La Selva Lodge Photo Shelter Blog names our Workshop as one of 40 most exciting for 2019/2020 - Don't miss out! Joe McNally, Ami Vitale and I are all thrilled to be named within this amazing group of the most exciting Photography Workshops! And, we still have spaces available, so make sure to check out our Amazon Workshop page. Come join us for the first few days in Quito, Ecuador and we will explore the City before heading out to La Selva Lodge in the Amazon Rainforest. You

Photographed with We are in the thick of filming 12 episodes of our new series Chasing Frames. This is our new television show airing this fall on PBS' regional affiliate Public Media NC. The show will reach into five states along with incredible Emmy-Award winning content & some amazing shows on UNC-TV! I am SO very grateful to have Nikon and ON1 Software underwriting this series!! One of our recent episodes was all about Search & Rescue Dogs. These rather furry guys do pr

La Selva Ecolodge & Spa Join THREE renowned photographers: Ami Vitale, Joe McNally and Tamara Lackey on the trip of a lifetime to Ecuador. You will experience the culture of its historic capital, Quito. As well as the abundant wildlife of the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest. This all-inclusive 10 day and 9 night adventure is a complete immersion into photography, storytelling and exploration. This unique workshop will focus on landscape, portrait and travel photography. The day

Spring is finally here! It's time to get your macro lens to photograph bees. This is the perfect time to re-visit an episode of The reDefine Show: Animal Edition! See it here:>>>Backyard Bees <<< It's all about photographing bees using a macro lens. I have always been nervous/terrified of bees while some people are all, like, One With The Bees. As for me, I am pretty much the exact opposite of that. I feel the hairs on the back of my neck rise up anytime I see a bee or hear a

Triangle Area Welcomes Its First 100% Vegan Market CHAPEL HILL — Nested inside a local, family-owned coffee shop, customers will find a rare resource for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area — Coco Bean Vegan Market. This newly-opened 100% all-vegan market is the only one of its kind in Central North Carolina offering a wide variety of plant-based products, including foods, artisan chocolates, and gifts. Locally Made Goods The vegan market is a natural expansion of Coco Bean C

OUR NEWEST PROJECT -- Dinner for 40 at The Joy Home Orphanage in India We created our Dinner for 40 Project to provide nutritious dinners to 40 children between the ages of 6 and 15 years old for the next four months. Dinner will include lentils, chapatti flour, oil, semolina, rice, vegetables, and fruit. We hope to do more over time, but we want to have an impact as soon as possible! Your contributions to this effort will go a long way to help support this orphanage. And, wi

CES 2019 Welcomes Tamara Lackey and the Power of Personal Projects From Tamara: I am heading back to the GIANT Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019) in Vegas on January 8th, and I am thrilled to be speaking for Nikon again! AND I will join a panel of incredibly talented photographers, Jen Rozenbaum and Stacy Pearsall, led by the amazing Mike Corrado, to discuss the power of personal projects. Personal projects are a powerful way for professional photographers to focus on topi

Announcing the Fall Photography Contest Winners with Nations Photo Lab - and Honorable Mentions! I teamed up with Nations Photo Lab, who I have partnered with on previous contests, and we launched this new one together. I am excited to now announce the photography contest winners! This brand new photography contest which was opened for submissions, and we were excited that so many of you shared your beautiful fall images. The winners had a chance to win $50 with them, and t

Photographing Alpacas with Personality: ReDefine Show - Animal Edition! with Tamara Lackey I believe some animals are just better at loving each other than we are. Join me on this episode of reDefine Show - Animal Edition! and learn about photographing alpacas on location at Perry Farm Alpacas in Hillsborough, North Carolina. When you walk into the large pen, curiosity brings the herd together. Soon, I am surrounded by furry bobble-heads with the most expressive eyes. For

Photographing Snakes, reDefine Show: Animal Edition! With Tamara Lackey On this episode of The reDefine Show (Animal Edition!), I photograph a boa constrictor on location at the Museum of Natural Sciences of North Carolina in Raleigh. We set up a full portable studio, including a seamless backdrop and most of my Westcott studio lights. Most important of all, I used my favorite gear like the Nikon D850 and a combination of Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 lens, Nikkor 105mm f/1.4 lens and N

