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Nicole & Frank’s Wedding at The Mansion in Voorhees

Ray Hennessy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:37:11 +0000

Yet another amazing summer wedding! Kim and I have been at some great summer weddings this year already and this was another, we even had a bit cooler temps which was great. When we started with Nicole getting ready I could tell we were going to be in for a fun day. Everybody was smiling and Nicole was just so visibly happy. She invited us into the house and let us loose, we grabbed some shots of the dress, the shoes and a bunch of other details. The sunny day gave us some gorgeous light in the house where she got her dress on and we finished up with some portraits of her (and even the dog) before heading over to the ceremony.

After a beautiful ceremony it was right over to The Mansion in Voorhees, NJ for some great outdoor portraits and the reception. The grounds are great at The Mansion and Nicole and Frank gave us the time to do some shots of them and their bridal party outside and inside so we got some great variety that day. Thanks so much Nicole and Frank for having Kim and I be a part of your wedding day and we wish you the best. Now on to a few of my favorite pics from that gorgeous day.

New Sample Wedding Book

Ray Hennessy — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:39:09 +0000

I recently acquired a new sample wedding book that I’ve been wanting for a really long time. The entire book is assembled and printed on all natural materials and has a very textured look and feel. This new style of book has a minimum of 100 pages which allows for a ton of photographs and a lot of freedom for layout, which I love. If you have a few minutes, check out the full layout. This is only 1 of many custom designed covers that are available from this new company and can be purchase from Crushed Box Photography right away. If you are interested in seeing the sample in person or to find out what other cover options are available just get in touch with me any time and we’ll get together and show you some great new products. Below are some photographs of the new book so you can get an idea of what it looks like.

Hand torn edges of the pages

Bead and natural cord

Open to one of the layouts

You can see the detail of the hand torn edges of each page.

100 page book.

Stephanie & Brian’s Engagement at Longwood Gardens

Ray Hennessy — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:30:31 +0000

Kim and I met Stephanie & Brian on a hot summer day to hang out and take some engagement photos. They had chosen to have the session at the beautiful Longwood Gardens which was an excellent choice. I’ve got to hand it to them, they kept having fun and smiling even while we were shooting in the extremely hot greenhouses. Longwood Gardens has basically an unlimited choice of photo locations and we spent almost 2 hours photographing these two, which was really easy since they were up for everything. Brian had us all laughing with his awesome sense of humor and Stephanie was constantly smiling and went right along with everything we asked of her. We had such a fun time with them that we can’t wait for the wedding coming this December. Below are a few of my favorite shots from the day I hope you enjoy.

Devonn & Tim’s Wedding at The Chelsea Atlantic City

Ray Hennessy — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:59:56 +0000

It’s really a great experience to be a part of a friend’s wedding and that’s exactly what Kim and I had on Devonn & Tim’s wedding. As I mentioned in the post about their engagement session Tim and I went to high school together. They had their wedding at The Chelsea in Atlantic City, which is an incredible location. They both got ready in a different penthouse suite with incredible views of Atlantic City (the girls got the beach view!). We had plenty of time with both of them and it has great to just hang out with everyone while they got all ready for the wedding day. Everybody was so relaxed and fun it made the job really easy.

Devonn and Tim had decided to have a first look which as I’m sure you know by now, we love! After everybody was ready Kim and I found a nice location in one of the empty restaurants in The Chelsea for them to have a private moment together and see each other for the first time. Next we took advantage of the many places this hotel has to offer for great photographs. We didn’t venture outside too much since it was a bit on the warm side and the ceremony was outside right on the beach so we got to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and blue skies.

The ceremony was followed up with an awesome party right at the hotel and we even got a chance to sneak Devonn and Tim away for a few minutes of sunset photos which turned out great. It was a wonderful day and Kim and I are both so happy they chose us to be a part of their wedding day. Below are a few of my favorite photos from the day, I hope you enjoy.

Erin & Sal’s Wedding at Buena Vista Country Club

Ray Hennessy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:29:33 +0000

It started off with a lot of rain, LOTS of it, but as soon as Kim and I entered the house where Erin was getting ready she had a bright smile. This smile never faded and certainly helped to set the tone for the day. Erin was such a happy bride that I think it paid off and as soon as the ceremony finished at the beautiful Sacred Heart Church in Vineland the rain had stopped. We took a few minutes to do some portraits in the church and decided we should hurry up and get over to Buena Vista Country Club to take advantage of the sun that was starting to peak through. By the time we arrived at the reception with Erin and Sal the sun was completely shining and we were able to take advantage of the beautiful grounds for some outdoor portraits. Sal had actually composed and written a song for his lovely new wife and took a moment at the reception to sing it to her and the entire audience. We had such a great time all day long with Erin and Sal and are so thankful they decided to include us in their wedding day.

