Happy Thanksgiving

We just wanted to share some thoughts during the Holiday Season. We want to say a very Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving to all our clients, families, and friends! Around the holiday season we think of everything we are thankful for. We are very thankful for all of you letting us be apart of your lives! Whether we were apart of your wedding day, baby births, or engagements; you have all touched and enriched the Heyn Photography Family. Thank you again and a very happy holiday season!

Bobbi & Frank

Once in a while we get brides who truly make an effort to be extra friendly and personable to us. They keep tabs on our blog, they friend us on facebook, and when we call them to make appointments we wind up talking with them about everything else because we have really begun to bond with them. This is clearly our favorite type of client :)

We've had quite a few memorable blog-stalkers over the last few years but one of our newest is Bobbi, who recently shot her engagement session with Marissa. Bobbi has that Rolling Stone meets Vogue look about her and she is a fabulous model. With a session like this we look forward to her wedding!

Amie & William

Sometimes love really crosses boundaries and brings people together. One of the surest tests of an enduring love? A love that has reached through time. Amie and Bill have known each other since their days in St Rose High School so when their wedding day rolled around it was no surprise that they chose to go back to their roots :)

Amie is a truly loving individual to everyone: her family, her husband and her photographers. She is one of the sweetest brides we've ever had and she was a delight to work with. She even got a bit down a dirty at the park by throwing some leaves around! After all, it IS fall, now is the time to play in leaf piles :) This park session was tremendous and ranks high on our list of favorite park sessions ever. Just look at the color! Look at the vibrance of the couple! It's heaven for a photographer!

After the park session we went to the beach before heading over to The Avenue in Pier Village (which was GORGEOUS)

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Jenna & Ryan

We've seen our share of wacky weather as wedding photographers. We've seen rain, sleet, snow... and after Jenna's wedding, we have seen wind. Cold, horrible, biting wind. Marissa and the crew looked like Eskimos all bundled up against the elements! We would never wish those conditions on anyone but we always wish to have a bride as devoted as Jenna when that kind of weather happens. Not only did she go out on the sand, with only a shawl and a husband to keep her warm, but she STILL smiled and looked happy throughout the whole experience.

Jenna was a real sport and trust us when we say it was worth it. One thing about such wretched wind: it does make gowns and shawls fly around in photographically interesting ways :) Not to mention Jenna went under the boardwalk with us which always gives us plenty of room to start getting creative!

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Edie & Phil

We love all of our blog-stalkers and Edie is a devoted one :) Her wedding was special because it wasn't really a wedding... it was her 20th anniversary with her husband, Phil! It was a slightly different experience for us because normally we see a couple starting out on their journey together with no idea about what will happen to them in their future together. This time, we had the opportunity to see how love, like a fine wine, only gets better with time!

Even after twenty years Phil still looks at Edie with every ounce of pride, wonder, and love that we see in the eyes of newlywed grooms. This couple should be an example to us all that true love does endure and every year only brings more joy!

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Our Marissa is getting Married!

Last Friday Cara and I had the pleasure of photographing Marissa and her fiance Alex for their engagement session in New York City. We were first going to use the Brooklyn Bridge but because of police activity we couldn't get on it. Fortunately at the base of the bridge we found City Hall Park! It was a cool wet afternoon/evening but we got some great shots around the fountain. This was a very special shoot for me as Marissa has been with the company for the past eleven years. It was like photographing one of my own daughters. Her wedding will take place next August at the newly remodeled Berkley Carteret In Asbury Park. I am honored that Marissa and Alex have chosen me to photograph their wedding. Hope you enjoy the slide show!

- John Heyn

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Urania & Samyr

This was a day for the history books! Urania was among our most ravishing brides ever and this pretty lady looked good in whatever she wore-- we should know, we had the pleasure of seeing her in two gorgeous dresses! Every single shot from this wedding looks like it was pulled straight out of any high-fashion wedding magazine: the locations, the hair, the make-up, the accessories... everything.

Urania and Samyr's wedding was certainly one to remember!

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Christina & Joseph

Christina and Joseph made an effort to have a fairy-tale wedding and they succeeded! They were both dressed to the nines and positively glowed with love. This was one of those picture-perfect weddings!

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Erin & Justin

What is it recently with those gorgeous brides who do anything we want them to do? We've been on a roll recently and we just hope in never stops! This weekend we had the pleasure of shooting Erin and Justin's wedding which was more or less an all-TCNJ alum party (and our little "Tonto", Cara, is currently at TCNJ so it felt like it was all in the family). There was IDEAL weather: just a hint of sun with perfect cloud cover...

Get this... The Bride actually WANTED to walk along the shore line by the waves :) The bridal party might have gotten a little wet but it was so beyond worth it :)

Erin and Justin rented a house in LBI for the bride to get ready in, it was two blocks away from the beach where they got married and then they went over to the very pretty Stateroom for their reception. Outdoor couches? Stairways to wood overhangs? You know that the photographers couldn't get enough of it!

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Sorry for the delay with the pictures, but weren't they worth the wait?

We LOVE reviews :)

5.0 out
of
5.0

Quality of Service:
(5.0/5.0)

Responsiveness:
(5.0/5.0)

Professionalism:
(5.0/5.0)

Value For Cost:
(5.0/5.0)

Flexibility:
(5.0/5.0)

They were amazing! If I could do things over again...I'd still use
Marissa at Heyn Photography. Our pictures are amazing and they were the most
friendly, flexible, and fun photographers! We paid for their package that
included two photographers...and
three came to the wedding to help get all
the great shots! We loved them!

How sweet is that? Stephani Johnson gave us that review on weddingwire.com and we can't help but share it :) If we had to rate our brides we would definitely have given Stephani a 10 out of 5 because she is perfect twice over :) Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can still view Stephani's slideshow HERE :)

Andrea & Larry

Andrea was a bride who got dealt a bad hand from the weatherman: it was threatening to rain, it was cold and what's worse: it was windy. Wind is a veil killer and on the beach there's nothing quite as biting as a stiff sea-breeze when its already in the 50s but what can you do? Andrea took her man and her bridal party and they trooped outside regardless of how uncomfortable it was... that's dedication! Despite the shivering the pictures look warm and full of love :)

One of the best things about an overcast days is the SKY, just look at some of those skies we managed to get!! It may not have been the ideal day to be outside but that will never stop it from looking like the ideal day to get married when the right photographer snaps the shot.

Something that was particularly special about this wedding was that after the ceremony when the couple was in front of the absolutely beautiful red doors to the church the bride's veil met the wind... in the few seconds that it was blowing around we managed to get a few frames and its just one of those breathtaking shots that we could never plan for if we had a thousand years. Other fun little details were Andrea's garter and Larry's cuff-links which were both Giants themed. In fact he just doesn't love him some Giants, his firm represents the Giants!! We were hoping to see some of the Big Blue in person but no such luck (too bad! John and Marissa are huge Giants fans!)

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