BIG NEWS: i have a new blog! || vancouver photographer

hey friends!!!

the time has come - a new blog site! myfotojournal.com is the new home for my blog...the layouts are great..the photos are BIGGER..and it's all around a better feel for where i'm going with my business..

please change your feeds! and head over to my new "home on the web"

http://traceylheppner.myfotojournal.com

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the road trip continues..

we have been without internet/wi-fi for most of last week..so much catching up to do!!

i'm going to work on my blog, emails and such other things that involve being "online" in the next day..

so stay tuned..i have lots of goodies..

here's a peek into yesterday's e-Session with taunia & aaron to hold you over til tomoro for more of their loveliness.. :)

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{our true wedding wish} winners!!! || vancouver wedding photographer

**AND THE LUCKY COUPLE IS…*

shannon+omer!

before we introduce shannon+omer to our blog readers, we would just like to share that it was incredibly hard to select the couple whose story touched jeanie and myself the deepest. all of your life journeys were incredibly touching, and jeanie and i would like to thank each and every one of you for honoring our gift by sharing your deepest thoughts with us.

jeanie and i made our selection based on availability first and then followed by couple’s connection to the non-profit sector, as well as the story of how they met.

shannon+omer’s story related an incredible journey of destiny : despite them being on opposite ends of the world and from vastly different cultures, their worlds collided (in a good way) (; maintaining a strong and deep friendship from the very beginning, their story turned to love. shaped by determination at different seasons of their relationship, they persevered to bring joy and culture to a community with music, dance and love!

here is an excerpt from their story they shared with us : “omer and I found that despite being born on opposite sides of the world and growing up in vastly different cultures, we were like two peas in a pod. we didn’t know how to define our friendship. soulmate felt too romantic and kitschy. we never tried to give it a title, though one person once told us we were ‘twin souls’.”

…thank you for sharing your story with us, shannon+omer! congratulations from jeanie and i!

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"the run-away olympics road trip" - day 1... :)

feb 12 was a day of lots of memorable things..

...we started our roadtrip towards manitoba... we are stopping in calgary, sprague MB, winnipeg, estevan, SK and back to calgary before we head for home the 2nd of march...

...the luge athlete from georgia crashed and died at practise up in whistler..sigh..our hearts go out to his poor family.

...the winter olympics started in vancouver...what an incredible spectacle it was..so very proud to be a canadian..

...14 years ago we, jonathan and i, moved to the philippines, just 6 months married and lived an incredible life as missionaries in manila...it was 6 years that has forever changed our lives and we'd never trade..

yes..feb 12 was filled with so much...

here's a few photos from our trek out to calgary... we stopped for lunch in kelowna, and dinner at golden..

we also did some "school work" and stopped at THE LAST SPIKE, where the last spike on the CPR railway was put...was very cool.. the kids really liked it..yay! :)










and then there was the majestic mountains...i always marvel at the hugeness of the rocky mountains we have here...ya.. :)






and then we had an overly expensive, not so tasty 50s diner meal for dinner.. :)


we arrived in calgary just before 10pm.. today's schedule? r&r and watching the 2010 olympic games on the couch. :)

xoxo

ps - caleb named our road trip.. he's so rad. :)

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we got a road trip comin' on... || vancouver photographer

it's 8:53 on tuesday. we leave friday morning for our family road trip thru the prairies to manitoba and back, with stops in between. it should prove to be a good time for our little family of 4. the last couple months have been awfully stressful all-around as a family, so it will be good to re-group together on our little adventure. :)

i have yet to pack...really, are we surprised? i intend to do the rest of the laundry tomoro while i'm at home hacking away at my lists of to-do's so i can pack thurs.

pacey gets groomed tomoro...he is staying at our house with our best friends. should be nice for him. :)

the torch comes through our neighborhood thursday morning between 10-11.. yay not at an ungodly hour. plan to see that.

did i mention i have a trillion things i would LIKE to get done before we go? ya.. giggle..

i plan to blog more on our trip..i plan to photograph for ME on my trip, as well as i have several gigs across the prairies on the trip too. good times.

we plan to visit the grandparents j has left, in calgary and manitoba...plus a few close friends along the way.

i feel emotionally tired and spent..so i am really looking forward to "laying low".

i will email..when i can. i will do my best to keep the www.vancouverphotogs.com up to date..as best i can. i plan to tweet some.. not lots..but some.. i will read my blog feeds and twitter feeds when i can. i plan to play an obscene amount of bejeweled and scrabble on my iphone, and if my words with friends decides to start working again, i'll resume that too.

we still haven't found a new place to live when we move out of here march 31. haha.. no i'm not stressed.. ;)

but my mother was gracious enough to pack up my christmas decor/tree while we were in idaho when she was here with the kids..chuckle..yes i had my tree up last monday.. dont judge. :)

we plan to continue to build our other business (www.saferforyourhome.com) on this trip too. i'm excited about that. financial freedom is on the horizon and that makes me very happy. :)

our best friends who live downstairs...ya..that's gonna suck when we move out..so much change.. not a fan.. gah..

well..that's the "real me" for a few moments.. it's now 9:03 pm and time for this chiquita to hit the hay and take some meds to get this headcold/cough/flu out of here..no time to be sick.

talk soon..thanks for reading.. :)

oh, and another photo from jackson hole, WY for good riddens. ;) these are our elk friends from the elk refuge. :)

xoxo
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AMENDED!! our true christmas [wish] || in collaboration with studio jeanie || vancouver wedding photographer

greetings!

we have wonderful news! due to the number of responses we have had for our wedding gift, we are extending the deadline!

