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About

Joie Elie Photography & Cinematography is a family-owned boutique wedding photography and videography studio based in Somerset, New Jersey that immortalizes your best memories. You’ll feel confident enough to relax and enjoy your special day while Joie Elie Photography & Cinematography documents every memorable detail in stunning images and film.

Experience
Creative director Joe Kuan received a Master of Fine Art degree in media studies from Syracuse University and worked in advertising in New York City. As part of Joie Elie Photography & Cinematography, he combines his strong academic training and hands-on experience in visual production to serve his clients with honesty and integrity.

Services Offered
Joie Elie Photography & Cinematography captures your most beautiful, intimate and heartfelt moments with a detailed, personal and artistic approach. Wedding services offered include the following:

  • Engagement shoot
  • High-resolution images
  • Multiple shooters
  • Professional editing
  • Custom graphics
  • One event per day
  • Trash-the-dress shoot
  • Video
  • Asian-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

Client Revisions
High-Def Video
Highlight Video
Multi. Cameras
Multi. Locations
Raw Footage

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Add'l Hours
Client Revisions
Full Feature Video
High-Def Video
Highlight Video
Multi. Cameras
Multi. Locations
Raw Footage

What primary style do you identify with?

Cinematic
Storytelling

Which wedding events do you service?

Ceremony
Pre-Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What videography services do you offer?

Drone Footage
Full Feature Video
Highlight Video
Multi. Cameras
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Raw Footage
Destination / Travel

What final video formats do you offer?

Digital Download
USB Flash Drive
USB Hard Drive

Reviews of Joie Elie Photography & Cinematography

Steve
Steve Sent on 09/28/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Thoughtful and Caring - Besides Being Expert Photographers!

We were so fortunate to have picked Vickie and Joe to capture our special day in photos and videos. From the start, communication was excellent, and day of, they really leaned into our wedding theme in surprising and creative ways! We loved their energy, and our guests did too - one of the things we kept hearing from our guests was how hard they saw our photographers working, and the results showed. We loved the blog post and "sneak peek" pictures for sharing with family and friends - such a creative idea and so nice to have quickly after the wedding, we know they must have worked hard to turn it around so fast! Thanks to their planning and organization, we were able to get lots of first look photos in and enjoy our cocktail hour, and then as the sun set they had the "eye" for exactly the right lighting to catch stunning photos. We loved the video as well, were amazed by how many of our guests they were able to get quick interviews with, and they made sure to get everything we requested. Besides the professionalism in their craft, we were truly touched by the thoughtfulness Joe, Vickie, and team brought - and cannot recommend Joie Elie enough!
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Kathie Sent on 11/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Captured all of our favorite moments, beautiflly

Joe was our photographer and he was such a joy to work with. He had good ideas for staged shots during our first look and rolled with the punches for candid photos during the wedding/reception as well. The pictures turned out beautifully, Joe captured every important memory, and communication was seamless with him and Vickie throughout.
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Daniel Sent on 09/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Couldn't ask for a better photography/videography team!

Working with Joe and Vickie was one of the best decisions that we made for our wedding! We started our wedding planning with lots of virtual vendor conversations. From the moment that we spoke with Vickie, we knew that we wanted to work with them. They really focus on making YOUR VISION come true while providing feedback from their years of experience. We had a wonderful experience with the engagement photos and were very excited for the wedding (we booked photography and videography). Let me tell you, the team at Joie Elie blew us away! They were very focused on capturing all of our special moments (the sneak peek photos were breathtaking) while making sure that we were able to enjoy the day. Joe and Vickie recommended some moments that we should capture and we are so glad that we did. Something to note is that your wedding schedule is likely going to be a bit delayed due to a range of factors (this happened to us and impacted our photography timeline). The team at Joie Elie did not panic and came up with solutions to ensure that we got back on schedule. Even after 8 hours of event coverage, they were very kind and we couldn’t ask for a better team to work with. We are very excited to get our wedding photos/scrapbook and videos. Highly, highly, highly recommend the team at Joie Elie!
Cieloregina
Cieloregina Sent on 09/14/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing photos and highlight reel

I recommend Joie Elie photography to anyone. We were not only impressed with the photos Vickie and Yunika took, but also their video was top notch! Every time I watch our highlight video it brings happy tears to my eyes.
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Deepa Sent on 08/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Highly Recommend!

It was an absolute pleasure working with Vickie and Joe this past year for our engagement photoshoot and wedding day photography and cinematography! We came across Joie Elie Photography and Cinematography during our vendor search and instantly fell in love with their work. From the very beginning, Vickie and Joe were extremely professional and personable to work with.

