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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NJ Wedding Photographer

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North Shore House Wedding Shoot | NJ Wedding Photographer This modern chic North Shore House NJ wedding photo shoot was styled by the amazing vendors listed below and photographed by me back in 2019. I was so busy in 2019 with current wedding and newborn clients and the birth of our daughter, Marlee, I updated […]

North Shore House Wedding Shoot | NJ Wedding Photographer

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Granite Links Wedding | MA Wedding Photographer Last August, I took a road trip to Massachusetts with my husband, Mike, to photograph the wedding of Andrea and Chad at Granite Links Golf Course in Quincy, MA. Chad works for the same company as my husband, Jersey Mike’s. I met both Andrea and Chad at a […]

Granite Links Wedding | MA Wedding Photographer

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NJ Wedding Photographer

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Elopement Celebration Manasquan Inlet | NJ Wedding Photographer This groom’s mother hired me for a quick portrait session and party celebration for her son and his new wife because they eloped in another part of the country. Their summer elopement celebration at Manasquan Inlet was a somewhat last minute idea Mom had to celebrate the […]

Elopement Celebration Manasquan Inlet | NJ Wedding Photographer

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Surf City Yacht Club Wedding | NJ Wedding Photographer Last May I had the opportunity to photograph a friend from high schools wedding. Mike and I rode the same bus to school because we lived in the same part of town and we actually went to a dance together at some point during our high […]

Surf City Yacht Club Wedding | NJ Wedding Photographer

Marianne Bley
My Favorite Vendors

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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 […]

My Favorite Vendors

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Below are just a few of my favorite images from the 2017 wedding season. This season was a little lite for me because I had my son, Dax, in March so I did not take on as many weddings as I normally do. Here is a cute picture of him that I took on my […]

2017 Wedding Photography Highlights

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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 […]

FEATURED PRODUCT: RECENT WEDDING ALBUM

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Kristen & Justin held a beautiful rustic fall classic Jersey Shore wedding ceremony at Allaire Chapel located in Allaire Village in Wall Township, NJ on Nov 12th. Their wedding day was simply amazing: from the beautiful weather that they had to their joyous personalities filling the room with love and laughter. It is hard to describe just […]

Rustic Fall Classic Jersey Shore Wedding

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On October 22nd, Amy & Michael were married in a log cabin located inside Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Their wedding day turned out to be a very cold and windy day with some mild rainfall but that did not stop these two from having an absolutely stunning wedding ceremony and memorable wedding reception. Amy & Michael […]

Classic Romantic Fall Wedding at Rutgers Gardens

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On Oct 21st, Allison & Chris held a stunning fall classic, vintage wedding celebration at Lake Mohawk Country Club located in Sparta, New Jersey. They had the most beautiful vintage details: from their soft, romantic styled wedding invitation to Allison’s lovely Betsy Johnson flats and fabulous three-quarter lace sleeve wedding dress. All of the details that they so carefully selected […]

Fall Classic Vintage Wedding at Lake Mohawk Country Club

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