tracey l heppner - photographer & lover of life

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it was a crisp yet sunny november day. i remember it well. there was much anticipation as we drove from kusadasi to ephesus with our tourguide. i was going to be walking through the streets that i had read about in the bible. SURREAL.

when we got there i was ...

when i was in turkey shootin for Lonely Planet Philippines magazine, our schedule was jam packed full of wonderfulness! :) one of the areas we toured in was Cappadocia, in the heart of the country. here lie the magical fair chimney homes and it feels like you are in a completely ...

St Paul’s Journey & the 7 Churches
September 22-29, 2013

Imagine walking thru the cities that the Apostle Paul walked through where the 7 churches of the New Testament were? It is written in the Bible:

…I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day and heard behind ...

when i first was in turkey the first time, part of my gig was to do a hot air balloon ride for the article.

“maybe i’ll just take photos from the ground”. except i realized the cost of it, that the company was paying for me to do, so ...

with a new TURKEY tour announced on my Follow Your Heart Tours site, and the fact that i have NOT blogged about my turkey trip, except for it being published in Lonely Planet Philippines magazine, i decided today was as good a day than any to start showing the world ...

i am not one to boast, or gloat or brag. at all.

but i figure with my 40th birthday a week away and the timing of this all, that this was perhaps one good reason to do such things. :)

in november i was asked by a dear friend and ...

the long wait has almost come to an end.

last november i was asked to go on-assignment with Lonely Planet Philippines magazine to Turkey.

i received an email almost 2 weeks ago saying that it was out in print and they were sending me some copies!

i am still awaiting ...

its a funny thing really.

how in just 15 short months so many things about yourself and about what you value can so change so greatly.

as i read my bloglines.com, where i keep a running list of all the blogs i frequent, and see the broad spectrum of ...

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 ...

many of you know if you are friends with me on facebook that my husband travels alot. it’s part of his job as fund-developer for Gentle Hands, the NGO we volunteer at here in the philippines run by his sister.

someone said to me, you travel a lot too ...

i am back from TURKEY!

after 8 days - 8 flights, 5 hotels, 4 tour guides and 3 drivers - and 5819 photographs (not including my iPhone pics) later, i can say that i have a new appreciation and love for turkey.

quite honestly i didn’t know much about turkey before ...

we arrived in istanbul at about 530am on saturday am. and i was in desperate need of turkish coffee to get me thru the long yet anticipated day ahead…

our delightful tour guide, ensar islamoglu, greeted us and we drove into the OLD CITY of istanbul and found turksh coffee ...

that’s right, blog readers…this week has been crazy with trying to get ready for TURKEY tomoro. and instead of trying to sit in front of my computer and do 9 blog posts to schedule while i’m gone, i have decided on this instead, which i think you ...