tracey l heppner - photographer & lover of life

 spring days like these i most certainly miss my beloved hometown of vancouver…you have a lovely sakura season xo

this summer we decided to do a bunch of roadtripping. one of the places on our list was southeast manitoba - where some of my husbands family is.

its a world of its own there…time stand stills in many ways. and the serenity…wow. definitely what the souls needs.

my ...

my delightful wedding couple from last june - we had a 1st anniversary session in strathcona, vancouver, canada this past june. they are beyond lovely. and freaking hilarious. remember kym? she is the brains and designer behind HERROHACHI. head over to her site and buy one of her awesome shirts ...

that’s what we canadians call WINNIPEG, a city in the middle of canada that is MIGHTY cold in the winter.

and SOOOOOO many filipinos immigrate to THERE of all places.. we’re talking -30 degrees celcius and COLDER.

CRAZY NO!?

but this post is not about THAT. it’s ...

i have had many people ask me how i got into travel photography…and everytime i am a little stumped.

ever since i can remember i have wanted to see the world. growing up, my dad had a subscription to those yellow national geographic magazines and everytime there was a ...

what a title for my Talking-from-the-Heart Thursday post, hey?

really it’s not gonna be a battle royale. :)

if you haven’t stayed up to snuff on my blog, i was in canada for 2 weeks in june to shoot the delightfully fun wedding of KYM & WINMARK. i had known ...

as i type this i’m standing in manila, the day of the two part wedding celebration of kym & winmark! we are going to have a fantastical time doing their wedding photos in old manila this afternoon before their big manila reception!

so as you sit thru this slideshow, we ...

when i was in canada last month, i had the priviledge of staying outside of kelowna at some friends place. the scenery was so serene and beautiful. so i decided to try a different wallpaper - a bunch of photos all in one. let me know if you like it or ...

when kym first asked me about finding her a wedding for her vancouver wedding last december, i told her i’d have lots of options for her. she then asked if i would photograph their MANILA wedding celebration afterwards. it was then, that a lightbulb went off in my head ...

3 years ago was my first visit to the magical city of montreal. it was november..i remember clearly that it was cold. brisk. but clear and lovely. ah yes.. very, very lovely. we, my friend darlene and i, walked everywhere. we had driven from ottawa where we were attending ...