washington tulip festival | colorado springs portrait photographer
Apr 13, 2009
One of the things I was looking forward to most during my trip back to Seattle was meeting my friend Rachel in Skagit Valley to visit the Tulip Festival. Seattle has had a brutal spring, so we were about a week early for the tulips. We tried not to cry over it too much, though, instead enjoying the fields of daffodils that Rachel and Will were dressed perfectly for!
Rachel and I have been friends for five years, and this is only the third time we’ve gotten together! But, thanks to technology, that doesn’t matter at all! Between instant messaging, message boards, and email it’s almost like she’s lived next door this whole time (instead of Canada).
Don’t you want her to be your friend, too?
Rachel brought her youngest baby with her (who was an incredible trooper and put up with our late night chatting [they eventually kicked us out of the restaurant] and marathon shopping like no other baby could). He also happens to be crazy cute!
Rachel is a wonderful momma. I go to her for advice/commiseration all the time!
You can always tell a bad-arse photographer by her broken-arse lens:
I love these two shots because it’s totally universal. On the left we have the face that all photographers ACTUALLY make while looking at their camera LCD. It’s a thinking face. On the right we have the face that photographers make when they’re told “hey–smile–this is gonna be a cute shot.”
This is one of my favorite shots of the day–proof that the outting had very little to do with the little people we brought along:
But since he was so cute in his yellow rain slicker, I got a few shots of Will. This one is SO Will. He is what grandmothers euphamistically call “busy” and mothers call “the reason every drink I have after 1pm is spiked.”
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[...] To see the rest of her pictures from our day at the tulip festival (that was more like a daffodil festival), click here! And if you missed ours the first time around, here they are! [...]
Tulip/Daffodil Festival | Washington State | Rachel Ludwig Photography | Abbotsford Portrait and Wedding Photographer May 13, 2009 at 01:09[...] best part about meeting up with photographer friends is getting to be in front of the camera… check out the awesome shots she got! (and no…I didn’t plan to match quite so perfectly, but I do love how it looked.) Thank [...]
Carrie Apr 18, 2009 at 08:56Traci - These are AMAZING! They make me happy. :) Rachel - you look totally gorgeous!
Laura G Apr 14, 2009 at 07:13Such beautiful pictures!!
Daniela Apr 14, 2009 at 06:14love them all!!!!
Rachel Apr 13, 2009 at 10:51You ROCK. seriously. I am so in love with these pictures...not because they are me, because I usually cringe at pictures of myself, but because of what you captured. You made me feel beautiful, you captured me doing something I love, and got pictures of me with my baby (and we all know how rare it is to be in front of the camera!). I can't thank you enough for these...I feel so lucky that I get my very own Traci Turchin originals! Thank you thank you thank you, a million times. I love them!! :)
Angela Apr 13, 2009 at 10:45Wonderful photos Traci and Rachel looks amazing!!! such a fun place to take photos!
shannon Apr 13, 2009 at 07:14LOOOVE it! These are so great. Glad you had such a great time together!
tara Apr 13, 2009 at 06:03eeeeee! fun fun fun
Lisa Apr 13, 2009 at 05:34I'm so happy to call you both my friends. Rachel, you are ADORABLE! I wish I'd been there to hang with you guys!
Kayla Apr 13, 2009 at 04:48So cute! I love how her yellow matched!