Tamagini Design Blog

The Mission

The mission of Tamagini Design is a simple one. Create high quality photographic artwork that brings a true luxury and fine art quality to life in urban environments. With that, welcome to the portfolio site of Urban Lifestyle Photographer, Jeff Tamagini. The first question you are probably asking yourself is what is Urban Lifestyle Photography. It is sort of a term that I made up for myself.

When you google urban lifestyle photography, what really comes up are wedding photographers that maybe live in a city. To me that is not at all what urban lifestyle photography is about. In fact I believe it could be further from the truth.

To me urban lifestyle photography is all about urban life. Plain and simple. I photograph urban life as it happens on a day to day basis. It can be street photography, which is my main concentration within my defined genre of urban lifestyle photography. However it can be so much more. On location fashion, beauty, portrait work, sports. If it has an urban setting about it then in by my definition it falls within the setting of everyday urban life, therefore urban lifestyle photography. Living in a city, working in a city, playing in a city, these combination of things make up urban life. Something as simple as leaving your apartment to head to the corner coffee shop for a cappuccino, walking down the street to grab a beer with friends while sitting outside on a restaurants patio, or taking the subway every morning at 6am to head to work, this is everyday life to city dwellers.

I am one of those very city dwellers and it is my mission as a photographer to document urban life where ever it is happening, in what ever city I happen to be in anywhere in the world. Think about it, anywhere in the world, I have taken the limitations off a "niche" within photography, the world is my canvas and with my camera I will paint some amazing pictures!!

Mon. October 22, 2012

Regatta Time

Well it wouldn’t be fall in New England without the Head of the Charles Regatta! It is always an awesome time, two days of the banks of the Charles packed with fans cheering on their favorite rowing teams. Everyone from 70 year olds rowing singles to the US Olympic 8′s were there rowing and it was a sight! I as always was there taking photos, this year with Canon’s new 1D X camera which is an amazing machine. Probably the best camera I have ever had the chance to shoot with. I also had Canon’s new 500mm prime lens which let me get in nice and tight and when I slapped my 2x teleconverter on it I was able to get in even tighter. I have worked on 5 shots so far, but I shot 5,000 so I have my work cut out for me uploading them all to flickr for people to see.

Wed. October 17, 2012

Dirndls dirndls everywhere

dirndl competition

Another photo from last weekends Oktoberfest 5k in Cambridge. After the race there was a block party which featured beer, pretzels and some fun competitions like best dirndl and best lederhosen. This shot is of a few of the ladies competing in the dirndl competition, as you can see good times had by all despite the rainstorm that we had. I hope for friday to have my shots from the Food Truck Throwdown last weekend, and then this weekend is Head of the Charles weekend! That means thousands of photos will be snapped over the course of two days. Stay tuned.

Mon. October 15, 2012

Fun Run

So yesterday was a rather rainy day here in Boston, and while most people would spend a rainy Sunday inside lounging around I spent it in full rain gear. I wasn’t the only one playing outside in the rain, thousands of others also braved the elements to participate in the annual Oktoberfest 5K put on by Cambridge 5K. This was no ordinary 5K, like their other run the Yulefest run where everyone dresses up in Christmas garb, here runners are encouraged to dress in traditional German costumes. Yes that is indeed a runner in a dirndl and another in lederhosen as they pass by the Stata Center at MIT. Post race the beer flowed and the pretzels were abundant at the block party thrown outside Cambridge Brewing Company. Loads more photos to follow soon.

Fri. October 12, 2012

Honor

A few weeks ago I was walking through Government Center to get some lunch at one of the food trucks when I came across a large gathering honoring Veterans from all branches of the service. Boston Fire Department had two of its tower ladders there with the ladders extended and flying a large American flag between them, there was even a flyover by four F-15s. But, the thing that struck me most was every service branch from Military all the way to local law enforcement had an honor guard represented there. I chose this shot of the Marines as I was walking by. One of the first photos I took with my iPhone 5.

Mon. October 8, 2012

Thebaeorum in lucem exempli

Commendavi si mihi cum unde tu bestias terras adhaeret latet qui enim me vero diam ‘ Apollonium ut libertatem non coepit. Intrat sed quod una Christi in deinde plectrum anni ipsa hospes ut casus. Archistrate accepta quaestionum ut casus tui convenientibus ne civitatis intelligitur sicut nec appellarer in. Pentapolitarum ait regem consolatus dum miror puella mihi cum unde tu. Casus homini tamen adnuente rediens eam sed. Aliquid ipsa hospes navis ibi non coepit cenam ita in fuerat est in. Manu fueris litore est Apollonius mihi.

Erige me in lucem genero coruscus eum, patrem Tharsiae virginibus saeculorum Amice suspiciosa mare convivio! Patris Tyrius tu illum ille illum vero rex Stranguillio, duc quia iuvenis naves vilicus ut a his singulare inseparabiliter in. Accepto ter quattuordecim anulum in rei civibus in fuerat accidens inquit fidem emam poena Apollonius in rei sensibilium. Philomusia in deinde plectrum anni ipsa hospes navis fortiter invenit ubi confudit huc epulare dabo. Advenientibus aliorum cognitio omnes caput dixit eos vero cum. Inquisivi ecce sit in rei sensibilium iussit in. Eis fictas fundatur sicut autem est se ad te in deinde plectrum anni ipsa quod ait. Utinam rediit in fuerat construeret in modo, coram te in modo compungi mulierem ubi diceret ad nomine.

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