Tamar's Photo Blog

American Graphic Design Award

2009-11-02T14:44:00.000-08:00

Cyberia won the American Graphic Design Award for the holiday card I photographed last year. I am excited to work on their card this year as well! Stay tuned.

Steven & Diana

2009-10-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

Makeup/Hair: Erica Glaub
Models: Steven Bruns (LA Models) and Diana Armstrong (LA Models)

Renaissance

2009-10-09T10:42:00.000-07:00

I finished a new photo for This Is A Photoblog - the assignment was "Renaissance":

Also, Wonderful Machine recently highlighted my portfolio, and posted a video tour of my portfolio book on YouTube. You can watch it below if you'd like to get a sense of how I present my work for potential clients:

Hunger

2009-09-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

I work with my dad's design Cyberia Media (link) quite often, doing photography and video for various projects. This latest project was really fun. I did most of the photo and video (the rest was stock) for a video called "Fed Up With Hunger" for the Jewish Federation. The Beastie Boys donated a song, and everyone worked hard to make this video great. The video can be seen on the Jewish Federation's website (link), or below!

XCVI's website for Spring 2010

2009-09-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

XCVI just added their Spring 2010 line to their website. I took the photos last week (check out this link to see my previous post with all the photos)

Click here to go to the XCVI website!

XCVI Spring 2010

2009-09-18T08:45:00.000-07:00

This season we photographed XCVI in a made-up magical garden. I love working with them because they are always up for trying new and fun ideas. I had so much fun on this shoot. Please click the image to see the 20 photos XCVI chose for me to retouch. Thanks!

Belle Parish Spring 2010

2009-09-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

Last week I photographed Ali Landry's new children's clothing line, Belle Parish. While I had photographed children before, nothing could compare to the 3 baby and 2 toddler models I worked with. I honestly can say I couldn't have done it without my amazing prop stylist Katie. Please check out her work at katiebyron.com! We shot 18 outfits in 5 hours!!! Ali and her business partner Annie needed the photos retouched within a few days for a buyers show so I really had my work cut out for me. Luckily they were amazing to work with, everyone helped out, and the experience was awesome (and very educational).

Below are a few selects (please click photos to enlarge). You can find the other photos and info about Belle Parish on their website, belleparish.com.

Tear pages section!

2009-08-25T22:23:00.000-07:00

I have spent the past week gathering and scanning as many of my tear pages I can find..I figured it was about time to add it's own section to my website. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Trying something new.

2009-08-11T15:09:00.001-07:00

Sometimes when I hit a creative block I gravitate to old inspiration, which have included a lot of films. One of my favorite filmmakers of all time is Samuel Fuller, director of the Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor (PLEASE rent these movies if you haven't seen them. The Naked Kiss is also available on YouTube here). While watching the Naked Kiss for the umpteenth time the other day I decided to do a fun shoot inspired by the film. I have been wanting to experiment with angles and light lately, so this was a perfect self-assignment. Also the next thisisaphotoblog assignment is to experiment with black and white, so I thought I could kill two birds with one stone. I shot with an SLR and Holga. Below is the SLR. The Holga film will be ready on Thursday and assuming it comes out okay will be posted in a few days. Many thanks to Ollie and Caleb for being amazing models as always.

Please click on images to enlarge.

Landon Pigg in Ragged Magazine

2009-07-28T21:03:00.000-07:00

Ragged Magazine issue #7 includes a spread I photographed. The musician is Landon Pigg and the dog in the second photo is my adorable dog Lola! You can see more shots here! Please click images to enlarge.

Landon Pigg

2009-07-08T19:06:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I photographed Landon Pigg for Filter's Ragged Magazine. He is a great musician and everyone had a good time! I will post the spread in a couple weeks when the issue comes out. Until then here are a couple photos I liked that they aren't using in the mag.

Macro Makeup

2009-07-07T15:07:00.000-07:00

First time using a macro lens on a job. Kinda fun!

Coupling

2009-07-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

I shot these photos for thisisaphotoblog. The assignment was "Coupling", which was open to interpretation.

Yule Caise for UCLA Magazine

2009-06-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

Yule is a writer, director, acting coach, actor, and more. He is so incredibly talented (and also so sweet!). I shot Yule near the Griffith Observatory a couple months ago. He totally didn't mind hiking a bit in his suit, or the dozen hikers that stared while we worked. Him, Alicia (Art Director for UCLA Magazine), and I had a great time doing this shoot!

