It started out like this:
Very sweet kids, very fun kids, still very dry kids.
And quickly moved to this:
The light was AMAZING on this evening, and I had pulled out my 50mm 1.2 lens. These were all shot at 1.2 at 6:30pm. It looks like buttery goodness doesn’t it? That light?
Then the kids just went for it, and the mixture of their freedom and careless joy, the light, the water, and that buttery lens…..?
Magic for this girl. When I was photographing them, I got goosebumps.
I’ll share the rest of the session tomorrow.
xo
Tara
‘buttery’ in deed…sweet magic!
wow – can’t wait to see more!
I think I’ve seen those kids before… The beautiful light would be wasted without you there, Tara! None of this can happen without your magic touch. You rock!
Love it!! You have to admire/adore/envy the freedom and lack of inhibitions that only childhood brings. Can’t wait to see more!
absolutely gorgeous! I got goosebumps looking at these.
I always wondered what your magic time at the beach was…now I know, it is 6:30. And that 50 1.2…..is an amazing lens. I have the 85, and when everything clicks with it….it is unbeatable.
What a fun, fun session
Ohmygoodness, those are so incredibly precious! Beautiful, Tara.
amazing and magical.
true beauty! The light, the kids, the photographer, the location… *sigh :)
lovely :)
Beautiful photos. Absolute magic!
And I need to comment on the post below… even though you’ve turned off the comments. What a great article about the pizza dude philosophy. Thanks for sharing. Oprah’s rerun episode last Thursday was about rudeness. It was a great reminder of how to behave in a civilized society. One of the things Oprah said was that a person should be measured by the way we treat the people who serve us (like the pizza dude). I definitely agree.
Anyway, thanks for always making me smile and think and appreciate beauty Tara!
You truly inspire me! I love these photos – their amazing.
I was hoping (virtually praying) that you posted today. I so needed this bit of heart-warming inspiration! Absolutely love the first photo of the kids playing shirtless in the water…priceless! You couldn’t have planned a better shot.
Beautiful Pictures. So fun that you captured such a genuine moment. Looks like they were having fun, and the pictures are beautiful…
Haleigh
YUMMY! So wish I had that lens!
Awesome. Simply awesome.
Fabulous as always! Can’t wait to see the rest of the session. Your work always evokes such emotion! Brilliant!
Thanks for sharing as always,
girl, i need some bread to go with that buttah!!!! ; )
AMAZING. as always!
perfect. you have such a way of capturing life in its pure form. i love. and 1.2…YUMMA!
what Lens are you using in these? specifically 2nd to last.
the dof in that last one is gorgeous! Love the conversion too.
ooooo these are awesome…. how I long for a 50mm 1.2.. too bad Nikon doesnt have one… sigh.. your rock girl
You are so good! I don’t know how you get so much in focus / such good DOF at 1.2. I can’t seem to get more than one eyeball in focus at 1.4! I’m obviously doing something wrong! Also, I’m not you :(
I love Fabi!
She’s a lovely girl and her kids are absolutely cute!
You rock, Tara!
xoxo
lovely!
When, oh WHEN will Nikon make a 1.2? I mean, come ON! Love it. Love them. Love that light.
gosh every time i visit here i want to be you or to figure out at the very least to take pictures like you….these are so yummy!! aren’t you offering workshops in FLORIDA sometime soon? I think that is what I heard…purtty please? i even had a house full of 4 kids to make you feel right at home…
Love these shots for their spontenaity and that last one is spectacular
Crap woman, I love your work. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
LUUUUURVE it!
you make my heart pause and smile. ty.
Beautiful! Ran across you via “Enjoy Birth”. Your photography is awesome!
Amazing. I miss the beach so much.
beautiful. i have been longing for that lens!
you are such a tease!! :) love these! and what is that magical, buttery lens you are using here?
goosebumps indeed..just felt them with you…I feel connected to you tara becuase I feel the same :”high” when I take a shot and the light is so so perfect..if only I could learn to take photos like you do..wow just wonderful
Love love love these. Here polka dot cardigan is way too perfect.
Oh Miss Tara, I never comment because I don’t want to get lost in all your blog love but I just HAD to this time! These are so perfectly PERFECT I could just cry. The last one I so wish was of my 2 kidlets. So moving.
these are truly amazing! As is all of your work.