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My name is Marianne Bley. I am a wedding, newborn & branding photography specialist. My home studio is located on Chadwick Beach Island in Lavallette, Ocean County New Jersey 08735.
I am passionate about capturing life's milestones, both big and small, for couples and growing families and assisting them in preserving their images by creating stunning wall displays and tabletop heirloom products to grace their living spaces with the ones they hold most dear to their hearts for generations to come.
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Kat & Nick wanted to have their engagement pictures taken in Central Park in New York City. We picked a lovely day in May to travel into the city so we would have some flowers blooming in the pictures. We walked around the park for about 2 hours talking about their wedding plans and stopping […]
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I belong to several local photography clubs that meet on a monthly basis. One of them had a meeting on Wednesday night at The English Manor in Ocean, NJ and it was a mock wedding shoot for all of us to practice and learn from each other techniques that we might not have time to […]
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Spring Vineyard Wedding in New Jersey | Valenzano Winery Shamong, NJ | Rustic Chic New Jersey Wedding Photographer Jamie and Joe met while working together at Sears and after a long time of being good friends, they finally went on a date and of course, the rest is history. Jamie and Joe were married this […]
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3rd Birthday Portraits | Mommy’s Maternity | Asbury Park Family Portrait Photographer If you have been following my blog for a while, then you will know Shannon because I have been taking pictures of her since before she was born. Her mom, Heather, is a good friend of mine who I used to work with […]
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Elegant Winter Wedding in New Jersey | Doolan’s Shore Club Spring Lake NJ | Timeless & Romantic Central NJ Wedding Photographer Winter weddings in New Jersey are so beautiful! I love photographing winter weddings because the details can be so different from the typical summer or fall flowers and colors that are always seen online. The […]
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Doolan’s Shore Club Winter Wedding in Spring Lake | Elegant NJ Wedding Photojournalists | Wedding Photojournalism NJ Noreen & her brother, Steve, have been great friends of mine since I was around 5 years old. Noreen had emailed me that she was getting married and was interested in hiring me to photograph her wedding. I was […]
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Finding THE Wedding Dress | Classic NJ Wedding Photographer | Modern Photographer for the Unique Couple | Rustic Chic Wedding Style I started this series of blogposts about my personal experience with planning a wedding to help educate couples on what to expect and that it is ok to be doubtful or disappointed about different aspects […]
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Finding the Perfect Wedding Photographer | Best NJ Wedding Photographer On my way to each and every wedding consultation, I mindlessly think about what I want to say to the couple that I am meeting about wedding photography. Educating the client is the most important part of the process for the vendor because you want […]
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Finding YOUR wedding day style | Fabulous & Fun NJ Wedding Photographer A wedding style is a necessary part of wedding planning process because it helps you to define all of the elements of your wedding – venue, decor, type of reception, and so on. Your wedding style will also help you when trying to […]
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Fearless Photographers | Creative NJ Wedding Photographer | Fun Wedding Photojournalist | Artistic NYC Wedding Photographer I am so excited to announce my acceptance into Fearless Photographers!! What is Fearless Photographers? FEARLESS PHOTOGRAPHERS is a unique photography directory of the world’s best wedding photographers who are not afraid to push the limits of professional wedding photography […]
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Wedding, newborn & first year photography celebrating your love, growing family & life's milestones in a timeless and classic fashion.
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