Figured it was time to show off some client images instead of personal ones. The Thiede family is living in that RV, traveling around the US with their crew of six. I met up with them in Orange County, CA at Doheny State Beach.
In the mom/daughter walking down the beach shots I told them to pretend they were in a tampon commercial – that’s how I get the big laughs.
You can read Alicia’s thoughts on our session here, where you are certain to fall as in love with her as I did.
xo
Tara
- Oooh..such a treat to see Alicia and her beautiful family here..you captured them all so perfectly. I tried to pick a fave but it got too hard. Gorgeous, Ms Tara. xx
- your work gives me goosebumps... and makes me want to be part of this family haha. So funky!
- OH! I love them!!! This session you've posted has touched me more than the rest lately. Love the hands together and kids one. Tara, someday you have to do use again. But sadly Russell is going off on his own in several months and we are down to four. Just wait, it seems like they'll always be there, but before you know it - it's over and you are on to another chapter.... tim and I are just saving up for that Harley. Have you ever done a bike shoot????? ;)
- beautiful:) oh and the tampon commercial - genius!
- Love these, Tara. So inspiring. What an amazing family and great way to be able to live. Thanks for sharing them with all of us! Can't wait to follow her blog :)
- I absolutley love these!!
- Just breathtaking!
- OMG just GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! What a stunning FUN amazing LOVING family. Oh Just GORGEOUS! Well done on an amazing session and Hello Gorgeous family
- I am in LOVE with these!! I don't know them, but these pictures make me smile :D I just love your work. I don't leave comments very often, but read your blog ALL the time. I can't wait to have pictures just like these (hopefully by you!) of my own family one day. :)
- These are just too fantastic and TOTALLY Tara!!! Love, love, love.
- Bring it on Tara! :)
- That family is BEAUTIFUL. First, Mom's enough tattoo is so cool. This coming from a tattoo-free girl. Secondly, the pic of the four kids up close. WOWEE. GORGEOUS. And lastly, those parents cannot have four kids. No Way. I have two and I look OLD and TIRED. What's up with that? ;) Beautiful session.
- fantastic. I see so much calm.
- Totaly in love with these! Tampon commercial ~ gotta remember that it. ha, ha.
- A-MAZ-ING. I always wish I could do what you do.
- ah i just love them. All of them. Amazing!!!
- Love these-- so bright and shiny-- beautiful family.
- omg I heart dreads.. & the tampon thing? I am so using that! That last image brought tears to my eyes.. beyond beautiful. xx
- Tara. Tara. Taarrrrraaaaaa. You're like a bowl of Lucky Charms and I'm going to eat you. Heart these so much. xo
- This session is so rad.
- Oh my stinkin' heck! I want to be a little girl in this family! Their beauty and style is mind blowing!
- Tara, I adore your photography! You have a way of seeing life and love and capturing with authenticity!
- Okay, I just read through her blog. Wow! What an amazing story. I seriously cried!
- This family is gorgeous! Love their free spirit...very inspiring both them and they images captured.
- Speechless!
- i got to meet her when she was in slc and we met up with jefra. i adored her and was so fascinated by the way she lives her life. she's a beautiful woman. i loved seeing your view of their family. beautiful photos.
- wow!
- oh my gracious that's hilarious!! hahahaha! i love this session, tara! <3
- wow. i love this session. the first one with all the bikes...oh my.... i love everything about this. good, great job.
- Oh Miss Tara! I will break my silence at last. I've been stalking your blog for years, my comments can no longer be contained! My goal for 2011....comment on Tara Whitney's blog! (why are some like me so afraid of commenting on strangers blogs?) This post touched me in so many ways. I too, dream of the day my family is in front of your lens. These images are up there with my top favorite TW images. Thank you for the inspiration!
- Wow! I can feel their love pouring out of my monitor right now. You have captured them so beautifully!
- What a rad family. Sometimes I dream of just packing up a few essentials and hitting the road with my family in tow, with no place to go, and no end destination in sight. One day...one day. wonderful images, Tara.
- Wow, definitely one of my favorites to date! Incredible!
- wow, tara! these pictures are amazing.
- really? seriously? are you kidding me? Is it possible to find such a free living, fun, cute family? These images are the bomb. Nicely done :)
- Where oh where did I JUST see this gal's cute tattoo.. pinterest? I dunno, but I am keenly aware that the universe is pulling a little trick on me again. I am totally jealous of both of you! That she has had such beautiful pictures taken of her family (and from her account a wonderful experience too) and that you got to spend some time with a family that is sooo themselves, sooo comfy in their skin, soooo beautifully unique... each one of them...
- love, love, love, LOVE. love.
- OMG. I love this family. I love these images. You're work, the people, the images, the stories, the emotions, are such an inspiration to me.
- they look like such a cool family
- beeeaauuutiful! you are on my life list too.
- CRAZY beautiful. What an amazing gift you have given this family!
