lovely lovely yellow flowers • orange county photographer

kim - These make me smile BIG. I love the yellow flowers too. Down by me there are amazing purple flowers that make my heart skip a beat too. You are breathtaking....just beautiful you are! xoxo

kelly - these are so gorgeous, tara!!!!

carla callahan - Tara, you are such a beautiful woman... inside and out. I look at these pictures and see to your soul. They speak to me. I wish I had the chance to meet you and be graced with your presence - your spirit and joy. Thank you for sharing something so special. Carla

Cyndi - WOW they are incredible. I would so have a HUGE print of the first one made. Perfection.

Goddess Leonie * Goddess Guidebook - oh darling, these are so very very beautiful. just like you. just like yellow flowers. these make my heart sparkle too. :)

Rebecca - They're all gorgeous, but that first one is perfect. <3!

Janet - Tara just had to tell you this pictures really represent your true beauty inside and out. You should feel happy, I don't think you know how much you touch peoples lives with your wonderful blog. I wish you many days with this kind of happiness. ok I just had to let you know now I'm off to bed...

Carolyn - Despite my great disappointment at missing out on yet another one of your contests, I will put aside my hurt feelings to say that you look BEYOND GORGEOUS in these photos. They seriously make me love you (but not in a crazed-ready-to-switch-teams sort of way, just in a you-look-like-you-have-a-beautiful-heart sort of way). Did that make any sense? The point... your soul shines in these photos and I love it.

Rachel - YAY! :-) Muah!

Heather - Beautiful Girl--you shine in these photos. The photo of you and Jeff is simply amazing! You are smelling him, yes? Taking in his essense--so that when you view these photos later you can recall the smell of him and the flowers surrounding you?!

clare - These just ooze peace and happiness and love. You lucky girl! Thankyou for sharing these with us. They are too special! I love those flowers. I grin knowing that you are enjoying all the beauty of spring, while we are heading into autumn. The fall colours are just kicking in now. Much much love! X

Zarah - Wonderful photos and you look soooooo dang beautiful!!! Ps. I love the yellow flowers as well. They're like tiny bits of sunshine that speak directly to the core of my being. :)

alison - ohhhh. i love it too. beautiful. lovely.

Araxi - oh my.... just gorgeous! you are are so much like that yellow flower!

aimee - simply gorgeous! and inspiring that you made this happen...i tend to hide behind my camera, i'm comfortable there. i need to make something like this happen. you are really a beautiful person tara, the yellow flowers are just icing on the cake here.

Kathleen Payne - Well, aren't you lovely? More so than those beautiful yellow flowers. Enjoy life. -Kathleen4444

Belinda - Hi, Tara: I'm so glad you took the time to be photographed with the yellow flowers. Beautiful! I, too, love yellow flowers. In Alabama, there is a bush that blooms full of yellow flowers. Some people keep their bushes trimmed in a perfect shape... but the really spectacular bushes are the ones we leave alone. Those are my favorite.

kelle miller - Tara, I share in your glory as I know some day that I too will be in a photogrpah, hopefully with my children but to be photographed alone??? It better happen some day otherwise there won't be a picture in my obituary??? I must tell you ... your waiting really paid off... you look absolutely, soulfully, GORGEOUS! I am so happy for you that you have these now. I just may have to fly out to see you to get myself in a picture. My hope is that you enlarge these as big as your wall can stand so you can run naked with glee every time you look at them! here's to you, Kelle

lyndsay h-almeida - tara, that last shot of you is breathtakingly beautiful!

alisaspear - so-much-beauty! Love that YOU are the subject-

Candice - love these...your happiness shines through just as strongly as the sun in your photos! Beautiful!

emma - lovely lovely tara. you're a stunner.

Dixie - Love these pictures, especially of the one of you and your husband. Sweet.

Kim - Absolutely beautiful! Absolutely breathtaking! Absolutely amazing! Hugs to you! :)

Jennifer - Oh my gawd...so beautiful. That picture of you and your husband just kills me and I absolutely love what you said about it.

Julie Mitchell - I feel tingly and happy looking at your photos. You are beautiful.

Kendra - BEAUTIFUL.

BethBG - Tara, these are awesomely beautiful. This is how beautiful you are to us! XX's

Stephanie - OMG... the one of you and Jeff makes me shiver... incredible...

