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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!!

Abram Beau’s Birth

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Birth

16.11.2011

A brand new baby boy was just added to the Paris Baby family. :) Ryan, Melissa AND Austen welcomed baby Abram on Friday, November 11, 2011 (11-11-11!!!) He was born via cesarian at 7:29am and I was honored to witness it all! He is perfect. He weighed 7lb 12oz and was 20 inches long. He is beautiful and Ryan and Melissa are SO blessed. Here are some images from his birth.. newborn pictures coming soon. :)

Mindy: These are beautiful!! Congrats to everyone!! (16.11.11, 08:28PM)
Ashley: love love love!! yay! baby abram! :D :D (16.11.11, 10:20PM)
tracy Waldrop: Great job Tara - totally sweet!! (16.11.11, 10:30PM)
Kasie: This whole post made me smile. Congratulations to Ryan, Melissa, and Austen! (16.11.11, 11:29PM)
Bryan (Dad) (Grandpa): Awesome photos!! What a great Family growing on!! I am very proud of them all, wish I could have been there. (17.11.11, 01:45AM)
Tuesday: I love these...... So beautiful. (17.11.11, 06:35AM)
hiromi: beautiful beautiful beautiful....great job tara...love my two little guys!!!! (17.11.11, 06:37AM)
Mandy: Amazing pictures, as usual! I love this family...so glad baby Abe is here! Can't wait to meet him!! :) (17.11.11, 04:34PM)
Abram Beau | Tara Swain Photography Abram Beau | Creative, happy, whimsical, eclectic and fun.: [...] them, you already knew that. :) They welcomed baby Abram on Friday, November 11, 2011… and I was there to capture it. :) A week later we shot baby Abe’s newborn session. He’s gorgeous. His mom and dad and [...] (22.11.11, 02:40PM)

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“That was a breeze.”

17 comments

Birth

03.09.2011

That quote sums up Krislyn’s delivery in a nutshell. There’s a first time for everything.. and hearing that statement immediately after giving BIRTH was definitely a first for me. Kim is always SO calm and laid back.. and this day was no different than any other for her.. aside from the fact that she got to meet her daughter for the very first time.. and I got to witness it. :) Kim did amazing. It was a perfect delivery. There was just an unbelievable calmness in the room. Cayton and Kim are so blessed. :) Newborn pictures coming soon. ;)

Rose Bailey: Amazing job! Tears:)
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Casey: Speechless. These are beyond incredible. So much emotion and what an amazing experience to share. Brings tears to my eyes!!!!!!! (03.09.11, 05:00PM)
Molly Woodall: Oh my goodness! Beautiful pictures....BEAUTIFUL family! (03.09.11, 05:14PM)
Morgan: These are AMAZZZINNGG!!!!! What a beautiful, blessed little family. Love these so much. You have a gift! (03.09.11, 06:40PM)
Haley: These are amazing.. and they definitely do bring tears to my eyes!!!! Wow!!! (03.09.11, 07:15PM)
Claudia: That was the absolute most amazing thing ever. I have to admit that video made me cry. What an amazing experience and now that family can look back on these pictures for the rest of their lives and remember this day. Wow. (03.09.11, 10:12PM)
Jenn: OH MY GOSH!!! SPEECHLESS!! This is amazing!!!!! (04.09.11, 12:27AM)
Heather: TEARS!!!!! This is beautiful. That slideshow was INCREDIBLE too. (04.09.11, 03:49AM)
Hailey: This is so beautiful and perfect in every way! What a beautiful little family. I agree.. it brought tears to my eyes. Your so talented! (04.09.11, 06:19AM)
Amber C: I have no words! These were breathtaking!!!! (04.09.11, 06:39AM)
Cory: Favorite post ever. WOW!!!!! (04.09.11, 09:11AM)
Andrea: Her maternity pictures were my favorite pictures you've EVER done, especially the pool maternity pics. So creative. But the emotion I feel when I look at these is overwhelming. Made me cry and I don't even know these people!!! (04.09.11, 01:48PM)
Jane Adams: I am so proud of my daughter. She gave birth like it was an everyday thing for her. She and Cayton are going to make great parents! (04.09.11, 02:30PM)
Lauren Woodard: Mike told us all about this and I've been anxiously waiting to see the pictures on the blog!! The one of Mike kissing Cayton's head while he's holding Krislyn brought tears to my eyes. I also love the ones of Kannon looking at her! Beautiful pictures of a Beautiful little family! (06.09.11, 11:34AM)
LIz: Oh my gosh.. that video made me tear up. Wow. You are so gifted!!!! (06.09.11, 03:22PM)
Lindsey: AHH! I've been waiting for these. SO amazing. I can't wait to see the newborn pictures!!!!!!! (07.09.11, 07:11AM)
Taylor McKinney: Absolutely beautiful! Definitely tearing up as I'm watching the slideshow! (11.09.11, 03:30PM)

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2.7.11

14 comments

Birth

18.02.2011

Here is a little video that I put together to surprise Crystal and Bronson at Kannon’s newborn session earlier this week. Crystal was a little unsure about posting it at first but said that I captured so much love that she wanted to be able to share it. I got such a blessing out of being able to witness baby Kannon being brought into the world and I hope I’m able to pass that blessing on.

Make sure to hit play and then immediately hit pause. Let the video fully load before pushing play so that you can watch it straight through without any loading issues. :)

Lori Loggins Gaines: I'm glad she agreed to let you post! Carolyn and I have been friends our whole life and to see her baby having a baby and all the love in that room certainly brought tears! (18.02.11, 12:38PM)
brianna Schroeder: Tara this is absolutely amazing! This JJ Heller song accompanies these images perfectly! Great Job!! This is such a beautiful family! (18.02.11, 01:09PM)
Michelle Veraska: BEAUTIFUL!! I was crying the whole time. Just breatheless. YOu have captured pure amazement!! thanks crystal for allowing tara to share this with everyone. It is just pure LOVE showing through!! (18.02.11, 01:29PM)
Billie: That was beautiful, brought tears to my eyes. (18.02.11, 03:53PM)
Melissa Gordon: WOW!!!! That was amazing! (18.02.11, 04:16PM)
Michelle Veraska: just showed my hubby david this and omg he was crying tooo. just amazing girl .. love this family!! (18.02.11, 04:24PM)
Tracy WAldrop: so totally moving!! (18.02.11, 05:04PM)
Cindy: That was beautiful!! It brings back so many emotions from when I had my little boy. Thank you for sharing your life it's neat watching from the beautiful wedding to the beautiful baby, Congratulations! Great job Tara! Love the picture of them praying over him. (18.02.11, 06:59PM)
Elise Ellexson: absolutely beautiful!!! that is so amazing.. made me tear up! congratulations to the new mommy and daddy!!!! :) (18.02.11, 09:26PM)
janaye joyner: very touching tara, simply beautiful in every which way, I bet these parents are so greatful to have this!!! (18.02.11, 11:47PM)
Denise Felty: That was so amazing. I cried whole way through and brought back so many wonderful memories of the birh of my children. You don't get to see some of those amazing moments as the mom.
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful moment! (19.02.11, 10:01AM)
Kristen Fox: I teared up through the whole thing!! The birth of your baby is one of the most incredible moments in your life! You captured every aspect of it!! (19.02.11, 11:50AM)
Jaime: AMAZING video... just cried through the entire thing :) (19.02.11, 11:55AM)
TaylorMcKinney: Such a precious video! They are so lucky to have something like this that captured every moment of the precious life they brought into the world. Absolutely beautiful!! (21.02.11, 06:32PM)

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