AND there is more!

as we have sifted through interested couples, we felt that we should ammend and expand who qualifies for the true christmas wish.

the new deadline is valentines' day, 2010.

the new qualifications are that

...whilst work in a non-profit organisation is not necessary, a commitment to the non-profit community must be demonstrated. please substantiate with letters of references from communities and organisations that you (or both) are involved in.
...the wedding does not need to be in vancouver. jeanie and i are both willing to travel. travel details can be worked out with the lucky couple.

this holiday season, we hope that we will make one 2010 couple's wish come true!

...make it an outta-this-world valentine's day, knowing that your wedding will be photographed by two of vancouver's TOP 50 PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS!

will you be our winning couple? :)

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tracey@traceylheppner.com || 604.512.4679

2009 - a year of my comings and goings, in photos || vancouver photographer

so this is my year end blog post.. mostly photos..a few words..
these are some moments that made my year a pretty decent one. :)


JANUARY
indie i do...

our first time having HOT POT!

going to victoria for my best friend's dress fitting!

shooting a wedding with kristel wyman

FEBRUARY


shooting my first bat mitzvah!

my best friend's wedding

attending northern voice - a social media conference

the "top secret mission" with miranda, reilly, erin, john, michael, libby & myself

MARCH
unexpected friends visiting..

sunday family drives to fun places..

APRIL

lunches with my lovely jeanie friend.. :)

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my sister visiting for the weekend!

our awesome garage sale that all the proceeds gave us a new LAWN!!!!!! :)

shots for an up & coming band- D2

an absolutely honoring shoot for an extraordinary woman & her family

some super fun sessions..

girls sleepover at the opus with lani &jeanie

a wedding with erin in RALEIGH, NC

MAY

watching caleb's basketball games

grad 2009

my baby girl started brownies.. 

JUNE

mmmmmmaternity... :)

the first annual vancouverphotogs.com summer bbq

some great portrait sessions..

a road trip to the island

an out of town wedding with erin to the sunshine coast

the beginning of summer days at the pool with the kids

JULY

my rosie celebrated her june birthday...she turned 8!!

my great-grandma passed...how we miss you gramma emily..

we went on our family summer trip to cannon beach!

but first  stopped in seattle for a mariners game and then to portland/vancouver to visit friends!

seattle hightlights...

portland/vancouver hightlights..our friends' newly adopted ethiopian, did a coffee ceremony for us.. HELLO! :)

and onto cannon beach.... *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel*

some lovely bellies and babies...

the summer also brought a TON of weddings to second shoot (over 30 in fact!) and one of my own took me to calgary, AB! which brings me to...

AUGUST

TONS of portrait sessions..

my first session for my book, "seasoned love"was taken..

a quick trip with the kiddies & i to gibsons on the sunshine coast  to visit my great aunt "honey" before school started..

SEPTEMBER
back to school they went! man are they ever growing fast... **sigh**

and some outtakes cuz they were hilarious!

it was vino making next door - one of the COOLEST things i've experienced..

and then rosie and her bff next door did a grape stomp the next weekend - can i just say i love everthing ITALIAN if you didn't know? ;)

adorable newborn pics..

celebrating dear friends' birthdays.. :)

and yes, i was still second shooting weddings in september.. :)


OCTOBER
most of october was spent in the philippines...an AMAZING time with all 21 family members..but first did another session for "seasoned love"..

a couple shoots before we headed to the philiippines for 3 weeks..celebrating with the entire heppner family papanini's 40th wedding anniversary at boracay island.. :) 

while we were in the philippines i was able to visit jonathan's sister's ministry to the urban poor of manila, gentle hands.. rescuing amazingly beautiful children... who then are waiting for their forever families..

we came home to go, the very next day to U2 360* TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can i just say AMAZING!?

NOVEMBER

caleb turned 12..almost a teenager!! he had a sleepover with his buddies then his grandma from kelowna came down and took him to chuck e cheese's..he was a good sport. :)

november was also my psycho traveling portraits month! i headed to calgary and portland to do a WHACK load of 'em!

i met jason and amber thru an existing client ( i love those!)...can i just say i LOVE maternity sessions!?!? :) k .. i just said it. :)

 

 

and as for december that deserves a post all to itself.. :)

thanks for stopping by and seeing highlights of 2009!


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tracey@traceylheppner.com || 604.512.4679