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Triple Scoop Music collection
Triple Scoop Music was only founded five years ago, but in that time they've skyrocketed to the most visible name in the music licensing service at any major photography trade show, convention - or social network. They have reached such meteoric success because they got in the business to provide fresh, innovative, and award-winning (Grammy and Emmy award-winning, to be specific) music to what had been rapidly becoming a pretty tired royalty-free music industry.I first met th
Studio Manager
Feb 14, 20111 min read


Capturing Life Through (Better) Photography
I have so much to thank my clients for - but I'm going to be a bit specific just now. I want to thank them for teaching me so much about photography, about relationships, and about learning enough to actually be able to teach some of what I'm so grateful to do for a living. Also, I thank them for offering some great incentive to start brainstorming an idea that leads us to today. I am so very pleased to officially announce the release of the Nearly two years ago, I partner
Studio Manager
Dec 17, 20102 min read


Capturing Life Through (Better) Photography
I have so much to thank my clients for - but I'm going to be a bit specific just now. I want to thank them for teaching me so much about photography, about relationships, and about learning enough to actually be able to teach some of what I'm so grateful to do for a living. Also, I thank them for offering some great incentive to start brainstorming an idea that leads us to today. I am so very pleased to officially announce the release of the Nearly two years ago, I partner
Studio Manager
Dec 16, 20102 min read
audience invites for creativeLIVE
Well, that wasn't ridiculously difficult or anything! We just finished watching all the video submissions for creativeLIVE - many for the 4th, 5th, 6th time ... and we now feel like we've had the pleasure of making about 60 new friends. Kinda crazy to see so many clips, given the very short deadline! Here is the full list of video submissions, which doesn't include the errant straggler videos we found here and there! It was an extremely tough call - my first short list in
Studio Manager
Oct 29, 20102 min read
audience invites for creativeLIVE
Well, that wasn't ridiculously difficult or anything! We just finished watching all the video submissions for creativeLIVE - many for the 4th, 5th, 6th time ... and we now feel like we've had the pleasure of making about 60 new friends. Kinda crazy to see so many clips, given the very short deadline! Here is the full list of video submissions, which doesn't include the errant straggler videos we found here and there! It was an extremely tough call - my first short list in
Studio Manager
Oct 28, 20102 min read


Giving Away from Free Seat or VOD to Escalate Live
I'm really looking forward to working with this fantastic caliber of individuals :) After all this time, it'll be especially fun to meet Julieanne Kost, from Adobe, whose name I see listed on Photoshop every single time I boot up my computer ... or my laptop ... or my mac air ... so, to rephrase , whose name I have seen several times a day for nearly a decade!* You can join us in Illinois or tune in online by registering here. ALSO, and this is fun - I get to give away one
Studio Manager
Sep 26, 20101 min read


Giving Away from Free Seat or VOD to Escalate Live
I'm really looking forward to working with this fantastic caliber of individuals :) After all this time, it'll be especially fun to meet Julieanne Kost, from Adobe, whose name I see listed on Photoshop every single time I boot up my computer ... or my laptop ... or my mac air ... so, to rephrase , whose name I have seen several times a day for nearly a decade!* You can join us in Illinois or tune in online by registering here. ALSO, and this is fun - I get to give away one
Studio Manager
Sep 25, 20101 min read


The Tamara Lackey Style Book is Available!
For Photographers: I am pleased to announce that the Kubota Artist Series' Tamara Lackey Style Book is now available to purchase! Thank you all for your emails and excitement over the anticipated release of this book (and associated DVD & my customized Kubota actions). Kevin Kubota and I had received so many requests to share details behind various looks and feels - and styles - that we finally just teamed up on this book. We can't wait for you to start using the guide
Studio Manager
Sep 8, 20101 min read


The Tamara Lackey Style Book is Available!
For Photographers: I am pleased to announce that the Kubota Artist Series' Tamara Lackey Style Book is now available to purchase! Thank you all for your emails and excitement over the anticipated release of this book (and associated DVD & my customized Kubota actions). Kevin Kubota and I had received so many requests to share details behind various looks and feels - and styles - that we finally just teamed up on this book. We can't wait for you to start using the guide
Studio Manager
Sep 7, 20101 min read


