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Welcome to my Blog!

My name is Tracy, and I am super passionate about photography!  I'm also really fascinated by people and how we interact with one another - when in love, with family, with friends, etc.  Fortunately for me, I have a career that lets me focus on these two passions!  I think photographs are so important.  I can't tell you how many hours I've spent pouring over my parents' old wedding album, my husband's childhood albums, and my grandparents pictures from the '30s and '40s.  I love that photographs can evoke laughter, smiles, and memories.  I think I have the coolest job in the world!

This blog is a diary of my most recent work, including weddings, engagements, portraits, lifestyle sessions, and the ocassional tidbit from my own life.  Please look around my blog, check out my main website, or find me on Facebook.  Contact me if you have any questions or if you want to set up a consultation!  Thanks.

 

Lee & Karl’s Winter Wedding at Airlie Center

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What a weird winter we are having.  Yesterday was a 70 degree day in February, and I’ve only seen snow twice so far this winter.  Fortunately, for Lee & Karl, one of those snow days just happened to be their wedding day.  Lee and Karl are snowboard enthusiasts who hosted a ski-themed winter wedding for their family and friends.  So while we did snowy portraits of the two of them outside, their adorable cake of two snowboarders at the top of a slope waited inside (to be admired and eaten later in the evening :)  Snow was a much more appreciated outcome than the 90% chance of rain meteorologists were calling for, so we felt very, very lucky.  Otherwise, I never would have seen Lee’s adorable snow boots.  :)

Many thanks to my good friend, Kim Seidl, who helped out at this wedding and Kelley Cannon, who did a fabulous job with the day-of coordination.  Congratulations, Lee & Karl!!!

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Lee and her Mom: two very lovely ladies. :)

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Lee's reaction to putting on her wedding dress:

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Lee & Karl saw each other before the ceremony so they would have enough time for daylight portraits. :)

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Love!

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The Airlie gardens are gorgeous!

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Love this one too!

This is one of my favorites. Lee has an awesome laugh.

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See what I'm saying?

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Kim got this great shot of Lee and her stepdad before they entered the pavilion and walked down the aisle.

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Some of their awesome ski-themed reception details.  Note the snowboarders on the wedding cake/slope..

Some of their awesome ski-themed reception details. Note the snowboarders on the wedding cake/slope on the left.

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Second Shooter:  Kim Seidl

Venue:  Airlie Center, Warrenton, Virginia

Coordination:  Kelley Cannon Events

Cake:  Edibles Incredible (the best wedding cake I’ve ever had, hands down!)

Officiant:  Say “I Do” Your Way

Please check out more images of Lee & Karl’s wedding HERE or in the slide show below.

February 3, 2012 - 7:31 am Jason - Such a perfect day for snow! Beautiful pictures Tracy.

February 3, 2012 - 7:33 am Catherine - how romantic!

February 3, 2012 - 8:26 am Kelley Cannon - Tracy, you did such a beautiful job capturing Lee & Karl's beautiful personalities! Wonderful job and fabulous working with you!

February 3, 2012 - 3:34 pm Lee - Tracy, you are an amazing photographer! You captured everything perfectly, all our silliness and what a beautiful event it turned out to be. Thank you so much, I'm so happy we'll have these pictures to look back on through out our life together. They make me smile!

February 4, 2012 - 6:50 am Tracy - Lee, you're so sweet for saying that. I'm thrilled that you like the photos!!! Thank you!

February 4, 2012 - 6:50 am Tracy - Thank you, Kelley. I LOVED working with you!!

Bride’s Choice Award 2012

We are honored to be a recipient of the Wedding Wire network’s Bride’s Choice Award for the third year in a row!  Thank you, Wedding Wire, for recognizing us with this prestigious award.  We are thrilled.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards ™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ are awarded solely based on the reviews from over 1.2 million newlyweds. Awards are determined by a combination of four factors: Overall rating (quality), total number of reviews (quantity), review performance from 2011 (recency), and consistency of reviews from year to year (consistency). This year’s recipients represent the top 5% of WeddingWire’s vendor community, across all service categories and all regions throughout the US and Canada.

January 18, 2012 - 4:15 am Gail - Congratulations yet again! Your work really merits the award because it's beautiful!