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I'm so happy to welcome you to the brand new blog!! If you are a blog follower, take a look around and let me know what you think! If your new- this is where I'll post some of my most recent weddings and sessions, as well as things that are going on in my life. You can also check my website- taraswain.com for pricing and info about what I do, but be sure to check back to the blog regularly and hopefully you'll become a blog stalker! :)
About

AboutTara Swain

Hi, I'm Tara! I'm a wedding and portrait photographer based in Paris, Texas. I love bright colors, a vintage, eclectic feel and whimsical ideas. My passions are weddings and child photography. My favorite color is green, my favorite movie is "The Man in the Moon," I'm NOT a morning person, I've been happily married for 6 years with a beautiful 1 year old little girl and I love to blog!!

So hott they will melt your face off…

So I had another mind blowingly, awesomely fun session the other day.. and of course I couldn’t help myself but post a couple of teasers. Jynna and Manny ROCKED it… I cannot waaaaaaaaiitt to finish working on these. The full story and MUCH more coming soon…. SOO much to tell you about this shoot. Until then… check these out. MANY more to come…. (Hair and makeup by Tiffany!!!)

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I’m in love with everything about this picture. I want to hang it in my living room. Would that be weird??

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  • Whitney Turner: I love these... I can't wait to see the rest of them... (23.04.09, 06:39PM)
  • tiffany: STOP PLAYING WITH OUR EMOTIONS LOL!!! (24.04.09, 10:30AM)
  • tiffany: STOP PLAYING WITH OUR EMOTIONS LOL!!! (24.04.09, 10:30AM)
  • elise: cant wait to see the rest :) im loving these! (24.04.09, 04:56PM)
  • lindsey: i love em!!!!!!!!!! what a cute couple! (24.04.09, 06:15PM)
  • Rachel: I love the last one! It just looks like them. Relaxing with her dress pulled up like I will be at my bridals lol. I love the bird cage veil too! Can't wait for my bridals to get here and the other shoot ; ) (25.04.09, 07:58PM)
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Melissa + Ryan….nobody puts baby in the corner.

Melissa and Ryan were our wonderful “Day After” models… and we had a BLAST!!!! They were SO awesome and up for anything we threw at them! These guys ROCK!!!! They are also the very proud parents of Austen. If you missed his birthday post, be sure to check it out, he is SUCH a cutie.

You know who else rocks? TIFFANY because once again she did an awesome job on the hair and makeup for Melissa! She is working on getting a myspace set up for her biz… I’ll let you know as soon as it’s up! :) Until then, you can still contact her via email at: tiffanykremers@yahoo.com.

P.S. the beaded necklace with the peace sign pendant was from Small Town Girls, of course! ;)

For those of you who don’t know a Day After session is a shoot done normally the day after the wedding.. it’s different than a Trash the Dress because your concentrating more on the couple and their love rather than the dress and the bride. It can be done at anytime though! I actually have one lined up for later this month with a couple who got married 5 years ago! It’s an awesome idea for your anniversary.. or for no good reason at all other than wanting to slip back into that dress and get some awesome, romantic pictures with your hubby! It’s a laid back, no stress, FUN session and I love them! If you want to get one set up, please let me know ASAP.. the calender is steadily booking up. I have a few weekday appointments open in July… but I’m booked till then!!

OH and if your wondering about the post title…. during the shoot Jess was explaining a pose to Melissa and Melissa grabs Ryan and said.. “OHHH, like in Dirty Dancing….NOOOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER!!!” I laughed. Hard. :) Oh an after that she said.. “OKAY, now for the LIFT!” :) We love you Melissa… because you are awesome!!! :)

I had 2 MAJOR favorites of the day.. this was one of them…

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…and this was the other. LOOOOOVE this one. :) I’m thinking big print in my office!! :)

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I’ve had a lot of people commenting on how I use bathtubs a lot.. so why fight it… embrace it! :)

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She IS still wearing her dress.. this wasn’t intentional but shes just so short! ;)

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So Jess thought it would be cute for Ryan to pose like Austen did in his b-day shoot! :) Thanks Ryan for playing along.

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This is Jessica’s booboo.. I thought her foot was going to fall off. Apparently they don’t have berry vines in Louisiana. ;)

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AND HERE are her dirty feet… Oh yes.. I DID post this on the blog. :)

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But apparently her GASH in her foot wasn’t as bad as she thought because she was soon back to dancing a jig in my pasture. :)

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  • Melissa: These are so FUN!!! We had such a good time with you and Jess on this shoot! Ryan and I will have been married 3 years in May so this type of shoot is for anyone! You are the greatest!! (05.04.09, 03:29PM)
  • hiromi: i love love love all the pics......tara you did a great job!!!!!! (05.04.09, 04:05PM)
  • Tante: OH my goodness! These are amazing. they were "most beautiful" after all. haha! but seriously. i mean look at my gorgeous sister! i miss her! (05.04.09, 04:53PM)
  • Jess: Much easier to comment here then myspace. Cause I can't postiviely (yea I can't spell) pick a favorite! These two were so much fun! And the pictures look amazing ;) (05.04.09, 06:11PM)
  • Tiffany: another awesome job!!!! i love them all!! melissa looks gorgeous!!!! (05.04.09, 07:20PM)
  • Melissa Regeon: These are all amazing pictures. SO creative. What a beautiful dress the bride is wearing. : ) (05.04.09, 07:55PM)
  • Tiffany: WOW Tara! I love the one with the sign sitting by them. And the one where they are holding hands in a field of flowers. Beautiful. I can't wait till things finally start getting green here! (05.04.09, 08:10PM)
  • Whitney Turner: I love these!!! They look like so much fun!!! I love the ideas you keep coming up with!!!! (05.04.09, 08:29PM)
  • Heather: These are great. What a fun couple! (05.04.09, 09:43PM)
  • shelly: omg i soooooo want to do this!! (06.04.09, 10:10AM)
  • samantha: I love these pics! They are fabulous! (06.04.09, 01:30PM)
  • ANG: these are awesome!! melissa looks SEXXXY!! oh and you too ryan. :) (06.04.09, 04:26PM)
  • Shelly: Tara...your sooooo goin.. "BIG TIME" one day soon...and Ill be lucky to say I knew you when you first started out..GREAT SHOTS!! (06.04.09, 10:08PM)
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50 years…

On March 14th our preacher and his wife will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary!!! Here are a few of my favorites from their session!!! :)

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  • elise: aweee how sweet are they seriously!! :) i hope me and carsen are that cute after 50 years ;) haha! great job girl!! (04.03.09, 09:31PM)
  • lindsey: I hope we look that good after 50 years of marriage!! They are a very nice looking couple and you did a great job on their pic.'s!! (04.03.09, 10:22PM)
  • erica: i love these! they look great! such a great couple! 50 years here I come haha :) (05.03.09, 08:45AM)
  • Jan Marie: Wow! They turned out beautiful! 50 years looks great on them! (05.03.09, 09:14AM)
  • Melissa Regeon: This is so sweet. I want to be married to to my husband for 50 years +...Melissa (05.03.09, 09:46AM)
  • Courtney Odom: Very good...they are a very sweet couple!!! (06.03.09, 12:51AM)
  • Danielle: They are precious. They still look madly in love!!! (08.03.09, 09:23AM)
  • Molly Woodall: I love that Jerry and Peggy and you definitely caught their personalities!
    I've spent the last hour looking at your blog...your pictures are beautiful...I love how you capture everyone's eyes and make them so beautiful. (08.03.09, 08:19PM)
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