Christine & Tom’s Wildwood Engagement

Ray Hennessy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:42:45 +0000

When Christine suggested that Kim and I photograph her and Tom at the Wildwood boardwalk I immediately thought it was a great idea for something a little different. We originally picked a date it April but it turned out to be a bit on the freezing cold side that day so we pushed it back to this past weekend which worked out perfectly. We got great weather that day and the boardwalk and rides were all open! We started out taking a walk down to the beach and the sun cooperated perfectly and gave us some nice warm light as Christine and Tom played around near the edge of the water. After that we headed up to a few colorful building on the boardwalk which made for some great backgrounds. It started to get dark so we headed over to one of the piers that had rides on them and managed to work around the tight crowds to get a few shots with the colorful lights of the boardwalk in them. We had a great time hanging out with Christine and Tom, they are both always joking around and have a great sense of humor that is dare I say a bit twisted just like mine! Kim and I are really looking forward to this wedding coming up at the Fonthill Castle and Museum which looks to be an awesome location. Below are a few of my favorites from our night in Wildwood.

Karla & Mike’s Engagement at Batsto Village

Ray Hennessy — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:26:16 +0000

Karla and Mike were such a playful couple it made this shoot so much fun for us. I would ask Mike to make Karla laugh and he would say “I don’t have to do anything” and the both of them would burst into laughter. We had a beautiful spring day out at Batsto Village and we wandered around, chatted about the wedding day, and took some photos. They both naturally walked into each new setting and just started acting like themselves which was exactly what I was looking for and I think it really shows in the shots we were able to get. Kim and I are really looking forward to this wedding coming up but we’ve got a bit of a wait since it’s in 2011. Below are just a few of the shots I liked from the day, it was hard to pick I liked a lot of them.

Lauren & Chris Smithville Village Engagement

Ray Hennessy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:25:07 +0000

I can pretty much sum this one up easily – non stop laughter – it was great! Kim and I met Lauren and Chris at Smithville Village this past Monday and spent some time photographing them in all the different areas there. Every once in a while we were shooting for more serious expressions and the two of them would burst out in laughter which made for some great shots. I’m looking forward to capturing that same interaction between them on the wedding day coming up, it’s going to make my job so easy! After the shoot they invited us to grab some food with them and we got to hang out and chat about the wedding day, thanks again guys! Below are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

Jennifer & Richie’s Wedding at Scotland Run

Ray Hennessy — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:34:21 +0000

That’s right, another cousin’s wedding. Kim and I are slowly becoming the family photographer which I certainly can’t complain about and I guess that means that they all like our photography, which is great. My cousin Jennifer and her now husband Richie got married at the beautiful Scotland Run Golf Club in Williamstown, NJ. Jen and Richie have two beautiful children one of which was the flower girl and their son was a bit too young to participate but they had him there for the ceremony. Richie’s parents also own Martine’s Countryside Florist‎ so there were an abundance of beautiful arrangements everywhere, check them out if you need flowers they do amazing work.

They decided to see each other before the ceremony so the whole day was pretty laid back and we had plenty of time to do pictures before the ceremony which is usually how it goes when the wedding day is scheduled this way. The golf club has a ton of great locations for photography and we were able to take advantage of the great weather and work outside quite a bit.

After the ceremony we went right into the party and man did they party. It was an awesome reception and the dance floor was packed almost all night right till the end. Kim and I were glad they asked us to be a part of their wedding day and we had a great time being there – we felt just like family (haha, bad joke).

Don't you dare touch my bottle!

Looks like a photographer in the making.

Rebecca & Mike’s Engagement in Philadelphia

Ray Hennessy — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:35:10 +0000

This was our second attempt at an engagement session with Rebecca & Mike, since our first try was foiled by bad weather. Kim and I met them this past Saturday at Washington Square park in Philadelphia even though 30 minutes before we were supposed to start it was pouring rain in the city. I called Rebecca and we decided to go for it, especially since they had just driven up from Virginia (don’t worry they came to watch the Phillies game too). It was slightly cloudy when we started but the weather was beautiful, not too hot and it had stopped raining.

Mike has that wonderful ability to make Rebecca smile on command which coincidentally I must have asked him to do for us 78 times that day! The two of them were great together, super nice and always keeping each other smiling, it made our job easy. They are both Phillies fans and had asked if we could take a few shots of them with one of the many Philly Phanatic statues spread throughout Philadelphia. Rebecca found one not to far from the park we started at and we made our way over there to grab a quick shot with the statue. We had a great day with them and by the time we walked back to the park the sun was shining and we wrapped up the session with a few last shots in some gorgeous light. We are looking forward to the wedding which will be at Smithville Inn and is obviously going to be a great day!