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welcome.

so you are probably wondering what this whole blog and website in one is all about, huh?  well, what it isn't is a regurgitation of my photoshoots.  what i like to think it is a little artful storytelling of my story, your story illustrated with a mix of my photography and design.

my photography work is a lovely mix of artistry, photojournalism,
music, fine art, and lifestyle. what you won't find is anything
ordinary. i live outside the box, i work outside the box and use
whatever i can to tell the story; color, rich black and white, tints,
texture. my design work is clean and fresh.

i am a small town girl from nebraska transplanted to texas.  i am moved
by history, the written word, images, and imagination. the first time i
ever picked up a camera was at the age of 9 to photograph a field of
migrating sandhills cranes. i am married to my soulmate, who i discovered
after many years of separation and a deployment away.  i love what i
do, between photography & design, i couldn't imagine doing anything
else...and my plan is to spend the rest of my life doing what i love
and sharing my vision alongside the love of my life.

so pull up a pillow or a comfy chair and grab a cup of whatever...let's get started.

A Year In Review :: 2008 :: Texas Lifestyle Photographer

01.04.09 at 5:31pm

2008 was one of the most eventful years of my life. Although a bit slow for photography, it was the year I launched my design business and now it is growing by leaps and bounds. 2008 was the year I took off a little to spend some time with family.

*My now husband returned from 15 months of deployment as a humvee gunner in Iraq. He returned with a purple heart. He also returned with a heavy heart, as many of his buddies were left behind in the sands of the battlefield.

*During my husband’s deployment, I connected with a woman from Killeen, TX (funny I was about to move there in January 2008) and finally was able to meet her and her family. Her husband also returned in 2008 from deployment a week before mine. I had the pleasure of photographing their family. It was a full circle event for me, as Amber and I had shared a million and one IM conversations over that past 6 months.

*My husband and I spent a good deal of time at the lake with friends. They were like family to us. Our good friend “Castro” was a doting father and it was obvious a friend for life to my husband after spending 15 months deployed with him.

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*2008 also brought a ton of travel for me. I had the pleasure of photographing Diana and Luke’s wedding back in my home state of Nebraska. And I also got to travel to see my very close friend Sheryl and her children. Colorado, Pike’s Peak, and Garden of the God’s was an amazing backdrop to some pretty photogenic kids.

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*In September of 2008 I traveled again back to my home state to photograph Lise and Jimm’s wedding. This was a gorgeous event and a little bittersweet for me. It was to be my last wedding of 2008 and one of my very last weddings ever. I made the decision to only book a couple for 2009 and move forward and onto other projects.

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*After feeling like a hermit, I finally discovered the wonderful world of twitter. Along with that came some new events and new faces, including the opportunity to photograph the gorgeous niece of one of my design clients (Shelley of System Bath.) December also brought me to meet the wonderful gang of Dr. Sketchy of Houston!

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Yes, 2008 brought many changes many of them bittersweet. From our vacations to http://www.galveston.com/default.asp, which was later destroyed by Hurricane Ike, to leaving our home in Kileen, TX and facing a move to Houston, to finally tying the knot after 8 long years of trial and error (and a long separation.)

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So, goodbye 2008, hello 2009!

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more from angelos’s :: a slideshow :: texas music photographer

01.04.09 at 8:26am

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upgrading :: texas lifestyle photographer

01.03.09 at 9:45pm

i upgraded my theme today to pro photo 2.0 and I managed to get it done all in one day (even though I panicked during part of it when dear miss betty decided to sit on my power strip and turn it off and it looked like for some reason my pc lost everything, thank you imelda for answering my frantic phone call) and I hope you like it. it really is a good theme, great job jared on making it a little easier to customize, not to mention faster. the blog is now a bit narrower, images are a bit smaller (for those of you working off laptops and small screens) and I do apologize that some of the old posts aren’t lined up correctly I will correct that later when I get around to it (i think that is the ocd in me talking).

