Long Branch Portraits With a Purpose Photo Shoot

I love being a photographer and I'm so glad that I decided to turn my life long hobby into a business. Because of this, I have been finding myself going to places that I've never been. I'm quickly learning that you don't have to fly off to some far off exotic location to find beauty. Sometimes, it's right in your own backyard. This past Sunday I had my first Portraits with a Purpose photo shoot. What is Portraits with a Purpose? Well, you may or may not know that I'm walking in the Avon 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer in October. In order to help raise money for the walk, I started offering a photo package at a discounted price so that people could get some quality photos and donate to a worthy cause at the same time. I have to say this has got to be one of the best ideas I ever had. I get to combine my two passions;taking pictures and raising awareness about Breast Cancer.

I got up bright and early to head down to Exit 105 off of the Parkway (Garden State that is...)to the lovely Long Branch. It was only about 10am when we arrived, so it wasn't too hot, and there weren't that many people on the beach. We found a spot on the beach that had a cluster of black rocks right at the edge of the water.It was perfection. I did manage to get some pictures of the rocks and the beach. These are a couple of the shots that I took yesterday. This lovely lady is going to be walking with me in October, and she was so excited to jump at the opportunity to get some nice photos taken for a good cause.Within an hour I had taken all the shots I needed, and then we headed down the boardwalk for some lunch at Stewart's. All in all it was a great day, and I plan on heading down to Long Branch again soon, maybe with my kids next time.