"Tamron Recipes" with Marcie Reif

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by Skip Cohen

Just for the fun of it, I decided to Google, "What is a chef?"

Google's answer: A chef is an individual who is trained to understand flavors, cooking techniques, create recipes from scratch with fresh ingredients, and have a high level of responsibility within a kitchen."

Marcie Reif joins us in the Tamron Kitchen this month and clearly meets the definition above. Only instead of "flavors" and "techniques," she understands composition and exposure, focal lengths, depth of field, and every photograph is from "scratch with fresh ingredients." And as we've seen with each Tamron Chef, the "kitchen" is whenever and wherever they've got a camera in their hands!

It wasn't easy picking the images to feature in this month's episode; Marcie has a lot to choose from. While she's best know for her family portraiture, shooting sports has become one of her favorite hobbies, especially when it's her son.

I wanted to lead off with the black and white photograph above but also share the shot on the right. It adds to demonstrating the versatility of the 70-300mm lens.

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Ingredients

B&W Portrait (top)
Camera: Sony A9 II
​Lens: 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD
Focal Length: 300mm
Exposure: 1/1000 sec @ f6.3 ISO 800 
Location:  Atlanta, GA 
Meridian Panthers Parkview Baseball Team 
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Sports Action (color)
Camera: Sony A9 II
​Lens:  70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD
Focal Length: 200 mm
Exposure: 1/2500 sec @ f5.6 ISO 640
Location: Atlanta, GA

​Marcie's all about family photography, but like every artist with a primary specialty, she loves the spinoffs that come along with other activities. But there's a common denominator in all of her work, which comes out loud and clear in her "About" section.

My goal is to deliver you a unique set of images that are artistic, natural, and warm by mixing childhood images with connections to love...I always try to deliver my clients images of their family "being" a family. This may mean singing, dancing, playing together, or maybe just some ginormous hugs! I LOVE to capture kids being themselves because best moments come when you set them up, sit back, and wait. 

You'll find more of Marcie's work with a visit to her website. Just click on her images in this post and check out her galleries. She's got a never-ending passion for family and children's photography.

It's a new year, and Tamron has some outstanding savings, which just kicked off yesterday. Tamron never slows down on their quality, and today manufactures some of the finest glass in photography. Equally impressive is their focus on education - Check out their scheduled programs - all designed to help you raise the bar on your skill set!

Happy New Year!

Headed to IUSA?

If you're headed to Nashville this month for IUSA, make it a point to swing by Tamron, booth 823. Taylor Brumfield will be doing demos at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 23. There are some outstanding savings (up to $100) on lenses available at the show.  And, Tamron's raffling off a 28-75 mm G2 lens!