A little exciting email this morning from Wedding Wire,

“Congratulations! We are excited to announce that 1314 STUDIO has been chosen to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards^™ 2010. This award recognizes the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service and professionalism. The Bride’s Choice Awards™ are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds (brides and grooms) through extensive surveys and reviews, which means your past clients have spoken on our behalf and selected you to receive this honor.”

And the web press release:
“NJ, New Jersey – January 20, 2010 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced 1314 Studio has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for wedding photographers. The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. 1314 Studio is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that 1314 Studio is among the very best wedding photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for selecting the best vendors for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.”

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We apologize for the lack of posts. To make up for it, here is an another set of photos from Vimal and Palka’s engagement session in Jersey City, New Jersey. Unlike the previous post, where we focused on a more urban and industrial setting, this time we went from Exchange Place Path to the Colgate Clock  for the awesome New York City skyline and a romantic sunset by the water. In last few pictures, we also included some behind-the-scenes. Enjoy!

NYC Wall Street skyline

Exchange Place, Jersey CityAlong the local shops and restaurants…Across from Liberty State Park, sunset along the Hudson RiverThese are the most photogenic geese we have ever seen!  They came to us!NYC | New York City at night

Here are some behind-the-scenes from Vimal and Palka’s engagement session in Jersey City.  Check out our speedlight sporting the latest fashion trends.Next, it’s our fun couple Vimal and Palka trying out a couple poses with some basic cross lightingThe end result We’re happy that you guys really like the photos. As for our blog readers, we hope you enjoy all the pictures as well.

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Let’s kick off 2010 with our recent engagement photography for Vimal and Palka in an industrial area of Jersey City, NJ.  This engagement session has two styles: the first theme is creative, urban and industrial. The location of the choice is an area where some of the artsy and cool graffiti were hung alongside the old factory (next time we will hunt for more run-down but unique photography places in Hoboken, Newark, and even New York metro towns like Brooklyn).  Of course, no engagement session is complete without some romantic and relaxed elements. That’s why we finish off the photo session along the water with New York City skyline and some awesome NYC bokeh (we will post more photos later).

Introducing Vimal and Palka, an awesome couple to work with

The $12 colorful umbrella trick

Some more “coolness” from Vimal and Palka

The must-have jump picture

Let’s get a little more high-fashion with this engagement session (secretly we called it sexy)

Like New York City streets, Jersey also has artistic graffiti that engagement and wedding photographers can use as props

Along the streets near financial district

A tie-flirting moment (secretly we called it “sexy” again)

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