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.
Simple and traditional session at home with a quick stop at the lagoon down the street. The light was UNREAL the afternoon/evening I photographed this family of three. It went from blinding gold to soft pink, and I loved both. But I think I am partial to the soft pink sky. Reminds me of San Francisco.
xo
Tara
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
If I can’t photograph you at home, I would love to photograph you on vacation. My clients who travel to southern California have a different frame of mind. When you are on vacation, everything else tends to fly out the window. Your focus is entirely on the togetherness of your family, and taking in new things. That is the perfect frame of mind, in my opinion. I go at the session with a different frame of mind as well. Instead of following you around doing the things that come normally to your daily routine, I follow you around while you explore a new place. I get a little bit of that vacation magic.
This is the Russell family, who were on vacation, and who I have photographed twice before. (I could only find their first session on the blog – darn!)
Alison sent me a card after seeing her images that said something like this, “Thank you Tara. You help me to see the beauty of my life.”
Thank you Alison, you help me to see the beauty in mine.
xo
Tara
