Clif Kid is onboard: S.E.E. Photo + Outdoor Ed Class – For Parent + Child

Clif Kid of Clif Bar just confirmed partnering with Amy to provide very healthy snacks to kids and parents during the S.E.E. Photo + Outdoor Education classes Oct. 4 – Nov. 8th.

What is S.E.E.?   A portrait and environmental photo class for one parent + their child to learn together.  See the Environment and Each Other:

Class Itinerary:

**All photo instruction combines:

• a ½ hour hike
• with…
• instruction about an element about our environment: a flower, tree or plant right under our feet and how they contribute to our eco-system.

Oct 4th: Hike + Tree Lesson + How to Recognize + Use Outdoor Light

Oct 11: Hike + Cactus Lesson + Landscape Photography Class

Oct 18:  Hike + Flower Lesson + Portraits – Photographing Each Other

Oct 25: Hike + Plant Lesson + Landscape Photography Class

Nov 1:    Hike + Tree Lesson + Environmental Portrait Instruction

Nov 8:    Hike + Plant Lesson + Final Class Group Photo Critique

Class Dates: Oct 4th – Nov 8, Sunday, 6 Fall Classes, 9am – 11:30am

Location: Griffith Park – Meet in front of the Observatory steps

Class is Limited: 7 Parent/Student Groups. 1 Parent + 1 Child per group. 1^st come / 1^st served.

Payment: $325 total for each Parent/Student pair

Payment Link: http://www.meetup.com/SEE-LA-Hike-Portrait-Photo-Class-for-Parent-Child/

Payment Due: Online via credit card before 1^st day of class

Refunds: Yes, if cancel within one week after 1^st class only

Contact: studio@thriveimages.com or 323-638-9737 w/ any questions

Happy Women’s Equality Day 2015!

August 26, 2015, Wednesday

Happy Women’s Equality Day! So designated in the United States August 26, 1971 by a joint resolution of Congress (personally just one and a half years before I entered this world) at the “behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY). The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote.” **

So, 51 years after women got the right to vote, a woman finally championed a way to help us all celebrate this right: out loud, with apt assertion!

I look to the next generation of young women and girls to continue the celebration. New narratives are possible as long as they are crafted with intention and integrity, and then celebrated. What young women are seeing and sharing now, and how their unquestioned presence in a room is affecting the lives, markets and communities we share is in fact fantastic.

They will, at some point, vote in the first woman president of the United States, and when they do you better believe the celebration and the change will be extraordinary in all of our lives, markets and communities. Equality births tremendous communication. And new communication births amazing new course of action. Happy Women’s Equality Day 2015! I look forward to more celebration!  ~ Amy

**National Women’s History Project: www.nwhp.org: link: http://www.nwhp.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day/

L.A. Marathon 2014 – Elvis Lives!

Talk about thriving!  Elvis isn’t dead, he’s running the LA Marathon this year! (and drinking a Miller Lite while doing it).

SAG AFTRA Awards 2014 – January 18th

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It was, as always, a whirlwind with only 2 hours of concentrated time to photograph on the red carpet for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) – but what a beautiful whirlwind it was.  The energy: electric, and the smiles: ecstatic, in the most genuine way, peers amongst passionate peers.

My LA: Alissa Walker – Writer + Pres/CoFounder of de Lab

The latest addition to my “My LA” project is Alissa Walker:  the wonderful design writer (you can find her at awalkerinla.com, with pieces on Wired, LA Times, Fast Company, Dwell, LA Magazine, etc etc!), and curator of LA events via her Design East of La Brea org.  I encourage you to go to one of the de Lab events (as they’re called) where LA enjoyment and new creative knowledge are at your fingertips. De Lab co-founded by Haily Zaki with Frances Anderton, Barbara Bestor, and Krista Kline as their advisory board! Alissa actually only walks LA, or rides the bus.  That’s right, no car!  Seen here on the Swan Staircase, Silverlake, one of her very favorite LA places. These are the secret tunnels that help us Angelenos navigate Silverlake. Thank you Alissa for sharing your LA joy!

Oct is National Arts + Humanities Month

Oct is National Arts + Humanities Month

Did you know it was National Arts and Humanities Month this month ?  It is!  So please get out there and talk up all the great things that the arts and humanities have done to help you navigate your life – and read & share this great post from Americans for the Arts on “Arts and Economic Prosperity”.

My New Life Stories SanDisk Web Page

Thanks to @SanDisk for the new #SanDiskStories pg that includes #twitter + #instagram feeds as well.  Love the sharp new look that helps me share the life stories I capture! http://test.sandisk.nfusion.com/content/amy-tierney

Thrive ! Balance at the Beach

A sunset silhouette photo request by @AlexandrineYoga, on Venice Beach, CA is another great reminder to take time to Thrive !

New “My L.A.” Portrait Work + The Cooking Channel’s “Tripping Out: with Alie + Georgia”

Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark: 6/21 7:30 PST Premeire “Tripping Out: with Alie and Georgia” on “The Cooking Channel”

Douglas Kirkland – Photographer / DJ on KCRW Today

While I can’t add DJ to my own resume (yet), I heard on Mathieu Schreyer’s KCRW show that great photog Douglas Kirkland is, at age 70, adding it to his.  In 2006 I had fun photographing Kirkland at the Beverly Hills Ferrari showroom during his friend Cristina Comencini’s afterparty for her film “Bestia Nel Cuore”, with actress Jacqueline Bissett.  What a fun memory (pictures below) and a good listen to his DJ lineup from today on KCRW here.