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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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Your little family has added another member and it’s so important to capture this moment in your lives! One of the best things about having a newborn photo session done is it’s a great way to get new photos of the whole family, including any older siblings but it can sometimes be a challenge for […]
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Amanda is one of my best friends. We were in each other’s weddings so when her and her husband had their baby girl I was determined to coordinate our schedules to squeeze in a newborn studio session for her baby girl. Of course, babies come when they want and Cora came during one of my […]
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More Tips for a Successful Newborn Session Keep baby awake for a minimum of 90 minutes or more prior to your session start time. Nursing? Avoid spicy foods for 24 hours or more before your session. Schedule shots or immunizations the week (or at least 48 hours) prior to your session date. If you use […]
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How to Get the Most from Your Newborn Session A little bit of planning and preparation will help you get the most from your newborn portrait session. Below are a few tips that will help make your session a success. A Full, Sleepy Baby For Squishy Poses Those adorable newborn poses you love are easiest […]
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What To Expect – Newborn Session Before Your Session Each of my newborn sessions is highly personalized, so I like to work one-on-one with you to plan your session based on your personal style and how you plan to use your images. A pre-session consult is our time to go over the details, cover questions, […]
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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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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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Below is a recent studio and in-home newborn photography slideshow that I 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 […]
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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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