Michel and Christa are friends of mine. Michel works for Treats! magazine. (Treats! link contains nudity) Christa is a self employed baker at Mini Baker. They live in Los Angeles. They are getting married soon.
They told me, “Do whatever you want with us.”
This is what happened.
xo
Tara
PS – LOVE YOU GUYS! Can’t wait for the wedding. (That I won’t be shooting.)
favorite post of yours in the last littlest while! (though that could be last week since all your sessions are beautiful!) love the intimacy you captured between them!
Tara!! You HAVE to fill us in on WHERE that AMAZING California sign is!!
I love, love, LOVE this shoot!!! So natural…so fun!
HOLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Man alive these are so dang rad! That first one and the first one in the kitchen made me stop dead in my tracks. And that California sign?! so cool. you rocked it out (as usual) Tara.
Loving that California sign. You always find these quirky, perfect locations with odd-in-a-good-way backgrounds.
This. Is. Amazing.
So quirky and so you, Tara! I’m thinkin you need to do more of this kind of photog. Reach for the stars! love your work. love you. Oh yeah! And I love the scrabble play with words…sh## and your name. Very funny!
WOW! I don’t think I can say much more!
Blown away by these shots!
What an amazing set of photographs. No doubt they will be treasured by them forever!
love them all!
tara. whitney. i love your guts.
Oh tara- you did a wonderful job again. I especially love the bedroom and kitchen pictures. I can’t wait to be in or take photos like those!!!
These are amazing, you knock it out of the park every time. Totally makes me want to meowslam (?!) someone, that’s how awesome they are. ;) Congrats to the soon to be newlyweds!
you inspire me. not just in photography (even though your photos take my breathe away!), but as a mom, and wife, and friend. there is magic in everything you do.
so beautifull, it’s amazing!
Favorite. Engagement. Shoot. EVER.
Loving this go with the flow session and all the little stories behing it :)
WOW WOW and WOW. LOVE these Tara. beautiful:) x0 Perfect – such a connection – and YOU captured it perfectly. I can *see* their love. AWESOME.
This is so real and fun and inspiring. LOVE it. Amazing work.
oh my, muy fantastico.
I stalk your blog/website :) Can’t help it. Gotta post this time. I covet your mad skills. These are inspiring, and beautiful.
nothing short of perfect! amazing session!!!
golly gee these are wonderful!
WOW. These are amazing! That tunnel is AMAZING! You are amazing!
Hi:) I love your work and you are such an inspiration. I am in love with this set :) They make a beautiful couple…makes me want to do this with my husband!! Such fun :) Did you use one specific lens for this? In N.Y. we are still waiting for some warm weather…ugh. California looks amazing! I miss the sun!
Tara.. I have 4 children…1 with a learning disorder. She is 15 and I am going to get her tested again after all these years…I am seeing signs of slight autism…you really inspire me to fulfill my dream and overcome the hard battles we all face in one way or another.
:).
gorgeous! i love your shoots that take place in people’s homes and beds. where is that “california” sign?!?!? if you don’t want to give up the spot that’s fine as today i started a folder in my savings account labeled “tara session” and you’ll just take me there when you shoot scott & i :)
I love this session Tara!!
Tara – amazing!! no “lining up against walls” needed here. You showed this couple, their home, their love in a soft, sophiscated way. Great job! I am totally in love with the feeling I get then looking at the bedroom photos (almost kissing ones!). Such unique, personal background for all of these!!
xoxoxoxox
love the ones under the tunnel with the orange sunlight.
love how comfortable they are with you. It is quite a gift you have.
LOVE this SHOOOOOOOT. You my friend have mad skills, thanks for making me smile:)
These photos are absolutely beautiful. I don’t even know them and it just makes me happy that they found each other!
Tara! Wow!
What a blessing these images of Mike & Christa are; Sharon and I are so stoked! Your work is beautiful, and my favorite part is that you work in Natural Light, and are a Master of it. We love your work, especially what you’ve done of our kids. Thank you!
Terry
OMG yes! These are so awesome. LOVE!!!!
these images are so fun! i love it.
Tara, you’re AMAZING! Such a great story teller (visually & verbally). I’m sure Christa and Michael will treasure these photos forever, as well as their family. Great job!
So stunning.
So, I am still learning all about photography and now I realize how lame the ‘lens” question I posted sounded-sorry!
This is my favorite work of yours :)!!
And I just linked to nowhere on my own name…;).
As Christa’s mom and now Michel’s mother-in-law, I can say that yes these pictures are fabulous because for me they really capture their zest for life, and love of each other. They will treasure these for a very long time and always look on them and smile. The photography is stunning, inventive, surprising, and personal. That’s what it’s all about. Blessings to all of you.
Those sweet moments at the kitchen and those golden rays of the sun… Wow! Just so perfect! Love it!