About Tracey

Perth-based photographer. Aerial landscapes, rodeo arenas, and the WA I love.

I'm not from WA, but I've lived here for quite a while now and it's where I learned about — and fell in love with — aerial photography. Since then it's been my passion, my escape, my way of putting my world to rights.

And I know I'm getting better at this. It used to be I'd come home from a weekend of flying and shooting, download my photos and feel disappointed — even though my shots were actually pretty good. I think it was more of a sugar rush kind of effect. The sense of exhilaration and then the comedown.

But now — the last year or more, I'm stoked with what I've downloaded. When I go back through my images, I feel like there's actually some gold there. It's just taken me a while to realise it. Gold in the sense that I'm really proud of what I see. I remember shooting them, the emotion I felt at the time, what I thought when I saw what I saw — and shot, or captured — because that's actually what it's about, right? Capturing the whole thing — the scene, the emotion, the recognition of it all. The experience. I bloody love it. I can't live without it.

I’m a North Perth–based aerial landscape & rodeo photographer, usually somewhere out chasing moments across Western Australia with a couple of Nikons and a small fleet of drones tagging along.

I gained my CASA Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) in 2018, which is when things really took off (literally). Since then, my drone kit—and the places I take it —has steadily grown. These days I shoot with both professional cameras and drones, depending on where the landscape pulls me and how the story wants to be told.

I’m drawn back to the outback—wide open skies and spaces, endless textures, and those quiet, in-between moments you only really notice once you’re up in the air.

But I'm just as happy on the ground too — and somewhere along the way, the rodeo arena got completely under my skin. I officially shot my first rodeo at Coolgardie and came home a different photographer. The speed, the dust, the split-second moments that are gone before you've exhaled — I was hooked immediately. I came into rodeo photography through invitation, brought in by experienced photographers who've been in this world a long time, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I shoot alongside others, I respect the community, and I show up with everything I have. These days it's become a welcome second thread in my work — alongside the aerials, not instead of them and honestly - I couldn't be happier about that.

All of these adventures happen ‘out the back with Jack’.

The first Jack was my 2015 Jeep Wrangler Overland, which took me to some incredible places. These days, the spirit of Jack lives on in my 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Troopcarrier—carrying on the tradition, just with a bit more room (and a growing list of camping upgrades still to come).

Jack has become part of the journey, with his own Instagram and Facebook pages, and a dedicated blog—Out the Back with Jack—where I share stories from the road, along with the moments behind the images you see here.

I tend to share regular updates on Instagram and Facebook throughout the week—photos, reels, and the occasional story—while the blog on my website is where the stories behind the images unfold in a bit more detail (and with fewer layout limitations… but I might be biased).

All images in my web store are available to purchase, and I also work with interior designers and commercial clients on print selections and sizing. If you have something in mind, feel free to get in touch —I’m always happy to chat about a new project.