Did you know that I have a daily photo blog? It’s called Colorado Springs Daily Photo, and it’s where I share photos of and musings about my city. I’ve donated the above image from CS Daily Photo to a silent auction to help a local family adopt a 6 year-old Ethiopian child! The image will be archivally printed at 8×12″ and signed by yours truly. You can bid on it and many other cool items here: http://pureeaway.blogspot.com/
Four days in the desert
Last week I had the pleasure of attending four days of photography workshops and seminars in Carefree, Arizona, a small desert town north of Phoenix. The Arizona desert in winter is really wonderful. The weather is temperate during the day (it was pretty much 70 degrees without fail) and chilly at night, and the landscape is just incredible. While I was there I managed to just take a handful of scenic photos with my little point and shoot camera — but most of the time I was either in class with my fellow photographers or in the bar! Here are a few of my faves — I hope you enjoy them! (And if you are interested in a print, please contact me.)
My other passion
You know I love my job. I take such great joy in documenting happy events and capturing singular moments in my clients’ lives, and I’m lucky to be paid for that. But I don’t just photograph brides, bellies and babies. I found this quote today by the late Bill Brandt: “It is part of the photographer’s job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or the traveler who enters a strange country.” How very true! I too suffer from the curse of the photographer — everywhere around me I see great photographs waiting to be captured. So occasionally I actually take pictures of just… stuff. Not brides, not high school seniors, not cute babies, but the world around me. I do actually have an art degree believe it or not, and every now and then I have to prove to my mother that my college education wasn’t totally in vain!
If you happen to be on the north end of Colorado Springs, drop into the Barnes & Noble/Starbucks on Briargate and Academy. I’ve got nine prints on display there through July 31st. I’ll post them here, but honestly they’re much better looking in person. So go and check them out! And FYI, archivally printed, matted and signed versions of these (and other) images are available for purchase in two sizes. Contact me for more info on that.
Thanks for looking — enjoy! Tamera
[The photo at the top of this post was taken at sunset in San Clemente, California, March 2008]
Nelson’s Column as seen from the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, 2006
London, 2006
First glimpse of the Eiffel Tower by day, Paris, France, 2006
Between Colorado Springs and Pueblo at twilight, 2007
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2008
Ranch outbuilding at sunset, between Colorado Springs and Pueblo, 2007
Row of scooters and motorbikes in the Westminster district of London, 2006
Abandoned casino sign at the Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, 2008
Favorite images of 2007
I sat down today and picked out my favorite images from 2007. These are the ones that really stick in my head as some of the better pictures I took last year. Some of them are technically good and others have personal meaning to me. I’ll keep the chit chat to a minimum and just let the pictures do the talking.
Enjoy! Feel free to leave comments if you want. I love comments.
Tamera
This is Claire, the daughter of one of my favorite clients. Isn’t she cute?!?
The breathtaking Denver Art Museum
One of my all time favorite weddings. The groom was 70 and the bride was in her 50’s. This is his expression upon seeing her escorted up the aisle.
My favorite senior portrait subject of the year, Eboni
I love this picture because of who’s in it, my mom.
My little cat, Lilo.
One of my oldest friends, Magdalena (I call her Joanie), just before her wedding. She was so nervous!
From my last wedding of the year: the bride, Laura, and her soon-to-be mother in law, Chol, having a moment
The Denver skyline
From a western wedding I did in May
I love love love this picture of the flowergirl watching the wedding guests arrive.
Four sisters
They had a boy just about three weeks after this picture was taken! His name is Riley.
This one and the three below it are from an Audrey Hepburn styled shoot. The first two were specifically inspired by “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. I had so much fun taking these!
This image and the three below it are from a “trash the dress” shoot. The funnest time I’ve ever with a wedding gown!
Esteemed jazz connoisseur Wallace Conway, talking about the thing he loves best.
