Contemporary Image

Emil does amazing work. My engagement pictures were great and so unique. Contemporary Image caught every detail of my wedding :) I would highly recommend them!!!

We could not be happier with Emil and his work. He was incredibly professional, flexible and gave us years worth of memories to look at. From start to finish, he was great to work with. We could not be happier with his services!!!!

Ed O'Malley (of The Contemporary Image) was a godsend! The wedding package I purchased included a complimentary engagement session and large portrait a couple months before the wedding. Well, I got caught up in the planning and the fact that I was entitled to this photo shoot completely slipped my mind. Ed called ME to remind me, scheduled the session 2 weeks before the wedding, on a SUNDAY, suggested the perfect atmosphere, informed me on the time the sunsets to make the perfect background, and took over 200 photos on HIS TIME! His committment to his profession is unparallel! I have sung his praises since that day! Both Ed, and his partner James captured EVERY moment of the wedding-both poses and candids! I feel like I relive the wedding each time I look at the photos... I have never dealt with a vendor who is so professional, yet feels like someone I have known as a long time friend. This is the ONE physical part of the wedding that remains over time and reminds you of the BEST day of your life... Thanks to Ed O'Malley, my day was absolute perfection and I have over 1600 of the most amazing pictures to remind me! I have, and will continue to recommend Ed, and the Contemporary Image! They are committed to 110% excellence!

Emil from Contemporary Image is an amazing photographer - he loves what he does and it truly shows in his work. From the moment that we met with him we knew that he would be the perfect photographer for our day. It is going to be so hard for us to narrow done what seems like a handful from the hundreds of photos we received. He captured literally every moment! People can't believe how many amazing shots we have. Emil was a pleasure to work with and he helped us get from one place to another with no stress what-so-ever! I would HIGHLY recommend Contemporary Image - you will not be disappointed!!

Emil's professionalism, flexibility, and creativity allowed us to capture the best day of our lives in outstanding photographs that will last a lifetime. Highly recommend!

Ed was a wonderful photographer. He was very personable, yet professional. He also had great insight on the area, Spring Lake, NJ and captured the best shots, while staying out of the way. I would definitely recommend him to everyone! Our album came out with great detail and our friends all say it's the most amazing wedding album they've ever seen.

I am a wedding videographer and I have pretty much worked with every photographer in NJ. I was lucky enough to have 2 great photographers for my own wedding. I chose Emil Bartsche as one of them. Emil's talent and his personality is perfect for any couple's wedding day. No one knows photographer's better than I do, and Emil is the man! I've also worked with Emil's partners Ed and Mary and both are just so much fun and creative on the wedding day. These 3 are not overbearing photographers. They are calm, relaxed and experienced. When I work with this studio, I always get great video footage.

Contemporary Image Photography was awesome, Ed was great and I get lots and lots of compliments on my wedding album. It was just what I wanted.

Excellent service and incredible talent. Emil specialized in photo journalism, our photos were amazing, he has a great eye. All around great guy to work with. Reasonably priced. Highly recommend.

Very creative, excellent images. Value for cost.

Emil was just top-notch! He listened to my requests and was very unobtrusive during the ceremony and reception. Yet we ended up with over 1200 shots from our day! 10+++++

The pictures that we received were wonderful! Ed did a GREAT job in making sure we kept to our schedule while getting all of the pictures that we wanted and needed. Our album was laid out beautifully. I highly recommend Ed and The Contemporary Image. My husband and I were very satifsfied!

The services and quality of workmanship that Emil and his staff provided were phenomenal. We were both very happy with the finished product and cannot wait to get our coffeetable book!

We decided on Contemporary Image to photograph our wedding day. We worked with Emil Bartsche and we would definetly recommend his services. Emil was extremely professional, returning all phone calls and answering all of our questions in a timely fashion.He chose a wonderful location for my fiance and I to take our engagement photos as well. All photographs came out beautifully, and we could not have asked for anything better!We would highly recommend Emil Bartsche if you are looking for a wonderfully talented and professional photographer.

Ed was wonderful to work with and he does absolutely beautiful work. He made me feel so much better when it was raining on my wedding day. We actually took pictures outside and you would never know that it wasn't a beautiful day! His photographs are breathtaking and we barely even noticed that he was there! He's certainly one of the best photographers in the Central Jersey area.

Ed O'Malley did a fabulous job on our wedding photography. Everything was beautifully done from the engagement photos to the wedding day photos. Mr. O'Malley spent from 11am starting with my getting ready and went all the way to the very last guest left at 11pm. He caught all of our special moments on film. I would recommend him to anyone looking for a photographer. I can't say enough wonderful things about him and his photography.

Emil is very easy to work with. His photos are amazing he captured every detail of our special day.

We chose two photographers to capture as much as possible on our wedding day. The primary photographer was phenomenal. The second photographer left something to be desired. I would highly recommend this vendor but I would also recommend meeting with your second photographer before hand and requesting to see some of their work as well.

First, my pictures & album are absolutely gorgeous. Ed and an assistant caught every moment we had hoped for , and many more and we barely knew they were there. They did an absolutely unbelievable job and the final album product is just stunning. I would give them all 5's if the non-photography business aspect was handled a little better. The owner is sometimes hard to get a hold of, took a long time to return phone calls, get the album put together, and even was a no-show for an appointment once. For us, it turned out great in the end, but I was worried there for awhile.