NOTICE! We have a new blog address!

We are pleased to announce a new blog! We will no longer be updating this blog. Please note the new blog address!

steinstyle.com/blog

(or just go to steinstyle.com and click the blog link)

At this time we do not have a way to notify you of new entries. We are working on that. So please check it often until we can find a way to notify those that have signed up for notification emails.

We are looking forward to a very exciting 2008! We have lots of new ideas for this year and we hope everyone will tell all their friends about us. Referrals from you mean so much and we thank you for all your support and friendship!

Mark and Stacey

Time for some Family Time

Well I must tell you it has been one busy fall and we want to thank all our wonderful clients who have given us the opportunity to be a part of your life this past year. 2008 is already gearing up to be a funfilled and ambitious year at Mark Stein Photography!

Stacey and I have pretty much been working 7 days a week since June and are in desperate need for some down time and family time. So, we are closing the studio from Dec. 24th through January 7th. We will still be checking voicemail and if necessary we'll even make a special trip into the studio if needed.

During our "down time" we will be working on a brand new web site with much larger pictures which I have been wanting for some time. And all new images as well! PLUS, a new feature which will be very exciting will be our "Image of the Week" on our front page! More details to follow...

For now we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and remember to tell all your friends about us. :)

Mark and Stacey

Where does the time go?

As many of you know we have been very busy at the studio. We have literally been working 7 days a week for some time now to keep up with all the photo shoots and orders. So if you've been wondering why our blog has been lacking well we figure right now we need to focus our attention on our client's orders and just have to let our blog take a back seat for a bit.

The good news is that we do have a few new posts for the blog coming in the next few days. Hey, even we have to play once in a while! So, keep us on your mind and if you sign up for updates in the sidebar, you'll know each time we post. Go do it! :)

Thank you to all our fantastic clients who have made this past year such a huge success for us...........and for keeping us busy 7 days a week! We love you all!

Mark and Stacey

Introducing Urban Kidz!

Stacey and I are very excited to announce a new photo shoot option for babies and children called Urban Kidz! Dress up your kids in vintage or European-looking outfits or funky urban street clothes and we'll capture them being themselves as we stroll around the downtown alleys and streets.

We'll work with you to put together some perfect outfits and then take to the streets. Kids just love this and we also have created a number of vintage and urban looking effects to really capture that look.

Just to get things rolling here is Aubrey showing off her first Urban Kidz photo shoot. She was such a doll! We got so many more images of her but we wanted to get a few on the blog quick because these sessions will fill up fast as we plan to shoot them this fall before the snow flies!

Here is sweet, little Aubrey! Doesn't she just look adorable! (Stacey wanted me to say that, hee hee)


Such a cutie in this vintage shot!


Isn't this cool, she looks so gentle against the rough, urban surroundings.

Kally sneak peek

Kally had a few ideas of her own and together we got some great shots of her! She had such a fun sense of humor and really made the shoot really enjoyable. She sure is beautiful and I think you'll agree once you see her sneak peek! Check it out! Here's Kally!

Sisterly Love and The Big Chill

This was really fun! Elisabeth came in with her two sisters and her mom. OK, so I tend to keep our studio a little on the chilly side so we don't get too hot while we are shooting. Hey, we work hard and nothing worse than breaking a sweat! So the last shot is of her sisters trying to keep warm waiting for us to get done. I think they were more than happy to get those blankets from me. You guys crack me up!

Anyway, here are some sweet shots of Elisabeth and a few with her gorgeous sisters..wow, what a good looking group of women! Thanks for the fun time everyone, you all look stunning!

Capturing a mood...Amber

As an artist of photography, we look at images captured and sometimes we want to push those images to more clearly show a "feel" or a "mood". A lot of our clients come to us because we don't always just accept an image at face value but through creative cropping or sublte effects we can present the images as part of a thought or mood. Here are a few recent images of Amber showing the moods that I think portray various aspects of her incredible personality. From nostalgic to vibrant!

Little 6 month old

This is little Anden and he's just 6 months old. He is just the cutest kid and even through changing outfits and moving him all over the place he just kept his smiley little personality.