Mic - YES! I was wondering if you were going to blog about these. You already know what I think about them. You are a Yummy Mummy.

Chris - Absolutely GORGEOUS! xoxo

kris - Just gorgeous, girl!

jRo - i love the descriptions how each one made you feel. beautiful.

Rae - gorgeous pics. you look so beautiful and wow! to the yellow flowers ;o)

kari - pretty, pretty girl--you should get out in front more often.

shari anderson - simply wonderful! the yellow, the brown, the red and that sweet, sweet passion...very nice!

Cindy - Beautiful, priceless, timeless photos. Congratulations!

Alicia - Oh my wow!! Stunning and lovely. You have to print these huge and hang them where everyone who visits you can see them. Just wow!

Thresha - These are beautiful!! Your outfit, the yellow flowers and the sunflare are all perfect!

Nancy - Hot pink glitter, indeed! What a treat to see Tara pics of Tara!!

kp - you are so beautiful, and now you can see it for yourself, every day! what a treasure.

dana pugh - hot pink glitter..tee hee hee. The one of you and Jeff is so wonderful AND I know how much images like that mean when there are so few images of you with the ones you love BUT the two images of you...the first with your cheeky glance and the second where you look smouldering HAWT and the light is FANFREAKINTASTIC...those two are my favorite ;) nice to see ya ;)

Keri Doolittle Photography - BEAUTIFUL!! Nice to see you in front of the camera!!

Laura Ivanova - You look gorgeous...and HAPPY! I feel it! Love the pics :-)

apryl - super wow tara! the image of you & jeff...just emits love awesome shots!

michelle - Beautiful! Good for you for getting these done. I'm not in many of the pics at our house either. Gotta remedy that and I just found the place I want to do it at. Crossing my fingers that it happens!! :)

kae - oh lady! it is so nice to see you just being you!

Grethel - oh I lov eht first one too!!... you look beautiful!!..

debi - beautiful YOU! uh huh...I love the pic you and Jeff too.

Rhonda Steed - I can see your love. And it's beautiful.

Kate Callahan - Every woman deserves pictures like these. But the photographer rarely has the chance to be on the other side of the lens. I'm so glad you got your chance ... they're really very lovely.

stacymeyers - oh....happy...happy...yes...and...love...love...love!! That's what i see and 'feel'!! i can't wait for our session with you...i'm dying!!!! :)

shante - beautiful. your happiness eminates. time to switch out the photo of you on your site. and hola chica!

Bonnie - all the pictures are awesome. you look beautiful.

Kimberly - Good lord -- you look so beautiful in every shot! It looks like the perfect day captured forever. How wonderful... :)

tara pollard pakosta - you have the most amazing style! want to help me a purchase a new wardrobe as soon as i lose this last 15lbs?! i would LOVE some helP! you are just BEAUTIFUL tara!!!!! these are AMAZIng!!! can't wait to see the ones you got of your 4 kiddos! tara pp

Sarie - Sooo good to see your beautifulness. You are a gorgeous woman, supported by a loving guy. And the flowers, the sun, your expression. You should be proud of that soul you have inside that lovely face. xoxo

annie - They are gorgeous....LOVE that last one the best! Such a perfect spring shot...which fields were you at? So great to have such wonderful photos of you both!

Bentley - oh my, that first pic made me all teary. and in the others that follow - you look HOT. xxoo

danielle - you are beautiful. the light on the last one, breathtaking.

Jill - These are awesome Tara!

bobbi - You are so flipping beautiful! i cannot WAIT to photograph you!!!!!!

Isabel - Lovely couple, too much love in between the flowers, that absolutely came to a second place, as all the attention falls in such a lovely couple and such an amazing and beautiful girl !!!

Joanne - Yeowza! Aboslutely breathtaking!

mary alice - Tara, You are so obviously a beautiful person inside and out. The way you love your husband and kids, the way you bring out the beauty in your clients. And in my case, the way you inspire others to follow their dreams!! I feel slightly stalker-ish (which I am definitely not, just a mom and photographer like you) to say this, but seriously - I fell in love with your images and vision just as you were beginning your blog (can't even remember how I linked to you back then!) and you have been inspiring me DAILY to "just be" - to be me - a mom, a wife, a daughter, a friend - to follow my dreams and to develop my own style. I am finally doing it and I have never been happier! I am so glad that you have these lovely images of yourself to look at. Now you can see yourself just as the rest of us do! THANK YOU, Tara Whitney for being a cool chick and for inspiring so many women to be the same!!!

