CES 2019 Welcomes Tamara Lackey and the Power of Personal Projects From Tamara: I am heading back to the GIANT Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019) in Vegas on January 8th, and I am thrilled to be speaking for Nikon again! AND I will join a panel of incredibly talented photographers, Jen Rozenbaum and Stacy Pearsall, […]
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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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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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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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San Francisco Portrait Photography Workshop & CreativeLIVE Photo Week I’m thrilled to spend a few very busy days in San Francisco this week. I love San Francisco – we used to live here before we moved to Chapel Hill and we come back fairly often. This time, I’m here for the last 3-day Portrait Photographer’s Workshop […]
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As many of you know, I recently had the opportunity to teach again on Creative Live with a class on Children and Family Photography. And, like all the previous times, it was an amazing experience – amidst the whirlwind of actually getting it all done! Over the length of the program, I photographed a variety of […]
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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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Lush Photo Albums: Webinar with Tamara Lackey and Fundy We launched Lush Albums rather recently (to plenty of in-studio cheers!) and have had a number of great conversations with photographers by phone, email, on facebook and in person since then. The good news is that we are hearing wonderful feedback – so grateful for that! The follow-up news is that […]
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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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Free Song License with Posing Guide We have JUST released the 2nd Edition of The Posing Playbook … For Kids Who Don’t Do Posing with an additional 20 pages of content, for no additional cost. This new, expanded children posing guide now includes over 80 pages of content-rich direction, more metadata and even more detailed […]
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Using The Posing Playbook I have to give credit to that genius quote to Don Herold, who also wrote one of my other favorites statements: Unhappiness is not knowing what we want – and killing ourselves to get it. Truth all the way around. Luckily, this sweet baby boy happens to have a very happy […]
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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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Photographers from around the world just made their annual spring trip out to Las Vegas for the WPPI Convention – and so I did, too. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been speaking at this convention for five years already – what on earth?!! And this year was set up to be a very interesting […]
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