by Tara Mackey | Blogroll, Happiness, Health, Modeling, My Organic Life
So, sometimes my agency gets especially creative. Sometimes they sit around and think “How can we make our models meet for some serious photos? Putting Tara in a TOTALLY commercial engagement shoot with another dashing Q model? And send them on a road trip – a few hours away from where they live? Even though they’ve never met before? Sure! Why not?” (right??…)
Not only did Q stick me and Andreas in a car alone to travel to Santa Barbara together without meeting one another before, to do the most intimate shoot of our lives, we actually (and surprisingly for me, since I assume everyone thinks I’m a geek) had an amazing time getting there and back!! Everyone else on set was so absolutely sweet and down to earth. I rarely get to look “demure and in love”, so this was a treat! Plus, wearing someone’s actual real live wedding ring (no pressure!) was so amazing! Like playing dress up! We got our Free People wardrobe on and were good to go!
The rest of the day was amazing, went smoothly, the sunset was beautiful, the drive was great, we accidentally visited Neverland Ranch (!!!?) and we all had each other laughing! Jess Wilcox brought a team with her, another photographer and an assistant – so I’m not sure who’s photos are what, but I truly love them all!
I saw Andreas recently at a casting (that I booked & he rocked! woo!!) and it was like family. I was in a great mood right away, laughing my butt off, reminiscing. It was just lovely. A huge part of the reason that I love this job, and that I love acting, is that the relationships you form with people on stage, on set or on a shoot is unlike any you get to form with anyone else on a “normal” job or even on a normal day to day basis.
Frankly, the crap you go through sometimes to get a good photo is a ridiculous bonding experience for everyone. I love this energy. I feel it a lot with other models I work with, photographers, wardrobe, MUA’s… It’s really inspired and I feel totally blessed.
I really, really enjoy working with people who live outside of LA sometimes, as this crew was. They bring a sweetness to the shoot that you don’t really ever get in Hollywood, and it made it easy to look happy and in love. 🙂
I really take a lot of pride in this shoot – shot half digital, half with film! It made my heart happy, and it really got my imagination going, but goodness does it put so much in perspective about where I am in life!
Don’t get me wrong – I absolutely love engagements and — oh, weddings! I cry at each and every one. I cried at PHOTOS of my best friend’s wedding. Photos. That’s how much weddings get me.
I love that people want to celebrate how they feel about one another. I love that people want to make that unbelievable and sweetest commitment. And goodness gracious do I love my married friends! More freaking power to you. ( My married with children friends get cookies and like 100 years of ridiculous respect. You guys… I’m so proud.) I admire it and I think you’re all really, truly blessed.
I love love. And I think that any way someone wants to show that to another human being is beautiful!
If nothing else, I’m here to say: get your LOVE on, people!
Love is all you need!
Thank you very much.
Love & Light
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An Exclusive Look Into … THE WAKE UP EP!
by Tara Mackey | Around the World, Beauty, Blogroll, Modeling
Stardust Magazine Issue #4: TONIC Is Out Now!
I am super happy and proud to be a part of it!
Check out the beauty editorial on page 88, and browse the rest of the mag for gorgeous and magical photo adventures!
Also, my portfolio over at Q has been updated.
Today is a good, satisfying work day! 🙂
Thank you very much.
Love & Light
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by Tara Mackey | Blogroll, Garden, Health, Modeling, My Organic Life, My Photography
Thought I’d catch up on some life updates with you since it’s been awhile! I am still decompressing from travel, but I’ve really had some great meetings and made some wonderful friends this week!
I got two modeling jobs from Q & my first paycheck, which was super exciting!
On Saturday I was privledged to participate in the Myth Masque show, modeling gorgeous pieces in a fashion show/performance for my super talented friend Jillian Ann’s new fashion company Ritual, which meant nothing less than meeting a lot of super talented, creative, beautiful, amazing people and being a part of something truly fantastic! Everyone was dressed up like it was Halloween – I really couldn’t get enough of it!
I also got a chance to see the band Marriages and go backstage – which is always a completely enlightening and inspiring position for me as a musician. A few days ago I finally met, hung with and shot/shot with the fantastic & talented Ryan Muirhead, whose work has consistently blown me away for almost a year now.
I’ve been music making my little butt off, not just in the studio in LA but also at home with my own setup. It’s been very therapeutic and wonderful, and the projects I’ve been discussing with people have been very encouraged. I’m so grateful to have such super talented friends & supportive company.
The garden is growing more than I can keep up with it! My corn (supposedly “Knee High In July”) is literally almost as tall as me in May… I’ll find a rhyme for that some day. 🙂
I have new peas, beans and a huuuuge pumpkin vine sprouting! I really can’t wait for harvest! All the wildflowers that I planted have just shot up. I’m looking for a place to plant my Pomegranate tree, which is outgrowing it’s pot, and the Apricot’s are small but green and coming along nicely. 🙂
To be honest, throughout all of this, I’ve been struggling with immense health & personal issues that have made it hard some days to keep a straight face while going through some day-to-day frustrations. I’ve been taking tremendous steps in Perspective Shifting, meaning that when I get really caught up in feeling helpless or hopeless about Chronic Health Issues, I immediately turn to a form of self-therapy in order to find some relief. Recently this has come in the form of reading about others who share my struggles, which I find immense comfort in. Nature walks, even on days where I feel bed ridden, have also helped a lot. It’s a reminder:
There is a big difference between what I think I can do, and what I can actually do.
My Positive Affirmation of the Day:
If you’re struggling, you deserve to make self-care a priority. Whether that means lying in bed all day, eating comfort food, putting off homework, crying, sleeping, rescheduling plans, finding an escape through a good book, watching your favorite tv show, or doing nothing at all — give yourself permission to put your healing first. Quiet the voice telling you to do more and be more, and today, whatever you do, let it be enough. Feel your feelings, breathe, and be gentle with yourself. Acknowledge that you’re doing the best you can to cope and survive. And trust that during this time of struggle, it’s enough.
Thank you very much.
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