Tamara Lackey at Global Launch of Nikon Z7 Mirrorless System Six months ago, I was asked a VERY SURREAL series of questions by a rather distinguished ad agency in Tokyo, (which would eventually be about the new Z7 camera): Would I be interested in producing and shooting a global campaign for The Nikon Corporation, utilizing a beta camera and native lens that were to be the keystones of their completely new mirrorless system? Would I be interested in mapping out multiple locat

reDefine Show: Animal Edition, with Tamara Lackey! Almost seven years ago exactly, I launched a new series on AdoramaTV called The reDefine Show. I interviewed creatives who not only loved what they did but were at the top of their game. I met photographers, cinematographers, comedians, actors, sports anchors -- really anyone who figured out how to make a living doing work they loved. I was lucky enough to speak with extraordinarily talented individuals who shared a great dea

Adorama To Celebrate Creative Storytelling Community With INSPIRE Event Series By Joy Celine Asto Published in News Are you a visual storyteller or content creative looking for inspiration to improve your craft? In celebration of creative storytelling and the growing community of visual communicators, Adorama is set to bring the Adorama INSPIRE event series rolling from June 25 to July 1 in New York City. The brand new, week-long event will bring together some key personaliti

We all need some extra motivation at times. I landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) late Saturday night just as a ton of giant snowflakes started falling. It was cold, I was tired, and I was juggling several heavy bags. I was already covered in wet snow that was starting to drip down the back of my neck. By the time I found my car, I immediately shoved all my bags in the back, jumped in to start the engine and waited for the heat to slowly kick in. Then I loo

Join me (and about 12,000 photographers) at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas for the upcoming WPPI Conference + Expo Feb 24-28, 2018. This link will get you a FREE WPPI Expo pass, w/live talks & demos & 15% off classes + photo walks. ALSO! Win the opportunity to receive a $500 Gift Card to my favorite photography superstore, Adorama! All you have to do to enter to win is simply leave a comment here. With all the stress and anxiety out in the world today, share how photog

Capturing Candid Portraits Candid photography can be challenging, even for professional photographers. Capturing unscripted moments is something Michael Bonocore loves about his work as a photographer. He shares his favorite moments in photography when he sees intimate images and captures the fleeting expressions of people in every day life. Adorama https://www.adorama.com More from Michael Bonocore https://bonocorephotography.smugmug.com/https://www.facebook.com/mbonocore

Travel Magazine Editor Michael Bonocore, Part 1 Travel is in his blood. Michael Bonocore's work as editor of Resource Travel Magazine takes him to extreme environments. He can go from one assignment in the bone-chilling Arctic Zone to photograph daredevil surfers, and then, he jets to the Caribbean to photograph catamarans in action. Adorama https://www.adorama.com More from Michael Bonocore https://bonocorephotography.smugmug.com/https://www.facebook.com/mbonocorehttp:/

Becoming an Independent Photographer Defining yourself as an independent photographer takes time. In this episode of reDefine Show with Tamara Lackey, Drew Gurian talks about his evolution from photography student to intern to first assistant and finally breaking out on his own as a professional photographer. Adorama https://www.adorama.com Related Products at Adorama: Nikon D810 https://www.adorama.com/inkd810.html?... Nikon 24-70 https://www.adorama.com/nk2470e.html?... P

Join Tamara on the reDefine Show as she speaks with commercial photographer Erik Valind about how he achieved success in commercial photography. Erik started out pursuing a business degree and doing photography on the side to get a good basis for business. He photographed all different types of things including his friends surfing and subjects he was very familiar with, which gave him an edge to know when the best shots were about to happen. After photographing a wide variet

We are soooo close to fully funding for our Orphan Prevention Care Center in Ethiopia! Help us set up daycare rooms (one of the current ones is pictured here - may need to zoom in to see all the babies) that offer these little souls more space, mind/body stimulation, early literacy education opportunities and are also connected to an eating area that would provide children with regular meals - ALL while empowering mothers through education, vocational training, and an opport