Next year John and I will be traveling the world for several months.  We’re saving up money, and most of our international dream destinations, for that larger trip.  So this year, in lieu of our regular international jaunt, we decided to take a more low-key vacation – camping in Wyoming.

Before this summer, I had never camped (at least not since I was old enough to remember.)  But for some reason, we decided a week-long camping trip in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks would be a fun adventure.  In preparation, we took a single overnight camping trip with a few friends a few weeks ago, and then set off for seven days on our own. » Continue reading “Wyoming”

Wondering what happened to all the blog posts?

Ok, so maybe my Mom was the only one.  Still, I know I’ve been slacking on keeping up with blogging.  Mainly because I’ve been busy doing non-photography things.  Things like teaching extra yoga, helping out at my sister’s boyfriend’s coffee roasting company (say that four times fast), finding a new apartment, and generally avoiding my camera (with the exception of noodle photography, of course.)  Sometimes you just need to switch gears for a bit.

But now I’m bringing my focus back around for the start of my busy season.  Spring is in the air, my weekends are filling up with lovely shoots, and I’m back to my regularly scheduled blogging.  Plenty of interesting posts scheduled for the upcoming weeks – thanks for your patience!

In the meantime, here’s a random photo from our snowshoe trip to Steamboat in February (always have to have a photo!)  Have a great weekend!

There’s something incredibly peaceful about watching the sunrise over the winter wonderland of Breckenridge.  This was our view Saturday morning from the condo we spent the weekend at.  Not too shabby.

Last year when we visited Breckenridge poor John was ill equiped for our snowshoeing adventure.  A recent transplant to Colorado, he lacked snow gear, and had to hike around in jeans, a wool coat, and tennis shoes.  Needless to say, he did not fall in love with snowshoeing after that trip.  With a visit to Sniagrab this fall and a few well-executed Christmas presents, he was stocked up and ready to go this weekend.  It made a world of difference for our snowshoeing excursion – and I think he looks pretty cute in his snow pants :)

Happy Monday!

How does one blog about their own wedding?

I’ve been debating how to do this for a week.  Many of our favorites photos are here on Charlotte Geary’s blog – which I posted last week.  It’s difficult to add any photos on top of that without going full force into 70-80 photos of the wedding, which just feels like far, far too many.  The point of this blog, after all, is to show my work – not to display oodles of photos of myself :)  In the end, I’ve decided just to post this single image from our ceremony.  To us, the ceremony itself was the most important part of the whole event.  And I have to say, it was amazing.  Every part of our ceremony was highly meaningful to us, from the Celtic Handfasting Ceremony to the personalized vows.  I am so glad we took the extra time to be sure the ceremony went exactly how we wanted.

As for the reception, we had a more laid back cocktail style event that went over quite well.  The food was delicious, the gelato cart (which we had in lieu of cake) turned out fabulously, and everyone had a great time in the photo booth.  We had a very small wedding, with only 55 people in attendance, and I am so glad we did.  I felt able to talk to most everyone who came to celebrate with us, and I still had time left to dance with friends and enjoy the party.

If you want to hear more stories than that, you’ll just have to call me.  I’d be happy to share any anecdotes from the wedding if it interests you or would help in your wedding planning process.  Otherwise, I’m moving on to honeymoon photos starting tomorrow :)  Happy Monday!

I’ve gotten this question repeatedly, so I figure it’s worth writing about. Yes, I am changing my name.  No, my business name will not be changing.  Confused?

As many of you know, Carolyn is actually my middle name.  When I changed my business name from Six Eighty Three Photography, I decided to use my first and middle name for many reasons – one of which was that my last name would eventually change.  As a result, I’ve kind of taken on Tracy Carolyn as an alter identity.  It will have no reason to change, ever.  My last name is actually Lee, and I’ve been ready to get rid of it for years (sorry family), for many reasons as well.  Once I finally get all the paperwork filed, my new last name will be Larson.

So I will now respond to Tracy Carolyn, Tracy Lee, and Tracy Larson.  A bit confusing for now, but I’m sure it will only get easier as the Lee gets phased out :)

Yes, I will be sharing more wedding photos when I get the files and have a chance to sort through everything, and honeymoon photos, too.  Patience!

Happy Thursday!