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a super cute family
- As always great work but I have to say WOW!! did you make their fabulous eyes just pop out! The first thing I noticed was the beautiful eyes. Windows to the soul and they obviously have beautiful souls.
- p.s. I noramlly prefer your B&W but what a waste of beautiful color!!! I love the ones in color!
- wow! i love that these are in the snow! So different than so cal, eh? lol. I LOVE the colors. Just beautiful!
- Oh Tara...these are STUNNING AMAZING GORGEOUS! i know Im gushing like an idiot but seriously I cant stop...wow! Love the colors, love the poses (or lack thereof...you are the QUEEN of amazing candidness) What a beautiful family! I cant wait for the rest!!
- WHOA! very stunning.
- these are inCREDible Tara!!
- wow these are so fabulous! I love the one of her and the kids. She has amazing eyes and is so pretty. Great job as always. I am sure she is thrilled!
- GORGEOUS Photos...everything from the lighting to poses..Awesome Job on these and can't wait to see the others...=P
- Gorgeous photos! I think maybe you could even make me look okay - to bad I am not closer to where you live. You are super talented!
- WOW!
- Oh my gosh....these are FABULOUS !!!!!
- Tara these are amazing photos! Margie is simply gorgeous..What a sweet family. Can't help but LOVE the order of the kids...3 girls, 1 boy just like me Ü
- Awesome photos!! At first I was thinking, what?? snow in CA? But then I figured out it was MN! Love the photos!
- just yummy! the colors against the stark snowy background look amazing! and miss margie...those blue eyes and full lips - you're a hottie bo-botty!
- Wonderful, Awesome photos - once again! Love the first one with kids in front and parents smooching in back - too cute!
- so.awesome...
- could that family be any cuter?!!?
- i am a bawling mess! Tara..........LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE these. oh man. I don't even know what to say.
- amazing...simply amazing...:)
- what a super cute family!
- me again... don't you just LOVE these reactions?? (margie's comment 2 up).. this is a main reason i'm into photography... just love the reactions from the family!
- that margie is so BEAUTIFUL! and so is her familY! wow! love these t. they are so great. can't wait to see the rest! margie, your daughters look like models! tara
- These are simply amazing. You are so gifted. If only you could bottle and sell it to others! All I can say is "wow!"
- these photos are as usual - very lovely!
- these photos are as usual - very lovely!
- wow. Tara, These are magnificent. really. I can see margie's personality shining through so brightly. You captured it perfectly. What a beautiful family. wow.
- Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
- I'm DYING! Margie must be daying. ALL of these are amazing, T. Damn. What a gorgeous family and I love the wintery setting. What an awesome change of pace. That one of her and her husband...can I try that with Matt and you can shoot it? lol I want Margie to adopt me... MARGIE... ADOPT ME!!! How do you feel about having a Mexican step child? I'll cook for you? HA!
- WOW, WOW, WOW! Love em!
- Stunning. I love the vivid colors against the white snow. If you are ever in Boston, sign me up for a shoot!!!! :) Susan
- FABULOUS, Just Fabulous!!
- Tara, all I can say is...W-O-W! Once again, you've pulled it off -- beautiful photos of a beautiful family. You know, you really should have come on over to Wisconsin since you were so close in Minnesota! Love your work. Keep on inspiring us. Jenny
- awesome as usual, T! :)
- What great photos. That family is gorgeous! Of course I am the mom/grandma, so that may account for my strong feelings.....
- Ok Margie - could you be any cuter?? And your entire family, just gorgeous!! Great photos Tara :) mcc
- HOOOOOO my gosh!! MARGIE!!!! You couldn't be any more beautiful!!! TARA!!! wow, wow, wow! The one of jason kissing margie????? Ohhh I like that one a lot! Can't wait to see MORE!!!
- these photos are just incredible! love them! margie has such a beautiful family.
- Wonderful! I just love #3!
- Just amazing!!!! Margie and her family are so darn cute! You did a wonderful job with her photos! Robin
- could you be any more freaking talented!!! wow, i want you to do my pics! you're amazing:)
- these pictures are the coolest! =O)
- Tara, this is some of your best work....evah! I mean, I always love your stuff but these are just stunning and I agree, LOVE the color ones. Would've been a waste to miss out on that stunning color in the white snow. Pefection!!!
- it's all been said before, but girl--you've got it! my jaw is still touching the floor. so cool. so cool.
- Tara, I just miss seeing oodles of your stuff. I'm always checking to see what's new here. Thanks for sharing these completely awesome/beautiful pictures. You've done great work. Margie, you have a beautiful family. Thanks for sharing.
- they are so darling. i love these pics. love the colors and margie is just stunning!
- WHOA! This is some of your best work yet. I am absolutely blown away. So glad you had more to share. Dude, you rock.
- man, margie you are so beautifuL! in every photo your eyes just jump out at me and your smile WOW! and your family is just as beautifuL! LOVE the ones of them cracking up with mom and dad in bg! sooooooooooooooo perfect t! tara
- What amazing photos!! You are truly blessed with an amazing gift that you share with all of us. Thank you......
- how do you get all the kids to crack up like that????
