Shannon Sewell the blog

It started with an email inviting me to go on a trip with 12 other women.  I didn’t know most of them (including the one doing the inviting) but something in the email.. maybe the way it was worded, maybe the chance to get away, maybe just simply the fact that the chosen destination had a name like ‘Marfa’.  I knew I couldn’t miss it.  I had to go.  So a week ago I packed a suitcase and boarded a plane.  And then another plane.  And then a car.  And 13 hours after I started my day I pulled into the Thunderbird parking lot.  What followed the next three days was Marfa[trip].  An incredible experience of getting to know 12 other women passionate about living, loving, dreaming & capturing it all with their cameras & hearts.  I loved each and every one of them and I can’t wait to see where our adventures take us…

It’s crazy to me how small this huge world of ours its.  Last year I met Stephanie when she flew out for a mentoring session.  We keep in touch and when I was putting together my NJ consult she was telling me about her friend Chrissi that would be there.  Right before I was getting ready to leave, I get a call from an old friend Scarlette who was also, not only interested in a mentoring session, but knows Chrissi & Stephanie!  Three different cities, three different sessions…  all connected through friends & family.  It’s like I have this built-in, tight-knit network that just keeps growing by more amazing & wonderful people

When Scarlette and I got together the other day, we had this lovely girl come out and do some modeling for the shooting portion of our day.  It was such a fabulous day… Scarlette showed me a cool new spot & I don’t think our model could have been any cuter…

I am up tonight running around like a crazy woman packing, organizing, answering emails… basically trying to organize my life for the next week cause, as of tomorrow morning, I am off!  To where you ask?  Well, a little town called Marfa, TX and I couldn’t be  more excited  I am going to meet up with 12 other crazy talented women to chill out, inspire & get to know some kindred spirits that share my passion.  Here’s an image from Brooke’s blog to show you what a yummy place we are going…

Ooooo- can you imagine the photo ops??  I know!!  :)

We will be twittering & blogging our adventure so if ya wanna follow along you can find us on twitter: @marfatrip (my personal account is @shannonsewell) or our blog: http://marfatrip.com/

Be sure to check out all the photographers I’ll be hanging with on the about page… SERIOUS talent!  Can’t wait to share all the fun images with you!

xoxo ~S

I had another model session the other day and Amy came out to do hair & make-up (I LOVE her!!! Doesn’t she do such a phenomenal job?)  Kristi was AMAZING to work with.  Super sweet, great personality & an absolute beauty (obviously ).

So after I did my session with Kacy, she was sooooo cool & forwarded my name on to her agency.  I met with them, we talked, they gave me a couple models to test & now I having way too much fun  First up was Austin Wish…   Seriously… a girl could get spoiled working with this all the time