We all need some extra motivation at times. I landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) late Saturday night just as a ton of giant snowflakes started falling. It was cold, I was tired, and I was juggling several heavy bags. I was already covered in wet snow that was starting to drip […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Gratitude Photo Contest I’m partnering up with the fantastic crew at Nations Photo Lab to host a perfectly seasonal photo contest, celebrating one of the most powerful things in the world: Gratitude. We’d love for you to share a photograph of what you are grateful for, without explaining why, to enter this photo contest -> you can submit up to […]
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