Lauri Stumph Photography Blog » Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota based natural light newborn, children’s and senior photographer.

Another beautiful evening.  Another beautiful senior.  Here are just a few of my many favorites!

A mini (very mini) trip to Duluth where I haven’t been for years.  It was a good reminder to go more often.

This was a quick shot.  Standing under the bridge…not my favorite thing to do.

I’ll admit it, I’m kind of a shoot up the tree addict.

Duluth Pier Lighthouse

Long exposure with the very handy homemade rock tripod.  Yes, I did have to straighten it in photoshop.  The lake was AMAZING that night, wonderfully calm.

I’m honored announce my partnership with Lenses of Love: Hearts for Haiti, a national non-profit endeavor dedicated to helping the people of Haiti recover from the recent devastating earthquake.

I will be offering my support to organize relief services by offering both my weekend and weekday session fees for $150, of which, 100% will be donated to relief causes and support for Haiti. Funds raised though Lenses of Love will be sent directly to Kentucky Adoption Services (KAS) who will assist in relief efforts and care of the many-orphaned children of Haiti. KAS works with Brebis de Saint-Michael de L’Attalaye (BRESMA) orphanage in Port au Prince, which was damaged during the earthquake.   One-hundred percent of funds donated to KAS as ‘humanitarian aid’ is used for humanitarian aid and all Lenses of Love donations will be marked as “Haiti Relief”.    This offer is available for families that book their session by Sunday, February 14, 2010 and complete their session by April 30, 2010.

My amazing friend Sally, who is a photographer in Colorado, started Lenses of Love and I was so happy to be able to join and help out.  Everyone in a time of disaster feels the need to just ‘do something’ and thanks to Sally, I’ll be able to help out a little bit more than if I were doing this on my own.   Lenses of Love is important to me because as a parent in the process of adopting from China, it was comforting to know people cared and were so willing to help the orphanages after the devastating earthquake in China in 2008.  Although many orphans in Haiti did receive humanitarian parole and are home with their parents in the US and other countries across the world, many, including a fellow adoptive parents little boy (please view the story here) still remain in Haiti.   The orphans who remain in Haiti as well as those children who have been recently orphaned due to the earthquake are the littlest ones who need support from agencies such as KAS.

This was the second time this year I was able to hang around with these three bundles of energy.  Last time, Miss S was the center of attention and this time, her older brother and sister decided they wanted to show off for the camera too!  Thanks mom for driving all the way out for your session and auntie for tagging along for the extra pair of hands!

Getting the last of the seniors who need a yearbook photo in!  BUT, if your school has a designated photographer to take the yearbook photo, you can book your full senior session with me for outdoor, on-location, full of style session even after your yearbook photo is due.  Give me a call or send an email to grab up one of the few remaining spots for 2009.

And here are the sneak peeks for two lovely Minneapolis seniors.