- no, seriously, what did you do to get them laugh like that??? it's awesome! They are such a gorgeous family and DANG her husband is a hottie! lol. You captured them so beautifully. Amazing work as always!
- I'm jealous.....plain and simple! =)
- what i wouldn't give for pics like these of my family! you have given margie such a treasure....her kids too! truly, these shots are so heart warming to me.
- pure TALENT!!!! :) m
- thank you!! how did i get them to laugh like that? i had previously hired an assistant (cathy) ! she was doing all sorts of crazy crap behind me-i dont even know what. at one point, she even grabbed my boobs. i dig that about her. she does what it takes to get the laugh. :)
- I adore the pic of the girl sucking her thumb (color). How personal and treasurable. I also love how the hair color and the clothing color are similar in the very last pic. Echoing comment above: I miss seeing more of your photos here (and of course your blog comments). Oh well, we'll take what we can get.
- oh i have had some questions about exposure. i used my 85mm portrait lens at 1.8 most of the time. upped it for family shots. ISO at 200, it was cloudy, but bright out. perfect lighting. i overexpose a half a stop with the aperture at 1.8 to get the brightness i like. then i adjust in PS.
- Wow. (Note to self: Close your mouth now.) I have to agree with what everyone else has already said. Margie - you're gorgeous and your hubby is hunky. And all of your kids - I just want to squeeze them all! And Tara, you always amaze me - ALWAYS! Snow, sand, wherever - you do such awesome work.
- Okay, I'm sorry but this... "at one point, she even grabbed my boobs." cracks me up! LOL
- Um, I'm not sure I'm allowed to post here, since there seems to be some sort of gender requirement that I don't and likely never will meet. But I'll risk it anyway. Hey Tara, Marj sent me the link to the photos. Thanks for the great photos of my brood. That first one, of Pete and me on the couch, has some great angles, textures, and shadows -- you can hardly tell that I'm peering over his shoulder to catch the basketball game on TV. And I love all the shots that include Martha's tattered blankie. Oh, and any with Marj and me in the background, while the kids frolic and gambol and gallivant -- all good, all fun. Sure, I'm a little concerned about the considerable gray at my temples in the color solo shot of me, but I suppose I can't blame the photographer for that, can I? So anyway, thanks! (OK, the man is now leaving the room. You can resume your ordinary girlish chatter. I've got more manly things to do anyway, things involving hunting knives, engine blocks, and chainsaws...) -Jason
- Way cool pics! I love'em. One of my all-time favorite layouts is one you did of margie's girls years ago (thin line between sugar and spice), I can't believe how much they have grown since then. Beautiful family. I love the way you capture the essence of family. Bravo girl, bravo! ria
- usually when you post an entire shoot i just pic a few from the thumbnails to look at, but i looked at every picture this time...margie's family is so cute & you are just incredible...so inspiring...thanks for showing off...keep it up:)
- Amazing!! The first one is my favorite!
- man these are gorgeous.. Margie.. and Tara.. totally wow
- Amazing. Stunning. Yeah.
- Beautiful. Tena
- manda-you would like that! ;) jason-giddy over here because you commented. when a dad takes the time to comment, that means A.LOT. a.LOT. thank you.
- Wow those eyes! Beautiful people and a great photographer equal amazing pictures.
- thanks for the response tara! i will have to bring my husband along next time to grab mine... haha... don't think he'll go for that. not in public anyways... thanks for the tip.
- WOW. beautiful photos!!! Do you travel at all????
- Me again. Love the album!! Love the children laughing so hard. (And love your assistant.)
- "manda-you would like that! ;)" Oh hush you. :P That was really cool what Jason said. Totally cool.
- Wonderful, as always.
- *sigh* i love me some pictures from you, tara, but seeing these pics of margie and fam make me miss both of you in a big huge way! they are phenominal, girl!
- So wonderful. Fun and bright. And happy! Margie's family is beautiful.
- Tara, I just looked at these to see what we are to expect with our photo shoot. These are just amazing! So beautiful and I love the unique things you do. Love the parents out of focus behind the children and I love the ones of the parents together. What a beautiful family and incredible photography. I hope you can make us look this good - I can't wait! Suzy Plantamura
- hello, scrolling down past MANY comments! I just love these. Margie's family is beautiful! The colors on the snow really make it spectacular!
- I usually love your b/w the most.... but the color ones are by far my faves in this set - awesome!
- WOW! I am always so inspired by your photos. PLEASE please please tell me you are going to teach a class on photography at Big Picture Scrapbooking????? I want to learn, and the idea of learning from someone who is self-taught and more concerned with the heart of it than the perfection angle...well, I'd be willing to pay. I'm emailing Stacy next, but please tell me you are thinking of doing this! Thanks!
- Tara, not sure if you're still checking comments or not but I'd love to know about the tilt you have to your photos. Is this done post-processing or while you are shooting? I've tried it while shooting but can never get it quite right, Yours are always bang on. Any tips on this? Thanks for always sharing!
- Just such gorgeous colours, hat else can I say, just so fab.
- beautiful!
- Usually I like the B&W's, but the colors this time were waaaaaaay better! (I've wanted to comment for a while now... before this was solely a photo-blog. Nice to meetcha!)
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