Announcing Portrait Photographer’s Workshop
Join us in our Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina studio for a one-day fun-filled, inspirational portrait photography workshop on Monday, August 16th, 2010. Registration is limited to 17 participants, and spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Instruction will include studio & lighting set-up, efficient studio management and operations, post-processing walkthrough from out-of-camera to finished portraits, in-studio and on-location shooting (including
Studio Manager
Apr 15, 20101 min read


Announcing Portrait Photographer’s Workshop
Join us in our Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina studio for a one-day fun-filled, inspirational portrait photography workshop on Monday, August 16th, 2010. Registration is limited to 17 participants, and spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Instruction will include studio & lighting set-up, efficient studio management and operations, post-processing walkthrough from out-of-camera to finished portraits, in-studio and on-location shooting (including
Studio Manager
Apr 14, 20101 min read


Destination: Bald Head Island, North Carolina
Thank you so much to those of you who have contacted the studio with an interest in calendaring dates! We are ready to start booking sessions now :) I will be traveling to Bald Head Island, North Carolina June 27th-July 3rd and will be shooting two sessions a day - at morning light and again at sunset. Please contact the studio to reserve your spot, unless you have already been in touch with Lisa, our Studio Director, in which case she'll be contacting you very shortly to
Studio Manager
Feb 26, 20101 min read


Destination: Bald Head Island, North Carolina
Thank you so much to those of you who have contacted the studio with an interest in calendaring dates! We are ready to start booking sessions now :) I will be traveling to Bald Head Island, North Carolina June 27th-July 3rd and will be shooting two sessions a day - at morning light and again at sunset. Please contact the studio to reserve your spot, unless you have already been in touch with Lisa, our Studio Director, in which case she'll be contacting you very shortly to
Studio Manager
Feb 25, 20101 min read


Inside Contemporary Children's Photography
For either a DVD to be mailed to you or a digital download, please CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE. The trailer: DVD REVIEWS FULL ARTICLE: tamaralackey.com/ppmag FULL ARTICLE: tamaralackey.com/photofocus FULL ARTICLE: tamaralackey.com/shootsmarter
Studio Manager
Feb 3, 20101 min read


Inside Contemporary Children's Photography
For either a DVD to be mailed to you or a digital download, please CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE. The trailer: DVD REVIEWS FULL ARTICLE: tamaralackey.com/ppmag FULL ARTICLE: www.tamaralackey.com/photofocus FULL ARTICLE: www.tamaralackey.com/shootsmarter
Studio Manager
Feb 2, 20101 min read


Announcing: Inside Contemporary Children’s Photography
Available now on DVD! After nearly one year of storyboarding, filming, editing, animating, audio mixing and more editing, I am thrilled to announce the release of Inside Contemporary Children's Photography, a collaboration between our studio and Ballard Productions (available now on DVD). When we first started thinking about putting something like this together, we had no idea what it would turn into ... and what it became was due, in huge part, to the direction of Rex Ball
Studio Manager
Jan 7, 20102 min read


Announcing: Inside Contemporary Children’s Photography
Available now on DVD! After nearly one year of storyboarding, filming, editing, animating, audio mixing and more editing, I am thrilled to announce the release of Inside Contemporary Children's Photography, a collaboration between our studio and Ballard Productions (available now on DVD). When we first started thinking about putting something like this together, we had no idea what it would turn into ... and what it became was due, in huge part, to the direction of Rex Ba
Studio Manager
Jan 6, 20102 min read


joy to the world websummit
Tis the season to give and reflect on how thankful we are for our friends and family, clients and staff ... and to start getting ready for a new year. Photographers ... join me and 27 other industry-leading photographers for The Joy to the World free Marketing Websummit on December 28, 2009. We'll each share our great ideas for your business in the new year - and, at the same time, we'll be helping fund smiles for children in need of cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries thr
Studio Manager
Dec 14, 20091 min read


joy to the world websummit
Tis the season to give and reflect on how thankful we are for our friends and family, clients and staff ... and to start getting ready for a new year. Photographers ... join me and 27 other industry-leading photographers for The Joy to the World free Marketing Websummit on December 28, 2009. We'll each share our great ideas for your business in the new year - and, at the same time, we'll be helping fund smiles for children in need of cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries thr
Studio Manager
Dec 13, 20091 min read


Suggested Book for Wedding Photographers
A big thank you to Bill Hurter for including my photography in his newest useful book, 100 Techniques for Professional Wedding Photographers. I appreciate being included! You can get it in bookstores and on amazon :)
Studio Manager
Aug 27, 20091 min read
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