this old house

In attempts to find another location for shooting, Jesse and I set out on an adventure today. Seeing this lovely old house from the road, i seriously thought we hit the lottery, as it turns out, however, that was not the case. But still..."an adventure is an adventure is an adventure is an adventure". That's what huck finn said.

some great words

I've been truly blessed (or lucky) with all my clients. They have been so fabulous and honestly, without them, I wouldn't be where I am today. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have worked with each and every one of them. Cheers to you!

do you have any idea how hard you guys rocked it with our photos? i am getting so, so many compliments on them but here are the best:

"Your wedding photos make me want to get married again so Traci can take my pictures." (actually, 2 different people have said that) "They give me goose bumps..."
"Those are the best wedding photos I've ever seen!"
"Best wedding ever, best pictures ever!"

seriously. you two knocked it out of the park. thank you THANK YOU.

xo!
a.



I am truly blown away by these pictures, your style and creativity is like nothing I ever
seen before, I can't seem to get enough! These are best pictures I have ever seen and I
am beyond words excited. I would highly recommend you to everyone I come across,
you produced not pictures but art, something so classic and timeless yet so fun!
So thank you thank you, we look forward to talking to you soon!!!

Kristin Wyatt ~ September 19th 2008
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OH MY GOD!!!! Traci thank you so much, the pictures turned out better than I could
have imagined! We had so much fun that day and I really feel that was expressed in all
of the photos. Thank you so much for working with us and encouraging us to get a few
more of just me and Scott. My mom is going to love the pictures :)

From: Rebbecca Boice ~ July 9th 2008
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Heidi sent me the pictures from the wedding and I cried. Especially when I saw the
very last photo of the 2 of them kissing over the bed in the hotel room!
Niagara Falls...hehehehe!

I am so happy I met you. You are such an amazing person and an amazing photographer!
I have been to a lot of weddings and I have seen a lot of wedding photo's but yours?
They are the icing on the cake. Congratulations! How can I purchase photos? I think
there were 756 I wanted to buy! :-)

From: Jaime Lawrence ~ August 25, 2008
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Tears of happiness are streaming down our faces as we speak. You have captured
moments in our life that we will cherish forever.We are completely overwhelmed by
your artistic beauty and unbelievable eye to highlight emotions. We are thankful
for your gift to us! Many, many thanks to you!

From: Heidi and Cameron ~ October 30th, 2008
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Hi Traci, I wanted to tell you that we have received so many good comments about the
photos. Leslie said they were "the best wedding photos she has ever seen." And yes...
Craig and I plan to be at her wedding. Oh and I thought you might want to hear what
some of my friends said about your work:

"You must be so pleased with these pictures! They are amazing, and I think they truly
capture what a wonderful celebration it was!"

"this photog is AMAZING!!!!! good lord. i need to use her for something, anything."
"gorgeous! loved the shots of Pascale and Liam (of course) and the photog did a great
job with the shots of you and Craig, and the dancing. what a beautiful wedding."

"those photographs are breathtaking. i totally started to cry looking at those pics
of you and Craig in the grapevines."

From: Jessica and Craig ~ July 7th, 2008
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Traci photographed our wedding three years ago and she was FANTASTIC - I couldn't
imagine anyone else doing a better job.

Her portfolio is awesome because she takes amazing photos of whatever she is shooting.
She's incredibly professional, thorough, friendly, and easy to work with. She works really
hard to give you the product and experience you want to have and delivers it on top of
being a creative, amazing, and beautiful photographer.

The slideshows set to music that she puts together are really very special and do a great
job of capturing the timeline and essence of the day. I hate being video'd so we opted out
of having the wedding taped and am SO GLAD we did that. Traci's slideshow was beautiful
and more than enough to show the feeling and progression of the day. It's also a great
memento to quickly show people your wedding w/o making them sit through a
30+ minute video.

SO many people commented on how great our wedding photos were and was the best
thing I spent money on that day, by far. I even have a friend who loved my wedding
photos so much, she has Traci take photos of her family every year now.

