marathon wedding weekend begins!

this weekend is the weekend i've been waiting for ALL summer...4 days in a row.. chuckle..not really WAITING for it, but hoping i will make it out in one piece at the end..giggle...

yesterday i was with erin and we were at st augustine church downtown vancouver. carly and steph were lovely! and their wedding party were near and dear to their hearts and so much fun.

it was cool..the wedding was very small and initimate. we ended up at hycroft and did some portraits in and around there, and then they had their gorgeous reception there for the evening..

here's the link to the rest of the pics on erin's blog.

recall my friend kris?

my photog friend kris krug, from the arson shoots last year, has been in china for, i'd say, a month...? anyhow he's been taking photos like a crazy man and i have been keeping up to date with his flickr..

anywhooooo...seems the LA TIMES has used a bunch of his pics of beijing and the olympics on their website....! super cool kris!!! i just love seeing people i know, have their stuff up for allthe world to see...

besides being amazing photos, it couldn't have happened to a better guy!! kudos kris!

check them out here:

faces of beijing

images of beijing: food, faces, and yao

business portraits of kath..

as i sit here i was like, "i'm SURE there is something i forgot to blog last week..." (shows you how much a sieve brain i have!) and then i remembered...my dear friend kathy, whose daughter's wedding i photographed may long weekend in victoria, came to vancouver and had me do some new business portraits of herself.. here are a few of my faves...




and check out kathy's mary kay site too!

capturing with liz

this summer i have a slew of wedding with liz of elizabeth soergel photography. its always so fun to see each wedding as something fresh and new and different from the last.

the first was of meaghan and justin on july 6...their wedding was held up in port moody...a lovely outdoor wedding at the golf course up there..













more can be seen at their blog post here.


then there was a chinese-filipino couple that were so much fun - imee and stanley, who got married july 12 at st wesley on burrard - especially considering i was able to get along great with family as i spoke tagalog! it was a super hot day...and the cool thing was we had literally HOURS to shoot their portraits so we were able to move SLOW! and get some smoothies along the way! :) we ended up at the marriot pinnacle for the reception..good times!













and you can check out the rest of their blog here.

so that is some more shots i can update you with..as the photogs that i'm working for post on their blogs, so will i post on mine.. :)

i'm going into a 4 wedding weekend coming up here; 2 with erin and 2 with liz..i'll pretty much be ready for monday to come by the end!!

louise & sandy

i had the fun pleasure of working with sarah rees of bliss photographic images for a wedding on july 26..

it was a fun wedding..he was scottish, so kilts were in order! and she was absolutely breathtaking... here's a pic from the day... and for sarah's blog, go here to enjoy more!

a postcard from scotland

my sweet jeanie friend is shooting a wedding in scotland this week. she's touring about on the days prior and post wedding..taking amazing photos and experiencing the scottish culture..

she had mentioned that she wanted to rent a 16-35 L 2.8 lens for the trip.

i was like, "girl! i have one - use mine already! dont pay to rent!" so she brought it along with her.

i told her there was only one stipulation - she had to take a photo of my lens in front of a castle... :)

side note: i'm kinda starting a collection - any of my friends in places i'd like to go to with any of my gear or anything that belongs to me, send me a pic of my stuff at the place..liz started it in february..see that blog post here!) yes i know..i'm a weird breed...)

she did. she rocks. :)

a new logo!

i decided this morning i'd try and make a new logo...
i dont know how to do this sort of thing and know a limited knowledge of layers in PS.

BUT...my sister knows BEAUCOUP! so with her wisdom and my ideas..this is what we got! :)

i'm pretty happy with it!

the summer is half over!

well...august is here and summer means weddings and we are in the THROWS of wedding season!

i have been priviledged to work with FOUR amazing vancouver wedding photographers this season:

elizabether soergel - www.capturingyounaturally.com
sarah rees - www.blissphotographic.ca
reilly lievers of blue olive photography - www.blueolivephotography.com
and
erin gilmore - www.eringilmorephotography.com

it's been a BLAST of a year!! and the amount that i'm able to take in and glean from each of these fine and seasoned photogs - you couldn't go to school for this stuff!
next year i'll be working exclusively with erin gilmore..fun times!

so far i've shot 15 weddings this season - two being my own and the rest second shooting (which is my absolute FAVE thing to do!) - and have 19 to go!!! not counting....

my dear friend getting married in germany at the end of september and she's asked me to come photograph her day! i'm absolutely excited!! :) castles...hello who wouldnt' be!?!? i'll go out from around the 21st/22nd until the end of sept/beginning of oct..i may be looking for a travelling partner who wants to take a trip - i want to do a bit of touring in germany, switzerland and italy..maybe prague too -...any takers?? :) for real..email me!

anyhow, that pretty much is a long update but i thought i'd keep you posted as to what has been going down in my world!

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doing what i love,
tracey

with this ring

i have this fabulous friend i met in college way back in 1991 in portland oregon where we met at our school. her name is ali.. she was/is one of the most amazing hair stylists i have come across...an amazing singer (she had a amazing singing career too!)..and a genuine woman.

in the last few years she established this really amazing foundation..i won't try and explain it all to you, except that it is touching many across the world.

check it out..and what a fabulous charity to give to if you're a bride and would rather some of the money you use on favors or what not, go to a cause that will make a difference for generations to come.. and if you're already married, i challenge you to take a look...

be blessed!




www.withthisring.org

a picture of joy..

picture says it all.. :)