Dawn Tacker | Eos Photography | Naturally beautiful, environmentally friendly portraits

WARNING: Highly personal, graphic birth story and photos ahead. There’s a point to this. But if you’re here to look at beautiful portraits, best scroll down to where that kicks in again.

You’ll notice a few things about this blog. It’s a place for me to show my recent work. I will occasionally post personal […]

Here they are…
Best Pregnancy Portrait ~ Janet
“Our family has chosen to make our donation to the Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.  We are delighted to be able to help further the strides already made toward the treatment and eventual cure  for the diseases that inflict so many beautiful young children.  It is our sincere hope […]

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the Best of 2009 portrait contest. I appreciate your feedback and thoughtful comments. Just a reminder that the contest ends at the end of Valentine’s Day, this Sunday February 14th. Just as a reminder, anyone can vote anywhere in the world, once for each category for a […]

Addison ~ three weeks old

Cassidy ~ four months old

Isabelle ~ nine months old

Liam ~ fourteen days old

Mackenzie ~ five weeks old

Madison ~ three weeks old

Rebecca ~ twelve days old

Dr. Robert Biter and 19 buddies

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This is such an exciting time in the birth community! I will be donating a portrait photography collection at this event, and I hope to see you there!
Come join us as we celebrate the beginning of Babies by the Sea Birthing Center, the 1st of its kind where OBs will work side-by-side with midwives, where […]

I always wonder when a newborn becomes “just” an infant? Is there an official age, or a developmental milestone? Or is just when you get tired of calculating how many weeks old s/he is? Whatever that magical formula is, Wolfie is leaving his newborn stage behind for sure. He’s teething (yes - already), just getting […]

Today Wolfie is two months old! He and I celebrated with a mini portrait session, lots of nursing, and several naps. I need to dig up my images of Andrew at this age, but I do see a pretty strong resemblance between the two brothers. These days I have to convince big brother Andrew to […]

I hope to see you at the reception and screening of The Business of Being Born this Thursday! More info here. I’m very excited to see events like this in our area! I’ll be offering an item for the silent auction benefiting ICAN and the San Diego Birth Network.

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We are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Phineas Wolfe Tacker! Born on 9/9/09, he weighed in at 8 lbs, 8 oz., 21 inches long. We had an amazing, intense, wonderful natural birth and are adjusting to life with two sons! Big brother Andrew is so thrilled that Wolfie is finally here, and […]

A wise friend pointed out today how much I love my job… I arrived at Jasmine and Ryan’s pregnancy portrait session last night tired, cold, and more than a bit bedraggled at the end of a hard week. And I left feeling energized, positive, and supremely happy with the results! Thank you to Ryan and […]

Well, the “Buried in Babies” image didn’t make it in, but here is the image of Dr. Robert Biter that did. Congrats to Dr. B for being selected as the Best OB/GYN!

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