In the golden hour before dusk, magic dances through tree tops, alights on bushes, and flits across faces. Into this enchanted forest steps a girl, and the light from within catches hold of the setting sun. In the ensuing swirl, the world is set aflame with dreams. Recently, I leapt at the chance to photograph…Read more Lit From Within
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Chasing the Light
It was a gorgeous, glowing afternoon in early fall. We started at the bottom of a canyon and chased the light up a mountain. When I photograph, I chase golden rays of sinking sun, but I also seek the light inside a soul. Jordan is the first stranger I've photographed. When I met her just before her session,…Read more Chasing the Light
The Power of An Artist – Chihuly
Lately I’ve been craving a little magic. Just a little lifting from the tedium of monitoring my children’s homework, some temporary relief from the shock of global violence. Today’s adventure soothed my soul. Entering the Denver Botanic Gardens, vivid cobalt tendrils strike the sky, like a sentinel gesturing over a new and wild land. This…Read more The Power of An Artist – Chihuly
Senior Photos
Recently I enjoyed the privilege of photographing four of my favorite young people as they mark their transition from high school into the next chapter of their lives. It brought me great joy to celebrate the unique gift that each one is to me and to the world. (You can click smaller images to view…Read more Senior Photos
Reach
I reach for you – translucent shimmering like a spider thread flung through morning light fragile tensile by sheer ache and desire you span this mighty expanse
Colorado Magic
From the intricate details of a Columbine wildflower to skies soaring over mountain peaks, Colorado is truly a magic place. I am prone to sudden and frequent exclamations to my children, "Do you realize how blessed we are to live here!?" As I roam my home state, chasing after my kids' baseball games this summer, wonder and gratitude…Read more Colorado Magic
Still Thinking about Haiti
When I visit another country, it is the terrain of the heart I most long to explore. What do people value, fear, hope? It is the majesty of the human soul in its myriad global expressions that captivates me. The first time I visited a culture far from home, I felt like I was watching shadows…Read more Still Thinking about Haiti
For Love of the Game
When the clatter of life presses in, I step through that stadium opening and every worry fades in a sun-wash across my eyes. Like laundry bleached white, the day flaps in the breeze, bright and full of possibility. Rows of metal bleachers guard the perimeter, keeping watch with the outfield fence proclaiming, “Welcome to the friendly confines of…Read more For Love of the Game
Love Conquers All
I chase you through the tree-tops into sun-soggy memories. Pig-tails flapping, giggling, chased by the strongest man in the world. And when you catch me, the most tender of all. In the meadow there, we laugh, intoxicated by the scent of wildflowers and pine trees, the glitter of morning. For a moment, you are…Read more Love Conquers All
Canopy of Hope
Day by day Haiti seeps into the sea. Deprived of any other reliable energy source, her citizens harvest what they can find. Food today or soil tomorrow? When a belly roils with hunger pangs, the tree is felled. Peasants charcoal the wood in shallow covered pits, then bag and sell it. Experts say Haiti is…Read more Canopy of Hope
Colleen Briggs Images & Writing 