Taking Some Product Shots (D147)

Posted by Tasra Dawson on January 25, 2010 · Comments 

Today was completely devoted to launching the Senior Model Program for my photography company, Teen Identity Portraits. From editing the images from Saturday’s photo shoot to updating the blog and Facebook fan page, I was working nonstop. I’m thrilled with the buzz we’ve already started generating and would love to have you check it out and join the fan page! One of the things we’re also doing is updating the website with information... [Read More...]

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A Smart Girl’s Survival Kit for the New Decade (D122)

Posted by Tasra Dawson on December 31, 2009 · Comments 

So I’m not sticking with the theme this week. I will definitely work on that in 2010. But for today I want to reflect on where I was 10 years ago at this time. In one word, Y2K. Well, if that’s a word. I was a single mom in a ministry that was a bit apocalyptic (ok, maybe I’m exaggerating, but only a little). Seriously though, we were strongly “encouraged” to create emergency survival kits. Of course with my bent toward... [Read More...]

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D65: A Story in a Still

Posted by Tasra Dawson on November 4, 2009 · Comments 

Holding back tears as I write. Been holding back the floodgates all day, an apt metaphor since I took a photowalk in the upper and lower 9th ward of New Orleans. Four years later, the devastation of Katrina is still larger than life. It IS life for some. And it has been death for others—literally and figuratively. The images I captured today covered a wide range of areas, but there was only ONE story that so compelled me, captured my attention,... [Read More...]

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