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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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Here is a short list that I complied of my favorite wedding vendors in our industry. I love working with them! Please let them know how much they are loved. If you reach out to any of these wonder businesses, please let them know that I referred them to you 🙂 Coordinators Feather & Rock […]
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What’s Your Style? Newborn Session Planning The Perfect Shoot For You I offer two newborn session styles. A candid “day-in-the-life” themed Lifestyle Session photographed in your home or a posed Studio Session where it’s all about baby! Both result in beautiful images you will love for a lifetime. Lifestyle Session You And Your Baby […]
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When is the best time for a Newborn Session? Newborn sessions are best photographed within the first 14 days/2 weeks of baby’s life to ensure baby can fall into a deep food coma, however premature babies have a larger window of time to work with. What if the baby arrives early or late? When you […]
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How Should You Prepare For Your Newborn Session? Please save my contact info in your phone so you can easily access it after your baby is born. Contact me as soon as possible so we can schedule the session appropriately. If you are breastfeeding, I will provide you with a list of foods that you […]
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Central NJ Wedding & Studio Portrait Photographer Spring 2018 Newsletter Welcome 2018 & welcome spring! I have been incredibly busy over the winter moths spending time with my 1 year old and working on growing my business. Below is my most recent newsletter that explains what I have been up to over the last few […]
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My studio is now open and I am booking maternity & newborn sessions for 2018! This space has been a vision of mine for a long time and the one good thing that Superstorm Sandy did was help make that vision come true. See, my husband and I lost our home in Superstorm Sandy back […]
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A fall bride just received her wedding album and contacted me to share her excitement about how beautiful the wedding album was so I decided to share it with you today so you are able to see what a finished custom wedding album looks like. Kiana and Don were married on October 6th at The […]
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PART 2 Are you expecting your first child or has it been awhile since your last child was born? In no specific order, here are another 5 GREATEST inventions you NEED for your newborn. Aden + Anais Swaddle Blankets Blooming Bath Lotus Honest Diaper Bag Ingenuity SmartBounce Automatic Bouncer Skip*Hop Camping Cubs Activity Gym […]
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Are you expecting your first child or has it been awhile since your last child was born? In no specific order, here are the 5 GREATEST inventions you NEED for your newborn. Bassinest Owlet Smart Sock Pack N Play Rock N Play BOB Revolution Stroller I read lots of reviews about […]
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Below is a recent studio and in-home newborn photography slideshow that IÂ have put together to showcase some of my newborn photography work. My new studio is in the process of being built and I will be sending out updates as the construction comes together. In the meantime, I am photographing studio sessions at my current […]