Cheiron - These pictures are gorgeous! I recently started reading your blog, and am in LOVE with all of your photos!

Abra Morris - I absolutely adore the shot of you and your husband and can tell why your heart would burst looking at it. Someday I hope I will get a picture that conveys so beautifully the love between my husband and I as this one does for the two of you. {{sigh}} gorgeous

amy boring - SO cute. That last one of you is just beautimus maximus!

Karen - Wow, Just WOW

Rebecca - Amazing. The middle picture of you is stunning! So glad you have these, and can't wait to also get some of my own...someday...

Trude - HOT MAMA!!! I love those flowers too. My new commute takes me past the hills off the 57 that are covered in them, and it makes me happy. In fact, I almost hit somebody trying to take photos on the way home yesterday. :) Thanks for the inspiration, as always!

rhonda - LOVELY!!! the first one melts my heart...i love your mouth in it! thanks for making me smile today!

shelley e - great pictures - you look happy!! :)

Gina - awesome photos!!

Lisa @celebrate CREATIVITY - Wow, these are all so beautiful. I really love that one of you and your hubby. It really speaks volumes.

cherie - everything about you is beautiful. everything.

Lyndzee of EP - Heck to the yes girl,, it makes me happy to see how happy the flowers make you. We just had our pictures taken this week and I can't tell you how excited I was to finally have mine and my hubsters love captured on camera. LOVE the yellow flowers, LOVE love, LOVE you!! Yaay for your pix,, can't wait to see more!!

Deanna Hockey - I don't think i've seen a more beautiful woman in a more beautiful photograph ever

Candace S - SO Beautiful! I want to go to there!

Holly Sisson - These are just awesome Tara, I can totally see why you are so thrilled! Wish we had fields filled with yellow flowers like that in T.O., then again, with my allergies it would probably make me sneeze. ;-) Loving the 'love' in the shot of you and Jeff, and awesome backlighting on the third shot! Very cool! :-)

Jenny - oh, look at YOU happy girl. so beautiful. but the first one. the first one! you are radiant with your hunny. lol at the bajillion hot pink glitters -- oooohhhh.

Shelley Haganman - Wonderful,wonderful photos. It is hard to be on the other side of the camera...to be out of our comfort zone. I personally do not like having my photo taken. I know I am too hard on myself but that's just how it is. I am so glad you did! These are gorgeous,sweet, and happy. So glad it made you happy!

elizabeth - That first shot Tara.. wow.. you can just feel your love.. its amazing and the ones of you.. AWESOME.. its so wonderful to see you in some photos you are so damn pretty and to know that you are in a place you love a place that makes you feel at peace makes these even more magnificent. e

Sandy - WOW...first the pictures of the women on the Thailand trip and now these beautiful ones of you. I can only say that I've always wanted my picture taken like these of you and of all the beautiful women on the trip. Im not sure that you know how inspiring you are to me and many others. Seeing your work and seeing how proud you are to show these pictures of yourself well...just makes me feel like there is nothing weird or stuck up or embarassing about liking myself enough to want to have beautiful pictures taken of just me. Thank you...thank you thank you Sandy

jodi bingley - you are gorgeous. the first one, of jeff and you, makes me smile and sigh.

jen - these are gorgeous - and YES - I can feel the love and happiness! so happy for you :)

lauren - amazing, tara. i am so proud of you for stepping out in front of the camera for a change. look at the beauty that was captured!! kudos to you! *

emily ruth - so awesome! the yellow is totally heart popping...& having pictures of yourself that you like is priceless...so priceless :)

Deann B. - Fields of yellow flowers and sunflare make my heart happy. I see it has the same effect on you. :)

lisa leonard - sososo beautiful. i really see anna in you in that first pic. xo

melissa deakin - so gorgeous. these are treasures!

Brianna - Gorgeous. You and the flowers.

Jen - Awesome photos!

Krysta - You had me sold at hot pink glitter, but the photos are even moooore gorgeous. Swoon... K xx

Kristen - I feel so thrilled for you! As a photographer I know what it means to never see yourself in images, and the fact that you gave yourself that opportunity amongst the people and flowers you love so much - well I just want to Burst! Man I hope I can create that for myself sometime soon.

