Some moments only happen once. I'm here for those.
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Based in dallas, texas • Available worldwide
We've all seen the photos with all the stiff poses. That forced smile where everyone's jaw hurts by the 40th shutter click. The "prom pose" arm-around-the-waist thing every couple does because somebody told them to stand like that.
You don't want that. You want photos that actually feel like your wedding, the real one. The one where your dad can't get through his toast, your best friend's already crying in the third row, and your partner's hand finds yours right before you say "I do."
Most of this industry runs on a popularity contest. Prettiest Instagram feed wins the client, and almost nobody asks whether that photographer is actually going to make you feel like a person on the best and most overwhelming day of your life.
That's the part I care about.
No stiff poses.
No awkward vibes.
No "okay now smile."
I've shot over 500 weddings, and I still tear up. Not the same way every time, but there's always a moment. A parent who can't get a word out looking at their kid. A flower girl who plants her feet halfway down the aisle and someone sprinting out in heels to grab her.
Before I ever pick up my camera, I'm watching. I want to know what your laugh actually sounds like before I try to catch it on camera. I want to see how one partner's hand finds the small of the other's back without either of them thinking about it, how you look at each other for half a second before looking away, the one inside joke that makes you both lose it in front of eighty people who have no idea what's funny.
That's what I'm actually photographing. Not the dress. Not the flowers. The two of you, exactly as you are with each other.
Oh, hello!
I'm Tara
she/her
• Leo
• ENNEAGRAM 8
• Meow-activated tuna can opener
I'm going to let you in on something. I'm very confident I can get you to love your photos, even if you're the person who hides in every group photo and has never known what to do with their hands.
Every couple I work with has zero modeling experience. None of them know what they're doing in front of a camera, and that's the whole point. My biggest flex is when someone opens their gallery and says "wait, this is really us?" No Photoshop, no posing them like a mannequin, no props to hide behind. Just them, giggling, having fun, and a camera that happened to be there to catch it.
I've been doing this since 2007, and I've undone a lot of damage those elementary school photo days left behind. If you've spent your whole life hating being photographed, I take that as a personal challenge. (I mean, I'm a Leo. "Win that challenge" is my middle name.)
Some couples and I end up texting for years after their wedding. Some I never hear from again once the gallery's delivered. Either way works for me. What doesn't change is the day itself, you're going to have a great time and I'm going to photograph all of it.
Every body, every identity, every faith, every kind of love is welcome here. If you care more about how the day actually felt than how it looked on Instagram, we're on the same page. Come meet me at the studio, let's chat.
Here's how this works
1. We talk.
Book your discovery call. We'll get into the actual details of your wedding, probably go on a tangent about our pets, and by the end we'll both know if this is a fit. Sometimes it's obvious in the first five minutes. Sometimes it takes the whole call.
2. You get a plan built around your actual day, not a template.
Once you book, we build out the real details together. Your engagement session, your timeline, your family formals list, all of it shaped around how your day is actually going to unfold instead of some generic wedding-day script. If your grandma can only stand for ten minutes or your ceremony's running at sunset in July, that's exactly what I'll build the photography plan around.
3. You just show up as yourselves.
I handle the rest. You dance badly on purpose, cry when you didn't think you would, forget I'm even in the room, and somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, I get the shot that has you two smitten looking at it decades from now.
Styles come and go. What's popular on Pinterest right now will look dated in five or ten years, the same way every trend eventually does, no matter how good it looks today. What doesn't fade is whether a photo still gets you. Whether it makes your throat tighten a little every time you look at it, styled shot or candid one.
That's the difference between photos that were popular and photos that actually mattered.
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One of the best and easiest decisions we made for our wedding was having Tara be our photographer. To say she was professional, jovial and immensely talented throughout every session would be a great understatement. She truly is this and SO MUCH more. During our engagement session Tara made us both feel very comfortable in front of the camera. During the wedding, Tara must have been on ninja mode, because I don't recall seeing her move around us or the guests, but my goodness did she capture some amazing moments, big amd small, of that day. She is great at communicating and asks all the right questions to make sure she gives you the best experience. Everyone in our group absolutely fell in love with her. I cannot recommend her enough! Do yourself a favor and reach out to this amazingly talented human.
Claudia + Jen | Frisco, TX
Encouraging someone to be entirely themselves is the loudest way to love them.
- Kalen Dion
Proof that seeing sneak peeks on the backThe best photos aren't the ones where everyone hit their mark. They're the ones where everyone forgot I was there. The glances, the giggles, the happy tears, the chaos that somehow becomes beautiful. I've never shot two weddings that felt the same. That's the whole point. Your love is yours. Your photos should be too.
Established IN 2007
Based in North Texas
available for travel worldwide
1409 Botham Jean Blvd #237 Dallas, TX 75215
VISITS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
@TarArseven
@TarArseven
Established IN 2007
Based in North Texas
available for travel worldwide
1409 Botham Jean Blvd #237 Dallas, TX 75215
Visits by appointment only.