Blog of Orange County photographer, Tara Whitney. Features client sneak peeks and sessions, the "check it" section (where Tara shares her favorite things found online), and personal stories from her life as a woman and mother of four.
Their love was palpable and right out there for the taking. I was honored to be trusted with it. I am so happy for them.
We went strawberry picking, because they are passionate about good food and healthy living. I thought it would be a good match for them. (And it was.) The light was so beautiful we had to go to the beach, too.
xo
Tara
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- OMG! I love these! LOVE
- Just perfect images! They are so cute together. You could feel the love...
- Gorgeous! Love the story told through the photos....i feel as if i can feel their love for each other...amazing
- Well done Miss T. Full of life and love, which is what you do best : )
- How do you do it Miss Tara? Make magic every.stinkin.time you pick up your camera. LOVE these.
- I want to live in your eyes for a day. Magical. Five thousand words each picture.
- Just makes me feel so happy inside to see these..Also makes me miss my Uncle very terribly at the same time. Love is Love is LOVE.
- this is my new most favorite shoot of yours!!! amazing is what you do. amazing.
- I love the one of them standing in the back of the truck!
- WOW These are great!
- breathtaking Tara!! :) thanks for sharing!!
- I am completely in tears...such a beautiful session. AWESOME!!!!
- Beautiful as always.
- Hands down, one of my favorite sessions of yours. Absolutely breath taking.
- My favorite is the piggy back shot. That is such a fun shot. I love their expressions in that one. What a gorgeous session.
- LOVE. I love what you captured, I love the love they brought with them.
- Tara, you have seriously outdone yourself with this session. There is so much beauty within these women and their love for each other, I am touched to the core by the magic you captured that night.
- They're completely in love and they're gonna be completely over the moon with these shots :)
- lovely post, I can feel the love between them, beautifully captured. Thanks for sharing!
- Oh my gosh golly god. Absolutely out of this world! Beautiful and so, so moving.
- wow. really, really beautiful.
- I think my favorite is the one of them with the little yellow flowers. Very touching.
- BEAUTIFUL shoot. You can tell the love between these two is absolutely amazing, and you captured it perfectly :)
- I am holding back tears while looking at these photos. I wish my girlfriend and I could have such a happy relationship like this. They are so lucky to have each other. You captured so many good moments. Gorgeous work. Thank you.
- so, so beautiful Tara. You're like a conductor for the rest of us to see what lives in people's hearts.
- These are sooo beautiful!
- stunning imagery! you really captured something amazing
- Beautiful!
- These portraits brought tears to my eyes. As a photographer who haunts other photographers blogs it is rare that I ever see MY life portrayed publicly by professional photographers - thank you Tara - I love your work for a million reasons already but now - I love you.
- beautiful. i try not to read comments before i comment, but i noticed someone said they'd like to live in your eyes for a day (or something similar). i couldn't agree more. you have such a wonderful gift, tara. your photos are always stunning and you can always FEEL the love while looking at the photos. well done!
- This is the most emotional, lovely shoot of yours yet. Every shot is just stunningly beautiful. Thank you so so much for sharing.
- So so sweet! Really beautiful, as always :)
- i adore how the one is always leaning on the other's shoulder... just this safe/protected/love place you see in that. beautiful story tara... :) ~S
- Love how they always look happiest when their faces are pressed close together. These are fabulous!
- Wow....Tara you captured what every couple wants. To be able to see the mirror image of their love and commitment shining back at them.And what warms my heart to the core is beyond the images.To read the comments that actually see JUST THAT.....I love each and everyone of you for that. I am so grateful the times they are a changing....and Tara I am so proud of you to help pave the way.
- I don't often comment, but I felt like I sorta kinda had too for this post. I was raised in a family where homosexuality wasn't considered ok- and I followed that thought pattern because it was what I was taught. Once in college I was put on a staff with a guy who quickly became my favorite person and he was gay. It was then that I started to realize that someone like this could not be wrong. That whatever he was doing was not only no one else's business, but that it was right for him. I have come a long way from my old way of thinking. Seeing these pictures tonight brought tears to my eyes. There is something so vital, so wonderful, and so incredibly RIGHT about these pictures and the love it captures. You are an incredible photographer and you did an amazing job capturing this incredible love between two people.
- See... you can see it right here, in picture after picture: A sweet, perfect love. So I don't understand how my church (LDS) can say this is wrong.
- these are gorgeous photos. love is beautiful!
- It's all just WONDERFUL - you're right, their love is totally palpable! The strawberry picking shoot is genius and inspired, well done!
- i've breathed them in and out and my eyes are heavy from staring at this screen. thank you.
- your collages make the whole day come alive. LOVE.
- * moved.
- moved.
- This brought tears to my eyes. The love just radiates from these beautiful photos, I can't get over it. Love this so, so much.
- Tara you have such an eye that it makes me want to pick up my camera straight away and maybe one day, hopefully and with lots of practice, be that good. At the same time I feel like packing it away for good knowing I'll NEVER be that good. Inspirational wins.
- Gorgeous!
- beautiful photographs of a beautiful, happy couple :-) great work Tara!
- beautiful, just beautiful - if only we could all know such love.
- These are AMAZING ... what a beautiful couple !
