Photography Workshops We had a truly fantastic final 3-day workshop of the year recently here in our Durham, North Carolina studio. A big thanks to all who attended, from all over the United States. One of the coolest aspects of everyone coming together for these photography workshops is how quickly everyone connects with each other in such a short […]
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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 We finished up an excellent, sold-out 3-day Portrait Photographer’s workshop in London last month, and it was truly a remarkable experience. I’ve come to realize that it’s not just the teaching and photography I enjoy, but the opportunity to connect on a more meaningful level with those who attend my workshop. It […]
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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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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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PDN’s Photo Plus Expo This week I will be speaking at PDN’s Photo Plus Expo at Javits Convention Center in New York City. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at this particular convention a few times now, and it’s a rather massive one. Anywhere from 24,000 – 40,000 photographers will attend over the course of […]
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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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On Bali, Snuggly Chickens, and the Creative Entrepreneur There’s been just over a month between my last post and this one. In that time, a great deal has happened. Happily, my family and I traveled from California, where I filmed back-to-back programs for creativeLIVE (more on that very soon), to Bali (more on that here, […]
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Photo Contest! In coordination with my Children’s Posing Guide Workshop starting July 10th, which you can watch for live free when you enroll here, creativeLIVE is hosting a photo contest – complete with some pretty fantastic prize packs. Huge thanks to I Heart Faces, Adorama, Animoto, Artsy Couture, and Peachpit for contributing some wonderful prizes – […]
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Call for Child Models In less than two weeks, I’ll be delivering two back to back programs for creativeLIVE in San Francisco – The Children’s Posing Guide (which will run July 10th, 11th, and 12th) and Relationships: The Heart of Life and Business (which will run July 13th and 14th). Both programs are very different. […]
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Free Children’s Posing Guide Workshop Join me in San Francisco this July 10th, 11th and 12th for a FREE Children’s Posing Guide Workshop, to be broadcast worldwide on creativeLIVE! This class is NOT for you if you only photograph professional child models who respond to you exactly as you ask all the time – if, […]
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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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