with friends.
(i shot all of these with my sunglasses on. note to self: when you shoot in sunny’s your exposures are wayyyyy off. don’t do that again.)
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with friends.
(i shot all of these with my sunglasses on. note to self: when you shoot in sunny’s your exposures are wayyyyy off. don’t do that again.)
oh, those girls in their little ‘kini’s are killing me!! Gorgeous!
Cannot wait for summer……
such cute pics T. they capture the essence of what it is to be a kid at the beach. don’t fret the small stuff with the exposure, my goodness, we do have to balance the importance of taking the picture and capturing the emotion of the moment, with all of the other technical mumbo jumbo. These capture the moments splendidly. I love what you did with the processing on the last 2 of the girls.
dreamy, dreamy.
I just have to tell you that you are AMAZING! I love love love love your work! You are a huge inspiration to me! Thank you :)
hi. you dont know me but i heard about you on my best friends photo-blog (YAN PHOTOGRAPHY) and I LOVE YOUR WORK and wanted you to know. just beautiful and highlighting the everyday, but beaming with love and light and happiness.
LOVE the close-up foamy ocean shot!
I think I recognize those girls from one of your shoots… vintage dresses and chuck taylors if I recall…? p.s who are you kidding about the exposures?!?
jess-yep! same girls. and i had to fix in CS4, which is why the last two shots are super funky.
Makes me want to go to the beach SO bad! I love the shot of the blanket/basket. Totally captures the beach experience. :)
Gosh. You’re so good that even when you supposedly blow your exposures everything still looks great. I think it boils down to the fact that your images are about beautifully composed feelings and emotions and moments more than they are about any pre-determined ideal of technical perfection. (Although you could probably take an over-exposed, funky shot of the phone book and I’d still love it!!) Thanks for sharing your light with us.
I love them all. They have a vintage feel. May I ask where you got that awesome basket. What a great way to carry stuff on the beach.
Well, technically they may be exposed incorrectly, but I love the effect–vintage, funky, fun. I’m thinking this shooting-with-your-sunglasses-on could be just another of tool for you in your overflowing bag of amazing tricks!
Tara, these shots are so beautiful, just like all your work! I tend to overexpose my shots a little on purpose – I’m sure it’s a big technical no-no but hey, I just like ’em that way :) As someone just starting to fall in love with photography, you are a huge inspiration to me – thanks so much for sharing your work!
love these…love the basket/beach bag…got to get me something like that!
ps…the fact that you make mistakes when you’re shooting makes me feel like there’s hope for me yet!☺
Although note to self…these have a 70’s kinda feel to them:)
Tara, I wish you were my mom. I dont remember having all that fun growing up. Can I come live with you so we can go to the beach all the time?
they look beautiful to me! You are talented.
Hi, Tara:
I love the way you “capture” everything. Whether it’s a famiy dynamic or a beach bag filled with everything you need for a day at the beach. I was thinking years from now, your mind will be flooded with memories just from looking at that beach bag picture… much less the pictures of the kids and the way you spent your summer days with them. You “see” things in a very special way, and I love your pictures.
looooove those girls! the prettiest girls ever. actually, the most attractive family! had a photo of that shoot on my desktop for months…
i really love the exposure on these. so sunny and vintage. xo
precious babies. :) you guys have too much fun! i feel like major suckage mom when i visit here sometimes…need to get off here and round up my four to play.
glad to see even the PRO’s forget things like sunnies sometimes!
:)
these photos are beautiful…exposure off or not!
your photography is such an inspiration to me! thanks for sharing your talent for all of us to enjoy!
No worries, Tara. No harm done! They still look fun and fab!
I actually really like the dreamy feel of these pictures- botched exposure or not!
they may seem “off” to you but they look PERFECT to me!! you never mess up, do you?!?!! love it all! :)
just found your website from the other side of the world and am so glad…love your photographs and love your take on life. You give lots of inspiration and give out lots of good. thanks
Fun pics of last days of summer. Exposure fine…okay to overexpose…live a little girlfriend!
LOVE that the asthma inhaler is in the bag — I take mine everywhere I go even though I rarely need it. The one time I forgot it was when I took a tiny purse to Mass on Christmas and totally forgot about the INCENSE. Bad move.
It’s important to always have it with you — and sunscreen is important too! Look at your smartly packed beach bag!
You’re so smart, Tara! Love your site.
always perfect even in your imperfect modes…these images evoked such a sense of nostalgia, reminding me of a thousand over-exposed photos from a cheap kodak my aunt used to lug around in the 70s. [not that your images look like cheap kodak shots from an amateur…] my twisted compliment lies in the fact that even imperfectly you capture emotion and spill it all over the world with your photo/art.
thank you for sharing your view of the world.
I love the one of your daughter holding her knees, she always makes me smile! The last two are totally delish!
fabulous …always fabulous!!!
Hi Tara..what a lovely photos.i love your editting style.How did u do it?Do u use action from Totally Rad?Can u give some tips?
I like the exposure.
xo,
Aujah
from Huntington bch ;)
What fun memories they are going to have!
Tara,
Is that the oceanside pier??
Nat
nope, take note of the title. ;)
pahahahahaha! :)