My interview with the amazing Tara Whitney! www.tarawhitney.com FOLLOW TARA ON TWITTER! Before you fall in love with TARA .... 3 things you should know about her .... * My natural inclination is to stay home, in comfy clothes, and surrounded by my family. Basically, I'm a hermit at heart. I have to push myself to get out of the house. I want to experience everything I can in life, yet I love staying home. Total opposites in one person. * Everyone is surprised when they first meet me and realize that I am six feet tall. * I absolutely HATE when I am barefoot and I step on crumbs on the wood floor. What makes Tara happy ... Love, feeling loved, light, music, laughing, color, creating, a clean house, yummy food, and knowing I have three episodes of Dexter recorded. What shot do a high percentage of your clients always fall in love with ... The ones where they can see how much their family loves each other. Highly emotional shots. What do you have lined up for fall ... A steady stream of work, and maybe a new brand....? Three things she has on her "must do for Tara" list by 2010 ... 1. Take my guy on a grown ups only getaway. As long as possible. 2. Spend time decorating my house - GET MORE PHOTOS on the walls. 3. Become more experienced, more knowledgeable in the kitchen. What she snacked on today ... Spinach Artichoke dip. $5000.00 to spend on your job it would be ... New Canon body All new branding materials custom and amazing and luscious Underwater housing? How many hours she really sleeps a night ... Anywhere between 5 to 8 hours, depending on what I am worrying about that night. What do you love to indulge in ... free time. Your favorite person to follow on twitter ... www.twitter.com/mindykaling ONE OF TARA"S FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHS THIS YEAR

BLU to launch something FUN * perhaps useless * but nevertheless cute, random and personal! Stay tuned Tuesday! FOLLOW BLU ON TWITTER Who will be BLU's 2009-2010 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR? We have narrowed it down to the FINAL eight nominees + Monday September 21st we will make the big announcement! They have been up-and-coming for a few years- now they finally have our attention + talent to burn! They are worthy of BLU's 2009-2010 Photographer of the Year nomination! They each have charisma + talent + a fresh outlook + we are going to make sure everyone in the WORLD knows their name! It's all about NEW HOT talent! One will soon be more famous than the other seven! STAY TUNED DAILY FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR NOMINEES + THEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO VOTE! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EIGHT NOMINEES ANGELA MONSON SARAH AND CHRIS RHOADS SEAN FLANIGAN TARA WHITNEY JENNIFER SKOG AUGIE CHANG TRACY TESMER MATT + ANGIE SLOAN JUDGING DETAILS: 1. A panel of famous photographer experts will give us their VOTE 2. Blu will cast their vote based on their photographs + interview and final photograph! 3. Fans will vote BUT it will only account for 10% of our final formula.