Tina Jay Photography | Philadelphia Wedding Photographer

June 30, 2010 - 10:46 am

Jess - Wow, I love them all! Lee is abslutely precious!

June 28, 2010 - 8:37 pm

Lisa Matkowsky - O.M.G. I honestly don’t think I can comment, because there’s just wayyyyy too much to say! Tina, once again, awesome job. Mary, he’s absolutely amazing – enough said!

June 28, 2010 - 5:10 pm

Amanda - Great job… again. I don’t think I can pick a favorite. The tractor, the crumbs, the cornfield – what an awesome session!

June 27, 2010 - 6:17 pm

Kylene - Can’t believe he will almost be a year! The cornfield shots are awesome Great idea!

June 26, 2010 - 11:18 pm

Lisa-Marie - a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e.

June 26, 2010 - 10:01 am

Joan - Wow Tina, these are all great pictures of Lee! It doesn’t seem like that long ago that you did his newborn pictures. I love the expression on Lee’s face through the wheel of the tractor; so intense and serious. They are all wonderful and Mary looks beautiful, as usual!

June 25, 2010 - 3:06 pm

Sarah M. - I LOVE his super blonde hair! The second one is my favorite!! Great job Tina, as always! Mary I am loving your hair cut!!

June 25, 2010 - 2:12 pm

Katie - What a cutie! Great job Mary and John! Hopefully I will get to see him in person finally in October!

June 25, 2010 - 1:02 pm

Allison - he seems to pose for some of the shots!!! love the black & white one of him and his beautiful momma

June 25, 2010 - 12:50 pm

Sarah - I’m pretty much thinking exactly like Jaime! TOO cute. Love him

June 25, 2010 - 10:04 am

Dawn - I love them all….but especially how serious and intent he looks on steering that tractor! Great pictures of my favorite nephew

June 25, 2010 - 9:06 am

Jaime - Oh my goodness – SO freaking adorable! Amazing pictures Tina!

June 25, 2010 - 8:59 am

Mary - I can’t pick a favorite I love them all! He clearly loves you (and your necklace) too! We had so much fun at our shoot, the ones on the tractor turned out great…I can’t wait to show John. The cornfield was the perfect setting to capture his curious personality Thank you so so so much for sharing your gift with us!

June 25, 2010 - 8:58 am

Heather - Love these, they are so fun! Especially that one you shot of his face framed with the steering wheel!

Sarah & Simon: Engaged

June 22, 2010 Posted in Engagements

Ahhh, I just loved this session – hot couple, gorgeous light, and an amazing location:) Sarah & Simon opted to do their engagement session where they first met: at their friend’s house. This house was another one where I felt like I was on vacation! I think I must have screamed 10 times “man, I REALLY want to move here!” They live in a house right on lake with their own little dock….I could have shot there all day long:) But I love that Sarah & Simon picked a location that meant something to the two of them as a couple – even if Sarah DID trip and fall down the stairs as they were about to be introduced for the first time:) TOTALLY sounds like something that would happen to me!

On to the pictures!

Simon is an AWESOME landscaper – he did all of their landscaping (that patio/fireplace and everything!), and it was even featured in a magazine….I was impressed:) I think I won brownie points because I knew that the plant in the bottom of the picture was a hosta:)

I LOVE these! They took a canoe ride the first night they met, so they hopped in for a few pictures:)

Sarah, I love your smile:)

Yummy light!

See what I mean? HOT couple!

Like I said, this house was amazing, so I love that they totally trusted me when I asked them to walk behind a shed for a few:)

This is the basement of the house. I don’t know about you, but my living room doesn’t even look this nice…

Thanks Sarah & Simon! I had so much fun with you two….can’t wait for the winter wedding:)

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July 6, 2010 - 8:56 am

Allison - Hi Tina! It’s been way too long since I’ve caught up on your blog, so I know I”m way late in commenting, but I LOVE this shoot! Gorgeous light, couple and locations! You’re so talented!

June 28, 2010 - 5:07 pm

Amanda - Everything about these photos is amazing, but that yellow canoe… wow!

June 25, 2010 - 11:31 am

Mandy - Beautiful pictures Sarah & Simon! Love the ones in the canoe! You both look gorgeous!

June 23, 2010 - 8:22 pm

Joan - Great pictures Tina! They are a good looking couple and the setting is gorgeous! You’re right, their basement looks alot better than my living room! I love the canoe pictures.

June 23, 2010 - 6:47 pm

Sarah M - Tina-we are so thrilled with the pictures! You did such an amazing job even with all of Simon’s improv LOL. My dad said the pictures made him cry!! Cannot wait to see what you have up your sleeve for our wedding! Thank you for helping make this time so special for us!!%

June 23, 2010 - 6:20 pm

Sarah - Amazing again. I feel like I have the same comment for every post! Looking good Simon and Sarah! And I love them in the canoe

June 23, 2010 - 10:06 am

Mary - Sarah looks amazing (totally covet that shirt) and Simon has his signature smirk going! Beautiful location for sure. Love the one of him hugging her <3

June 23, 2010 - 8:57 am

Gail - Wow..that location IS amazing! I love that canoe (and it’s yellow- myfavorite!) I think my favorite poses are on the porch. So relaxed

