocean City NJ Family Beach Session | Guide to help chose where to have your beach session | Ocean city New Jersey

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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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