tracey l heppner - photographer & lover of life

remember WEdnesdays? wednesdays - WEdnesdays - WE is us, you and me..community. wednesdays will be featuring stuff going on in communities that people need to know about…like SMUG metro manila, or NGOs like Gentle Hands, and so much more. WE. love we. :) and we love what others are doing around ...

yes i just used BLOODY in my blog post title. relax. :)

but seriously. it amazes me still, after experiencing it myself, how one SINGLE mosquito can take out a person with dengue fever.

a nasty little mosquito photo courtesy of wiki

lover (if you dont know i affectionately call and ...

the last time i was in italy, i had the pleasure of visiting a delightful little bridal boutique in spoleto, umbria.

vogue sposa is owned by a wonderful woman named lina, who has been in the bridal business for many a year.

she showed us so many divine designs…

the ...

the last time i did a lifestyle session with  my sister must have been at least a couple or 3 years ago…we were due. and our landscape of la union coastline was perfect…

my sister came to manila over a month ago…she’s here til june. it’s ...

cortona, tuscany.

such a lovely place. the place where that movie, under the tuscan sun, is located. ya. it was lovely.

cortona was no less than magical.

the supposed house that the lady who wrote UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN stayed..

 there were so many little “spots” or alleyways that you ...

it started many years ago…. as a birthing clinic for the urban poor in metro manila. my motherinlaw, denie, started something pretty darn good, along with her hubs, my fatherinlaw. when jonathan and i moved to the philippines the first time, in 1996, that’s what i did - i was ...

this is not a recent revelation for me. not one bit.

i’m the oldest in my family of origin… the firstborn. there’s a lot that comes with being a firstborn. some stuff that is expected of you, said or silent. you are your parents experiment child; the one ...

umbria & tuscany…

the destination for this april’s FOLLOW YOUR HEART TOUR in ITALY.

march 21st is the deadline to register. it will be a phototour like no other.

check out our site for details…and be inspired by these photos.. :)

baci mia amico!

xotracey

ps - i’m in ...

 i can’t remember EXACTLY where i met frannie, as i lovingly call her…it was vancouver. probably through a vancouver wedding photographer group meetup or gathering of some sort. I had the pleasure of second shooting for her on several occasions. and i LOVED it. not only is she ...

i have been working on a personal project for several years now…one that is near and dear to my heart.

you see…i LOVE older people. as in senior citizens. ALL of them. yes, even the grumpy ones. :)

and i especially love watching an “older couple” interact with each ...

last september, myself along with travel photographer ferdz decena embarked on something new, not only in the philippines but in asia. we started the first SMUG group.

what is SMUG? it’s basically a bunch of photographer nuts - be it professional, hobbyists or wannabees - who come together once a month ...

there is one thing i am going to do in the next month.

and that is to get THIS saying, like in this photo i snagged off of PINTREST, onto my wall in my house.

why? because it describes our family completely. and it’s something that we all need ...

one thing that i dont leave home without anymore is my iPhone 4. not because i have to text. not because i just GOT to check my facebook. but because i have a camera. in my pocket. that i can pull out at any given time and photograph the world ...

the definition of HIATUS is as follows:

a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.

yep..that’s exactly what happened.

to some of you this may sound absolutely ridiculous…absurd…unreal. to others, namely those who have lived in metro manila or the philippines ...