June 23, 2010 - 8:49 am

Jaime - These pictures are gorgeous, Tina! And the couple looks amazing together

The Land

June 18, 2010 Posted in Personal

Last weekend Jay and I had a little weekend getaway, and went up to the middle of NO where for the weekend. My dad has some land up in north PA that’s pretty remote, so it’s always fun going up there just to disconnect from the world for a weekend:) I love heading up there because it’s so peaceful, and you hardly see any people the whole weekend. Here are some of the sights:

I kept wishing I had a couple to shoot in the middle of this field with tall grass:)

I love this Pepsi barn that’s on a random hill-side of the mountain…..then this guy came out to meet me:)

This is my favorite cabin up there – the teeny tiny one you can see on the other side of the lake….it’s a legit log cabin – looks like it was made out of Lincoln Logs (remember those??:)

Like I said, my dad owns some land up in North PA…..so it’s uniquely called “the land” hah:

Everything is dirt roads up there, so this ATV is our mode of transportation…..I wish I could have somehow gotten a picture of Jay’s face riding this thing, because he just has the hugest smile plastered on his face when he’s driving:)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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June 25, 2010 - 12:35 pm

Heather - That old farm house with the tree in the field? I MUST go there.

June 22, 2010 - 11:24 pm

Allison - these pics are amazing!! AND…did you see that one horse that looks totally shocked?? hahahaa

June 22, 2010 - 5:43 pm

Amanda - Fourth photo down? BEAUTIFUL. You need to hook a girl up with that photo in a giant size so I can frame it for my house. Seriously that is how much I love it.

June 21, 2010 - 8:51 am

Ben - Ahhhh….I mellow out just looking at the pictures! Great Pics Tina! (I really LOVE the one of the gray barn by the winery.)

June 20, 2010 - 7:53 pm

Sarah - <3 all of these!!!

June 18, 2010 - 9:27 am

Gail - SOOOOOOOOOOOO gorgeous! I want to shoot in that field too!!!! I’ve decided I’m ruined on just taking in a scenic place..because now, all I think is, “I would really like to take someone’s photos here!” BAH!

PS – Those shots below of you two are CUTE!!

Outtakes from Our Weekend Away

June 16, 2010 Posted in Personal

Why is it SO hard to get good “self portraits” when you hold the camera yourself? Faces always look weird, and it takes about 20 tries to get one that looks half decent. Add the weight of my 5D and 24-70mm lens, and it’s pretty much impossible to get a good picture that’s actually in focus.

Here are a few outtakes of Jay and I from our weekend in the middle of no where (excuse our appearance (especially the hair – YIKES), we were in the middle of the woods for the whole weekend:)

Eyes closed:

Out of focus:

Do you know what’s going on with my expression here? Cause I don’t….yikes.

I think I was telling him to remember to smile, when I ended up forgetting to give him a kiss….instead it just looks like I’m biting him:

Welp, this is as good as it gets!

And if it was just me holding the camera? Forget about it. One thing I learned about myself this weekend is that I really have no upper body strength – I had to make Jay hold the camera (my hands were a shaky mess) while I tried to focus and take the picture. Didn’t hurt that he has abnormally long arms, they actually came in handy this time:)

I’ll be posting more pictures from our weekend away later in the week:)

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June 22, 2010 - 5:45 pm

Amanda - We do the exact same thing. The only problem is that Allen ends up getting irritated with the process and the more pics we take, the worse they are. I almost always end up using the first one anyways

June 18, 2010 - 1:03 pm

Jaime - haha I love them!! Especially #3

June 16, 2010 - 8:14 pm

Joan - Nice pictures of you and Jay, Tina! I actually like them all! They’re very casual and fun!

June 16, 2010 - 6:27 pm

Jess - Haha, very cute!

Rebecca & Tommy: Wedding

June 11, 2010 Posted in Weddings

Last week I shot the most GORGEOUS wedding at the Ballroom at the Ben in center city Philadelphia. It was such a perfect day for a wedding – great weather (just a tad hot though hah), gorgeous details, and two amazing families…..these families were so much fun! Rebecca and Tommy have pretty much known each other their whole lives – their families have been close friends for years. So when this pair started dating a few years back, it was a perfect merging of the two families:)

Now on to the pictures, here are a few details from the day:

Love these flowers! Rebecca’s parents had a PERFECT porch for pictures, I was so excited:)

Stunning:)

Jaime (my new second shooter) did an awesome job at this wedding, this shot is hers:

The church they were married in was stunning (St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Gloucester City, NJ):

Husband and wife!

LOVED these groomsmen – by the end of the day they mastered the “serious” pose:)

Next we headed over to Washington Square in center city Philadelphia for some more shots:

This one makes me smile:)

Love this too!

We just HAD to do the shots on Broad Street – this spot never gets old for me!

And then enter the reception. Just LOOK at this venue! Ballroom at the Ben is absolutely stunning inside, I was in heaven getting detail shots:

Rebecca & Tommy, thank you SO much for inviting me to be a part of your day – it was so much fun, and was an absolutely amazing wedding! Not to mention both of your families are a blast:) Have a great time in Riviera Maya at the end of the month!

To see more pictures from Rebecca & Tommy’s day, check out the SLIDESHOW!

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