Another lovely weekend, another phenomenal family… yeah, this job’s pretty good ;)
carmen: nothing yummier than a nice green, plush ivy wall ... this family must be ecstatic. these images are fun + beautiful! (08.14.2009 04:57am)
Jamie Sampson: fabulous. your work is always fabulous. :) I am so impressed with your family stuff. Love it like always. (08.14.2009 08:42am)
KaraRL: I love your family "groupings" - they show such connection. As always...fabo!! (08.14.2009 10:20am)
Jenifer Johnston: you are such a posing rockstar!!! looks like you captured them perfectly. Beautifully done. (08.14.2009 10:53am)
Niccolew: Such a poser indeed!! You rock. (08.15.2009 10:41am)
Stacey: These are the most incredible pictures that I have ever seen. I love love love these pictures of my brother's family!!!! Awesome job! (08.15.2009 01:39pm)
Gage: cool pictures Uncle Scott. (08.15.2009 01:41pm)
Alyssa: These pictures are amazing! (08.15.2009 02:43pm)
Shawna Downey: I have never seen such quality of work. Kudos to the photographer, amazing work!! Plus the family is a great looking family!! (08.15.2009 02:44pm)
Brad Daily: Great Pics!!!! Very well done!!!! (08.16.2009 07:48am)
roberta downey: These pictures are GREAT! Love the picture of Scott and Logan! (08.16.2009 10:21am)
Chad: Nice picture, where is the darn dog? LOL :) Hello from SO CAL!!!! (08.16.2009 02:41pm)
Michele Houston: GREAT photos! I know this family!! How cool is that!!! Matthew was a former student of mine, such a sweet boy. Are you still having your $99 sitting fee special? I would love for you to do photos of our girls. Thanks, Michele (08.17.2009 11:17am)
jen: What great photos and what a great family.... (08.17.2009 11:18am)
Tara Ruscilli-Munds: What a beautiful family!!!!! (08.18.2009 12:12pm)
carolyn wilson: you have done a wonderful job capturing the fantastic qualities of my daughter kathee downey and her great family. thank you so much for this fantastic gift. carolyn wilson (08.19.2009 10:35pm)
Bob Ruscilli: Thanks for the pictures of my sister's family. (08.20.2009 07:29am)
Paul Wilson: What a great job ... You captured them well. Thanks (08.20.2009 02:34pm)
Cleo Wilson: you have done well. I like the dog especially.... Henry is one of my favorites. (08.20.2009 02:36pm)
A. Sterbis: What a good looking group. Famtastic shots. Tony (08.20.2009 02:43pm)
Virgie Hanby: Thanks for the great pictures of my grandaughter and her family. Virgie (08.20.2009 02:45pm)
Beverly Kinzie: Great pictures, everyone looks happy, nice to see! (08.20.2009 06:57pm)
Beverly Kinzie: great family pics, everyone looks great (08.20.2009 07:07pm)
Whenever I have a session with big families, it always makes me envious. To have that much support, that much love, that much attention all around… just seems like a pretty terrific thing ;)
Trina Jaynes: Gorgeous family and you shot them beautifully! What time of day was this shoot....there are absolutely no shadows! (08.11.2009 12:03am)
Susan Dodd: I absolutely LOVE all of these!!!! :-) (08.11.2009 08:14am)
Lori: Love love love the black and white pics of the boys rough housing. (08.11.2009 09:20am)
Debbie McGraw: Wow, these pictures are awesome! Wish I lived closer to the photographer! (08.11.2009 09:56am)
Kevin Esping: Great photos Stephanie!! (08.11.2009 10:00am)
Stephanie Read: Great shots what a beautiful family. (08.11.2009 11:42am)
kelly beane: Awesome images! I love the posing of those last two! (08.11.2009 11:53am)
Becca Meier: Love all the black and whites also!! The boys are so handsome :) (08.11.2009 01:48pm)
Kirstin Young: Great pics. Really like the ones of the boys goofing around. great family. (08.11.2009 04:42pm)
Barbara Doggett: What great family pictures. They all turned out great ...... (08.11.2009 06:29pm)
Rian Young: What a great looking family! Great pics! Shannon you have some serious skills!!! (08.11.2009 07:18pm)
Michelle Simpson: Love the photography!! What a handsome family! (08.11.2009 07:23pm)
Susan Young: these are wonderful.........shows what a great family this really is - you are truly an artist. (08.11.2009 07:25pm)
Rian Young: Awesome pics! Great looking family!! (08.11.2009 07:28pm)
Courtney Thompson: How cute! The boys are getting so big! Love the pics <3 (08.11.2009 07:39pm)
Dawn Kieley: Absolutely gorgeous pics! So much better than in the average studio shots... (08.11.2009 07:46pm)
