{The start of something new...} Fine Art Photography

Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air.
Send in the clowns.
Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around,
One who can't move.
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.
Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want -
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Quick, send in the clowns....


-Stephen Sondheim
Send in the Clowns

Clients and friends, please be advised all back orders from July 2011 on will be sent out mid-November. Holiday orders should be placed before Thanksgiving and will be at your door by beginning of December. Prices and packages will be changed at the end of year. All orders placed after the holiday deadline (which I will announce a firm date by November 8th will be subject to new pricing.) Thank you for your patience and kindness during this difficult transition in my life and with my family.

Stacey

{The Days are long. The Years Short} Minneapolis, MN Family Studio Session

"Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they're part of a continuous cycle that begins right here.
They're not only the ending, but the beginning as well."
— Benjamin Hoff (The Tao of Pooh)

What beauty and privilege it is to watch a family grow over the years.
Thank you for inviting me back over the years it has been a great blessing.







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{Lucky Seven} Minneapolis, MN Child Photography

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me.
I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
Jimi Hendrix

In 10 days my daughter will be a 2nd grader. At a new school.
Her brother will be with her as a brand new Kindergarten Learner.
It is closer and is our neighborhood school, fits our lifestyle.
I believe in Neighborhood Schools.
It builds Community, Peace, Relationships...
Her old school is great.
School Choice is tough.
Oye.
We are in, not lost in Translation.
As I picked her up today,
We walked past the Peace Garden
I stopped. Looked. Whipped out the camera.
Embarrassed the bunches out of her...
Savored
every last bit...
Cause her new school is great...
But doesn't have a Peace Garden...

{Behind the fence} Minneapolis, MN Nature Photography

The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky....

The free bird thinks of another breeze
an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own....

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for
the caged bird

sings of freedom.

-Maya Angelou
{I know why a caged bird sings}

{Artist Favorite} Savage, MN Baby Photographer

"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."

— Carl Sandburg

{Lockdown} Minneapolis, MN Fine Art Nature Photography

"Beauty, the world seemed to say. And as if to prove it (scientifically) wherever he looked at the houses, at the railings, at the antelopes stretching over the palings, beauty sprang instantly. To watch a leaf quivering in the rush of air was an exquisite joy. Up in the sky swallows swooping, swerving, flinging themselves in and out, round and round, yet always with perfect control as if elastics held them; and the flies rising and falling; and the sun spotting now this leaf, now that, in mockery, dazzling it with soft gold in pure good temper; and now again some chime (it might be a motor horn) tinkling divinely on the grass stalks—all of this, calm and reasonable as it was, made out of ordinary things as it was, was the truth now; beauty, that was the truth now. Beauty was everywhere."
— Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway)

{I had to add this last two from a recent session. I just love how she is soaking in the sun as if it is the best thing in the world...}

{from above} Minneapolis, MN Fine Art Photographer

{note that although I do have a unhealthy obsession with sunflare I did not, although came close, burn out my cornea metering for this spectacular burst of sun.}

{A few} Twin Cities Fine Art Portraiture

Sharing a few favorites from recent sessions. This time of year is quite busy and it is difficult to find time to blog full previews.
Enjoy the pics and this fabulous fall weather!

{Traces} Minneapolis, MN Fine Art Photography