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by tracylynnt

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Melissa - It's looking good girl. You are so good at what you do :) Long time no talk! Merry xmas and happy New Year!

And The Lights Are Low :: Andrew Karnavas and Daniel de Luna :: Texas Music Photographer

01.03.09 at 3:59am

It has been one year since the last time I photographed a live concert, I mean any concert…small, large venue, private engagement..anything. So, it was fitting that my re-introduction back into my first love in photography be in the a similar place as where I started. A hushed bar/restaurant on a busy downtown street, lights low, with friends gathered around.

I was apprehensive at first. After all, I did spot some familiar photographer faces in the crowd (I mean really should I even bother showing what I produce) and my typical pre-shoot nerves set in. I’ve always had stage fright, no matter whether it was really going on stage or not, it’s just always been there.

But the low hushed voice, the sweet melody of guitar…reminded me of the old records my grandfather used to play to put me to sleep on a stormy western Nebraska night. Like when the lightening crackles overhead, but all I could hear in my little 6 year old ears was the scratch, scratch of the record player and the strumming guitar…and the low voice intermingling with harmonica. This voice, Andrew Karnavas’s voice like those nights spent in my grandfather’s basement, was warm and inviting-a reminder of a time of simpler means. The kind of voice that says “welcome home, relax” and “sit up and listen” all in one swift-carry-you-away-before-you-know-it motion. On lead guitar was Daniel de Luna, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone as comfortable pulling out the music he did from those strings-like second nature, like breathing.

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No this isn’t a review, I promise. I’m not really into reviews, just stories and experiences. And this is the story that unfolded last night in the candlelit corners of Angelo’s in a place called Houston, Texas as a photographer/artist scratched her itchy shutter finger. So please excuse my dodging in the darkness and the occasional pop of my flash; the lights were a bit low, but I just HAD to tell this story.

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by tracylynnt

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Matthew Wettergreen - Great pictures, really like the lighting.

tracylynnt - shawn - thank you so much, I truly hate flash when it comes to music photography especially that in a small venue, it's distracting to both musician and the audience...but it was so dark in there ...now if I had the new cannon that just came out, I wouldn't have to worry about it :P kim - thanks! it was magical...i love venue's like that

Kim Percival - lovely words & fabulous photos. i felt like i was there!

Shawn K. Quinn - Wow. These are truly great pictures, certainly better than I could do with access to the same gear. And no, I didn't mind at all, especially after seeing the result.

From My Heart To Yours :: A Special Giveaway :: Texas Graphic Designer

01.02.09 at 7:06pm

We all know budgets are tight these days, especially for the up and coming newbie photographer. So I am holding a very special giveaway, just in time for 2009 and Valentine’s Day. The giveaway is a complete design package to get them started: a custom logo, a two sided business card, an advertising postcard flat, a gift certificate, and letterhead/envelope. To enter you favorite newbie and/or up and coming deserving and talented photographer please send their name, contact info (including email address and a phone number,) a link to their work (does not have to be a professional website, could be just a flickr or photobucket account), and a paragraph describing why you are nominating them. You can email your entries to designcontest@threeheartphoto.com. I will begin taking entries at midnight tonight running through Feb 1st, 2009. Entries will be judged by an independent panel and the winner will be announced on Feb 5th! So get nominating!

details of giveaway judging:  3 independent panelists who are not photographers but have a keen interest in design and photography were chosen to judge this contest.  due to privacy issues the judges names will not be announced.  once all entries are recieved on jan 1st  by midnight, the top 10 entries will be chosen and those are passed onto the judges.  each judge will choose a favorite entry and a runner-up.  the three favorite entries are placed into a hat and a winner is drawn out.  in the case that the favorite entry does not wish to receive the giveaway, the corresponding runner-up will receive the giveaway design package.  winner will be notified via email.

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by tracylynnt

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Melissa C - What a sweet idea Tracy! Someone is going to be very happy :)