I shot this photograph while traveling through Tuscany during our destination photography workshop in Italy. It was in September, and we enjoyed blue skies, sunshine, clean air - and striking sunsets. Paragraph Paragraph Shot this with Nikon Z7 & Z 24-70 f/4 at f/11 and edited in ON1.

Photograph by Tamara Lackey This episode is all about the stunning Spanish Colonial Mustangs who live on the shores of the Outer Banks. This show is particularly moving to us because of what happened shortly after we wrapped filming at the Corolla Wild Horse Fund's sanctuary. Photograph by Tamara Lackey In Early September, Hurricane Dorian slammed into the North Carolina coast. As a result, a massive wall of water blasted Ocracoke Island. Tragically, that storm created a ter

Photograph by Tamara Lackey Good Sports airs as the UNC Basketball Season officially starts!! In other words, perfect timing for our brand new episode of Chasing Frames Show! In this episode, we focus on student athletes. Athletes that don't just draw in fans and revenue but give a surprisingly substantial amount back to their local community and beyond. Photograph by Tamara Lackey Thank you Kevin Guskiewicz, Interim Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a

Photograph by Tamara Lackey Join me on my first experience tracking down an inmate. Hiding in an abandoned building and in the thick of the woods while filming THIS episode of Chasing Frames - K9 Search & Rescue Dogs! Photograph by Tamara Lackey This NEW episode airs tonight on PBS / Public Media NC UNC-TV at 8:50pm. Find it on your local PBS channel OR watch it at ChasingFramesShow.com, where the show is streamed via the PBS digital player! Photograph by Tamara Lackey We abs

Bat Blitz Photo by Tamara Lackey This week on Chasing Frames, we venture into the back country of Eastern North Carolina to capture wild bats IN THE PITCH DARK with a team of researchers and scientists on their annual bat blitz. This episode airs on broadcast Thursday night on PBS / Public Media NC. Which also just happens to air during Bat Week, a completely unintended bonus! Bat Blitz Photo by Tamara Lackey I was astounded to learn how integral these insect-eating animals

On our new Swift Water Rescue episode of Chasing Frames, I spent time on a COLD and very FAST-MOVING river, joining elite first responders who train for a specialized, and very risky, form of rescue. They save others in swift-moving water emergencies. Photo by Tamara Lackey - Episode 03 - Swift Water Rescue As I experienced some of what they do, photographing them while in action, I heard remarkable stories. One story that struck me the most was a team on night rescue after a

We are thrilled to announce that Chasing Frames, the TV show we have been working on all year, premiered October 3rd! Our new show Chasing Frames is focused on people doing GOOD in the world - those who transform lives, protect our planet and rescue those in need. And it’s been incredibly inspiring, spending time with so many people who spend their days, and many nights, caring deeply about the work they do! As a result, I get to learn more about the extraordinary good they d

Nikon D850 photograph by Tamara Lackey I LOVE PUPPIES. They are sweet, soft, loving, playful, vulnerable and incredibly snuggly. But 40 puppies in the course of 48 hours with Nikon Gear? Well, that was a whole new level of wonderful madness. This brand new campaign for Nikon has the most complex and wonderful combination of subjects I am lucky enough to photograph yet! FORTY tiny little, sweet, adorable puppies paired with a huge variety of brand new Nikon gear. And HERE are

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

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

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

What an honor! All this month, Nikon is featuring an image of mine as the cover photo for the main Nikon Facebook Page. You can check it out here. The Story Behind the Image Back in 2010, I began teaching CreativeLive classes. It was the first year they launched courses, and mine was one of the first multi-day live programs. At the time, participants were hand-picked from a long list, and we had to pick from quite a number of video submissions. O ne of the photographers we ch

Photography Studio in Chapel Hill, NC for Tamara Lackey Photography Our new photography studio! I am VERY excited to share this update about our brand new studio space in Chapel Hill, which is finally coming together!! It took about seven months to design, draw, re-draw, and architect this new space out. A few months of working remotely, and quite a number of permits and inspections, but we are nearly there! We wanted a great combination of open flex workspace, a private ph

Portrait Photography Workshops: San Francisco I am so excited to announce the location of my San Francisco 3-day Portrait Photographer’s Workshop on September 22-24, 2015! Big thanks to all those who were patiently awaiting the location - we looked at quite a number of spots all around the Bay Area, but ultimately we went with a super cool spot right in downtown San Francisco. Although this last one of our portrait photography workshops (for the year) is nearly full, we stil

Last month I stood in front of 3,000 people on a Sunday night in Las Vegas, while at WPPI 2012, and delivered a 5-minute talk about The Fascinating Truth About Lying. After giving a number of much longer presentations to even larger groups, you wouldn't think this would have been that difficult. It's just five minutes, right? But it's 5 minutes completely out of your control - the slides move forward every 15 minutes, no matter where you are, and the entire presentation h

The Fascinating Truth About Lying Last month I stood in front of 3,000 people on a Sunday night in Las Vegas, while at WPPI 2012, and delivered a 5-minute talk about The Fascinating Truth About Lying. After giving a number of much longer presentations to even larger groups, you wouldn't think this would have been that difficult. It's just five minutes, right? But it's 5 minutes completely out of your control - the slides move forward every 15 minutes, no matter where you a

After a fantastic experience at creativeLIVE last year, I am returning for a course just on business, entitled - appropriately, I think - Taking Care of Business! We received a number of excellent submissions, and we had the verrrrry difficult choice of narrowing down to six individuals to join us in Seattle for the live audience. If your video wasn't selected, it doesn't mean we didn't watch it eight times and agonize over having only six spots available. I promise. That

After a fantastic experience at creativeLIVE last year, I am returning for a course just on business, entitled - appropriately, I think - Taking Care of Business! We received a number of excellent submissions, and we had the verrrrry difficult choice of narrowing down to six individuals to join us in Seattle for the live audience. If your video wasn't selected, it doesn't mean we didn't watch it eight times and agonize over having only six spots available. I promise. That