this gorgeous family hired me in 2006 for a session at their home. they were moving to texas and wanted everything captured before they left. i felt such a connection to the kids so i was so sad that they were leaving!
well they came back this summer to visit family and we scheduled another session, this time at the beach. i think texas agree’s with them. they all looked vibrant and healthy and HAPPY! the kids are so excited to be “famous” on the internet-they asked over and over “will that picture be on your blog?”
here you go guys! YOU ARE FAMOUS NOW! :)
seaweed jumprope!
breathtaking… stunning… gorgeous… just thought I would tell you kiddos that I think you’re all awesome! If I ever saw you I’d ask for your autograph! Tara… these just make me sit back in wonder…. beautiful work. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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these are so way COOL!
i LOVE THEM!
what a cool looking family toO!
tara
this so looks like it was a fun session!
The last one of mom and dad is simply stunning!
I also love that couple shot. Lovely photos.
GORGEOUS family. Such fun shots… I want to pay you to come play with us, even if you don’t take pictures, just from how fun it looks! :D
I soooo love that last photo. What a beautiful family!!
They should be famous :) What a beautiful family :) Great shots – love the seaweed jumprope! c
LOVE the seaweed jump rope…totally Tara!
You do such a great job using the sun! I wish I could master that technique! I’m horrible with full sun pics!
just loverly!
I love your jumping captures! and that last one…dreamy.
*Totally unrelated to this post*–
Thanks for the American Beauty clip. At the time, it was one of THE most profound movie moments I ever experienced, and I have had it written in my journal from years ago when it came out…. But I had all but forgotten it. So watching it again has been really powerful. (So maybe the fact that i’m 8 months preggy might be contributing to the tears, but whatcha gonna do?? :)
Anyhoo. Thanx. Good taste u have.
I love the seaweed jumprope too! Gorgeous family!
tara, I love you jumping shots! How the heck do you get everything in focus?! Do you up the speed? I can never seem to get that shot sharp and it is driving me crazy. I figured it was time to ask the queen of jump shots herself…
Thanks!
These are gorgeous! I love the husband/wife photo! Beautiful! Shelley
yep…agreed. Last shot is amazing; session-inspiring (again)
What a beautiful family!! They look like soo much fun!! …
what do you do to get everyone cracking up? Are you telling jokes? You must be a natural comedian.
thank you everyone!
shannon-the light was a challenge for me! it was JUST starting to get dark earlier and so i asked for an earlier meet time and it was a bit too early for my tastes, as far as the light goes. but it worked out and i ended up totally loving the light and colors on this shoot!
julie-i dont do anything extra special actually-im usually on ISO 400 at the beach and i focus where i think the middle person will land in the air while they jump. i take about three jump shots to make sure i get a good one.
emily s.-sweet. good luck with the babe.
emily wb.-a lot of times with families they are cracking themselves up-and i play off the kids telling silly jokes and that makes the parents get going too. i think for that family shot in front of the rock i just simply said, okay now i want everyone to let loose with a crazy laugh! and they started out pretending and ended up giggling for real.
AMAZING as always!
You are amazing! Are any of these taken with your 17-40 f/4L? I’m looking trying to decide between that one and the 16-35 f/2.8L. I have tried the 16-35 and am trying to decide if it’s worth the extra $.
lisa-nope-strictly my 24-70.
I love the seaweed jump rope and the last picture of the couple is beautiful.
Beautiful shots Tara!! The family is beautiful. What a treat for you that they arranged to meet with you on their visit back home.
gorgeous family and I’m in love with the last shot of the parents.
Only two words… Breath taking!
i love these tara! i love all the light! we totally tried to play jumprope with seaweed at the beach. i love it for pics. i need to call you loves.
What a beautiful family I love the way you captured them
Hi Tara,
Your photographs are stunning.
Kelly
just when i think any ‘ol photographer could take our family photos, i see another wonderful session you’ve done. the light is gorgeous! still dreaming of one day having you photograph us in your element-the beach!
adorable shots!
how are you getting the top down view ones? Do you bring a ladder to the beach with you?
i think you are absolutely amazing. the photos that you take are gorgeous. i was wondering though, all your clients look really really beautiful. i have gotten family photos done, but have always been unhappy with the way i look in them. true, some of that could be my insecurity ( and i am working on that ). i would just love to have my family jumping up like you shoot, but i doubt that would help :) just wondering if you have any hints or suggestions on poses or shots for people who are overweight, or want to camoflouge a flaw. thanks for always sharing.
hi judy-
i dont have any rote tricks that i use for someone who wants to hide a flaw, but one pretty popular one is to have the kids stand in front of whoever feels the most self conscious. ;) i am overweight myself so i am very understanding. and not all of my clients have the perfect figure. i SEE them with the perfect figure though-and so i shoot the way i see-and somehow, it works.
What a gorgeous shoot Tara! That last one is just amazing-hmmm what I would do to have you shoot my family…..:0
When will you visit upstate NY?
Beautiful looking family. Great pictures on the beach. Ireally like the little girls’ crocks too.
beautiful photos Tara!