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Orcas Island wedding

traciehowe — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:28:34 +0000

Two Saturdays ago, I awoke at 5:30AM to catch a ferry to Orcas Island for the wedding of Sarah and Andrew. It was a long day, but it flew by as these things often do. My non-photographer boyfriend, Dave, assisted me throughout the day wherever he was needed. Next time I hope to hire an assistant who can also shoot to show a different perspective of the day. He also chauffeured me around all over the island from the bride’s “getting ready” location to the groom’s, then to the chapel, the reception hall, back to the ferry and then home! I am very grateful to have had his help!

The Victorian Valley Chapel was a quaint setting for the ceremony. The exterior was picturesque nestled in a grassy valley and the interior was beautiful with large stained glass windows as the backdrop for the ceremony.

The weather was ideal for pictures after the ceremony and we managed to get through most of the group shots pretty quickly. The bride and groom were great about trekking up the hill for some neat couples shots. They did a fabulous job posing on their own and taking direction to get a combination of natural and candid shots. Here is a cute photo from after the ceremony…

For more from this wedding, please visit my Weddings gallery.

What do you think?

traciehowe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:11:18 +0000

Just to remind everyone, I’m still working on the site. In fact, I’ll probably always be a slave to my site, but that’s beside the point.

I have some adjustments to make that I am aware of, but there are some problems that I can’t see. So, I invite you to comment on how it looks from your end. The more specific you are about the problem, and the browser, screen specifications, etc, the more likely I’ll be able to fix the problem. For example, because the “zoom” setting in my own browser was wrong, my header images looked off, so I easily adjusted for that.

Also, feel free to make any positive, “way to go” type of comments!

It’s my new site, but it’s not finished!

traciehowe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:43:32 +0000

I hate for this to be my first post on my first blog site, but what better subject to talk about than the site itself?
All I really want to say is that I’m still working on it, so don’t judge yet! I just couldn’t wait to share my new site with the world since it looks much better than my last one, and the one before that, and the one before that… Oh, and thanks to the creator of ProPhoto Blogs for providing this amazingly sleek and easily customizable WordPress theme!

Meanwhile, please focus on what is currently the main substance of my site, the galleries!