Our business is very personal

I'm going to challenge myself with "personalizing" our blog a little more. Sure, everyone loves to stop by our blog (our blog stalkers) to see some of our latest photo shoots. But our business isn't just about photo shoots. It's about relationships. It's about who we are. It's about how we're going to treat you. And most importantly how will YOU feel about this whole experience when everything is said and done?

We think you are going to enjoy your photographs more and your experience more if you know more about us. And that's our goal...for you to get to know us better and for us to get to know you better.

We'd love to have you sign up to get notified of our blog updates (there's a box to the right). We have many exciting things coming up so stay tuned and let's get to know each other!

Alyssa's sneak peek!

Alyssa has such gorgeous brown eyes! Wow! It was really a fun photo shoot and Alyssa made it so easy always smiling just when I needed her to. In fact I just loved her smile and um yeah so, all my picks here are of her smiling! :) Hope you like your sneak peek Alyssa!

Kourtney!

Here's a sneak peek for Kourtney! Kourtney's probably tired of hearing me say this but I just loved her headbands! I couldn't resist showing an image of her here with the pink one! We had a great time and I know it was brutal for Kourtney to put up with my off-the-wall humor but I think she still had a good time. Well you can see from these that she is just beautiful and trust me when I tell you, she has got sooooooooooooooo many beautiful images to choose from. I know her mom and I don't know if I dare say this (don't want it going to her mom's head ya know) but Kourtney sure looks a lot like her mom! Enjoy, you guys!

It's a game of Tag!

I've been tagged!

I (Mark) belong to an online group of incredible photographers from all over the world. It's a fantastic community where we share the joys and excitements of our lives. We share our dreams, our ideas, our troubles and most of all we each learn from each other. So they have started this little game of tag and now since I've been tagged, I need to share a few things about Stacey and I that you may not know. At the end I need to tag some of them so be sure to check out their blogs and leave some comments on some of their images or posts...they will surely appreciate it!

1. I had my first studio in the 80's. I got burned out and at 28 went to college and got a degree in Business and Computer Science. After about 10 years of doing that, thanks to Stacey, I found a new love for photography! I found a style that I loved to shoot (modern images with a fashion flair). Our motto is "Shoot what we love"! After 5 years here we are!

2. Stacey used to work for Target corporation in product development & design. She used to travel all over the world sourcing products for the Buyers at Target. She's loves interior design and fashion design which is why she's so good at helping our clients coordinate their wardrobe for their photo shoot.

3. In my life I've photographed over 300 weddings and done around 3000 photo shoots

4. I used to be terribly afraid of heights, but I'm better now. Stacey is still very afraid of heights.

5. Stacey's favorite food is ice cream & she loves to eat it all the time especially when she was pregnant with our daughter Olivia (that is until she ended up with gestational diabetes which luckily went away after Olivia was born!)

6. My dad was a doctor and was very intelligent. I was too young and naive to appreciate him. After he died in 1979 and since then, I have missed him dearly. When I was in college I used to "talk to him" and ask for him for help. I know he was there for me. When he was in his 60's he still knew how to do physics and algebra! I really miss him.

7. Stacey has lived in San Francisco & actually was within walking distance to the Golden Gate Bridge. She still misses it terribly even though over 10 years have passed since she lived there. I have lived in MN all my life.

8. I used to love basketball so much in High School that once I was out sick for 2 days but if I wanted to play in the game that week I had to be in school for a half day the day of the game. As reluctant as my dad was to let me go (recall he was a doctor), I went for the morning session, came back home and went to bed. That night at the game I think I scored 25 points and had about a dozen rebounds. I was home sick for the next 2 days again. I'm still glad I played that night. I want to give a shout out to two of my old friends and awesome basketball players, Paul P. and Joe B. See you at our class reunion this month!!!

9. Stacey & got married on a paddle boat on the Mississippi River. Every Anniversary we take a ride on a paddle boat again to relive that incredible day!


Here are some of my friends I just had to tag!!!

Kim
Brenda
Cari
Ken
Carolyn
Carrie