I really cannot recommend Traci highly enough and know that everyone else who hires
her will be as pleased as I was and am.

From: Jim and Beth ~ November 8th, 2009

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Traci is absolutely wonderful to work, very easy and very communicative. In fact she had many tips and suggestions for our wedding since we
were very limited on time (such as taking pre-ceremony photos of just us, having a photo shot list of family members, etc).
She also has a great eye for capturing the great "ooh aaah" moments at our wedding!! The candids were the best, just because she captured so many
amazing personal moments. And our family formal shots came out great, lots of rich colors, fish eye views, everything.

1. She's very communicative after our deposit. We had more contact with her by the last 2 weeks counting down to our wedding.
2. I would say she is a great communicator and knows how to respond to guests & "difficult" family members. She understands time lines and
can move the family "herd" to the next shots, etc. We had about 70+ family members and got all our formal & 1 BIG family photo of BOTH Sides done as well!
She will most likely suggest your Family A LIST formals to be shot before the wedding to save time (which it TOTALLY DID) and then another photo session with the rest of the extended family.
3. Since we were new to the whole wedding, photo component, we mostly relied on Traci to give us some suggestions (such as taking our pre-ceremony shots before to save more time) and there is nothing else I would have done differently. She is a great professional, understands the clients, the family members and what needs to get done.

All in all, our wedding photos were seamless & effortless....it was so easy and not stressful at all. She can guide you & your fiance and the wedding party, the family members and friends throughout the whole event. It was one of the best aspects of our wedding!! You will be so happy you went with Traci!!

From: July and Adam ~ April 3rd, 2009

yarn owl

I recently shot some pics for a friends band and I would like to share them. Their name "Yarn owl" which i must admit is very clever but still I'm oblivious to it's origin - I'll make a point to get that story. Nonetheless, the music is quietly innovative and genuinely refreshing and although there are no intimate acoustic guitars or whispery male vocals, the sound is simple, jaunty, and homespun, with a lot of precision lurking beneath-- exactly what happens when you combine great lyrics with simple set-ups. It makes good songs sound exceedingly easy. You can find out more here.

let 'em play

One of my favorite things is to meet new kids (especially the unspoiled lovable ones). Lucky for me, this year was full of fun, charismatic, kind and loving kids. I've been shooting several families for years - documenting their lives a few hours once each year, watching them grow into well...older kids. Here are some of my favorite shots of '08.

when the snowman arrives...we'll be ready.

The unfortunate thing about life in the NW is the amount of wet rain/snow it receives. Think 4/5 months of wet saturated earth. Keeping the wood floors clean is an ongoing battle here in winter. Now that we are privy to this soggy dilemma we'll be ready. Good thing I'm dating a handy man. Saffron - get to work!

now that I've been, I can call it ROMA!

I've come to question why the capital of Italy, known to its 4 million inhabitants as Roma, is described mostly as the city of love, fountains and baroque architecture...what about all the other glorious gems one can find wondering the streets alone with a camera in one hand and a gelato in the other? that would be me.

Of course you don't travel over the Atlantic and navigate all the way to Roma without taking a picture of the Coliseum. do you?

or the Pantheon.

This was actually an image from a wedding I shot from a church literally a tennis ball's throw from the Vatican. - pretty special friends.

On another note...if you haven't heard already Google Earth has recently released a 3D model which allows users the chance to visit a virtual ancient Rome. Find out more here.

out with a friend

This is Ms. Saffron. She luvs to hike, eat and take poops. She will always go out in any weather and doesn't complain about how cold her little paws get. I'm a big fan.










I can see you over there.

where's the needle?

Today, one glorious and sunny (and rare) fall afternoon, I set off on a stroll around the Seattle city center in search of the most unique (in my opinion of course) vantage of the space needle taken again by my second holga mod this year.

In the end, i was distracted by other various scapes and provocations. I did get one shot of the needle though...