{All The Jazz} Eagan, MN Senior Portrait Photographer

Come on babe
We're gonna brush the sky
I bet you lucky Lindy
Never flew so high
'Cause in the stratosphere
How could he lend an ear
-To All That Jazz
{All That Jazz from the Broadway Musical Chicago}

What happens as a photographer when you show up to a senior portrait session for a fine young man and realize you were his school counselor when he was in sixth grade?
Now standing in front of you is an incredible young gentleman entering his last leg of his school experience.
Drop your camera bag in shock?
Yes?
Feel rather old?
Yes
Realize how fast time goes by.
Absolutely.
Congratulations to Connor Swanson, Eagan High School Class of 2012, a classy, talented, bright student whose year and future will take him to the moon and back.

{Announcement}

I have been given many opportunities to travel with my photography and will be traveling between the Midwest and West Coast for photo sessions. I am currently booking a month in advance and will have more details to follow. I am honored, humbled and blessed by this opportunity to experience my dream. My contact number while on trips is 612-418-4665. Email is the best way to contact me which is cordesphoto@gmail.com

I will publish my calendar as I pull together the great opportunities that have been given to me.

Thank you again,
Stacey

{Grace} Phoenix, AZ Family Photography

the moment I let go of it was the moment
I got more than I could handle
the moment I jumped off of it
was the moment I touched down....
thank you india
thank you providence
thank you disillusionment
thank you nothingness
thank you clarity
thank you thank you silence

Alanis Morisette

100 degrees farenheit {Mesa, AZ Fine Art Photography}

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
— Leo Tolstoy

{Sleepin to Dream} Fine Art Photography

It's just a little a lullaby to keep myself from crying myself to sleep at night
Oh just a lullaby to keep from crying myself to sleep
Oh just a, just oh, just a little lullaby,

Sleeping to dream about you
And I'm so tired
Of having to live without you
And I'm so tired
Well i am so tired....

Jason Mraz

{Broken Open} Fine Art Photography

Today like every day other day
we wake up empty
and frightened
Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading
Take down a musical instrument
Let the beauty we love be what we do
There are a hundreds of ways
to kneel and kiss the ground
-Rumi

me

"I write emotional algebra."
— Anaïs Nin

me

…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime."
— Sharon Kay Penman (When Christ and His Saints Slept)

Eventful Summer Update

"No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful."
— Carol Burnett

First announcement: I have new phone number for my business please no longer call my cell number. The new number is:

612-225-1677

Second announcement:

It has been an eventful summer for this photographer. I am still on pace to get out photographs to clients but due to a chase after my beagle who decided to "explore the neighborhood solo"I had to dart out the door, running full force in chacos. Of course with all my grace (insert eyeroll) I tripped and ended flat on my face. Literally.
Leading to yet another trip to ER (on a side note, I have been to a few and can give you advice on quality service, comfort of sheets, pillows, etc...). Kidding aside, I suffered a minor fracture that set me back a few days. I still am working my hardest to get these disks and proof books to my wonderful clients.
And watch out for those city sidewalks they have a way of sneaking up on you.

Please call or email with any questions. Thank you and have a wonderful day!

And of course no post is quite right without a picture....

{The Meaning of Life} Stacey Cordes Studio Session

"The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings."
— Martin Buber

Yes when you come to stacey cordes photography we end with deep thought provoking discussions such as what is the meaning of life, what came first? the chicken or the egg...With all jokes aside. I adore this picture. Just had to post. And I also love Martin Buber....and that folks is a photographer taxi cab confession but I do. I love philosophy. Love it.

{grace} Minneapolis, MN Family Photography

"One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away."
— Stephen Hawking