Joe traveled to Philadelphia for our engagement photoshoot. My husband and I wanted some fun couple photos in the city we love (where we met). Joe made us feel very comfortable and captured beautiful, candid moments. He’s truly an artist! After seeing the results of that day, my husband and I were so excited to work with Joe and his wife Vickie on our wedding day.

We got married on June 23, 2019 in New Jersey. With this being the first wedding in both of our families, we greatly appreciated Vickie’s suggestions throughout the planning process and incorporated them into creating the perfect wedding day schedule! We had a multicultural wedding, and Vickie and Joe did an AMAZING job capturing all the meaningful details. A few of our favorite moments included: reading love letters we wrote to each other, our first look before the ceremony, and sneaking away before cake cutting for a nighttime photo session. As we look back at our photos and highlight video, we are simply in awe of their work! Vickie and Joe are so thoughtful in their approach and perfectly captured all the emotions and subtle expressions of the day! We cannot thank them enough for helping us create memories that will last a lifetime!!
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Clare Sent on 04/07/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing photographs and super nice people

Joe and Vickie were such a delight to work with from the initial meeting to the day of. They were very responsive and worked with us on several details of our wedding day, including location changes and a non-traditional reception schedule. Joe had everyone at the reception cracking up and was able to take some really amazing candid shots, as well as giving us great creative ideas for posed photos on the beach. I would highly recommend Joie Elie, especially if you are looking for creative candid / documentary style photography!
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Serap Sent on 07/23/2018
5 out of 5 rating
My husband and I have so many good things to say about Joie and Vicki! i am one of those brides who likes to get the most bang for my buck but also I need to be happy and satisfied with the product. I am a researcher. i cant tell you how many websites, IG, FB pages I have been on for the hunt of a great photographer and videographer. All the places I liked were asking for a arm and a leg for their service. I finally came across joie Elie P. and Vicki and Joie are both the sweetest and the most professional people to work with.
Vicki was so responsive and patient with my questions and little add ons and all the changes and details we had. She knew all the questions and so prepared and calmly answering them all and helping us make the process smooth and easy. All our friends and relatives are still raving about what a tremendous job they both did at our wedding. We met Vicki and Joie prior to our wedding to go over some details and inform them about some of the traditions and customs that took place in our wedding. We got our digital copies soon after our wedding along with everything we discussed in the contract.
they are both such hard workers. they captured all the amazing moments and all the guests in our wedding. From the moment i started contact with them up until now they are such amazing people and professionals to work with.
I would give them 10/10. Once again THANK YOU SO MUCH VICKI AND JOIE for the most amazing service you provided for us.
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Alicia Sent on 06/09/2018
5 out of 5 rating
This place was recommended to us by our cake designer, and I’m really glad thay we followed up on her suggestion. Vickie is really sweet and she was careful to listen to what I wanted while also making helpful suggestions. Our photographer, Matt, was awesome. I liked that he seemed to really enjoy what he was doing. He got took really awesome pictures and made me incredibly happy to have him there. Highly recommend.
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Matthew Sent on 04/18/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Joie Elie went above and beyond our expectations as our wedding photographer and cinematographer at Woodcliffe Lake Manor. Being that we requested only one of each, they were still able to capture every single important moment in our wedding! Joe who was the photographer was VERY attentive to us (bride and groom) and was able to capture beautiful moments we didn't even expect. One of our favorite photos was from that attentiveness. They even sent us already edited photos the day after the wedding! I cannot express enough how happy we were to have Joie Elie as our photographer and cinematography and would highly recommend them to anyone else. If you are looking to have someone capture every single important moment for you, look no further than Joie Elie Photgraphy & Cinematography.
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Kyoung Sent on 08/22/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Recently got married on April 2nd 2017, found Joie Elie on a random wedding sites and end up using them for videography, they were very professional, responsive, and just easy to work with!! I love my highlight video and how they edited with music and captured the whole wedding in 4-5 min video!!!~. I would definitely recommend them to anybody looking for videographer!!!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2016 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2014 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2012 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

2 Endorsements
The Imperia The Imperia Banquet Halls

Gorgeous work ! One of our favorite pictures of our Cristal Ballroom was taken by Joie Elie Photogaphy- they will be sure to capture your event with perfection!

Bridal By Michele Bridal By Michele Wedding Hair & Makeup

her work is so beautiful So professinal If i was to get married I would def book her

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