My Nikon D5 Review (or at least a first look!) I jokingly posted on facebook the other day that I needed to stop petting my Nikon D5 so that I could actually go out and shoot with it. But it really wasn’t all a joke because this is truly a beautiful-looking camera, and it feels, […]
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An update on Beautiful Together & the Build An Orphan Feeding Kitchen Project In February, my husband, Steve, and I flew from Dubai to Ethiopia. Almost immediately upon landing in Africa, we learned of the urgent need for a kitchen in the new feeding center in Korah that Beautiful Together helps to support through our partner organization, Life To Live for […]
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Live Photo Critique with Nations Photo Lab – Friday, April 22nd at 12PM EST I will be joining up with Nations Photo Lab next Friday, April 22nd at 12PM EST for a live print critique, and we’ll be inviting a few of you to join us on the live broadcast, and to get some of […]
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Nikon School: Family Photos – Capturing the Moments on April 7, 2016 I recently visited the Nikon headquarters in Melville, NY for another fantastic Nikon Ambassadors Summit. I really enjoy being a part of such an extraordinarily talented group of creative individuals. We had fun hanging together and spent time learning all about some (exciting!) […]
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reDefine Episodes with Conceptual Artists Amanda Diaz & Sara Lando These next two reDefine Show episodes both feature different kinds of Conceptual Photography. The first with Amanda Diaz focuses on portrait photography, and the second with Sara Lando focuses on her more mixed-media approach. So what is Conceptual Art? I found this description helpful to explain the […]
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WPPI 2016 in Las Vegas & $500 Giveaway from Adorama This is my 12th WPPI. What?! Crazy. WPPI feels like a summer camp for photographers, coming back to the MGM in Las Vegas for this week of festivities. Even though I can technically only be there for five days, I definitely have more than a week’s worth of […]
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Winter 2016 reDefine Show Episodes with Jesse Kalisher, Heather Evans Smith, and Sara Harris This new year has brought us some great new reDefine Show episodes! You can watch them below or on the AdoramaTV page. First, I spoke with friend and fellow Portrait Photographer Sara Harris Photography about how she has built a thriving destination portrait business, […]
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Believe in fate. But lean forward, so fate can see you. ~ Quentin Crisp We left Ethiopia looking somewhat like these people, but we actually took this shot when we first arrived there. It was a sloppy, fun marker of just how excited we felt to be leaving customs as we headed straight to see our little […]
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Digital Photo Pro Magazine – Spotlight on Beautiful Together Recently, I was honored to be featured in the January-February 2016 issue of Digital Photo Pro Magazine, one of my favorite photography magazines that I pick up all the time when I’m at Barnes & Noble. (Like, all the time. I seriously just need to subscribe to […]
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Unreal to think that Jill is no longer here. We all have so many memories of her, and my most poignant one was actually a phone call – the long, beautiful conversation I had with her after Stuart died. She called to say she was sorry, that she was so sad, and that she was […]
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GPP2016 Dubai Photo Week **Update 1.28.16: The panel discussion for A Force For Good: Photography and Philanthropy is now sold out. My Dynamic Family Photography workshop is now sold out. There are only a couple spots left in the Children’s Portrait Photography workshop and only limited space left for my platform presentation. From February 5th […]
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Rangefinder Magazine Redefined Column – and a Q&A Session It is quite cool to be showcased in the brand new January, 2016 issue of Rangefinder Magazine – for a couple of reasons. First of all, because it’s a more personal interview, in general, and it was conducted by Rangefinder’s talented Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Tobin. But also because, starting in […]
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Happy Holidays to you and yours! My kids picked out the reindeer suit for our Mugsy. They said he’d love it. But – and I’m just taking a wild shot in the dark here – I’m thinking that maybe he doesn’t completely share their enthusiasm. I was so honored and touched by all of the […]
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The Good News Post & a $150 Adorama Giveaway This can be a stressful time of year for a lot of people (especially photographers!). Knowing this, I recently shared this image on my Facebook page of an iridescent hummingbird I photographed because, as a spirit animal, they symbolize enjoyment of life, lightness of being, being […]
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reDefine Show Episodes with Vanessa Joy, Jason Groupp, and three special episodes featuring relevant photography topics with Tamara Lackey During the latter part of 2015, I have been fortunate to participate in a myriad of interesting educational opportunities. Today, I wanted to share the latest episodes of the reDefine show I’ve recorded in that time period. Most recently, […]
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