Discover. Create. Be inspired.

Join Lisa and Tom Cuchara for photography workshops, retreats, and personal mentoring that help you see creatively, build confidence, and bring your vision to life—from creating images in the field to refining them in post-processing.

Our philosophy is simple: “Creativity is contagious, pass it on!” We love sharing what we know and helping you discover new possibilities with your camera. We are passionate about photography and we love to share, motivate, inspire and teach. All camera brands and experience levels are welcome.

We embrace the "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number of moments that take your breath away" philosophy!

To see/register for photo events: LisaTom.Photos/photo-events.

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Tom and I welcome you to view and enjoy our pixels, you can peruse our image galleries here PhotographyByLisaAndTom.com and subscribe to us on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@LisaTom.Photos

Bald eagle, wingtip splash

Taken, handheld, with the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 50-200mm lens with the 1.4X, plus cropped in post.

#omsystem #eagle #baldeagle #birds #moreadventuresinlife #lisatomphotos

Vertorama.
Which do you porefer - color or BW and why?

30 images tone-mapped and merged in ACR (6 sets of 5 AEB exposures)

Swipe right for another monochrome composition, while I like the BW architecture, I felt the ceiling looked
stained glass wa

Bald Eagle

Taken, handheld, with the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 50-200 (with the 1.4x) on the OM-1 Mark II

#omsystem #moreadventuresinlife #eagle #baldeagle #lisatomphotos

Eastern Screech Owl

Taken, handheld, with the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 150-400mm

#omsystem #moreadventuresinlife #owl #owls #screechowls #easternscreechowl #lisatomphotos

Daylight composite with the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 12-100mm lens on the OM-1 Mark II. 600 1/2 exposures stacked in-camera using lighten blend mode

swipe right for the image before live comp

@tomcuchara @franktaylorsmith

#moreadventuresinlife #

Daylight composite with the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 12-100mm lens on the OM-1 Mark II using Dramatic tone II

@tomcuchara @franktaylorsmith

#moreadventuresinlife #omsystem @omsystem.cameras @lisatom.photos @naturephotoretreats #omsystem #naturep

Lighting the way

40 images tone-mapped and merged in ACR. 8 series of five bracketed exposures were taken, handheld, using the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 8-25mm lens on the OM-1 Mark II

@tomcuchara @franktaylorsmith @hey_i_m_andy and I spent the we

"Collegial ICM" (Intentional camera movement at the University) using Live ND to slow my shutter speed to 1/2 for enough time for the camera and lens movement.

Handheld zoom burst twirl with the @omsystem.americas M Zuiko 8-25mm lens on t

We embrace the "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number of moments that take your breath away" philosophy!

We have published two books with Amherst Media “Create Fine Art Photographs from Historic Places and Rusty Things” http://tinyurl.com/lisatom-urbex and "The Frog Whisperer: Portraits and Stories" www.tinyurl.com/lisatom-frogs. These books are also available at brick-and-mortar stores like Barnes & Noble & Indiebound. You can email us at LisaTom.photos@comcast.net. Please note that some of our links will take you to OM SYSTEM, Amazon, Hunts Photo, or directly to a company's product. For some of the links we may receive a small commission, but the price is the same for you, and we only link to items that we personally use.

**What’s in our bag?**
**Why we switched to OM SYSTEM**

*We use OM SYSTEM camera gear but ANY camera (mirrorless, phone, dSLRs, film) is welcome on our workshops.*

**Discover. Create.**
**Be inspired**

Tom & I are OM SYSTEM Ambassadors. Photography, for us, is mindfulness in motion — a way to inhale the world slowly and exhale its beauty through art.
Ask us; we are more than happy to help you choose the camera and lens that's best for YOU.
OM SYSTEM gear is made for the Outdoors. Capture birds, wildlife & your greatest adventures with the lightweight OM SYSTEM camera system. We appreciate you using our affiliate link for OM SYSTEM cameras/lenses/accessory purchases.
We use these cameras: OM-1 mark II, OM-3, OM-5 Mark II, OM-Pen and OM-3 ASTRO
We love the 30mm, 60mm, and 90mm macro lenses — which macro lens is right for YOU?
Please note that while Tom & I love our OM SYSTEM cameras and their computational technologies, we welcome ANY brand of camera (from smartphones to dSLRs to mirrorlesss to film cameras) on our workshops.

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