Meet Tara
An award-winning photographer serving luxury weddings & couples in Southern California & wanderlust destinations.
A destination luxury wedding photographer for the hopeless romantics & fashion-forward couples who want an experience & photographs that are truly authentic, intimate, & timeless. My favorite moments to capture throughout the wedding weekend experience are those when emotions brim & you can’t help but be fully present. Seen often between Santa Barbara & Orange County, California, when not planning a trip to Tuscany. Available worldwide.
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![It was one of those “one last shot, let’s go over here” moments. The mountains were purple, the cypresses were brilliantly punctuated against them. They embraced, I clicked the shutter and in that moment I knew: this was the photograph that would move me most.
And while the entire session was gorgeous, gorgeous, this one has a personal note only a few in-person friends know…
Cypress trees. For the past three to four years, they’ve been my reminder of His faithfulness to me. My rainbow sign, as it were.
“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off [of his power and love].”
- Is. 55, year verses for 2019, 2020 (years that almost broke me) & 2021 (I understood & understand now).
Moving to California, where these are part of the “everyday” landscaping, is not lost on me. In so many ways, deeper than “west coast best coast” I do truly feel humbled to have moved to my, personal, spiritual Promised Land.
I know not everyone will share these sentiments and I respect that & cheer for you for your breakthrough moments, desires, and signs. I do think we all long for that thing we can recognize as a lucky charm, sign, “your song” or for me, my cypress trees that points me towards something bigger than myself.
Do you have anything like this that always keeps coming back into your life or line of vision ? I’d love to hear! 👇 No judgement, everyone is welcome.
And Susan & Nacho, thank you for trusting me. Your love story is stunning & I love you guys!
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