giveaway • photographer cafe business/marketing collection

Winner is:

brianne sheppard – “Ohh la la … love the curves one. I might have to invest if I dont win :) Thanks ever so much for the chance though Tara!”

The girls at Photographer Cafe want everyone to feel like a winner, so even if you didn’t win the Business and Marketing Collection, head on over to the Cafe and enjoy 10% off your purchase for all of today and tomorrow (code good through Friday July 31st at midnight). Please check out http://www.photographercafe.com for more details and your special code.

Brianne – email me at blog@tarawhitney.com!

Photographer Cafe is known for their modern, practical templates, and their Business and Marketing BASICS collection is no exception. The clean design and versatility allows photographers to easily coordinate their branding and style with the templates.

So, Photographer Cafe is giving one away! One lucky winner will receive their choice of the [retro] Business and Marketing Collection or the [curves] Business and Marketing Collection (value $140). Each set includes NINETEEN individual templates and would be a fantastic addition to your business.

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Winner chosen Thursday July 30 by 10am PST.

boys, legos, dumpers, and dirt • family session at home

My favorite place to photograph anyone is in their home.

Most people shy away from it for the simple reason that they think their home has to be in a “perfect” state. Pottery Barn catalogs, I smite thee! Um, hello…do you not know me at all? PERFECT SHMERFECT! Give me a small, happy little lived in bungalow full of love, personality, and character over perfection anyday. Any. Day.

In fact, this family almost didn’t choose their home as a location-but after meeting them and spending the afternoon at home with them-I can’t imagine any location that could have been more perfect.

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Trust me, and let me come over to your house with my camera.

Tara

earth mumma

**There is skin showing in this post. If you are at all uncomfortable with the pregnant female form look away now.**

As I referenced in the post about Emily‘s goodbye, the morning after the beach we hiked into the field near my house. Weeks before, she had sent me a link to an image of a pregnant woman, sitting topless and serene on a tree stump in the forest. This was what she wanted. Living here in Orange County, forests are in limited supply, so I never thought we could pull it off.

Until I stumbled upon the most amazing spot just days before during another maternity session. I had been to this field many, many times with my family and clients and had never seen the base of any of the large oak trees until that day. When I saw it, I almost peed my pants. You just don’t find things like this here. And to think golf balls pepper the thick leafy brush beneath the tree because the field is directly neighboring a golf course!

As we walked up with the girls and our stuff, we were both huffing and puffing in the heat. It was a very hot morning, already 85 degrees at 8am. The sun was high and bright, and I was not feeling the love for the light or the environment. I am usually in the field at sunset. The colors are dramatically different at sunset. I was shocked to find that during the brightness of the day my magical little field looked like crap.

We hoofed it over and through the weeds and came to the tree. It is hiding, you really have to look for it. We ducked under the scratchy branches and into the shade. I hoped that it was going to be as amazing for her as it was to me.

Guess what? It was. Untitled-1

Tara