Mom’s Night Out – Taking Better Photographs Nikon’s famed Nikon School is bringing their very cool Mom’s Night Out program to Orlando, Florida. Specifically, it will be Thursday, November 20th, 2014 – if you happen to be in the region and checking your calendar! This unique program is intended for moms on the go who are interested in taking better photographs, as […]
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Photography Contest Winners! A huge congratulations to all who entered the End of 2014 Summer Blues Photography Contest, hosted by Nations Photo Lab and myself. We have named our photography contest winners!! We had some snags with uploading of entries after only a few days into the contest but, luckily, several hundred more images were uploaded with the designated contest […]
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Photography Workshops 2014: 3-Day Portrait Photographer’s Workshop in London Announcing a brand new workshop! Our 3-day Portrait Photographer’s Workshop is coming to London for the very first time, and we’re thrilled to be crossing the pond. After delivering workshops all over the U.S, in Canada and in Australia, with a 100% would refer-a-friend rate that […]
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Mom’s Night Out – Taking Better Pictures Nikon’s famed Nikon School is bringing their wonderful new program Mom’s Night Out to Raleigh, North Carolina this March 13th, 2014. This program is intended for moms on the go who are interested in taking better pictures and need a night out. That being said, the last time […]
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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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Finding Joy There’s a lot of emphasis on finding joy right now, especially as this time of year bursts onto the scene. The holidays are coming up, and we know this because holiday decorations have been up since September. I actually saw a full-on Christmas tree go up in a retail store well before the […]
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Baby Photography One of the best parts of portrait photography? Without a doubt, the faces looking back at you. Love. This. Work. Where Photographed: Chapel Hill, North Carolina By: Tamara Lackey Camera: Nikon D4 Lens: Nikkor 35mm 1.4
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WPPI 2013 Each year, tens of thousands of photographers and creatives head out to Las Vegas for Nielsen Media’s WPPI Convention – and it’s that time again, as the festivities kick off in a matter of days. It’s a whirlwind week and, like many there, I’ll have a pretty packed schedule. So packed, in fact, […]
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Professional Photographer Magazine A big thank you to Professional Photographer Magazine, the beautiful glossy publication of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), for featuring me, my professional photography, and my “work-life” work (something very significant in my own life and work) in this beautiful, 5-page spread in their November, 2012 issue. If you’re not already a […]
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There are a ridiculous amount of things to be thankful for daily. The trick, of course, is not in finding what you’re thankful for; it’s in actually recognizing how much we already have. That’s one of the more powerful things about photography, as it is all about seeing what we have – and, more importantly, […]
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It is said we should not look back too often, so as to avoid sinking too much of our todays in the events of our yesterdays. I even read a very recent post that broke that down more specifically, surmising that a healthy view of life is only 5% looking back, 25% looking forward, and […]
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I had a beautiful morning photographing this family of four, visiting the United States from Hanover, Germany. This was our second family photography session – the last one was actually four years ago, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, when they were merely a gorgeous family of three. This was a particularly fun shoot […]
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