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10-31-09

Ocean City, NJ Wedding Photographer | Nancy & Steve

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Last weekend Jay and I headed down to shoot Nancy and Steve's wedding in Ocean City, NJ. It was a great time hanging out with them for the day, and they had QUITE the fun bridal party - those bridesmaids kept me laughing all day! I think my favorite story of the day was the story Nancy's Maid of Honor, Trish, told in her speech - she decided to talk about Nancy and Steve's first date:) Nancy and Steve were walking along, and she decided they should turn down one street to get where they wanted to go. Steve said no, they should go the other way. Nancy said no, let's go my way. Steve promptly picked her up and threw her over his shoulder and said, "we'll go my way". Trish said that is when she knew Nancy had met her match:)

The bridesmaids all got ready in the bridal suite in the Flanders Hotel, in Ocean City, NJ....So excited!

Ocean City NJ Wedding Picture

Loved the way her veil was draped over her dress:

Ocean City NJ Wedding Picture

Flowers by the ever-fabulous Garden Party sisters....everyone was raving about the flowers all day:)

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Nancy and Steve opted to have a First Look session and see each other before the wedding ceremony. I can't say enough how much I love First Look sessions - it's such an intimate moment that is able to be shared JUST between the bride and groom....and then all nerves and jitters are out of the way before the ceremony:) It's also great that you can then get all bridal party and family portraits done before the ceremony, because that way the bride and groom can go straight from the ceremony to their cocktail hour, and not miss any part of their day.....they can just enjoy their guests. I love this next series in Nancy and Steve's First Look session:

Love this one....my favorite:)

Let me tell you what, these bridesmaids were SO much fun....what an awesome group of girls:)

Love this picture of a moment shared with Nancy's Dad and Nephew, looking out the window of the Ocean City Yacht Club:

Oh man, this cake - it was DELICIOUS. Nancy gave me a HUGE chunk to take home after the wedding, and I was in heaven....hands down the best wedding cake I've ever eaten!

Nancy's dad escorting her down the aisle:

Wait.....this one might be my favorite....love it:)

Love love love this picture of Nancy and her Dad after their Father/Daughter dance:

And the fabulous bridesmaids again, serenading Nancy:)

Thanks for everything Nancy & Steve! Hope you're having a great time on your honeymoon!

For more images from Nancy & Steve's day, watch a slideshow of their Ocean City, NJ Wedding!

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Josie - JP Event - November 2, 2009 - 1:04 am

Tina you are totally already hired for my who-knowns-whenever wedding. or rather my engagement photos as I’m the exotic elopement type of girl. either way, your totally hired for that…someday lol

love these photos – the one of all the bridesmaids is so much fun!

Gail - October 31, 2009 - 3:01 pm

LOVE the shot of the girls walking and that breeze blowing shot is AWESOME!! I also ADORE her bouquet!

Mary - October 31, 2009 - 12:04 pm

Nancy has the most infectious smile! Those bridesmaids look radiant too! Great pics Tina, can’t wait to use them on my website Send me a cd if you get a free minute, busy gal. You really captured the fun spirit of the day….

10-27-09

Philadelphia Engagement Photographer: Katie and Nate

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I feel like it was only appropriate to post Katie & Nate's Philadelphia engagement session on the eve of the first Phillies game of the World Series. Katie and Nate are HUGE Phillies fans. I mean HUGE. When I first met up with them and we were trying to schedule a date for the engagement session, Katie whipped out her planner. Katie's planner had ALL of the games written down, and she even has it color coded based on whether the game is home or away. That is a dedicated fan:) Scroll down to the end of the post to see a little Phillies love:)

We met up in Center City Philadelphia on Sunday for their engagement session - I was AMAZED at the weather. It was such a perfect day - I think I said "can you get over this light?!?!" about 27 times:) We had so much fun walking around - Katie & Nate, I had a blast hanging out with both of you....you're such a fun couple and I now can NOT wait for your wedding next November!

