Tiffany + Jordi: sparta, nj Engagement Session
Jordi reaching over Tiffanys shoulder to give her a soft yet playful hug from behind.
Add a warm, loving kiss on the cheek and we have pure bliss.
Tiffany is all smiles as she is enjoying this moment that will last forever and bring her back to this exact feeling as if it were yesterday<3
Free as birds, hearts on fire.
This is love.
Tiffany & Jordi
With it being the day after Thanksgiving, what better way to show my gratitude than by telling you a quick story about these two.
I remember being back in middle school; there was this tiny yet LOUD girl (hehe dont kill me tiff!) She was warm, kind, sweet and literally all the things a bubbly girl could be! That friendship evolved over time carrying into high school and we were great friends! I was recently going through my old yearbooks and its just beautiful to see how much we’ve grown since then (literally still see myself and all my friends as kids still LOL) I got to really take in how much time has passed, how much we’ve grown and to witness true love in its purest form; it’s a beautiful thing to be a part of. We were such babies; me longer having any hair and Tiffany literally looking the same yet our friendship remained the same.
Now, her marrying a man by the name of Jordi is sooooo wild to me! Because wtf!? What are the freakinnnnnn odds we share the same name just spelled differently at the end. (For those of you wondering, yes my name is Jordy, not Donovan which happens to be my middle name) I couldn’t help but laugh when I was reading my middle school yearbook and finding a message from Tiffany. It went something like “have a great summer, random memory, p.s. we’re getting married) Low and behold she is marrying a Jordi! Literally full circle life moment and I couldn’t be anymore happier than to witness this love firsthand. Back in 2020 she was buying some merch off me and we sat in her car catching up a bit and she told me “you’re my wedding photographer, hands down. YOU. ARE. IT.” Two years later and here we are for their engagement, one more year and we’re off celebrating their big wedding day at Rock Island Lake Club in Sparta, NJ!
We found ourselves in rural, gorgeous and spacious Sparta, NJ for their engagement session. Nothing but grassy fields, windy roads and loads of landscape to choose from; it’s nice to know that all I have to do is go out a little west towards PA to find such frame worthy locations. I love to prepare extensively for my couples because although I can make a gorgeous frame anywhere, it takes time, patience and lots of searching for places like these! Keeping this gem of a location in my back pocket for future couples ;)
I had just bought a drone earlier that week prior to our session and I knew this was the perfect time to get some practice in! I started with some aerial footage of them walking alongside a lake and then some more at our last field location with them simply laying down, making each other comfortable and laughing it up. Jordi is a true pro at making Tiffany laugh because it was all giggles from her throughout our session =) Jordi is so gentle, patient and loving towards Tiffany, it was almost infectious to be around! I had so much fun directing them into meaningful positions, being interactive with one another and just overall being present. I tell all my couples to never ask for permission (for kisses, movement; just do it!) I also tell them to be present and forget I am even here because its all about them! Im just the messenger in sharing this heartfelt love firsthand to them and to you<3
On our way to our final location, we came across this abandoned mechanic shop? Garage? I don’t even know but it was perfect for a pit stop of photos! We headed to our last location after that which was 2 seconds up the road and got to finalizing their story.. for now. It was a week prior to Halloween so naturally, I like to keep it within theme so I asked Tiffany if her and Jordi would be down for a pumpkin head shoot and they were! It’s a true blessing to have your couples have faith and excitement in you with the ideas you pitch to them. I seriously cannot ask for more! My assistant (Mateo, my nephew) and myself prepped the pumpkins two days prior to have them ready for the last part of our shoot on the day of. Mateo did an amazing job carving those pumpkins and I couldn’t be more proud of my lil protege :’)
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