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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.

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.

Kate & Josh’s Cape May Engagement

Ray Hennessy — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:36:27 +0000

I’ll set the scene…. Kim and I are hanging out next to the car on Beach Avenue in Cape May, NJ right in front of Congress Hall. We see Kate and Josh walking down the sidewalk to meet up with us for their engagement shoot. It’s not hard to spot them Kate is literally jumping up and down and waving as she walks down the side walk. That’s pretty much how this engagement shoot went, these two are constantly having fun and keeping each other laughing. There was climbing in a tree, “can we get a shot in front of the giant beer sign?” (of course), and fun on the beach to finish things off. The evening ended with one of the nicest sunsets I’ve seen in quite some time, without a single other person on the beach! Below are a few of my favorites from the day, we hit a lot of locations and got a lot of variety. I’m really looking forward to their wedding coming up this September at the Carriage House in Galloway, NJ. On to the photos….

Megan & Chris – Long Beach Island Engagement

Ray Hennessy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:25:24 +0000

Kim and I met Megan and Chris on Long Beach Island and just drove around and stopped at a few places for their engagement shoot. We ended up at Barnegat Lighthouse for the end of the session and we took a few pictures as the sun was setting. It wasn’t a perfectly clear day but the sun was nicely filtered through the thin whispy clouds. It was a really nice day out and we had a great time with the two of them. We will be traveling up to Wappingers Falls NY (which I hear is beautiful) for the wedding next October and I’m really looking forward to it. As always, here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

Angela & Mike’s Wedding at the Chalfonte in Cape May NJ

Ray Hennessy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:37:33 +0000

Angela & Mikes’ wedding in Cape May, NJ was incredible. We had great weather, it was a little hot but not too bad and once we got down to Cape May it was perfect out. Photography was important to Angela and Mike and they allowed us plenty of time for pictures. The beautiful flowers came from The Secret Garden Florist in Lindwood and Kim and I got some great photos of Angela getting ready. Then it was off to the beautiful ceremony at St. Bernadette’s church in Northfield, you can see some of the gorgeous stained glass window in the photo of Angela and her father walking down the isle. The bride and groom were picked up by a horse carriage from Cape May Carriage Company and were taken to the reception. Mike had some friends at a house in Cape May and we stopped there for some more amazing photos on the way to the beautiful Chalfonte were the night ended with a non-stop party. Many of the perfect details were taken care of by the fabulous wedding planner Val from Events by Val, who was great to work with and the cake was from La Patisserie Bakery
Kim and I both had an amazing time and we hope that Angela and Mike enjoy the photos as much as we do.

Love that veil!

Angela was such a pretty bride

Cool stained glass window at St. Bernadette's in Northfield, NJ

WHAT A PARTY!!!!

Robin & Family

Ray Hennessy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:56:20 +0000

A friend of Robin’s gave her a portrait session as a gift so she met Kim and I on the Ocean City beach with her two girls Madison and Rylee. This was actually the third try for all of us because Robin’s family had a bad luck streak of broken bones (2 I believe) that forced us to reschedule but it was completely worth the wait and I have to thank Robin for hanging in there.

I think the girls came to play so that’s exactly what we did and it turned out awesome. Robin seemed so excited that her girls were having fun. She had asked us for some not-so-posed pictures as she already had plenty of that style, we were happy to oblige. Rylee, the little one was hilarious, at one point specifically requesting that Kim take her picture and kicking me to the curb, haha, which was fine because I was able to get a few great shots of Madison then. We ended the evening with a gorgeous sunset and a few silhouettes of the girls playing in the ocean. Over all it was another great family portrait on the beach. Now on to the pics:

Hello blog reader, it’s been a while.

Ray Hennessy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:00:17 +0000

It’s getting close to almost two weeks since I’ve last posted here and I will be trying to remedy that this weekend. I have a wedding for Kim today and off Saturday and Sunday. Off in the sense of I’ll be trying to finish this amazing family portrait I photographed this past Wednesday. Robin and her two girls on the beach in Ocean City,
we had perfect weather,
we had perfect light,
we had perfect subjects,
we had it all.

Check back soon – photo above is from Kim and i love it.

Thanks,

Ray

Another Trip to Cape May

Ray Hennessy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:00:54 +0000

There is nothing like walking along the beach when the sun is just coming up over the horizon. There are barely any people on the beach (but surprisingly there are some) and it’s so nice and quiet and peaceful. It was another great morning in Cape May, NJ for my father and I. We got there right after the sunrise and the birds were really active. After a few hours in Cape May, we stopped by Reeds Beach on the Delaware Bay to watch all the birds (specifically Red Knots) eating the horseshoe crab eggs. As you can see below there were thousands of birds gathered on the shores for the feast, it was quite a sight. You can view more pics at my dad’s blog along with a lot more info.

Cape May Lighthouse in the early morning

Swan Fly-By

Least Tern with a fish

Least Tern smacking another with a fish. I don't know what the hell they were doing but it was really funny to watch.

I gotta say this Least Tern looks really pissed off at me - haha

Female (in front) and Male Purple Martins

I love this shot of the Cardinal it's got the 3 primary colors going on

Cedar Waxwing

Female Red-WInged Blackbird

Eastern Kingbird in front of the Cape May Lighthouse

Red Knot flying

It was a really crowded beach this day. All these birds come to the coastline in the Delaware Bay to feed on the Horseshoe crab eggs.

My Girl Kim

Ray Hennessy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:10:56 +0000

A couple of weeks ago Kim and I went to the Beach in Ocean city to play around and take some pics of her. It was an awesome time and we got some really amazing photos. She is such a beautiful and incredibly fun woman and I’m so lucky to have her as a part of my life. Here are a couple of my favs and you can see more of the pics I took at her blog

Family Portrait on the Beach

Ray Hennessy — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:55:11 +0000

Yesterday afternoon Kim and I met Angela and Mike and their lovely daughter at a beach in Ocean City, NJ to photograph them all playing on the beach. Originally the weather was saying it was going to rain and possibly thunderstorm, but it turned out to be a perfect day on the beach. It wasn’t hot, the sun was out and there were barely any people on the beach at 5:30. This family was terrific also, they were all having fun and specifically their daughter was perfect. Every time I would ask the adults to look at the camera she was right there with them looking at the camera and smiling, It was really perfect. Kim was along as well and she got some amazing shots also (which are labeled below). You can really see how much fun they were all having and I think the baby’s smile says it all.

Above Photo by Kim

Above Photo by Kim - This is my one of my favorite shots of the day, I think it was time to wrap things up she looks tired.