YUM-MY! That light!

Want to hear me say it again? The light was SO amazing! This light was provided from a reflection off of a window across the street. I feel like this is what Cali photographers must feel like daily!

GORGEOUS:)

LOVE this! They had so much fun with the session - I love when couples have fun with it because it totally shows in your images in the end:)

I think this is my favorite:) It's hard to pick because I love them all!

Hello, perfect fall leaves. I appreciate that you covered every color of the rainbow in your leaves. Thank you for being on Spruce Street as we walked by:)

And this is why I absolutely love Katie & Nate. Katie goes "can we try something kinda stupid?" - so of course I was all about it. This was the resulting series - LOVE it!

Then there was this:)

Katie, you're STUNNING:)

Here we go - Katie and Nate showing a little Phillies 'tude (is using the word 'tude nerdy? hah). Showing the Yankees what's up:)

Love this shot:)

Thanks guys! Can't wait for the wedding!

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Barb - October 28, 2009 - 8:54 pm

what fantastic pictures of a great nephew and his bride to be. Looking forward to the wedding.

Gail - October 27, 2009 - 9:20 pm

What a FUN couple! These are gorgeous Tina!!!!!

10-26-09

My First Use of the Oven in 9 Months

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I did it. I broke down and finally used our oven for the first time since we bought our house. Only took me about 9 months....that's not too bad, right? Well Jay's birthday was about a week and a half ago, and I decided I should be a good girlfriend and try to bake him something. Did I decide to bake normal vanilla cupcakes and buy icing in a container? Nah, I figured I should bake pumpkin cupcakes which required me to make my own icing from scratch. Why did I think that was an awesome idea? I found the recipe on the Two Paperdolls blog, and they looked so delish I figured I'd give it a shot.

I wanted to make sure I posted this before Halloween, these cupcakes would be the PERFECT thing to bake if anyone is going to a Halloween party:) The recipe came from the Real Simple website, so I figured it couldn't be THAT difficult....there actually weren't many ingredients involved:

This is why I'm not a fan of cooking/baking. At each of these 4 stages I was thinking "is this right? This doesn't look right....does it?" - I never have any idea if I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing!

But the end result looked pretty. Still not sure at this point if they taste right.

Hah I'm sure Jay is going to love me for posting a picture of him shoving a cupcake in his mouth:) I should have backed up when I took this picture, because what you can't see is him being so excited that I actually baked him something that he didn't even take his jacket off before he shoved this in his mouth, and it was still hanging around his waist:) Maybe that's a sign I should work on my kitchen skills....

Then I ended the night with a romantic card (HAH), and Season 4 of It's Always Sunny. Does anyone else watch that show? SO hilarious! I also am taking Jay to a secret destination (not as exotic as it sounds) as a birthday present in 2 weeks, so I'll post about that after we go away:)

Happy Birthday Jay!!

PS the cupcakes were delish. But I have to be honest I only ate one.....because once I knew what went into the icing I felt gross eating it. All the icing consists of is 2 packages of cream cheese and 2 cups of sugar. TWO CUPS! That just seems like an unnecessary amount of sugar, but man was it yummy:)

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Joan - October 28, 2009 - 5:32 pm

The cupcakes look wonderful Tina! I agree with Jaime about the cereal thing. Jay must have been thrilled! Anytime you want to make pumpkin cupcakes for me, feel free!

Jaime - October 26, 2009 - 9:06 pm

They look delicious I’m proud you didn’t make him cereal for dinner!

Heather - October 26, 2009 - 7:49 pm

I would LOVE to try those! But I know what you mean about making something and then not wanting to eat it because you know the ingredients. I make a biscotti at Christmas that has SEVEN eggs and a full cup of oil. My goodness.

Sarah - October 26, 2009 - 7:05 pm

I really wish you didn’t post those pics. Now I REALLY want a pumpkin cupcake… glad to hear the oven works