Orange County's Family Photographer, Tara Whitney

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ive been told that my photos arent turning up on my feed. i made some changes, but am unsure why that is happening. i know it often takes some time for the actual feed to update after changes have been made. but i didnt do anything that should get rid of the photos...bare with me.

(i can see them when i click the RSS button in my address)

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updating, working on some changes on here. might look weird for a little while.

unforgettables crop photo shoot winner!

man, ive been meaning to post about this for 2 weeks!
i found out who the winner was and i am SO EXCITED!

laura bloom is local to me and we have run into each other all over the city. target, costco, dance class...

i hear her reaction was pretty priceless-wish i could have been there to see it!

thank you SO much to everyone who entered the raffle-we ended up raising $1500 from that alone! so awesome. made me feel so good to be able to be a part of the event.

cant wait to shoot laura and FAM!

yes we can

thanks for sharing this with me margie.
california primary today.
amongst others.
vote.

interview and tshirts and sick

i was chosen as the featured photographer and interviewed by sarah quiara of roxy and kai photography on her blog mamarazzi school. fun little interview. she is so amazing-AND has booked me for a session this summer. i may have to book her right back. ;)

thanks sarah!

i was asked last year to design a tshirt for yellowfence.com. a portion of the proceeds would go to the "chari-tee" of my choice. i chose the unforgettables foundation. you can find my shirt design here: just be unforgettable.

ive got strep throat and an ear infection-but did manage to go to my friend sharla's baby shower yesterday so we could do a maternity photo shoot. thus winning loyalist friend of the year award. cant wait to show you the photos-she is such a gorgeous pregnant momma!

okay-back to bed for me. its raining. im happy.

donate $10 for a chance to win a free photo session and package!

(this is going to stay pinned to the top until the event, so scroll down for newer posts)

hey guys, i just wanted to post a quick reminder about the unforgettables crop-a benefit fundraiser for The Unforgettables Foundation--a non-profit charity that raises money to help grieving families with expenses after their child has died.

Date: January 26, 2008 11:00 a.m. - January 27, 2008 1:00 a.m.
Cost: $100 per scrapbooker + a donation of at least $100 for TUF (prizes for the higest donations will be awarded!) Cost covers 2 meals, t-shirt, goodie bag & more! Lots of opportunity drawings will be held to win retreat weekends with friends - and so much more!
Location: Redlands, California

i have donated a photo session to be raffled off at the crop! (valued at $1250). you can buy as many $10 tickets to be placed in the raffle as you would like-and you do NOT have to live locally to me to win the prize. travel expenses will be included should you live out of state. you also do NOT have to be at the crop to win this prize. ANY of you blog readers can enter whether you can attend or not. we are hoping for at least 1,000 entries in this raffle! your money will be going towards a really important cause!

if you are interested in buying a raffle ticket or a space at the crop, (by the way, there are only 20 spaces left if you would like to attend). please email karen wilson (organizer) at ktnryansmom@adelphia.net.

if you are interested in finding out more, here is the link to the blog.

vacation

tomorrow we are on our way to hawaii.

we are going to be staying with our wonderful friends the ramanlals, you can see their cute fam here. we met last year when they hired me for a session and we became friends immediately. i cant wait to introduce them to the other parts of us-our kids!

after months of agonizing over whether or not we thought mckenna could handle a trip like this, we decided the best thing for her would be to stay home and get spoiled by her uncle shane and aunt rachel. i am so torn in two about this decision-my heart literally hurts thinking of leaving her behind. i cant imagine going somewhere without our little nut-brown hair, doing something as a family, but not with our entire FAMILY. but this is just not the type of vacation for her. she is not a big fan of the beach or "winging it" without a schedule, and we will be doing a lot of both.

anyone who may try to get ahold of me, i probably wont be checking email again until january 9th when we get home.

bon voyage! see you next year!

contest closed

ive turned comments off, and wont be accepting anymore photo submissions. my inbox needs a trip to the day spa after this week!

this weekend i will be going through 400+ feet photos and counting 780 votes!

winner of my best foot forward will be announced on monday at 9am PST.

YOUR best foot forward submissions will also be posted on monday. i dont know if i will be able to post just 10 though! maybe 21, like i did?

i will leave the voting open for 48 hours and then announce the second winner!

you have been sending in such fun photos. it is going to be murder to choose only 21 of them!

put your best foot forward, 2007!

so, ive been trying to think of something FUN to do on my blog-some type of contest/give-away.
the awesome RADTASTIC kaiser's recently did a photo contest where they had their blog readers choose their favorite ring image. i loved the idea-and started thinking of what kind of image i could use.

and i came up with feet!

i shoot feet constantly, on every session unless asked not to. and the weirdest thing is, i HATE feet in real life. i hate for anyone else's feet to touch me. only baby feet and anna feet can i handle. other feet can touch my actual feet-feet on feet touching is okay. but do not touch me ANYWHERE else on my body with your skank feet.

freakishly enough i love PHOTOS of feet. especially when there are different sizes or shoes. its just an image i like-all of the legs and feet the focus of a photo. love it. its different, but just another portrait of a person. another part of them.

okay, so onto the contest. its actually going to be two parts. for the first part, i am going to post some of my favorite feet shots from the year. you guys will vote. winner gets their foot photo enlarged to 12x18 and printed on art canvas, ready to hang!

rules:

the photos corresponding number will be ON TOP of the image.

ONLY ONE VOTE PER PERSON. i can check IP addresses...so dont cheat. ill delete your cheating McCheater votes. :)

please vote in the comments of this post.

clients-feel free to have friends and family vote for your image!

i will take votes until friday morning, dec 14 at 8am PST.

second part-you guys are going to email me YOUR favorite foot image that you have taken this year. i will choose ten of my favorites, and post them here on my blog. make sure that feet are the focal point of the photo you send. the winner gets their foot image enlarged as 12x18 and printed on canvas!

same rules apply as above-with a few extra. make sure to pay attention to this information to make it as easy as possible for me to organize all of the entries!

your file HAS TO BE 400x600 pixels 72dpi (if it is a different size, it wont be counted)

please name your image file as your first initial, last name. (example: twhitney.jpg) again, if its not named that way it wont be counted.

you must have taken the photo

you must have taken the photo THIS YEAR

you have until friday morning, dec 14th at 8am PST to email me.

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now remember, be good little voters and follow the rules.
winner announced dec 17th, 9am PST
blog reader photos to be posted at the same time to begin voting.

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