April, 2010
You may remember Mary and her awesome dog and horse shoot from last summer… I remember us discussing how she was dating this great guy…how happy she was…and it was obvious – -she absolutely glowed when his name came up!
Fast forward to the fall when I get an AMAZING call from Mary — that she and Ryan were engaged! They are getting married this fall — and as it should be — they BOTH glow when they are together. Ryan loves animals and nature as much as Mary does — I can’t wait to see what crazy details they come up with for their wedding day.
As the day approached for their engagement shoot — I was watching the weather and realized that the day we were going to shoot was supposed to be AWFUL — so I shot a quick email and basically BEGGED them to shoot with me TODAY as it was sunny and pretty and I really really wanted a nice day for them…needless to say — they said yes, and although it was CRAZY cold out — we still managed to have fun with their cool dogs and great light.
I can’t believe I got all four of them in the same frame…sitting at the same time!
The light! The light!
This field was awesome. I don’t know if Mary and Ryan LOVED being all up in the brush — but it LOOKED cool. And that is what is important in photographs, eh?
I’m not afraid to tell you this: I took this one only for Mary. 
Dear Mary and Ryan. I had fun. I love your dogs. And you two are so great together. Love Tam. PS: Please bring dogs to wedding. ::grin::
Published Spring 2010 American Photo and Well Wed Magazines! | Rochester NY Photographer
April 1, 2010I can’t believe how amazing this is. I have been LUCKY enough to be published in two magazines this Spring — the FANTABULOUS WellWed Magazine — in which Stacy K’s dream of a wedding is featured — OMG so so beautiful! Stacy K and Ozgur’s wedding was at the INCREDIBLE Artisan Works — the perfect fit for this colorful crazy wedding, and I could not have gotten the day captured as wonderfully as I did without the help of Rachael Hadiashar of Merge Weddings — I am so so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing and talented people. Cake by Deb Stirone at Gourmet Goodies — Jason Ripple at Rock Paper Scissors Salon did the crazy cool hair – Joan Lincoln did makeup — Hank Parker provided the chairs and tables and linens — and of COURSE Stacy K handled the style, design, decor, floral arrangments and everything else amazing. WHAT A TEAM PEOPLE!!
Oh. And if any of my brides didn’t get a copy and want one…I might have a ‘couple’ extra– like…1,000. ::laughing:: You should have seen the clerk at Wegmans when I went up to the counter and plunked them down. I was totally disappointed that she didn’t say.a.WORD. I mean come on! I was bursting to tell her why I was buying so many! ::shaking head::
I also had the honor of being interviewed by American Photo Magazine — Theano Nikitas did an INCREDIBLE job writing an article on the new direction senior photography is taking. I was STOKED to be included in the mix of talented photographers — and it was incredible seeing my work in a national publication. Truly jaw dropping omg how is this happening wonderful! Thank you so much — I am honored and humbled that I might have something interesting to say!
yay yay yay go Tammyswales.com!!!! We love you!!
I have this issue and read it. Well done.
Hope all is well!
4.23.2010
great jorb on that first one! i did a shoot w/ a couple and their dogs last summer, and i’m not gonna lie…i felt like i RULED THE ENTIRE WORLD when i got all 4 of them in the same frame looking at me.
shooting ppl + animals takes skillz. good thing they called the tam!