This is my friend Sharla, and her family. The kids were, um, shall we say less than cooperative? :) They were in total "we are going to play at the beach mode". And when we finished and I came home I was so worried I hadn’t gotten anything worthy of enlarging. Worried for Sharla’s sake. But I was happily surprised and found that although in most shots the kids aren’t looking at the camera, these pictures really captured what her family is right now. Hectic and fun with three adorable but slightly crazy kids. :) And that is what I strive to do. Love you Shar.
The proof album is here.
the pics. are great. beautiful fam.
tatum just erased everything else i wrote so i’ll just leave it at that for now.
I had to laugh right out loud when I saw that curly-headed little imp must have been eating sand in those shots! Looks like you did have your hands full. But no worries, as always you found perfect snapshots of life in those moments and these are so up to par with everything else you do! 2 Questions tho’ – do you shoot in RAW and edit as it comes into PS or in JPG? Do you use a tele lens and hang back or use a 50 or 85mm and get close? always a great day when I wake up and get to see a new batch of TW pics!
absolutely gorgeous shots as usual…i’m seriously coming to where you live one day for a photo shoot! :)
Oh My God…I’m SO in love with the picture where he’s holding her face all serious and she’s laughing…I love it! Amazing work as always Lady!
Sara
Tara, love the pics. Since I saw other photo questions above I have one too.
I have read your conversion method, but what do you do for color? USM, anything? I am new to PS & my colors need a little help. Whatcha got? :) Thanks
you are amazing T! incredible shots :)
Beautiful shots as usual, Tara! I love the one with the parents arms around each other, and the kids all sitting in the sand doing their own thing…and the shots of the curlie haired girl with sand all over her, hehe, cute cute cute. I love when you get surprised by what shots you were able to get out of it…those are my favorite kinds. :)
wow…always wow with you. You know…I get so frustrated when I can’t get kids to look at me or the camera…but I always adore the shots of them looking elsewhere. Great ones here. I am so flying your way soon. :)
Darling pictures of Sharla’s family. Wow!!! they have all really grown so much!!! You really captured them perfectly!!
wow. how can you make people look that good when they aren’t even looking at the camera? dont’ know how but you do….amazing as always…love the heart in the sand. definately your trademark….i have to try that sometime….of course letting people know it was all your idea….love love love your style…..i so want to come to CA….thanks for showing more photos. i am in awe as always!
tara
what kind of camera do you use?
what kind of camera do you use?
Wow Tara, I just love those photos. The lights shining in the eyes are just wonderful. Wish we had a sea nearby to make such beautiful photos.
have a nice day
Alette
Tara, I think every one of these photos captures real life. I used to take portraits for a company – very contrived, looking forward, smile pretty – had to get out of that. Because, photo shoots like this are what life is all about. You’ve got mad talent!!!
Hey, so does my family win the award for “hardest to photograph” or what? LOL! I must face it, this is how my kids are, full of life and lots of energy! I love the pictures because this is how we are EVERY DAY. ;) Yes, my little curly does eat sand, I guess she doesn’t get fed enough at home. :)
absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! Great job-they ROCK :)
FABULOUS-As ALWAYS Tara! :)
Sharla’s family is beautiful, and as always, you did an amazing job of capturing that!!
The youngest obviously got Mama’s curls. SO jealous!!
Need to email Sharla and get some more Heaven, I mean, mango lotion! ;) Thanks for the reminder!
WOW! Imagine if they had cooperated! :) I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, you ROCK!
I love your photo’s, these and all the others, thank for sharing them!
Beautiful as always. Your vision captures perfection in the imperfections. Amazing how your composition is done in such a way that its as though you MEANT for them to not be “cooperative.” Its mastry!
Awesome photos as usual, Tara. You have such a knack for capturing people’s personality and making them come alive in your photographs. Your friend will love these photos and treasure them always, I’m sure. You are truly the master!!
Awesome as ususal Tara! Your talent never ceases to amaze & inspire me!
Another amazing shoot. Would you be interested in a trip to CO for photo shoots? I have told all my friends about you and they LOVE your work. One friend asked “What would it take to get her here?”. Hmmmmmmmm, let me think on that…..ask, beg, plead, whine, dine, shop, pray…..send her a ticket??? If you are interested in a little trip north let me know. We could arrange a weekend or more of work for you to shoot all my friends and their fams!! Love Ya!!
Another AMAZING set of photos to admire! Your talent is amazing, Tara! If only I could get my drebel to take such awesome photos! Someday, eh? :)
UMMM…worried you haven’t gotten anything worthy of enlarging???? Awesome as usual!!! Can’t you move to Ohio????
As always, these are amazing! How much would you charge for teaching me to be you? ROFL!
Beautiful!
ok, seriously, can i just be you when i grow up? i am such a huge fan of your photography!!
These are beautiful and the location is just perfect. You are mega-talented…wow!
*saving my pennies* lol
Tara,
I’m a photographer from Australia, and like you, have my fair share of kids who like to do their own thing through a shoot. I sometimes walk away thinking ‘oh no, I haven’t got the shot!’, but am surprised at how their personalities just seem to shine through in the final images. Just like these photos of Sharla’s family. I don’t know them, yet after looking through the proof album, I can almost hear them giggling nervously, and having a great time. They’re fantastic photos. I love the images of Sharla and hubby.
I look at these shoots, and the ones I do, and just YEARN to get some shots like that of my family. Sure, I have hubby and the kids, but rarely any of the 4 of us. Do you find the same happens with you?
Anyway, love your stuff!
xxx
sometimes I think some of the best photos come about when we don’t expect it – when you just go with the flow of the shoot – your “eye” and your God-given talent prove that – amazing photos as always – thank you for sharing them!
The pictures are as usual – VERY NICE!
Awesome shots! I had an uncooperative set on Friday as well… but they also ended up okay – not nearly as okay as yours, but they will do. I especially like the pics of Sharla and her husband…. just gorgeous!
amazing!!
gorgeous shoot Tara! There’s something about a little girl with gorgeous blond curls….aDORAble! You got a TON of good stuff but I know that feeling of not knowing! Trust yourself, you’ll never let you down! ;-)
suz
I LOVE when you post shoots!! I seriously get all giddy and happy and warm all day. Just fires me up about the whole art.
wonderful pictures Tara…I cannot wait to have ours done – you will probably have some more less than cooperative kids on your hands… ;)
love love love that one of the lower half of the bodies and the heart on the sand
and the color one of Sharla and her daughter looking at a shell
i feel like i learn somthing from you blog
just wanted you to know that:)
kellicrowe