Moriah Bettencourt - These are AMAZING! You are a lucky girl to have so much love ;)

Amy - I cannot tell you how hugely I am inspired every time I visit your site, Tara! I am now following you on Twitter in hopes that through your Tweets a little Tara magic will rub off on me! Also, I live in Alaska, where everything right now is brown and gray (from volcanic ash!) and seeing those yellow flowers makes me want to CRY! Thanks for sharing so much of yourself with us on the web!

Joscie - I looove it! :)

JenCozz - Amazing! Just gorgeous. You, the flowers, the light...everything! Wish I had gotten photos like these when we were in Napa a couple weeks ago with the mustard blooming.

Sandra - You and the flowers are lovely.

heather - you look absolutely lovely!

stacey - YOU ARE BREATHTAKING!!! Oh my goodness these are phenomenal images, Tara, and I'm so glad that now YOU have some of that "good stuff" you give to your clients and friends every single day. And us blog-stalkers. :) You just seem to glow. You look glorious and relaxed and completely content in the moment. And I will forever be jealous of these. :)

stacey - P.S. (your hair looks fantastic.) :)

DawnS - Tara...I adore the last photo of you! It's perfection (broken dress strap & all)!

Ashley Schultz - Wow. These are stunning!

Pam AKA Tara' Mom - I don't think i have EVER seen pictures of you that show all that you are. That show how you've come into your own.....You are beautiful,stunning,take my breath away gorgeous. My daughter. Wow! And the love between High school sweethearts still....... I get copies,right??? ox Mom

Shanna N - GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in LOVE with that first shot of the two of you! I can only hope to one day have a shot like that if me and my hunny!!!!

Christie - Oh, your mom just made me cry a little. You look beautiful. :)

Kimberly - so in love with this post. with each photo. you. there really are no words. love. but i told you that already.

Jenny Mason - I love the yellow flowers too! I do the same thing every year...I tell myself I HAVE to take my kids out each year to shoot them in the flowers and EVERY year I let it slip by. Good for you for getting out there and doing it. These images are amazing...as always!

Ruthie - And I love you, tara whitney and your brilliant work and I strive to grow and learn and be as unique in my way as you are in yours....Is there any way on earth you could allow me the priviledge of being a part of a photo workshop or master class of yours somewhere...or just see me as a charity case and meet with me one and one and help me along the way :)Take care! And keep being YOU!

Jennifer N - Tara... Everytime I look at your photos. I feel the emotion you are capturing. This time. I am so excited for you. I know how you feel. I am rarely in pictures and if this were me, I would die and explode too, instead of pink glitter it would be purple glitter. I LOVE, to infinity and beyond, the love captured between you and your husband. Blow that image up really big and hang it on a wall where you'd see it everyday!

gina - ditto my friend jenni n. above...

denise bovee - i love you... i love your passion... i love your story. you sunkissed beauty you! xoxo

jo marks - gorgeous girl - i LOVE the last photo ... inner peace & sass is a powerful combination! :-) (and your Mum's comments made me cry.) love you xxxx

Georgia - YAY!!! I'm so glad that you went out in the flowers to have your photo taken. These are FRICKING AMAZING photos of you. Like everyone has said, they really capture you. I know for me that it is so hard to be photographed (I love to hide behind that lens), and when very occasionally there is a photo of me that I kind of don't mind, I'm happy. BUT. THESE. ARE. STUNNING. Sigh. Smile.

melissa - these make me happy just looking at them! gorgeous.

Melissa J - YOU are beautiful! I can see why you love these photographs.

amy miller - I live in Orange County- where are these flowers?

Lanne - Awww Tara... beeeautiful. from beginning to end. You ARE the hotness..

Amy Tangerine - you look beautiful and so HAPPY. which makes my heart happy. and whoa, did you see your bicep in the photo with hubs? hubba hubba woman! you are toned!

Ria - you are breathtaking Tara! So proud of you for making a point to do this... us photog women are NEVER in photos and I think it is so important for our kids to have a beautiful collection of images that tell the story of who WE are. PURE INSPIRATION.

Julie Cruz - Beautiful, beautiful images :) You are toooo cute :)

Andrea - (sigh) love. love. LOVE!

