Introducing Our Studio By The Sea Our new studio space in Ocean City, New Jersey is located a stones throw from the bay in downtown OCNJ and serves as a shooting and meeting space for all Magdalena Studios clients. From boudoir, family, and branding portraits, to client meetings and album design, all are welcome to […]
I am 100% committing to my photography business, for the first time ever. The past five years have been FULL – I’ve completed law school, taken the bar exam, and clerked for an appellate judge while Scott and I completely renovated our beach bungalow, planned a destination wedding, and got married! Simultaneously, my photography business […]
They say wedding planning “is like a part-time job” but did they really mean it? … Yep. They definitely did. Wedding planning is WORK, and even being in the wedding industry, photographing all the details, and hearing the ins-and-outs every weekend, I completely under-estimated planning our own wedding – especially planning a destination wedding. From […]
As Seen On Apartment Therapy, Style Me Pretty Living & The Haven List Our renovation reveal has been a long time coming! We’re going to give you the backstory on our house and link to as many of the resources we can down below! We’re finally finished and ready to share our beach bungalow remodel before and […]
Five Tips for Writing Your Own Wedding Vows When I planned my own wedding, it was a completely overwhelming experience despite having worked in the wedding industry for almost ten years. As a bride, I stressed over things I never thought I would, like writing my wedding vows. I knew I wanted to write personalized […]
We are so excited to release our 2018 film along with the launch of our brand new, beautiful website design by Tonic Site Shop. We’ve spent a lot of time refining our branding and message through some deep diving, reflecting and connecting. This film by our friend Seth at Sea Isle Films captured our new […]
Let’s Empower Young Girls In How They Act and View Themselves On Social Media My good friend Caitlin, a local business owner in my hometown of Ocean City, NJ, is always up to good things. She and I always sit down and discuss our business ideas, goals, and aspirations together, and I value her friendship […]
What motivates me as a film wedding photographer isn’t just the act of capturing images. There’s more to it than that. I feel attached to the moments that I’m capturing, from the unique nature of everyone’s personalities to the real-life stories behind them. Genuine and authentic moments that express the real love and closeness of […]
This fall we hosted giving back mini sessions, but in lieu of payment, we simply asked for a receipt from a donation to a charity of the client’s choice. Our clients chose to donate to: Direct Relief, Steve’s Club, No You CantCer Foundation, Mercy Ship, and Smile Train! We raised $1000 for these organizations in […]
Our journey began almost six years ago. It all started in a gardening class where Scott and I were both attending for our undergraduates. After a couple months in class and some help “studying” planting, Scott asked me out and we went on our first date. The next semester I went to Italy to study […]
2019 Link To Donate to Sleepout About The Project: In the fall of 2012, I took a Visual Anthropology class with Stockton Professor Joe Rubenstein, in which I was asked to participate in a project with a few other students. Outside of class time, we would go to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission and an […]
