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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Nicole and Jay

What do you do with a bride who looks like a movie star and is game for anything? ... you go to town! (and you bring your camera with you!)

Usually we give a bride memories to last a lifetime in the form of her wedding photos: this time a bride gave US something.... a brand new location!

While we've been shooting at Monmouth U for years (and will continue to shoot there for years because it will never go out of style) we hadn't known about a hidden bathroom on the second floor. Thank you Nicole!!! It has marble, paintings, chairs, a bathtub and a shower stall....hello photographic playground!!! Speaking of shower stalls, you may wonder: Where exactly is Nicole posing in her house session? A shower stall with hazy doors (don't worry we didn't actually put a bride in a steamed room) and really beautiful tiles.

Once more we had a bride and groom who went with the flow and gave us the freedom to get those amazing shots. Maybe its because as friends of Marissa's they knew to just trust us? Maybe its because they are such down-to-earth people? Either way, they were a fantastic couple who look drop-dead-gorgeous together. We wish them every ounce of happiness :)

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Kellee & Jose

As we said, the studio was graced with two perfect weddings one fine September day and Kellee and Jose were the lucky couple behind one of them. This was a couple with a goal in mind: to have as much fun as humanly possible! (Which they totally achieved, by the way) This bridal proved it: posing can be fun and sexy, its not all boring :)

We've recently been getting a lot of Marissa's friends' weddings... this time it was John who happened to know Mike, Kellee's uncle, because they trained as wedding photographers in the same studio! Maybe that's why Kellee loves the camera so much? (Well...the camera loves her too)

They started at the Berkeley which can only be described as mind-blowingly beautiful. So beautiful in fact that our very own Marissa has booked her own wedding there! Needless to say, we really do LOVE the location. Since the hotel was so close to Asbury Park Boardwalk... well ... who can resist a boardwalk shoot on a wedding day?

Casino? Check. Giant octopus-thing? Double check. The whole bridal party got to join in the fun as they gave us hilarious pose after hilarious pose ( you may notice a Michael Jackson tribute)... Kellee and the girls got to frisk the boys, how many bridal parties get to do that?!

Don't think that Asbury is all play and no work: we definitely got some stunning romantic shots (just look at how versatile that place is!) and finally everyone danced the night away.

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Stephani & Josh

Photographers always have two pictures in mind when they start out on a job: the one they really really want to take, and the picture that they will inevitably have to take because of weather or timing or a thousand other factors. We are always in search of those illusive perfect pictures. Lucky for us, Heyn Photography struck absolute gold on September 6th with two PERFECT weddings.

Marissa, Cara and Jacqui took the reigns on Stephani and Josh's wedding in scenic Hightstown. We've always said that the way to great pictures starts with a great location: Hightstown was it. We had a park, we had a waterfront, we had streets to stroll down, shops to pose in front of... we had plenty to keep up occupied. In fact, we wanted to keep shooting even when we knew we had to leave for the reception!

Stephani and Josh were very easy-going and were up for anything (another trait that makes for amazing photos!). They poised themselves over a banister, they sat on the grass, and Josh even loaned out his RayBans so that we could Rock'N'Roll it up :)

They were a truly amazing couple, it was a wedding to be envied :)

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Michele & Slavic

Sometimes you don't even know a day is done until the cake is being cut and the band is putting their instruments away: Michele's wedding just flowed seemlessly from the house to the Shadowbrook. We started in Staten Island at Michele's parents' house where all of her friends and family came to give a helping hand to the bride to be. We didn't have to worry about identifying bridal party and non-bridal party members: everyone had nifty tee-shirts detailing their role in the wedding :)

We moved onto the Shadowbrook and from there where the ceremony happened in the beautiful outdoors (the gardens there are the perfect setting for starting a new life together!) After that it was just picture after picture until it was time to go home.

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Carrie & Scott

Saturday's wedding was another wedding amongst friends because Marissa once again had friends, namely Carrie's sister Staci, and a former bride, Lisa Jemal, in the bridal party. Carrie was a girl with a classic Hollywood face so what did we do? Immediately we did some old-school glamour lighting on her and it really made her eyes just POP!

