YOU ARE MY WILD ? Orange County photographer | Tara Whitney ...

I hardly have any images taken of my kids on an SLR over the last two years. iPhone : blessing and curse. Since earlier this year I have been using my Canon Rebel (and film) to photograph my family instead of the 5d Mk3. Which is cool, and I am loving it?.but here?s the thing: I haven?t processed even one roll. I have something like 15 rolls of film in a basket by my front door that I am too weird/possessive/afraid about sending off. Which is completely ridiculous and I am actually going to pinky swear right now that before January is over, I will send those suckers IN.

That feels good. To have said that out loud. Keep me accountable!

My heart?s intention was to focus more on my personal life with a camera this year. And I kind of did that, it was just with my iPhone. (Which I am kind of okay about? KWIM?) I also followed along with two other photographer?s portrait projects with their own children. Leah Zawadzki and Josh Solar both took a portrait of each of their kids, once a week, for a year. (They each have three children, so what an accomplishment.) Both of these projects inspired me so much, and I had this pull to do one of my own. But I know me. A portrait of each of my kids every week just wouldn?t happen, so I dropped it.

Smooth Transition to three weeks ago, when I got an email from Meaghan Curry, inviting me to be a part of You Are My Wild, a group portrait project.

You Are My Wild is ?a weekly portrait project that brings together 14 photographers to document how they see their children.?

Participants:

Anje Bridge
Becky Zeller
Brooke Schwab
Dera Frances
Isabel Furie
Jessica Kraus
Kati Dimoff
Kelsey Gerhard
Klodjana Dervishi
Meaghan Curry
Rebecca Conway
Ryan Marshall
Shelby Brakken

In the email, Meaghan told me we would each share one photo per week. It could be a photo of one of our children, or all. We could each define portrait as we wished.

(LIGHTBULB!) I don?t have to do EACH of my children. I can loosely define portrait. I just need to focus on using my other cameras to do it. As I read the list of names, I got more and more excited to be a part of this, and I immediately said yes.

Our very first set of images: Week One

I think this is going to be really special as each week you see a comparison of what is happening in the lives of all of us, in different states and countries, with different kids and ages, and different views of the project. This week, I found similarities with the tutus and the Mickey hats, and man, that just makes me smile.

So, welcome to the first week of this year long project. We will be posting every Tuesday if you?d like to follow along. xo

-Tara

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Source: http://tarawhitney.com/justbeblogged/2013/01/you-are-my-wild/

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