these two were a joy to meet. julie and tess have a wonderful story and so much love between them. tears were burning my eyes almost the entire time we were together.
knowing how much she was wanted. and how much she deserved.
their life seems magical-together just as two-a charming, inspiring home, tickles, frank sinatra, and lots of blueberries.
the love
the home
the tickles
frank sinatra
and blueberries
and just one more i love
wow
Truly beautiful work Tara. As always.
AMAZING & simply beautiful photos as always. Thanks for sharing!!!!
just lovely.
when i was in high school my parents adopted my sister from china. they have a whole network of friends with adopted children, most from china. your images remind me of my adorable sister many years ago.
there’s a lovely quote for adoptive parents that goes something like, “You didn’t grow under my heart but in it.”
It is all about the toes for me. Loooooooove the last one. *sighing*.. perfection..
Just wanted you to know what a profound effect reading your blog has had on my picture taking.I now take photos I LOVE just from watching the cool things that you do. My family knows what I mean when I say, “I am channeling my inner Tara Whitney.” You have made a difference in my life and my scrapbooks. Thank you!
these are beautiful! you always have such fun new angles and ideas. tfs!
awwwwwww now you have me in tears.
my dream is/was to adopt a baby girl from china……but money/age/my dh stands in my way.
she is LOVELY. and the photos are just PERFECT! i esp. love the ones with the words!
tara
amazing, it just keeps getting better and better, absolutely outstanding images
Beautiful people…wonderful photographer. I adore your work and sense of humor. It’s my first time posting but look at your work all the time. Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Tara, these are amazing & beautiful! My favorite is “be true”… such a classic look!
What a surprise to see Julie and Tess on your blog:) We are on the journey to adoption from China ourselves and I have followed her blog for awhile now…such a beautiful story:)
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holy, crap….i could quote the other Tara here, too…it’s the same story i have.
beautiful work as always, my favorite is the b/w toesies…you just want to nibble ’em they’re soooo cute!
wow
Once again: I adore your photos. I love, love, love them!
What a lovely, lovely family. Again, you really captured their family essence, Tara. Fabulous work.
amazing as usual! i LOVE the last one!
your work blows me away.
I love the chalkboard idea– genius. These are INSANELY COOL photos. Each one. Beautiful!
i love your work tara :)
oh, those are touching. I’m really in love with the ‘be true’…just hits me.
Julie and I met on Two Peas what seems like eons ago and when she saw I had two from China, she asked me questions and I sent her in the direction of my adoption agency. I think it’s been 4 or 5 years since then and now she and her baby girl are on your blog with some of the most gorgeous photos I’ve seen from you. There really is a lot of love there and you captured it beautifully!
oh the dancing one brought tears to my eyes…i love dancing with my little sweetie…& the chalk borad ‘be true’ & her little dress…so sweet…beautiful shoot
ah! the sweetness!
i love the be true picture! the shape of her mouth in that picture is so to die for.
Wow, beautiful!!
Gorgeous!
You captured my girl’s personality in true form. She really does smile, every once in a while, it just takes some warming up! ; ) Thanks again.
Love the one of the lil one on the bed=) which lens did you use on that shot?
I love the photos! I love the way she uses different angles to take pictures from. The one picture where you are holding Tess upside down is adorable!