We founded Beautiful Together over four years ago. Since then we have been able to start and, gratefully, finish fourteen projects and establish four funds. The projects all focused on supporting children without families. Along the way we have done our best to advocate for these children. For instance, many of these children living in […]
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Join me (and about 12,000 photographers) at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas for the upcoming WPPI Conference + Expo Feb 24-28, 2018. This link will get you a FREE WPPI Expo pass, w/live talks & demos & 15% off classes + photo walks. ALSO! Win the opportunity to receive a $500 Gift Card […]
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Playbook Bundle! If you want a fully comprehensive set of guides with multiple examples of the What, Why, and How of children and family portrait sessions, the bundle of all three Playbooks is a fantastic. Learn what to prepare for, what to keep in mind while shooting, and how to deliver, as well as get […]
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I had the privilege of being asked back to Creative Live to teach a couple of new programs – and suddenly it’s going to be next week! Want to join us there, for free? The first course is called Building Your Portrait Business, and it will be live streamed on Monday, November 6th and Tuesday, November […]
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Spotlight Film on Tamara Lackey, Art and Activism Thank you, Adorama TV, for this beautifully produced Spotlight Film on me, my photography, and my orphan care work with our non-profit Beautiful Together. It was truly such an honor to be profiled. The talented Alana Casner, Director of Creative Content for Adorama TV, produced this piece. She […]
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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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Beautiful Together is creating an Orphan Prevention Care Center in Addis Ababa to support mothers and children. Please consider supporting this project, so that we can start making a difference right away in the lives of these children and families. 100% of donations to this project go directly to support this program. The pervasive, extreme poverty in Ethiopia is […]
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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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Tamara Lackey Workshops: The New Year is here! And with this comes two new workshops with Tamara Lackey at the NEW studio in Chapel Hill. 3-Day Portrait Photographer’s Workshop, April 4th-6th, 2017, Chapel Hill, NC Register here: 3-Days Photographer’s Workshop – Two spots left! This highly interactive and hands-on shooting clinic will help you to master your technical skills […]
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Love, Fear & A Chance Encounter at Duke Children’s Hospital I’d been holding my breath for the last five hours, struggling through what would end up being my daughter’s 9-hour surgery at Duke Children’s Hospital, when she sat down. Her name was Sue, and she asked if the seat next to me was taken. We were in the […]
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The Big Deal 2016 Photography Bundle – The Posing Playbook… for Kids Who Don’t Do Posing Have you been interested in purchasing The Posing Playbook… for Kids Who Don’t Do Posing? Well for the next few days, until July 4, the Playbook is available as part of The Big Deal 2016 Photography Bundle. For only $99, the […]
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Best Gallery Opening EVER. Last week I wrote about my concept for a portrait photography gallery for the Kidane Mehret orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. And I spent two full weeks photographing the approximately 65 children who live in this orphanage with the intention of creating this gallery, feeling a strong desire to create it for a few reasons. First, one […]
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Portrait Photography Workshops: San Francisco I am so excited to announce the location of my San Francisco 3-day Portrait Photographer’s Workshop on September 22-24, 2015! Big thanks to all those who were patiently awaiting the location – we looked at quite a number of spots all around the Bay Area, but ultimately we went with […]
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Giveaways: Nikon 50 f1.4 Lens, from Adorama I’m here at CreativeLive in Seattle and have spent the entire day in pre-production with the crew, and we just got word that Adorama is doing one of their bigger giveaways – a Nikon 50 f1.4 lens, in honor of my Children and Family Program that is kicking off […]
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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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