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We are a husband and wife team established in the early eighties, we have enjoyed shooting both photography and video throughout all of Monmouth and Ocean county,and southern Jersey. We allow you to choose just a brides album, online proofing, with proofs on DVD. Full day coverage starting at $995
Never an hourly charge. You can also make a custom package to suit your needs exactly. We have traditional mounted albums, or the more popular collage style custom designed albums. We have clone parent albums and mini albums. These are exact copies of the brides album. Our videos shot with high def cameras and are edited to Blu-ray DVD and come in three different classes basic, edited, and deluxe edited these start at $1495.If you book with us and get a package with photography and video we give you the full resolution files to print as you wish. We do engagement beach photos and if you book video too we do a beach shoot to mix in with your dating photos when we edit. Our online proofing allows your family and friends to view and purchase photos online.We also have super low budget deals for last minute open dates(under four months from date of wedding).We also shoot files only jobs as well as unedited videos to help people through these economic times we now face. winter discounts from Dec 1 to March 31st. We are fully insured and members of PPA. GIVE US A CALL WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU WE PROMISE!

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What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Photojournalism

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Proofs
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Reviews of Essence Photography and Video

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Kelli Sent on 04/23/2014
5 out of 5 rating
Tom was amazing, he worked so well with everyone and I gave him a huge list of all the photos we wanted taken and he was so helpful to get all the photos we needed. He was patient as w had a bridal party of over 20 people, he was creative in ways to take amazing photos-- the photos are absolutely beautiful! the turn around time for our proofs was so fast-- he worked with us however we needed-- I would highly recommend him and his wife as well. I wish we had used them for video as well, but we made a bad decision on that and went with a "friend" big mistake. Tom is professional and everything he does is top notch! We are now using him to help us fix our wedding video which is basically a terrible dark camera video. Tom works miracles and I know it will be just as beautiful as our pictures and photo album- thanks to him for getting the important shots of the bride walking down the isle, being introduced.. etc.. if it wasnt for those photos we would have no documentation of those memories- He is the best! and i cant say thank you enough!- Kelli and Dave Manzo
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Christie Sent on 10/14/2010
5 out of 5 rating
Tom and Shirley were great! They took lots of pictures and were very flexible. They had no problem taking pictures at different locations for us and they came out amazing! They were great to work with and would highly reccomend them to future brides and grooms!
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Melissa Sent on 09/20/2010
5 out of 5 rating
I cant say enough good things about Tom... To start he gave me the best price around, and i mean the best. He stayed in contact with me all along up until my wedding date arrived. I was completely at ease with Tom and as all of us brides know it can be a tiny bit of a stressful time. He was wonderful at the wedding. Everything was great. My pictures were done about a week after i got back from my honeymoon, how aweseome is that?! And i literally cried (my husband got teary eyed as well) when i looked at the pictures for the first time. I was absolutely taken back by the quality and the moments he captured. I was just floored. Dont even think twice about using Tom... He is the greatest.
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