Jonathan + Keli | Private Beach Ceremony | New Buffalo, MI | Toni Jay Photography Have you ever had an experience in your life where you truly just didn’t want that moment to end? For me, it was the day of Jonathan + Keli’s small private beach ceremony in New Buffalo, MI. When Jonathan contacted me at…
O’Brien Family | Warren Dunes | Sawyer, MI | Toni Jay Photography Warren Dunes was the perfect location for our session with the O’Brien Family. We started our shoot together along the creek in the woods, and ended our time along the Lake Michigan shore. We were greeted with gorgeous smiles, friendly faces, and a family that…
Balancing a Small Business and a Family | My Personal ‘American Dream’ | Toni Jay Photography Maybe for you, you replace the words “small business” with “teaching position” or “hobby farm” or “nomad lifestyle.” All of our dreams look different, and that’s how it should be. My dream includes balancing my family life while living…
Deemer Wedding | Barker Mansion | Destination Wedding | Michigan City, IN I met Lori and her mom just a couple months prior to her destination wedding at Barker Mansion, near the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. If you opened the dictionary to the words “warm and calm” I think you’d see a photo of…
Silversten Family | Private Beach | New Buffalo, MI Calm waters, an occasional breeze, and of course the humidity greeted us the night we met this beautiful family along the New Buffalo shore of Lake Michigan. The sun and sky changed drastically during our session. What started off as no clouds and bright sun, turned into the…
How I’ve Achieved a Picture Perfect Family | Toni Jay Photography This title is so misleading that I should be fined by the internet. Our hot mess is anything but the look of a picture perfect family, but there’s some truth to discuss. The need for talking about this all started with a conversation… Recently I was…
Hughes Family | Union Mills Indiana Photographer | Mill Pond | Toni Jay Photography It was a beautiful, sunny day as we met at the Mill Pond Conservation Club. You couldn’t ask for better weather! Normally by now it’s high 80s with humidity around 10 billion. Good ole NWI! I have known the Hughes family…
The Latest Happenings with Toni Jay Photography If you are the hyper-aware type, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been super active with posting on Instagram or Facebook. There are a number of reasons for this that I’ll share, just so y’all know what’s been happening! A lot of people have no idea the behind-the-scenes that…
Heckman Family | St. Patrick’s Park | South Bend Indiana | One Year Session It’s hard to believe it’s already been 6 months since we did Greyson + Hudson’s 6 month session, but these cuties are ONE now!! Watching them stand and take steps, interact with each other and their parents, clap their hands, and laugh was so very…
Rettig Family | Coffee Creek | Chesterton Indiana Family Photographer When Aubrey contacted me and asked us to do her family photos, I absolutely could not wait! Aubrey and I met while collaborating on a styled shoot last year. She is the owner of Here Comes the Bride, a gorgeous bridal shop in Coffee Creek in Chesterton,…