Please click to enlarge:

I have also included the retouched and non-retouched versions below. I wanted to get the city lights so I photographed Yule on a tripod as the sun was going down, then photographed the landscape without Yule after the sun went down. In Photoshop I merged the two together.

Limbo Conversation/Interview

2009-06-16T14:24:00.000-07:00

Jacqueline Bovaird at Glasshouse Assignment interviewed Ryan, Dan and I about our "Limbo" Collaboration (click here to view).

For the interview please check out this link:

http://stone-thrower.com/2009/06/16/collaboration/

Underwater

2009-06-01T18:54:00.000-07:00

Please click on the photo to view the gallery

3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup

2009-05-25T12:28:00.000-07:00

*entire spread can be viewed here: http://www.tamarlevine.com/photoblog/2008/05/let-them-eat-cake.html*

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER TAMAR LEVINE FROM USA

LONDON 25.05.2009 - Professional photographer Tamar Levine (USA) was presented with the 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee Award in the category of Fashion at a prestigious live online Winners and Nomination Ceremony presented by International Color Awards to recognize excellence in color photography.

Thousands of images were received from ninety-two countries. The nominated photographers were selected by a who's who Judging Panel from the international photography community, including Christie's (New York), National Geographic (Washington) and Fox Broadcasting Company (Los Angeles). The Panel reviewed the images online over an eight week period and Levine's "Let Them Eat Cake," an exceptional image entered in the Fashion category, received a high percentage of votes overall.

"The Masters Cup celebrates photographers who operate at the highest levels of their craft," said the awards Creative Director, Basil O'Brien. "Tamar Levine's work represents color photography at its finest and we're pleased to present her with the title of Nominee."

You can view the 3rd Annual Winners Gallery online at www.photomasterscup.com.

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and non-professional photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.

Contact: Tamar Levine
Email: info[at]tamarlevine[dot]com
Website: www.tamarlevine.com

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Street Photography

2009-05-21T21:39:00.000-07:00

I shot these photos in Vegas for this month's assignment on thisisaphotoblog.com. The assignment was "Street Photography", and the goal was to find someone we didn't know beforehand and take a photo of him/her. Unfortunately I didn't have as much time as I would have liked but I did find some nice ladies right before I had to head back to LA at the Palms Casino, which is where I was staying. I would love to go back to Vegas soon when I have more time and take more photos of the casino regulars. Click to enlarge!

Limbo

2009-05-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

I did a collaboration with Dan and Ryan for thisisaphotoblog. The assignment was Multitude. Here is the final photo! There is a lot of detail so please click to enlarge.

And an outtake I shot...

Ollie

2009-05-14T17:43:00.000-07:00

Rob and I took photos of Ollie a few weeks ago. She is really a very happy person I swear. Check out her fantastic band The Oohlas!

The Joy of Flying

2009-05-12T15:48:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I take photos for my dad's design company, Cyberia. He made this pretty little video with stills from his iPhone and put it up on the blog. It makes me smile and I hope it makes you smile too. Click here to watch!

Speaking of my dad, recently I watched a couple of his music videos again after not seeing them since the 80's. It was really neat to watch when I could finally appreciate them! Click here to see one.

XCVI Fall 09

2009-05-12T15:37:00.000-07:00

I shot the Fall 2009 XCVI Line a few weeks ago..Here are some screen shots from their website.

Stoked Sessions

2009-04-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

I was asked to participate in Stoked Sessions LA, an art show and fundraiser for Stoked Mentoring (www.stoked.org). All art will start at $75 and up. All of the proceeds from the art show will go directly to Stoked LA.

I will be out of town, but if you are in the area I would definitely suggest stopping by! There should be some great art and it is for a really great cause.

Stoked Sessions LA
Sat & Sun, May 2 & 3, 2009
Upper Playground
125 E 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Time: 7pm - 11pm

Cirque Du Cheval

2009-04-23T09:49:00.000-07:00

I did a quick, last-minute shoot for my friend Michelle's look book for her amazing line, Cirque Du Cheval. I had shot her clothes a few years ago (shown here), so it is great to see how the line is developing. Here are a few of the selects...

Interview: Popular Photography Magazine

2009-04-10T09:16:00.001-07:00

I was interviewed in Popular Photography Magazine for Broken Robot Girl #1 , a piece that Rob Sheridan and I collaborated on for a series we are doing. It has been a bit hectic recently but hopefully we will have another installment up very soon.

Click to enlarge!