Noel Holly - Happy happy happy photos indeed!!! And if you get a chance to answer this ( because I live in the OC ) - WHERE is ( or was) that field of yellow flowers??? Thanks for sharing these with us!!

kathryn - I find myself coming back to look at these... they are SO beautiful!!! Everything about them is so perfectly lovely! Please, please share some more!!!!!!!!!

erika verginelli | photography - those are simply amazing!!!!!!

tracy - You look happy and you should be. You are beautiful and have a beautiful family. I love these photos...and the location, amazing.

tara k - miss tara, you are something' else. love and light are just shooting straight out of your eyeballs...

Carla - you are so blessed!!

jess@studio3z - how precious are these?! these are just perfect. i am just falling more and more in love w/you Miss Tara. and I feel so fortunate to have gotten to know you a bit better.

dawn - confident, comfortable in your skin - and REAL. reading your blog shows us what you're like as a photog, as a mother, as a wife, as a daughter. but these pics show who you are as a woman. what a treasure. so awesome that you get a taste of what you've given to so many others - you deserve it - hope we get to see more from this shoot - and that you do this more often for yourself.

Jana - Dreamy, positively dreamy.... *sigh...

Malinda - Tara-- these are absolutely beautiful!!! Especially the one with you and your hubby.

Kelly - Gorgeous, gorgeous!

teresa b - Wow Tara.. they are beautiful.. it all came together perfectly!! truly amazing!! Again chika you ROCK!!

ria - i love these tara. the one of you and jeff makes me feel all mushy inside. you are a beautiful couple. smiles ria

kelz - you are beautiful.

boho girl - these made me teary. so beautiful that i am still searching for my breath. you are beauty in every way. love you.

liz - these are beautiful...so glad you made it out to the yellow flowers!

alison chino - SO GORGEOUS!! LOVE these! You guys are beautiful! And YOU! lovely through and through!

Jennifer - awesome - you guys look great, as do you alone! really nice shots. yes, you mustn't forget to get in the shots now and then. i wish you were on the east coast! :)

Aly Brown - The first pic is absolutely beautiful...

Jennifer Hart - you are so pretty, i just want to kiss you.

heather - Hey Tara - I'm on my way to a shoot in YELLOW FLOWERS right now! These are so inspiring! I hope mine turn out 1/2 as good as these! TFS!

Jenn Bullen - Tara, you have been an inspiration to me for a long time and given me the courage to start up my own business. These shots are beautiful, really show the inner beauty and essence of you. Love the shot of you and your hubby and those gorgeous yellow flowers.

jodi - LOVE that last shot of you. Bit o' sass in that one.

Abbie - Beautiful!

Karen Ard - I live in So Cal too and can't wait for our yellow flowers, which are called Black Mustard. It isn't native to our area and has over run native plants but a photographers dream!!! I just posted a photo shot on my blog of some also. Keep rockin' your work! I love it!!!

Patrina Odette - Oh Tara, I'm so happy for you that you have these. And a bit jealous, too. The only photos I have with me in them are ones that a) I used a tripod and remote for or b) ones that I hired out for our annual family session. These are just magical. Just wonderful. Just you.

amy schubert - gorgeous ... i dream about having pics like this of me ... or at least pics of me that I like!

tina - I usually lurk and admire but I had to drop a line....these photos are stunning. just beautiful. the light, the flowers, your gorgeous self...makes for a perfect combination. happy sunday.

Kelly Michaud - I am almost at a loss for words... the love from you two is perfectly expressed here! Fabulous capture! The photos of you are incredibly beautiful! You must be so thrilled. I, too, love the yellow flowers.

valerie - they haven't created the words yet to describe the love and drop-my-jaw-to-the-ground-and-scream-'i'm-not-WORTHY!!!' that got captured here. (p.s. - i'm with noel holly: where is this field?!)

christall - Beautiful as always - and I have to know where you got that dress! Christall

Samara Link - absolutely awesome. beautiful flowers. even more beautiful photos.

jenniferL - so beautiful... reading the back story makes them even better!

courtney - You're beautiful!

andrea d. - Beautiful, just stunning!! So happy for you and celebrating the love that you obviously have for each other and your family!

Alissa - Wow, these are incredible! You are GORGEOUS!!!!

Erin - ohhh soooo beautiful, i swear i don't think you, your family, or your art could be anymore perfect!! p.s....please let me know what kind of glasses you are wearing!! i just adore them :)

wynona - You are gorgeous, Tara.

Carolyn - oh my gosh, i didn't realize just how beautiful you are :) You Go Girl!