The studio behind the stories.
More than a decade. Over a thousand families. One promise — your simcha becomes our simcha.

The day is a gift from Above. Every detail runs through Sarah. And Sarah answers.
“No family should ever have to chase their photographer.”
Born and bred in Miami, Sarah owns and directs CJ Studios — the timelines, the team, the planning and coordination of every simcha, and more than a few of the shoots themselves. Clients rapidly become friends: she takes every family step by step through the process, turning the typical pre- and post-wedding worries into a thing of the past.
Every gallery, every album, every film crosses her desk before it reaches yours. Efficiency, reliability and honesty — a breath of fresh air.
Often imitated.
Never duplicated.
CJ Studios began with one camera and one conviction — that a simcha deserves the same artistry as a gallery wall. More than a decade and over a thousand families later, it is one of the most trusted names in simcha photography and cinema — award-winning work, simchas in twenty-six states, and the party planners who keep calling back to show for it.
Under Sarah’s direction the studio runs the way a great simcha does — everyone in exactly the right role: photographers and filmmakers who know every minhag and every minute of the day, holding every gallery, album and film to the standard the studio was built on.
Behind them stands a full-time team of editors poring over every frame, designers hand-building lay-flat Italian leather albums, and a front office that answers — every request, every phone call, every concern, graciously and warmly accommodated. Because in our line of work there are no do-overs, and your simcha only happens once.
The boring parts matter too: fully insured, triple-backed-up with off-site copies after every simcha — and your photographs are yours, full resolution, to print anywhere you like.
Don’t take our word for it — read the five-star reviews →At CJ Studios, your simcha becomes our simcha — we give 110 percent, because there are no do-overs.
★★★★★ What families say →One studio. One standard.
These are a few of the faces you’ll meet — behind them stands the full CJ crew: second shooters, lighting, attendants, editors and office staff at every simcha.

Sarah Shidler

Ihor

Ryan Levy
Have camera, will travel.
weddings, mitzvahs & productions — wherever the story leads
26 states. And counting.
Weddings, mitzvahs and productions from coast to coast — and weddings in Israel, too. Hover for the story.
Every service, under one roof.
Photography and cinema were only the beginning — step inside any of them.
From Lakewood to everywhere.
CJ Studios is a New Jersey studio, and a good part of the year we’re on the road — a wedding in Lakewood, a bar mitzvah in Brooklyn, a family in Chicago or Miami who flew us in for the weekend. Wherever the celebration is, the same two teams show up, and the same standard travels with them.
New Jersey
Lakewood — Jewish weddings, bar & bas mitzvahs, and community events
Toms River — weddings, portraits, and simchas across Ocean County
Passaic & Clifton — celebrations across Northern NJ
Teaneck & Bergen County — Modern Orthodox and traditional simchas
New York
Brooklyn — Boro Park, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Williamsburg
Queens — Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica Estates, Fresh Meadows
Monsey — Rockland County and surrounding neighborhoods
Manhattan — luxury weddings, engagements and simchas in the heart of NYC
Staten Island & Long Island — serving Jewish families across the island
Pennsylvania & Connecticut
Philadelphia — Center City, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion and the suburbs
Stamford, New Haven & Fairfield County
National Jewish hubs
Chicago, IL — weddings and mitzvahs throughout Chicagoland
Baltimore, MD — from Pikesville to the greater Baltimore community
Miami, FL — North Miami Beach, Bal Harbour, Surfside, Aventura, Boca Raton
Los Angeles, CA — across LA and the Valley
Boston, MA — Jewish families throughout Massachusetts
Destination & travel simchas — wherever the story leads. Tell us where yours is →




