Tracy Holland Photography

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams My name is Tracy Holland, an photographer who hangs my hat beside my husband's and son's in Fort McMurray, AB. An incredible place I have called home for 25+ years. I figure looking at the world through a lens is much like the legend of the hummingbird.....(I promise there is a point).......floating free of time, carrying hope for love, joy and celebration. Legends say the hummingbird's delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has a meaning and that laughter is life's sweetest creation … this is what I am reminded of when I look through a lens. The nature world is where I take my family any chance I get. Photographing nature, (especially when it includes mankind) stopping time for just a moment, capturing that raw emotion & keeping the memories alive are a few reasons I am attached to my camera...it truly has become an appendage. In October of 2012, I purchased my first DSLR, a short distance into the journey, I fell in love with it. Being able to express what I see is… well … addictive. There is never “just one more shot!.." I want to give others what photography gives me ... memories that are visually alive ... a journal of life’s incredible moments ... peace and comfort. I knew I was in trouble as soon as my shutter finger started to twitch. Here’s to celebrating life’s moments ... to writing and recording them with light.