Baby Willa-- part 2

Baby Willa is special to us because we photographed her when she was just 3 months old and now she has just celebrated her first birthday! It was so exciting for us to see her grow up and we hope to continue seeing her so we can photograph this beautiful little girl :)

Catherine & Derek--E-Session

Catherine and Derek came to us through a previous bride and groom-- Larry and Andi-- and we couldn't be more thrilled to continue a relationship with the family! They braved a chilly day with some sharp winds for their Red Bank e-session but it was well worth it because the pictures look awesome! Red Bank is one of our favorite locations because it is versatile and we always find cool new spots (just check out our cool new "nook")! Here is a little taste of their E-Session:

Marielle and Jason

We had a stunning wedding last weekend at the PNC Art Center with Marielle and Jason. Marielle had been devoted to the details of her day and it paid off-- she looked amazing, her venue was perfect and her photographs came out immaculately beautiful. We found two awesome walls for our house session-- a faux-stone that really took the light well and a royal purple wall that offered a POP of color. Marielle worked the camera like a seasoned model.

Marielle and Jason met one another for the first time on the steps of Monmouth University's ever-gorgeous Wilson Hall. He was struck absolutely speechless by her and it was clear from the way they couldn't drag their eyes off of one another that these pictures would glow with love-- and they do!

When we got to PNC there was fantastic up-lighting that transformed the room-- up-lighting should be a consideration for every bride who wants to take a room from functional to fabulous.

We hope that Marielle and Jason had a "Beautiful" day!

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Jennifer and Jeff

Most brides BEG us to give them perfect weather-- they plead with us for sunshine. Brides ask us to make sure that we keep it at least 70 degrees and we desperately wish we could give it to them but it really is out of our hands. It breaks our hearts not to be able to magic in the good weather for our girls... but Jennifer was a little different. Jennifer planned a winter wedding and one day asked us if we thought she was going to luck out and get snow! With a mid-January wedding we felt pretty confident telling her that snow looked promising ;)

Jennifer was always a winter-loving girl and we couldn't have been more happy for her that she got her dream wedding-- snow included! She accented her day with gorgeous purple bridesmaids' dresses and matching purple pumps for our glowing bride. Even with snow on the ground the bride (and bridal party!) made it outside for pictures.

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Lindsey & Kevin

This New Year's Eve Heyn Photography had the pleasure of ringing in 2011 with a truly wonderful bride and groom-- Lindsey and Kevin. We'd met them before-- not just on their engagement shoot but on a few weddings within their circle of friends (best of all-- we get to see them at a few upcoming weddings as well)! They are sweet, down-to-earth people who had a wedding reflective of that love: a pure celebration, tons of fun, and absolutely no stress. Lindsey was a truly calm bride and a joy to work with (the camera really loves her!) and Kevin was a groom who was happy to help his bride achieve the photos she wanted.

Lindsey even climbed on a piano for us and braved the snowy outdoors at Fairleigh Dickinson University for her pictures and we couldn't be happier with the result!

Besides FDU we were located at The Madison Hotel and we just have one word for you: conservatory. Although you probably haven't used "conservatory" in a conversation since the last time you played Clue it was an absolutely BREATHTAKING location for a wedding ceremony and reception! Outside you could see the ambient light from a gorgeous winter sky, inside the lighting was dimmed to a romantic glow, and it felt like being in a winter wonderland.

Congrats to Lindsey and Kevin and thank you for a memorable New Year!

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Kristine & Eric

December weddings can, unfortunately, be cold and Kristine and Eric had the unfortunate luck of pulling a particularly cold day. But any of our brides know that neither wind, nor rain, nor freezing cold temperatures will stop us from insuring that a wedding gets properly photographed!

This is very much a beach wedding location and we don't think that beautiful beach pictures have a season-- shooting it in the winter is just as beautiful as the fall, summer or spring. In this case the Point Pleasant boardwalk was primarily boarded up and it gave the pictures a very Vogue look to them.

One of the surprises of the day was that Santa and one of his Elves happened to be visiting the boardwalk and were nice enough to take pictures with us!! This is a Heyn Photo first-- we had never photographed Old Saint Nick before and it was certainly one of the history books!

Despite the freezing cold the bride and groom walked out towards the water and let us get some stunning beach shots. The pink-tinted sky that the winter typically gives us was truly as beautiful as the couple :) After the water we hit the inside of the bar at Jenkinson's which we haven't done in years! Later we warmed up at the Crystal Point as the couple danced the night away :)

Kristine and Eric were very relaxed and we had a great time working with them!

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Tom & Cathy

Tom and Cathy's wedding was a classic show of love :) We began at the bride's house surrounded by her family and friends in the flurry of getting ready. We went to our beloved Monmouth University where we did formals and then had a prolonged wondering session. Former brides will know that if we get a half hour to roam freely in Wilson Hall we are the happiest photographers on the planet! We had some awesome shots!

This couple never uttered a single complaint and happily did whatever poses we asked them to do! We wish them all the luck in the world!

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Jaclyn & Chris

It really is a pleasure when Heyn Photography gets a call from a family friend who wants to include John in their wedding and Jaclyn & Chris' day was no exception. The day before Halloween comes with a lot of pressure to be as unique as the holiday and the couple truly rose to the occasion!

On a crisp fall day our be-speckled bride met her dapper groom in a quaint chapel before diving right into a fall colors park session! With the leaves on the trees turning the perfect shade to match the colors of the bridal party the weather truly made the day wonderful! Jaclyn and Chris were great to work with and you can really see them shine whenever they look at one another.

Also check out the skateboards that Chris got his groomsmen! It's not every day that we get to have a session with the groomsmen in motion and this was truly memorable! We wish these two nothing but the best!


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