T Photography

Creek Minis 🌿💦 are live!

These are the perfect little summer sesh that you can use for virtually anything. The only mini session opportunity I’ll offer this year until Christmas time. Snag one while you can! >> https://www.taryn.photography/book-now

Sweet, silly and ornery little Halle gave us the sweetest garden photo shoot a few days ago! I love seeing her sparkly eyes tell the story of her personality. Give me a cute baby, sunshine, flowers, and garden pictures every.single.day.

This family is a part of my First Years Collective, which is the perfect way to capture the sweetest milestones as a child grows. As we all know, it happens WAY too fast. The only remedy I have found for it thus far is to take pictures... frequently :)

Enjoy a little peek into our morning together!

Nothing I love more than a magical backyard garden sesh... the perfect spot for this little growing family. Flowers, snuggles, sunshine, and a baby on the way!

Enjoy a little peek... See more here >> https://www.taryn.photography/blog/bp/light

Not sure this little doll baby could get ANY cuter. Franci matched my studio to perfection with her beautiful red hair, bright blue eyes, porcelain skin & sweet, quiet demeanor. She mostly just sat and stared at me in the beginning, but warmed up quickly and I found her little personality peeking out. This is why I absolutely LOVE capturing this age range... because you can’t bottle up this sweetness, but you can photograph it. And documenting it ensures you won’t ever forget the perfection of their littleness. 💕 Check out the blog post for a few more pics from this sesh! >> https://www.taryn.photography/blog/bp/franci

Spring is flying right by! ✈️ The weather has been amazing and I’ve been busy enjoying every moment working in my garden, feeding my kids popsicles and soaking in the season.
🌷
This is traditionally one of my slower times of the year, and I’m kind of OK with that 👍🏻 Summer is sneaking right up and booking is alive and well on my website… take a peek if you’ve been meaning to schedule a sesh >> https://www.taryn.photography/book-now

I’m a professional photographer and I didn’t take my nice camera with me on vacation. I used my iPhone the entire time, including for this little photo sesh on the beach. Here’s how I did it so you can, too:

Timing > 5pm. It was still VERY bright and another hour would’ve helped, both with reducing the busy-ness on the beach and with the lighting. But I made it work and the white sands of Siesta Key were a lovely natural reflector!

Lighting > I almost always put the sun behind my subject and/or to the side when capturing their face. Creative shots, you can take more liberty and use backlighting or direct sunlight on your subject.

Tripod > bring one. I totally forgot ours and I was so bummed. Thankfully, a sweet lady on the beach saw me struggling to see a shot up and prop the phone up on my stroller and offered to take a few. She did great and the only thing I needed to deal with was editing out people in the background, which is super easy now with Lightroom’s AI feature!

Mode > I used portrait mode for every single shot. My camera worked hard and in the hot FL sun it did start to overheat…I had to take a few quick breaks but overall it did great and portrait mode gives you that soft background and fine focus you want 👌🏻

Editing > I edited all of these on my phone using a custom preset in Lightroom.

Printing > I likely won’t go above an 8x10, but I probably could (I’ve gone up to 12x12 before with phone shots and they’ve printed great!) 4x6s and 5x7s will print beautifully!

I’m not saying, don’t ever take your nice camera along. But a strong case can certainly be made to use your device in hand to get the job done. No, the quality is not top tier excellent as a DSLR raw image might be, but do you really need that for a casual vacation beach sesh?

Enjoy the tips and save for later if you’ll use them! 📸

Love a sweet little spring baby... Cameron and her older sister were in my studio a few days ago! Sister interactions are my favorite and this one did not disappoint. Avery was such a big girl holding little sis and Cameron was bright-eyed and alert with her knowing look! She wanted to stay up and party for the first part of the session, which was fine because she is so chill! She has the most amazing eyelashes and sweetest little face and I loved getting to capture every detail. 🌸🌼 More on the blog >> https://www.taryn.photography/blog/bp/cameron

Sweetest little ladies were in my studio last week! We had a 5 year old and a 1 year old, so I felt right at home :) The oldest was spunky and had lots of questions and observations, and the little one was a little energizer bunny who never stopped moving... again, I felt right at home!!

The littlest just turned ONE, so we ended the photo shoot with a cake smash. Love those so much. The sheer joy (and curiosity— “is this for real? are you really letting me do this right now?”) and sensory experience makes for the best pictures. Kind of wish cake smashes were still a thing when you turn 40! Maybe not the capturing it with pictures part, though 😂

Anyway, enjoy a little peek into our afternoon together grabbing some special moments of these sweet girlies. More pics in the blog post >> https://www.taryn.photography/blog/bp/thompson