Shannon Sewell the blog

This lovely family donated their time to Jared and I when I was in Dallas for his mentoring session.  And they were such troopers, so sweet, nice…  one of their little girls got sick in the car on the way over, one outfit destroyed :(.  And it was hot, did I say hot?  Yeah, Dallas heat… this NW girl is not used to it  You wouldn’t have known it was anything other than perfect though, they stepped up to the task and performed like rock stars.  Thank you so much guys.  I’m so glad I got to meet you!  

I actually had 3 shoots when I was out in Dallas last month.  I also did Mr. Fred Egan.  I got together with him & his boys for a bit the last day I was there.  We got to hang out & play before my dash to catch my plane home.  His boys, as you can see, are about the cutest things you could lay a camera on.  Got me wrapped around their little fingers… basic hook, line & sinker.   And Fred, well I’ll let you be the judge of that…

Another mentoring session and another incredible gift of fabulous people coming into my life.  Jared, an incredible photographer in his own right, contacted me about my mentoring sessions and the next thing I knew I was on a plane to Dallas and we were talking, shooting, hanging out…  I feel so absolutely blessed to have met Jared and his wife.  They are some of the kindest, sweetest, most generous people I have met and I just feel so fortunate to have gotten the chance to become friends…  

While I was there we did a typical session (for the mentoring part, I’ll share from that soon!) and we also did a little shoot of Jared & his lovely wife, Jessica (and can’t forget darling little Lucy!!)…

I had so much fun with this family… we just wandered around downtown Vancouver and then hit the beach just as the sun was going down.  I love just hanging out with families like this that it is kinda hard to call it work  This family traveled all the way from Chicago for this photo shoot and I am SO glad that they did.  I had so much fun getting to know them & can’t wait to work with them again!   Maybe next time I’ll be able to go to them and show you a little Chicago backdrop  I’m loving all the traveling for my shoots (posts from those coming up soon!) and getting a chance to meet people from other cities.  It has made for a fantastic (busy!!) summer full of great memories…  :)  

First off, after my little contest I have to admit… yes, this is in my iTunes library (I’ve even got some HSM to go with)  I’m well rounded people

So months ago I came across these cute little sleep masks/pedicure sets and instantly thought- slumber party shoot!  Well, life got in the way and it took me until just now to actually find some (adorable!!) little girls and actually plan out some semblance of a shoot.  With our lovely, warm weather I decided to turn it into an outdoor sleep over concept and voila… this is what developed