- Just love all the LOVE you've captured here.... Such a beautiful couple x
- I am speechless. Absolutely, some of your very best work. Just beautiful.
- these are so real ... love love them
- The strawberry field is a great location...just love the shots on the back of the truck!
- These are just amazing Miss Tara.. you really did an awesome job of capturing their love for each other.. just beautiful
- *Sigh* They're all perfection...their love radiates. xo
- Really beautiful work. Their love really shines through these photos.
- Beautiful images as always Tara!! Such a lovely couple! xoxo
- I love all the pictures (I have never seen a "Tara Whitney" that I didn't love). That said the pictures featuring their hands were incredible. I love the intertwining of their fingers - such a metaphor for life. Thank you for sharing.
- I ADORE these pictures! What a beautiful couple
- I fell in love with your teaser shot, then I saw the rest of them. Thank you to Stacy and Ruth for sharing your love with everyone. I absolutely fell for the piggy back shots on the beach, but all of them are breathtaking.
- so super cute.
- Did you absolutely love this session? The images say you did! Really, really beautiful work Tara. I smiled through the whole set. I bet Stacy & Ruth Ann are overjoyed with their images!
- these are seriously amazing! I love them! Do you have any posts talking about how you direct your sessions? There seems to be such ease .. I bet you are amazing to watch work.
- I agree with what Shanna said, I would LOVE to hear the kinds of things you say to your models and any suggestions you have to aspiring photographers. Thank you thank you thank you for sharing your beautiful breath taking art.
- ok so i posted on the other blog about these two. but i adore these!!! thanks for sharing!
- these photos made me smile. they are SO beautiful, and you can SEE the love radiating between these two. these images radiate JOY!
- OMG genius to go to the strawberry fields! Their love is definitely palpable - well done on bringing it out through the photos!
- ohhh...I'm kinda weepy over here. I hope I find a love so true someday! You have such a gift, Tara!
- pure tara whitney magic! love these tara, thank you for sharing. kathleen
- Stunnging......just love every one of them!
- love is beautiful.
- you are beautiful, tara. these are incredible.
- Tara, you are an absolute artist. . .I can't believe how you take the mundane in a scene and make it inspiring, beautiful, breathtaking - you're very cool like that :)
- Beautiful and Inspiring as Always!!!!
- As always, you've done it again, Tara. Gorgeous and stunning... So many cool elements to work with (love the crates on the back of the truck). And you captured so many emotions - playful, tender...just love this session! Their love is truly shown in a way that makes one baffled as to why all couples cannot have such freedom.
- So awesome and amazing!
- Perfect. Beautiful. Full of love. Vx
- What awesome photos!!!!
- Beautiful, Tara! Love comes in all shapes and sizes and I love the way you captured THEIR love. Stunning!
- Simply AMAZING.
- Their joy and love exudes form these images. Simply perfection! Beautiful, beautiful work!
- exemplary. you can see the love, laughter and joy they share. i love the idea of strawberries for 2 food lovers. i'm inspired by their love.
- Love this, T. Love.
- This set moved me to come out of my 3+ year lurker status to post that I LOVE THEM!! Holy Wow...
- Beautiful photos and beautiful ladies. :)
- I honestly have tears in my eyes looking at these photos... They are just STUNNING and I love every one! By far my favorite Tara shoot. EVER. How lovely!!
- Lovely! Beautiful shots!
- Absolutely beautiful! You are so gifted at capturing the love between people.
- oh my gosh. love radiates from these photos T. beautifulness.
- beautiful session, full of love!
- Amazing. Just amazing. The love you captured......Wow.
- Love Wins :)
- INCREDIBLE. loooooooove every one!!! you are so incredible tara!
- I hope you read this. I hardly ever comment on your blog. These pictures made me teary eyed! I'm not a lesbian, in fact I'm Mormon and we're taught about the sin of homosexuality and I always struggle with fully adopting that doctrine because love is LOVE no matter who it is. These pictures are soooooo loving! I think one factor is these women's faces are so full of expression! I believe that the expressions on their faces are what they feel. And obviously they feel love. Really, truly, wonderful job, Tara.
- YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
- They're a lovely couple! You rock! xoxo Claudinha, from Brazil
- *sigh* I love love.
- nice to see a great photographer post photos of a same-sex couple. Beautiful work :)
- I love this session. To pieces.
- I love LOVE how you captured the emotion! These photos ooze love!
- Thank you Tara. For your gift for capturing reality and emotion and life with such clarity and tenderness that we all feel it. For (as another photographer already posted) showing a glimpse of my life on your blog. It's easy in this photography world of families and brides and grooms and mom's and dads to feel utterly invisible. Although I have no need or expectation of validation, there is something so beautiful about visiting here and seeing these images, and this love displayed with such gentleness. For the serendipity that lead me to your blog immediately after hearing of the Prop 8 ruling...seeing this post and knowing that today the state of California said that Stacy and Ruth (and thousands and thousands of other couples) are deserving of marriage and that discrimination against them serves and benefits nobody. for all these things, I am thankful. Stacy and Ruth - you are beautiful, and your love is inspirational.
- Love love love love it! You are so gifted, lady!
- Gorgeous, Tara. Love the location... love the colors... love the LOVE.
- Two beautiful women, beautifully in love.
- Wow, these made me teary-eyed.
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