Monthly Archives: October 2008

before & after

By tracie | Published: October 26, 2008

I am constantly amazed what a huge difference a little ‘touch-up’ makes in photography! Really, it’s the difference between amateur and professional {please believe me, i’m not saying these are professional … i’m just trying to point out the astounding difference}. Sorry … I’m plugging away on these and just had to share … this one was [...]

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a girls night …

By tracie | Published: October 25, 2008

Yeah, we saw it. And yeah, it was pretty cool. I’m just glad I had an excuse in the form of young girls that wanted to see it. :) I took Piper, Wynter, Taylor and my {other} daughter, Ana to see High School Musical 3 tonight. We had a pretty good time and the girls [...]

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my hero

By tracie | Published: October 24, 2008

This is my nephew Brett. He graduated and received his wings today from the United States Army Airborne School. He leaves today to go straight to Army Ranger training {a specialized, elite force in the Army}. Any guesses how proud I am of him?

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fun storyboards

By tracie | Published: October 24, 2008

Back in May, my dear friend Marta, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. Before she started her chemo treatments, we decided to take some family photos. This was before I started the serious studying of photography that I’ve been doing recently. The images had turned out ‘okay’ {in my mind}, but before I handed [...]