Carrie and Scott might have been trapped inside most of the day from rain but when they got a window they ventured out for a five-minute shoot. Still, who said you can't have fun inside? Good photographers work with the settings they have to the best of their ability and we found some really interesting places to pose our bride and groom. This was a couple who smiled whenever they looked at one another and that sort of dedication does more for a photo than anything else :)

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Kristine & Jeff

It was a long weekend for the Heyn Photo crew: back to back weddings! The first wedding, our Friday Affair, was Kristine and Jeff who were bubbly throughout their day (even when it was horribly humid or raining cats and dogs). Jeff and his boys started their day down by the beach and then high-tailed it over to St. James in Red Bank where Jeff had to have an emergency White-Out application on his collar.

After the church let out the skies opened and the wedding party went to Monmouth University for pictures (this is why its always great to book an indoor location...no one can predict the weather!). We had a lot of fun at Monmouth (as we always do) and the pictures decidedly reflect that joy :)

At the Shadowbrook Jeff let his love of Michael Jackson show through with a sequined glove and Kristine said no to high heels and yes to customized pink and zebra high-tops! Unique accessories like that always make for fun photo opportunities :)

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Jennifer & Gregg

This weekend we had the pleasure of never leaving Spring Lake for Jen Newcombe's wedding. We started at a beautiful house a block away from the lake, then we went to St. Catharine's before doing formals at the park before we had fun at the beach and before we knew it we were finishing up our day at the Spring Lake Golf Club. Apart from having our beautiful bride to shoot we had a fun bridal party and three adorable kids (two flower girls and a ringbearer) who were Jen's nieces and nephew. Not to mention there was an awesome car for us to play with once we got to Spring Lake Golf Club :) Note to brides: interesting vehicles are always a plus!

It might have been a scorcher outside but no one let the heat get them down :) This couple was the definition of class and it was a delightful day for all involved!

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Jenn & Dan

Our second wedding on August 8th happened to be another friend of Marissa's! Once more Marissa was in the bridal party and for this wedding, because every member of the studio was working, Marissa actually shot a decent portion of this wedding IN HER BALLGOWN! She's a trooper! John, Jenelle and a new assistant, Rebecca, worked this wedding also because with a photographer playing duel roles as shooter and bridesmaid you definitely need all hands on deck!

Knowing a wedding photographer on a personal basis always helps when planning the perfect photo shoot for your special day. We only get one chance to shoot a wedding so its great when a bride plans ahead for all the time we could possibly need! Jenn gave us plenty of play time in the house and she went for a statement shoe to really help her pop in her photos (but let's face it, she would've been radiant even if she were barefoot).

After the house there were so many other spots to shoot! We had a park where Dan and the boys (and the dog) really got to take some fun photos, then there was the beach and Monmouth U. We LOVE to shoot at Monmouth U because its so classy looking and we get some very high-fashion shots out of it so we were extremely happy to have the time to shoot there! After that we wound up in the Freehold Radisson which was only 4 minutes away from South Gate Manor (where the other crew was working Heather Rossi's wedding!). We just couldn't resist: after Rossi's wedding ended the girls headed over to the Radisson to get a Heyn Photo Family Shot (funny enough the last one was taken at Tina Glosson's wedding where Marissa was the maid of honor! she's always wearing a ball gown in these things!)

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From left to right: Jacqui, Jenelle, John, Marissa, Rebecca & Cara



John, Jenn & Marissa

Heather & John

This Saturday was a very busy day for us with the studio split into two factions: The Rossi Wedding and the Karen wedding. Two teams were shooting two very different weddings and Larry, Jacqui and Cara had the pleasure of shooting Heather Rossi. We were all over the place! Starting in brick we got to shoot Heather (and her adorable dogs who were dressed for the occassion!) in the house and also pool-side!

After that it was off to Farmingdale where we were shocked to see a police officer standing inside the church in full uniform! But no fear, no one did anything wrong, it was just John's connections seeing as he's a police offerice and all :) We even had the experience of having a police escort for just a little while as we headed over to Spring Lake to have fun in the park (and on Main Street!). When we were done in Spring Lake we hustled over to the beach and then scooted over to Freehold where we finally settled in at the South Gate Manor.

If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: the way you get great pictures is having great people to shoot. Heather hiked up her dress on a lounge chair, got down on the ground in spring lake, and let John spin her around on the sand! It made for some pretty special photographs.

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