10 Year Anniversary Photo Session

Shambhala Mountain Center

How it felt at Shambhala. A truly magical place.

Fifth Annual Courageous Women, Fearless Living: A Retreat for Women Touched by Cancer

I had the most amazing privilege to photograph these courageous women at the Shambhala Mountain Center on Friday. This is their 5th year offering a space for women to come together and share, heal and support each other. Their courage and beauty was astounding and I do hope these photographs reveal some of their light and love.
Thank you to all of the amazing women who welcomed me for the day and night and allowed me the opportunity to bear witness and photograph them. A true gift! I wish them all abundant healings.

Red Lion Wedding

Some wonderful kids at Charles and Maria's wedding at The Red Lion Restaurant.
A beautiful event!

A Good Day for a Plank-Boulder, CO

Forget purse dogs, Hummers and star tattoos, when it comes to the celebrity world's latest craze, 'everybody's doing it' seems to be an understatement. So what is it that's got everybody from Rosario Dawson to Justin Bieber getting down (literally) this time? Planking. So here we have local celebrity Miriam Eckert planking for us in her gorgeous kitchen in Boulder CO.

No it's not pirate slang or a crude euphemism, it is literally the act of laying light as a feather, stiff as a board -- like a plank of wood.

But before we delve too far into the art of laying still, that so many celebrities have already mastered, let's first engage in a bit of planking 101 -- from what we've learned there are several important planking rules to live by. One can plank on anything and everything. One should enlist a friend to photograph said planking. One must post said photograph to every and any social networking site with a certain level of strategic apathy. One should once again show off said planking skills on as many late night talk shows as possible.-facts from Popeater.com

Harvest

Let it Go

There is an ancient teaching story about two Buddhist monks walking along a river in silence. They have a vow of chastity which requires that they never speak to or ever touch a woman.

As they were walking up the river, they came upon a woman who was desperately trying to get across the river because her child is on the other side. It's a fast-flowing river and she is frightened to cross it by herself.

One of the monks walks over to her and offers his help. He picks her up and with the strength that he carries in his legs that walk mountains, valleys and streams, he carries her across the river, sets her down, comes back to join his fellow and they begin again to walk in silence.

About two hours later, the second monk says to the first, "I can't believe you carried that woman across the river. I can't believe you touched her. I can't believe that you broke your vows..." The other monk simply looks at his companion and says, "I put her down two hours ago. You are still carrying her."

Today, let's consider what are we still carrying that really isn't happening anymore. Let's put it down. When we put that down, we now have our hands heart and our mind available to what's here --right now.
-From Mary Morrissey's Daily Dream Builder

Sarah and Willow Portrait Shoot

3 months old is a perfect age to get some great images of your baby as they start to really engage. Willow was here yesterday at

3 1/2 months and perfect! A great shoot in the late day light.

Joyful Journeys Hot Springs and the Great Sand Dunes

Last gasps of summer...