Announcing the Fall Photography Contest Winners with Nations Photo Lab – and Honorable Mentions! I teamed up with Nations Photo Lab, who I have partnered with on previous contests, and we launched this new one together. I am excited to now announce the photography contest winners! This brand new photography contest which was opened for submissions, and […]
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It’s an absolute honor to join this BRILLIANT lineup of photographers and filmmakers on the beautiful Nikon stage at The Photo Plus Expo in New York City this week! In addition to my presentation, I’ll be photographing a couple of live shoots with the D850 and new Z7 at the newly-designed Nikon theater, as well. If […]
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Photographing Snakes, reDefine Show: Animal Edition! With Tamara Lackey On this episode of The reDefine Show (Animal Edition!), I photograph a boa constrictor on location at the Museum of Natural Sciences of North Carolina in Raleigh. We set up a full portable studio, including a seamless backdrop and most of my Westcott studio lights. Most important […]
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Tamara Lackey at Global Launch of Nikon Z7 Mirrorless System Six months ago, I was asked a VERY SURREAL series of questions by a rather distinguished ad agency in Tokyo, (which would eventually be about the new Z7 camera): Would I be interested in producing and shooting a global campaign for The Nikon Corporation, utilizing […]
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Travel Magazine Editor Michael Bonocore, Part 1 Travel is in his blood. Michael Bonocore’s work as editor of Resource Travel Magazine takes him to extreme environments. He can go from one assignment in the bone-chilling Arctic Zone to photograph daredevil surfers, and then, he jets to the Caribbean to photograph catamarans in action. Adorama https://www.adorama.com […]
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From Start To Finish: The Portrait Shoot Playbook How to Shoot A Photography Session I am so very happy to share that I will soon be releasing my new book, From Start To Finish: The Portrait Shoot Playbook, How To Prepare For, Shoot, And Deliver A Photography Session. It is available for pre-sale now, and we […]
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I have been a professional photographer for fifteen years now. I absolutely love the work I do. And it can be ridiculously frustrating to work in an industry that frequently promotes men over women on multiple fronts, including job opportunities and sometimes just through every day language, tone and nuance. Even when you excel in your field, […]
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What an honor! All this month, Nikon is featuring an image of mine as the cover photo for the main Nikon Facebook Page. You can check it out here. The Story Behind the Image Back in 2010, I began teaching CreativeLive classes. It was the first year they launched courses, and mine was one of the first multi-day live […]
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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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creativeLIVE with Tamara Lackey, June 23rd-25th I’m SO excited to be returning to creativeLIVE June 23rd-25th to teach a brand new 3-day live program, Children and Family Photography! Over the last five years, I have taught a number of programs at creativeLIVE, ranging from Photography to Business to Work-Life Balance to Sales to Health & Energy to […]
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Nikon School: Mom’s Night Out in San Francisco on May 14th, 2015 Nikon’s famed Nikon School is bringing their very cool Mom’s Night Out program to the west coast for the very first time, ever. Specifically, it will be Thursday, May 14, 2015, taking place at The Westin, not that far from the San Francisco airport. This is a pretty […]
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How To Wirelessly Transfer Photos from DSLR Every once in a while, a new technology breakthrough comes along that is just downright fun. For me, being able to wirelessly transfer photos from DSLR cameras, or even from my point & shoot camera, to my iphone has been exactly that. I take a lot of photographs – no […]
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Shopping Spree Giveaway GIVE!!! The NPL Holiday Shopping Spree Giveaway -> Want to give $500 of photography to someone, or some organization, you know deserves it??? (Will have to act quickly: this Contest ends December 16th & the winner is chosen December 17th!) What person/family/cause that you love deserves a Nations Photo Lab shopping spree […]
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$100 Gift Card Giveaway from Adorama If you’ve read any of my posts on gear, like this one about why I switched from Canon To Nikon, you’ve heard me say that I truly don’t believe great photography is about the latest and greatest gear. I think it’s about the way we each uniquely see the world, […]
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The Switch from Canon To Nikon – Why I Did This post may seem overdue, since I’ve fielded quite a number of questions related to my switch to Nikon, but I think it’s kinda timed perfectly. Sometimes all the answers aren’t delivered all at once, and I wanted a more comprehensive overview in response to […]
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