- Seriously gorgeous, funky and fun! But over all - sweet, really real and honest. I love ever single pixel in each image. I 100% adore your work! Would you care at all if I highlighted this and Alicia's post on my blog. I'd love for my clients to see your stories. To embrace this family and to strive for this connection!
- WOW!!! That was a BLAST!!!!
- tara, these made me cry! seriously, amazing! tara
- You are really the best Tara. warmwarmlovelovefunfun
- Wow...what amazing photos and what a fun family!! I love every single one! Also LOVE "Home"...and now I can't get it out of my head!
- You are so amazing! You inspire me every time I see your website or blog. Thanks for rocking it!
- Your title reminded me of this youtube clip I saw yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64c5vT3NBw love love love your photographs...as always :)
- tears...these are seriously beautiful images. wow. great work.
- Love the photos. my fave is the one of the shadows on the sand.
- Wonderful fabulous photos! you are so amazing at expressing personality in your photos. and by the way that is my power song right now....
- holy baby Jesus. What an amazingly real family. This is the meaning of life. Period.
- LOVE.
- Have always loved that in-between in particular. Amazing photographs. WOuld love to hang out with this fam :)
- these photos arrest my heart with comfort. they just seem so real and true, it makes them easy to see.
- Tara, I SO love your photographic style....I'd love to be a bee buzzing around you while you're taking pictures.
- wow- awesome, awesome, awesome shots!!! LOVE!
- Favorite shoot ever. EVER.
- this family is life at it's best...and you captured this to inspire us...beautiful.
- Oh, wow! Amazing! So much character! Geesh, I want to travel now. And own a skirt like that. And walk barefoot, play with hula hoops... so much fun. What a fun family & life. Beautiful, incredible pictures.
- so fun & i am totally jealous of their around the us rv trip! agh! awesome!
- Love is enough. This family has all it needs. LOVE and you capture it perfectly. xo
- what an amazingly cool family.
- these are UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!
- You never fail to inspire, Tara. I always feel like I 'know' these families just from the images you capture of them. To me that is true success.
- love it! Really miss your clients photo shoots. So I'm happy ;-)
- Absolutely beautiful! Every single shot makes me smile... :)
- ohmygoodness. the black and white of the four kids took my breathe away. wow!!
- words cannot describe how amazing this family seems or how awesome these images they are. oh wait. yes they can...just read the words of her blog and it made me weepy. SO LOVELY!
- Tara--I've just spent hours reading your blog, rejoicing in your beautiful images, and laughing and crying at your honest words. Thank you. --Christene
- oh my gosh tara, that is amazing. i can't imagine a family that looks more themselves and the way you captured that was perfection.
- I have to tell you that though I do not leave comments often, I have followed your blog for years and you never cease to move me. I mean really, TRULY move me. With your words, your heart, that talent of yours that you share so beautifully. I have often expressed to my husband that I would never again wish for another Mother's Day gift if he would book our family a session with you. With our newest, and last, little one on the way and with our family moving back to SoCal shortly, I hope he takes me seriously.
- these are simply amazing! just love the way you see, Tara!
- I love this session. Such real moments captured of such a captivating and loving family. Excellent work.
- I'm in love with the whole crew!
- Tara I am one of your many Blogstalkers, I get excited when I see there is something new here and I love the personal images you put up here. This set of images is awe inspiring , I don't know the family I've never met them but looking at your images I really feel I do. I can see into their soul and they look like the sort of people I'd really love to get to know. They are so creative it make me want to pick up my camera right now and see what new things I can come up with. (only I've got the school run to do first !) Thank you x
- Wow. Not only totally inspired by the way you've documented this family, but also their way of life. So great.
- Just love these!!!!
- Wow! I am in love with every single image!! You never cease to amaze me. You are truly gifted. I hope I can capture a family's essence half as well as you. I feel like I know them.
- such a beautiful post!~ love it! thanks so much for sharing this :) reminds me of what "preciousness" photography can bring to others and to the rest of the world.
- I just came across your blog, your site after reading Kelle Hampton's interview with I Heart Faces today where she mentioned you are the particular photographer whose work inspires her. I read through your last few posts, and after falling head over heels in love with your kids' outfits, your story of catching the light - I am in tears, in awe, and feeling somehow relieved and grateful to have been given a little glimpse into your soul and your heart. Thank you for sharing your beauty. I look forward to learning more.
- I absolutely LOVE this photoshoot, you are amazing at capturing the essence of this family. Beautiful!
- are you freaking kidding me! this family is gorge!!! model children and such fun style!!!! i die!ohhh mannnn my family next!!! :)))) its still on my bucket list! xo
- So beautiful, Tara. This family is my favourite Tara family ever.
- I ended up here tonight on a pinterest trail. And I love them as much today as I did a year ago. You gave us a gift that was more than I could've ever imagined. Thank you.
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