Dallas wedding & elopement photographer

Some moments only happen once. I'm here for those.

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Based in dallas, texas • Available worldwide

You've seen the photos. Stiff poses. That forced smile where everyone's jaw hurts by shot 40. The arm-around-the-waist thing every couple does because somebody told them to stand like that.

You don't want that. You want photos that actually feel like your wedding, the real one. The one where your dad can't get through his toast, your best friend is already crying in the third row, and your partner's hand finds yours right before you say "I do."

Here's what nobody tells you when you start photographer shopping: most of this industry is a popularity contest. Prettiest Instagram feed wins the client. Almost nobody's asking whether that photographer is actually going to make you feel like a person on the best and most overwhelming day of your life.

That's the part I care about.

Welcome to photographythat feels like you.

Interracial couple sharing a forehead-to-forehead moment at their Aristide wedding in Mansfield, Texas, the bride laughing in an off-shoulder lace gown and holding a cascading bouquet of burgundy dahlias and blush roses.

No stiff poses.

No awkward vibes.

No "okay now smile."

I've shot over 500 weddings and I still get teary eyes every time. Before I ever pick up the camera, I'm watching. How you two look at each other when you think nobody's paying attention. The inside joke that makes you both lose it. That's what I'm actually photographing.

Dallas wedding photographer with silver hair and dark lipstick smiling while holding a fluffy black cat, showing off her tattooed arms against a dark moody background, a distinctive and personal branding portrait Dallas wedding photographer Tara Arseven portrait with black cat tattoos silver hair dark moody branding Tara Arseven Photography Dallas TX

Oh, hello!

I'm Tara

she/her

• Leo

• ENNEAGRAM 8
• Meow-activated tuna can opener

I've been doing this since 2007 and it still hasn't gotten old.

II'm not going to pose you like a mannequin or hand you a prop and hope for the best. I'm going to figure out what makes you laugh, how you love, what lights you up, and shoot from there. By your wedding day I won't feel like a vendor. I'll feel like the friend who happens to be holding a camera.

Every body, every identity, every faith, every kind of love is welcome here. If you care more about how the day actually felt than how it looked on Instagram, we're going to get along.

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Here's how this works

1. We talk.
Book a discovery call. We chat, probably laugh about something dumb, figure out if we're a fit.

2. You get a plan built around your actual day.
Once you book, I'll help you put together a photography timeline that fits how your wedding's actually going to go, not a one-size-fits-all template. That includes guidance on everything from your engagement session to your family formals list.

3. You just show up as yourselves.
I handle the rest. You dance, cry, forget I'm there, and get photos that actually look like your wedding.

Book Your Discovery Call

Ten years from now, you're not going to care whether your photos were trendy. You're going to care whether they still make you cry a little when you look at them.

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One of the best and easiest decisions we made for our wedding was having Tara be our photographer. To say she was professional, jovial and immensely talented throughout every session would be a great understatement. She truly is this and SO MUCH more. During our engagement session Tara made us both feel very comfortable in front of the camera. During the wedding, Tara must have been on ninja mode, because I don't recall seeing her move around us or the guests, but my goodness did she capture some amazing moments, big amd small, of that day. She is great at communicating and asks all the right questions to make sure she gives you the best experience. Everyone in our group absolutely fell in love with her. I cannot recommend her enough! Do yourself a favor and reach out to this amazingly talented human.

Claudia + Jen | Frisco, TX

Weddings

International & Domestic

Elopements

International & Domestic

Surprise proposals

The "yes" before the "i do"

PORTRAITS

You are the art

Encouraging someone to be entirely themselves is the loudest way to love them.

- Kalen Dion

Interracial couple laughing and dancing together in front of a lush ivy wall during a Dallas engagement session, joyful candid portrait Dallas TX photographer

Proof that seeing sneak peeks on the back
of my camera can cause extreme giggles.

Rachel + Jesse = Sunshine in human form

The best photos aren't the ones where everyone hit their mark. They're the ones where everyone forgot I was there. The glances, the giggles, the happy tears, the chaos that somehow becomes beautiful. I've never shot two weddings that felt the same. That's the whole point. Your love is yours. Your photos should be too.

Established IN 2007

Based in North Texas

available for travel worldwide