WOODVILLE – Tracee Boucher believes that opportunities to capture beauty can be found anywhere and everywhere.
“I love to travel and take my camera along with me wherever I go. You never know where you are going to find a unique or surprising subject to photograph,” she said.
Boucher, who works as a dyslexia teacher at Warren Elementary, and lives in Colmesneil, has been an amateur photographer for many years, and focuses on landscapes and historic sites. She has been entering photo contests for about 10 years and has won multiple awards for her works. Many of her photos are now on display at Heritage Village in the special exhibits room behind the Museum Gift Shop.
“A photograph is capturing an image to keep in our hearts forever,” she said.
Boucher’s photographs in the exhibit are taken from her travels all over the country, and showcase natural beauty from locales such as Estes Park, Colo., to scenic drives in Arkansas and the Texas Hill Country.
For shutterbugs who might be interested in showcasing their work, Heritage Village hosts an ongoing photo contest using its Big Woods Trail as the prompt and location.
The Big Woods Photo Contest, in which visitors to the Village’s Big Woods Trail are invited to take photographs and submit them to the email address PhotoContest@heritage-village.org, is adjudicated by members of the Tyler County Art League.
The entries must include the name of the photographer, city of residence and state, and all entries must be taken in the Big Woods. The contest allows up to three photos per photographer each month, and the winning photos are posted on the kiosk at the trailhead
The annual winning photograph will be announced at the annual meeting of the Tyler County Heritage Society, and the photographer’s name will be permanently added to the Photographer’s Bench along the trail.
