Absolutely book Ramy and Maria for your engagement as well as wedding photos! Their outstanding creative vision, camera skills, clarity in communication, kind and friendly demeanor, availability to answer questions, openness to new ideas, and i...ntegrity as people made them count among my favorite wedding vendors. I keep thanking God for sending this wonderful husband and wife team to my now husband and me for our beautiful sacrament of marriage. As we approached our wedding on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 2021 in Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church, my now husband and I sought for the whole day to proclaim marriage as a symbol of Christ and the Church, as represented by the bridegroom and the bride respectively, and we deeply appreciated how Ramy and Maria's photography contributed to that mission.
After looking at the portfolios of every photographer listed in central New Jersey on WeddingWire or The Knot in the summer of 2020, I contacted M&R Photo Factory with great hope, as it constituted the only candidate whose pictures I really loved. Ramy promptly called me and suggested a helpful schedule of how the wedding day could look based on my ceremony and reception times. I had already been intending to plan my own wedding rather than hiring a wedding planner, and Ramy's impressive insights into the practicalities of the big day solidified my decision. I admired how he combined intense substantive content about M&R Photo Factory's services with friendliness in our initial conversation. Furthermore, my fiancé and I felt grateful for his offer to meet us in person soon, at a time and place convenient for us, to discuss the details of booking M&R Photo Factory for our wedding.
In comparing M&R Photo Factory to a few other wedding photographers in the area that I had inquired into, I cherished its vivid colors, great framing of shots, reasonable price point, and sufficient amount of time for the engagement photoshoot. Once I began asking Ramy about the particular wishes of me and my fiancé, I loved his willingness to accommodate our requests. He assured us that he and Maria would honor our desire to highlight Jesus in the Eucharist in the ceremony Mass, as they indeed did magnificently. He agreed to split the engagement photoshoot across two separate days, each in a location dear to us during our courtship that he had never shot before. The engagement and wedding pictures proved stunning even though they came from places entirely new to Ramy and Maria. Rearranging the wedding day's photography timeline in light of a ceremony time shift happened straightforwardly. When I asked about issues from whether the shoes I was considering would have a strange color on camera, to what kind of exit from the reception would look nicest, to which room would give the best lighting for the shots of my bridal preparations, Ramy answered thoroughly.
Although a normally relaxed person, I grew unexpectedly stressed during the photoshoots—I suppose because they felt high stakes, as I would only ever have these engagement and wedding photos to commemorate such a monumental life transformation. Thus, I especially appreciated Ramy's ability to calm me down with his reassuring, understanding demeanor. His flexibility made unanticipated mishaps, real or imagined, so much less threatening.
My fiancé and I loved getting to know and working with Ramy and Maria. We hope you will make the same decision, among the best choices we made for our wedding!