I'm going back to the beach on Friday, July 25th and so ready to play with my awesome subjects at Bald Head Island!! Due to some scheduling changes, we have added one day back in to the calendar, so we now have two open sessions!! If you're interested, please contact the studio to book one. Here's a beautiful, high-energy session with The Silver Family from last September - my goodness, children at the beach are just gorgeous. And "Mr. & Mrs. Silver"? Um, kinda gor

2010 is bringing some cool new speaking engagements at photography conventions, including the SWPP Convention in London and the WPPI Convention in Las Vegas - more info coming soon, but first up for the year will be Imaging USA in Nashville ... :)

2010 is bringing some cool new speaking engagements at photography conventions, including the SWPP Convention in London and the WPPI Convention in Las Vegas - more info coming soon, but first up for the year will be Imaging USA in Nashville ... :)

After listening to the beautiful Italian language for so many days in a row, I'm even more tickled to learn that The Art of Children's Portrait Photography has been re-published in Italian now, too ... surprised to see the cover looking so different! If any of my Italian-reading friends want to tell me what the cover says, you'd save me a most arduous trip to google. (oh - and, by the way, if it says something about this ghastly photographer fumbling with her equipment, writ

After listening to the beautiful Italian language for so many days in a row, I'm even more tickled to learn that The Art of Children's Portrait Photography has been re-published in Italian now, too ... surprised to see the cover looking so different! If any of my Italian-reading friends want to tell me what the cover says, you'd save me a most arduous trip to google. (oh - and, by the way, if it says something about this ghastly photographer fumbling with her equipment, writ

I just returned from a beautiful trip to Italy, happily blending work with pleasure and thoroughly enjoyed capturing some wonderful collections of stock photography throughout Rome, Florence and the surrounding countryside, as well a glimpse at the coastline. It's always such a joy to travel throughout Europe. I really love their complex/extraordinarily simple train system. Thanks to Lisa Walter for coming along for the ride :) I will be posting some more photographs soon

I just returned from a beautiful trip to Italy, happily blending work with pleasure and thoroughly enjoyed capturing some wonderful collections of stock photography throughout Rome, Florence and the surrounding countryside, as well a glimpse at the coastline. It's always such a joy to travel throughout Europe. I really love their complex/extraordinarily simple train system. Thanks to Lisa Walter for coming along for the ride :) I will be posting some more photographs soon

Registration for learnfest Sept 09 opens this Friday, May 15th at 12pm EST :) We've been thrilled with the feedback from both workshops so far, you can check that out on the buzz section of the site - our goal is to keep that up :) :) :) A recap ... This program was aptly named, built as a true "learnfest" for portrait photographers who are ready to take their business to the next creative and strategic level. Join Audrey Woulard, Lena Hyde, Laura Novak and I for an all-in

Registration for learnfest Sept 09 opens this Friday, May 15th at 12pm EST :) We've been thrilled with the feedback from both workshops so far, you can check that out on the buzz section of the site - our goal is to keep that up :) :) :) A recap ... This program was aptly named, built as a true "learnfest" for portrait photographers who are ready to take their business to the next creative and strategic level. Join Audrey Woulard, Lena Hyde, Laura Novak and I for an all-in

A huge thank you to all those who have bought my book, The Art of Children's Portrait Photography, and have written in such wonderful notes, as well as left some great reviews. Have also greatly appreciated reading these editorial reviews: San Francisco Book Review: Tamara Lackey shows us how to do it right. All levels of photographers who wish to break into the children's photography market can benefit from this book, as Lackey covers the basics of portrait photography, t

A huge thank you to all those who have bought my book, The Art of Children's Portrait Photography, and have written in such wonderful notes, as well as left some great reviews. Have also greatly appreciated reading these editorial reviews: San Francisco Book Review: Tamara Lackey shows us how to do it right. All levels of photographers who wish to break into the children's photography market can benefit from this book, as Lackey covers the basics of portrait photography, t

A huge thank you to Rex, the head honcho camera guy, what the heck is your actual title?, on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for leading the tour around all the cool stuff while we were shooting when the show came to North Carolina a few weeks ago to film. (Rex and I are actually discussing plans for a very cool new project that I'll be sharing more details about soon.) The actual show will be airing this week - so look for a lot of these scenes as they unfold on video. In

A huge thank you to Rex, the head honcho camera guy, what the heck is your actual title?, on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for leading the tour around all the cool stuff while we were shooting when the show came to North Carolina a few weeks ago to film. (Rex and I are actually discussing plans for a very cool new project that I'll be sharing more details about soon.) The actual show will be airing this week - so look for a lot of these scenes as they unfold on video. In

In the thick of our Ecuadorian adventure, I am also able to co-plan an awesome event: learnfest 09, which I am sooooo excited to announce! This is a collaborative effort between myself, Lena Hyde, Laura Novak and Audrey Woulard. After a truly beautiful experience this past September, we are currently updating the website to add all the new details. Registration will officially open at 12pm on November 15, 2008. We were thrilled to sell out last year's quite early, so if

In the thick of our Ecuadorian adventure, I am also able to co-plan an awesome event: learnfest 09, which I am sooooo excited to announce! This is a collaborative effort between myself, Lena Hyde, Laura Novak and Audrey Woulard. After a truly beautiful experience this past September, we are currently updating the website to add all the new details. Registration will officially open at 12pm on November 15, 2008. We were thrilled to sell out last year's quite early, so if

A big thank you to Modern Photographers and Don't Box Us In for profiling my work on their site. They are known as a place for the artistic, the unique and the extraordinary in photography. If you get a chance to scroll through and see some of the beautiful work showcased there, it's worth your time :) A few random screen grabs from the profile...

A big thank you to Modern Photographers and Don't Box Us In for profiling my work on their site. They are known as a place for the artistic, the unique and the extraordinary in photography. If you get a chance to scroll through and see some of the beautiful work showcased there, it's worth your time :) A few random screen grabs from the profile...

We are officially announcing the 2009 beach session dates! We will be spending nearly two weeks at Bald Head Island and are opening up beach portrait sessions from Saturday, July 25th to Friday, August 7th. These shoots are such a blast and have sold out every year, so please let us know soon if you would like to book yours as soon as possible :) Feel free to contact the studio at your earliest convenience, or you can call directly at 919.484.8000 if you have any additional

We are officially announcing the 2009 beach session dates! We will be spending nearly two weeks at Bald Head Island and are opening up beach portrait sessions from Saturday, July 25th to Friday, August 7th. These shoots are such a blast and have sold out every year, so please let us know soon if you would like to book yours as soon as possible :) Feel free to contact the studio at your earliest convenience, or you can call directly at 919.484.8000 if you have any additional

For those interested in children's photography, you may want to check out a fabulous new resource, the National Association of Professional Child Photographers or NAPCP. This site was launched by one of our learnfest 08 alumni, Alice Park (and, wow, learnfest 09 starts less than one week from today!!). NAPCP has been a long time in the making, and I think that Alice and her husband really did a wonderful job putting this community together. It's a professional organization