Event photographer, North and Central Jersey
You live the moment. I'll keep it.
I'm Jorelie Anne Guirao, Jojo to most people, an event photographer in Bergenfield, NJ. Put your phone away and enjoy your proposal, shower, birthday or celebration. I'll capture the moments you'd otherwise miss.
- Coverage from $600
- Replies within 24 hours
Easy to have in your room.
Your staff runs the event. I stay out of the way and get the photos the family will keep.
- Photographer
- Jorelie Anne Guirao (Jojo)
- Based in
- Bergenfield, NJ
- Covers
- North and Central NJ, Rockland County
- Starting at
- $600 (3-hour minimum)
- Reply time
- Within 24 hours
- On site
- One photographer
- Delivery
- Within 21 days
- Events
- Proposals, engagements, showers and milestones
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Set up before guests arrive
I arrive up to an hour before coverage starts, so photography doesn't hold up the start.
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Your house rules come first
Flash, restricted areas, quiet moments during a toast or a blessing: tell me once and I follow them.
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One photographer, mostly candid
One person and a camera bag, working around your guests and staff.
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Photos delivered within 21 days
Families get their edited gallery in a private online link they can share.
Why put the phone down?
Because the research says you'll remember more of the day.
68%
of parents say their phone at least sometimes distracts them while they're spending time with their kids.
3 of 3 studies
People who recorded or shared an experience remembered it less precisely than people who simply lived it.
Even deleted
Taking a photo weakened people's memory of what they saw, even when the photo disappeared right after it was taken.
Check your date Coverage from $600 for 3 hours. Replies within 24 hours.
When you're the mom, you're also the host, the planner and the one refilling the ice. I want you to open your gallery later and find yourself right in the middle of it.
Moms are usually the ones holding the phone, which is why we're missing from so many family photos. Let me hold the camera. You hold your baby.
From the proposal to the 80th birthday.
Tap any event above to see how Jojo covers it.
Surprise proposals
You've planned every second of it. Your only job is the question.
I stay out of sight until the moment, then catch it from the angle a phone on a ledge never gets: the ring, the gasp, the yes. Tell me where and when and we plan my spot together before the day.
Engagement sessions
Most couples tell me they're awkward on camera. That's normal, and it's my job to fix.
I keep you walking, talking and laughing, so the photos look like the two of you on a good day. Pick a place that means something: where you met, your street, your favorite spot. Photos within 21 days, in time for the save-the-dates.
Baby showers
Your shower goes by in a blur: hugs at the door, the games, the gift you didn't see coming. So put the phone down and be in it.
I've got the grandparents' faces, the dessert table you spent weeks on and every gift reaction. You get a private gallery within 21 days to share with everyone who couldn't make it.
Gender reveals
It's over in a few seconds.
I pick my spot before the countdown, so the color and both your faces land in the same frame. Then I turn to the crowd, because the grandparents' reaction is often the best photo of the day.
First birthdays
One year. You blinked.
I photograph the cake smash up close, the family around the table and the small moments you miss while you're hosting. Little ones don't take direction, so I don't ask them to. I follow the birthday kid and catch what actually happens.
Sweet sixteens
The entrance, the dances, the friends who'll be in every photo for years.
Send me the program and I follow it in order, so the candle lighting and the father-daughter dance are covered even when the DJ moves fast.
Debuts
The 18 roses, the 18 candles, the cotillion. A debut runs on tradition, and every part matters to someone in the room.
Share the program and I'm in place for each one, so your lola gets to see every single rose in the gallery.
Quinceañeras
The entrance, the waltz, the changing of the shoes.
I plan around your program so the moments your family has waited fifteen years for are covered, from the church to the last song.
Milestone birthdays
40th, 50th, 80th. Big birthdays bring together people who rarely share a room.
I get the toasts and the dancing, and I make sure the photo with every generation actually happens before anyone heads home.
Christenings and baptisms
In church, I'm quiet. I follow your parish's rules on flash and where I can stand.
Right after the ceremony, I take the family and godparent portraits while everyone still looks the way they did at the font. Then the party, too.
First communions
White dress or new suit, a nervous smile, a whole family watching.
I photograph the moment within your parish's rules, then the portraits and the celebration, so the day is kept, start to finish. One photographer, no fuss at the church.
Graduation parties
The cap and gown get worn for one afternoon.
I do the portraits before guests arrive, then the party: the toasts, the friends, and the parents who are prouder than they'll say.
Anniversary parties
Twenty-five, forty, fifty years.
I photograph the couple the way their family sees them: the toast, the first dance again, the grandkids on the floor. Bring out the old wedding photo and I'll shoot it next to them today.
Family reunions
Some of these people haven't been in the same place in years.
Send me a list of groupings and I get the big group photo done fast. Then I spend the rest of the day on what reunions are really about: catching up.
Retirement parties
Decades of work, one afternoon to celebrate it.
I photograph the speeches, the coworkers who became family and the guest of honor finally off the clock. Photos within 21 days, ready for the farewell card.
I don't photograph weddings, so a client's date never competes with one on my calendar.
Photos of your space. Want images of your room set up and full of guests for your own marketing? Ask me. With the host's permission, we can arrange it.
Kids grow fast, and the party goes even faster. A good photo gives you back the minutes you were too busy to notice.
Based in Bergenfield, Bergen County.
Venues across North and Central New Jersey and Rockland County, NY. I don't book events in the five NYC boroughs.
What people say after the gallery lands.
I was so nervous about the question that I forgot all about the photos. Jojo didn't. She caught the exact second it happened, and now we get to relive it whenever we want.
She sees the little moments everyone else walks right past. I'm amazed every single time.
I show her photos to all my friends. When they ask who took them, I get to say "my daughter-in-law."
Jojo photographs people the way someone who loves them sees them. Every gallery starts with my "awww" and ends with me quietly wiping my eyes.
Opening one of her galleries feels like living the day all over again. I catch myself smiling at my phone every time.
Ready to check your date?
Coverage from $600 for 3 hours. Replies within 24 hours.