im feeling short on words this week.
the kids are home on spring break.
im finally caught up on things after getting sick.
this is the family of my good friends alexis and shaun, who i have written about here, here, and here. ive known them for eleven years. she does my hair. and i take her pictures. we share a common bond over depeche mode and most other 80s bands, it’s it ice cream sandwiches, and laughing about stupid things.
would you believe, they have painted this wall and door the same bland peachy tan color that the rest of southern california is?!?!??! I AM SO UP IN ARMS.
this is bowie. she is named after bowie himself.
this is finley, growed up just a bit since i last saw her!
nothing special was done to these foggy images. the beach was foggy and beautiful the day we were there.
there was a guy JUST to the left of this frame, on his cell phone, watching us like we were possibly crazy. you can see my laughing face just to the left of shaun in the reflection of the glass. i was shooting without looking through the camera. i wish i remembered what we were laughing about.
i just saw these three blonde beauties yesterday. for a hair/photo day. drew and nathan have new haircuts, i am mostly brunette again, and the girls got a trim. alexis, bowie, and finley romped in the weeds off the side of the road for me. those photos to come soon.
great shots tara….even without a lot of words. :-)
Love them :) Those fog beach pics are awesome!
beautiful, beautiful photos :)
By the way –
In the UK we have those advertisments at a train station in Liverpool. They are all to do with T-Mobile and you can find the UK version on YouTube here….such fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM
sigh..you did it again. Your pictures never fail to put a smile on my face. I can’t imagine what the families you photograph feel like once they see what you’ve captured for them. love you t!
FAb! I especially love the baby girl on the beach with the tiny footprints scattered around.
ok…so my foggy fuzzy days at the beach my pictures NEVER even remotely come out as fabulous!
glad to hear your feeling better. love these so pure and gorgeous.cant wait to see the next installment :)
Oh I adooooore these possum! So filled with love & joy & family & magic and allllll that goodness :) You=amazing.
My dad lives right up the street from that Beach Coin Laundry. I wish I was in Newport Beach right now.
love these….so much! especially the fog ones. and that last one is so precious.
Those could possibly be the coolest kids names I have ever heard.
amazing…again. wow. i just love the feel of your photos. i really dig that bw photo of the couple together…and the smiles…all of them are awesome.
a pleasure to see every photo you take. as always!
Love the photos, especially the ones on the beach, just beautiful!!! It’s it ice cream sandwiches… Yummy! I haven’t had one in forever and hadn’t really thought much about them until now. I’ll have to remember to get one when head to Nor. Cal. this summer!!
Oh my Gosh! I can’t believe how grown up Bowie is and Finley is beautiful just like her sister and mom! Holy Crap! I can’t believe you’ve known them 11 years cause that means that’s how long we’ve known eachother too! Wow! That’s crazy!
Gorgeous as always. Love the pink sunglasses. :)
Gorgeous photos as always!
I think you should take a bucket of cool paint and go to that door in the middle of the night and paint it. And do it the night before a photo shoot so they don’t have time to paint over it.
The Sound of Music video clip reminds me of some of the things that Improv Everywhere has done. You should check out their videos.
http://improveverywhere.com/
chris-i love improv everywhere! we just signed up to be agents for the LA sister group!
love the reflection of you laughing in the window, how funny!!
Beautiful, beautiful images. You absolutely captured that family. :)
Hey T, these are beautiful. I love how you’ve arranged the in the collages too. I’ve seen you do these heavenly foggy beach photo shoots before… inquiring minds must know, morning?? What settings are you using to get that blown out foggy sweetness? Do tell??
Love the shot with you laughing!!
As always you are my inspiration. I attempted an Easter shoot with my cousins two daughters (age 9 & 2) and it is really hard to work with kids. I don’t know how you make it look so easy!!!
Gorgeous. I love their girl’s names, too.
what a great session… Hey Tara.. if I dont catch back up with you before Happy Easter to you and your family
chubby fingers on wood … so sweet. the foggy beach … love it!
i don’t know if it’s hormones or what, but that train station dance clip got me all choked up!
love the look of these – happy and sunny – even if it was a foggy day. I also love it when I am tired from working and I click over to your site and see new post/pictures – makes me take a break and catch up on tara moments. :)
katrina, it was about 10:30 in the morning, and i was just metering for them…..
i just LOVE this session. You are so awesome!
Tara, I just have to tell you that I have been inspired by your blog ever since I came across it last fall! You never fail to give me an artistic boost – simply by the pictures that you post. Really and truly, I want to be a photographer just like you when I grow up!!
I was intrigued by one of your posts, several back, where you mentioned that you played the game “Hurry” with your families – giving them three seconds to re-position themselves. I wanted to ask if you would share other “games” or techniques you use to help create the amazing interaction that you so adeptly capture? You are a very gifted lady! Thanks for the inspiration you give us all!!!
Love it! Favorite is the bw close up on mom and dad!
I love, love, LOVE your eye. There is so much heart in your images. Beautiful as always!
Wow – just love the shots on the beach!