jeff reminded me a few weeks ago that every year the yellow flowers come to town and every year i say im going to take the family out in them and every year … i dont.
so last saturday we had nothing planned. and shane and rachel were coming over.
so i cooked up a little outing.
i have only just begun to work on the photos that we took, (i did a shoot with the two lovebirds and in between they shot us) and ive been sitting on these since saturday and i just cant anymore. i just have to share these because as you can imagine i look at photos like this everyday. but they never have me in them. or my husband. or my children. or OUR connection. or OUR love.
and now, thanks to jeff pushing me to do this, and shane for playing photographer, i do.
this photo makes my HEART BURST INTO A TRILLION PIECES OF TINY HOT PINK GLITTER.
and this one, i just have no words. like i said, i am rarely in photos. i LOVE the yellow flowers. like, i love them so much my soul drinks them in with every glance i get. i drive down streets surrounded by them and i cant stop looking at them and taking in the beauty and serenity of them. they bring me peace. the beauty of them washes over me everyday from march-may. so to have this shot of me is seriously a big deal. a huge deal. we were walking back to the car and i was looking at the images quickly in the back of the camera when walking and when i came across this one i screamed out loud to jeff. the flowers, the light, the way i am looking at him (he was shooting these), the outfit rachel and i carefully chose, the crop. yes i set up the shot but he clicked at JUST THE RIGHT SECOND.
and this
you can only kind of tell that the strap of my dress had popped off when i was getting back up from laying on the ground and was tucked ever so delicately into my bra strap.
but you can TOTALLY tell how happy i was in this moment.
happy happy happy happy happy.
i love feeling happy.
just as much as i love the yellow flowers.
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.
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!!!! :)
beautiful. your happiness eminates. time to switch out the photo of you on your site.
and hola chica!
all the pictures are awesome. you look beautiful.
Good lord — you look so beautiful in every shot! It looks like the perfect day captured forever. How wonderful… :)
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
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
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!
oh my, that first pic made me all teary. and in the others that follow – you look HOT. xxoo
you are beautiful. the light on the last one, breathtaking.
These are awesome Tara!
You are so flipping beautiful! i cannot WAIT to photograph you!!!!!!
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 !!!
Yeowza! Aboslutely breathtaking!
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!!!
These pictures are gorgeous! I recently started reading your blog, and am in LOVE with all of your photos!
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
SO cute. That last one of you is just beautimus maximus!
Wow, Just WOW
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…
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!
LOVELY!!! the first one melts my heart…i love your mouth in it! thanks for making me smile today!
great pictures – you look happy!! :)
awesome photos!!
Wow, these are all so beautiful. I really love that one of you and your hubby. It really speaks volumes.
everything about you is beautiful. everything.
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!!
I don’t think i’ve seen a more beautiful woman in a more beautiful photograph ever
SO Beautiful! I want to go to there!
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! :-)
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.
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!
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.
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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
you are gorgeous.
the first one, of jeff and you, makes me smile and sigh.
these are gorgeous – and YES – I can feel the love and happiness! so happy for you :)
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!
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so awesome! the yellow is totally heart popping…& having pictures of yourself that you like is priceless…so priceless :)
Fields of yellow flowers and sunflare make my heart happy. I see it has the same effect on you. :)
sososo beautiful. i really see anna in you in that first pic. xo
so gorgeous.
these are treasures!
Gorgeous. You and the flowers.
Awesome photos!
You had me sold at hot pink glitter, but the photos are even moooore gorgeous. Swoon…
K xx
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.
These are AMAZING! You are a lucky girl to have so much love ;)
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!
I looove it! :)
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.
You and the flowers are lovely.