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Portrait and Event Photographer Based in California
 
 

Meet tracee

Hi! I’m Tracee. When not in my studio, you can find me with my family watching movies or getting my hands dirty in our garden. I love to travel and meet new people. I collect magnets from places visited and still have lots of room on my fridge for more! If you are having a destination wedding, would like location portraits, or if you are already a distance away, let’s talk!

 
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 My Photography Story

I was a born artist. I have always been a photographer, my father was a photographer, I learned from him and was fortunate enough to have supportive parents, still to this day. (I love you mom and dad!)

I believe we are all photographers, it is our natural desire to document our memories and share our lives with others. The technology we now have as a civilization, camera phones and affordable, portable cameras everywhere let us all be photographers. I was into all this tech as a child and although I kept going with it my whole life, I was perhaps just a little more into photography than my peers.

Kodak or Fuji would have gifts sets for sale, with a camera like the “Disc” or “110”. The set would include a couple rolls of film, a case or wrist strap, just in time for Christmas, of course and these types of toys would be on my list to Santa. A camera was a toy to me. A toy. I did it for fun, for myself, my friends, family, I was always the one with the camera. Now, decades later, I'm getting paid to be the one with the camera. I no longer ask Santa but I still love getting new “toys” to use for my photography business. I still get to have fun (mostly) but at the end of the day I am so grateful to get to create and use my photography skills to support my family. It’s a dream come true, albeit a long time to get here.

My METHOD

Most of the portrait sessions involve a collaboration of some sort, ideas are tossed around and we go over outfits. Then, I go hunting for the right colors of fabric or props. I get out my paints and brushes, my glue gun, drill, sewing machine…I love the creative process of it all. It’s fun like when I was a kid.

Weddings are fun too. At least they are meant to be a festive, happy celebration. I do my best to make sure my wedding clients have a great day, knowing that they don’t have to worry about their photographer. They love to see their perfect day as it unfolded in a beautiful album for years and years to come.