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On today’s episode, I’m sharing my conversation with Tamara Lackey. Tamara is a photographer, teacher, author, and mother. She hosts the ReDefine show, teaches classes on Creative Live, and writes books about family photography. She is a mother to three children and is waiting for number four. Tamara is also the founder of the organization Beautiful Together.
Tamara Lackey starting learning about photography when her first baby arrived. She was overcome with love for her baby and wanted to take photos as beautiful as her child. She wasn’t satisfied with the photos she was taking with her point and shoot. (Sound familiar?) Tamara got a DSLR and quickly learned how to use better angles, light and lenses to make better photos of her little one. Tamara moved out of a business career that left her feeling empty at the end of the day. She thought about starting a photography business. She asked a neighbor what she thought.
Her neighbor thought it was a terrible. The neighbor she said there are so many photographers out there and when she saw Tamara’s photos said, “Yeah. You’re not going to be a professional.” Boy, was that neighbor wrong. Tamara’s first three years in business were overwhelming. After three years she changed the way she did things, opened a commercial space, changed the way she did business and things took off from there.
Tamara is passionate about adoption. She has been to orphanages and seen first hand how many children don’t belong to a family. Because of this experience, she founded the organization Beautiful Together, a non-profit that works to improve the quality of life for waiting families.
The experience of adoption also changed the way Tamara photographed families. She used to think of the group photo of the family as a necessary one but not what she loved. Now, she feels like it is the most important photos she’ll take. She wants each person in the photo to shine and at the same time see the place they belong in the world, their family. We talk about ways to get these important photos of our own families - from both a technical and emotional standpoint from both sides of the camera.
Find out more about Tamara Lackey: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Google+
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On today’s episode, I’m sharing my conversation with Tamara Lackey. Tamara is a photographer, teacher, author, and mother. She hosts the ReDefine show, teaches classes on Creative Live, and writes books about family photography. She is a mother to three children and is waiting for number four. Tamara is also the founder of the organization Beautiful Together.
Tamara Lackey starting learning about photography when her first baby arrived. She was overcome with love for her baby and wanted to take photos as beautiful as her child. She wasn’t satisfied with the photos she was taking with her point and shoot. (Sound familiar?) Tamara got a DSLR and quickly learned how to use better angles, light and lenses to make better photos of her little one. Tamara moved out of a business career that left her feeling empty at the end of the day. She thought about starting a photography business. She asked a neighbor what she thought.
Her neighbor thought it was a terrible. The neighbor she said there are so many photographers out there and when she saw Tamara’s photos said, “Yeah. You’re not going to be a professional.” Boy, was that neighbor wrong. Tamara’s first three years in business were overwhelming. After three years she changed the way she did things, opened a commercial space, changed the way she did business and things took off from there.
Tamara is passionate about adoption. She has been to orphanages and seen first hand how many children don’t belong to a family. Because of this experience, she founded the organization Beautiful Together, a non-profit that works to improve the quality of life for waiting families.
The experience of adoption also changed the way Tamara photographed families. She used to think of the group photo of the family as a necessary one but not what she loved. Now, she feels like it is the most important photos she’ll take. She wants each person in the photo to shine and at the same time see the place they belong in the world, their family. We talk about ways to get these important photos of our own families - from both a technical and emotional standpoint from both sides of the camera.
Find out more about Tamara Lackey: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Google+