Thomas Young: love love these pictures. They capture the wonderful personalities of this family and shows the love they have for each other. (08.11.2009 08:28pm)
Raina Reis: Not the average family photos. This photographer has a wonderful eye. Good luck choosing! (08.11.2009 08:44pm)
Kaaren Woods: Mike and Stephanie, Great pics and what a beautiful family. Shannon did an awesome job on the shots! (08.11.2009 09:19pm)
Ashley: These look so great! You have such a great background for all the shots. I love the black and whites too! (08.11.2009 09:54pm)
Suzanne Eyring: Awesome pictures! I love the creative poses and backgrounds. You all look great! (08.11.2009 11:26pm)
Tracy: I absolutely LOVE the one of you and the boys Steph! And how fun are the ones of just the boys together! Those will be cherished forever! (08.12.2009 12:36am)
Holly Smith: I love how these turned out. The colors are so vibrant and the expressions captured are amazing. (08.12.2009 08:01am)
Joe Gloss: Hello Rebecca & Mike...the photos of the whole family loog great. Rebecca, you have the bluest eyes I have ever seen. Hope you enjoy your visit & will leave with many wonderful memories. Love & Hugs> Grandpa Gloss (08.12.2009 08:55am)
Kelly Hollingshead: What a handsome family! Great shots, it will be really hard to pick. I really love the pics of the boys wrestling. Which should I choose for my house? (08.12.2009 09:09am)
Thea: I too feel that way when I shoot large families. Me being an only child with both parents deceased. These images are wonderful. (08.12.2009 09:58am)
Catherine Wandzel: Mike and Stephanie- These pictures are awesome. What a great looking family. Rebecca has grown into a beautiful young lady. I love the picture of Mike and Rebecca,and all the black and white pictures. You have a great photographer. Love Catherine, Jeff and Adam Wandzel (08.12.2009 10:34am)
Kari Rattray: How cool...Love the photots. (08.12.2009 10:46am)
elizabeth: what a beautiful family.. (08.13.2009 06:54am)
Jill Metcalf: I enjoyed all of the photos, of course the ones of my GRANDSONS are my absolute favorites. They are all very good and bring out the personalities of them all. They are all very handsome. These will be a real memory for many years to come. (08.13.2009 05:28pm)
John Gloss: What great family shots, can't believe how photogenic everyone is (08.14.2009 02:17pm)
michele gloss: totally stunning shots ! capturing vibrancy, clarity and character in ever one. REBECCA - your beauty shines though !! (08.15.2009 03:01am)
Anna Palmer: Fabulous photos. Truly lovely, everyone so photogenic - these are really shots to keep. I feel like I've now met the whole family - the lads look truly mischievous! Becca, love the shot of you and your Dad. You look stunning in these photos - very cool to have the chance to be photographed by such a talented photographer. Enjoy your holiday - see you soon, Anna x (08.17.2009 01:22am)
dorothy jenness from england: Becca, just viewed the lovely family photographs. The one of you and your Dad is stunning. You are certainly a chip off the old block as you look exactly the same as your Mum did at your age. So glad you are my grand-daughter Im so very proud of you and your Mum, as its through her hard work that you have grown into such a lovely girl, both inside and out. Much love Nanny. (08.20.2009 07:38am)
Early this week I got to head up to Seattle for one of my one on one consults. Jeannine trekked all the way down from Canada to meet me half way and spend the day chatting it up in a coffee shop, playing in/under/thru Pike’s Place Market with our gorgeous model and, well basically, just having way too much to be called work ;) I also want to give a BIG thank you to Lindsay for finding me our lovely model… she knows how to pick ‘em huh?
kristin cook: Oh so fab :) (08.09.2009 08:48am)
Kathy Carlisle: Great light, styling is impeccable as always. She is gorgeous and I know Jeannine is more than pleased to have made the trek to learn from your inspiring heart! (08.09.2009 09:41am)
Kelley WC: What a cutie! And that hair is to die for! And the boots too... :) (08.09.2009 10:10am)
Jeannine: Thank you SO much Shannon. Had a blast and learned so much. Our business will greatly benefit from your expert advice. We will definitely want a shoot when we travel down your way! (08.09.2009 11:19am)
grandma frederiksen: what a beautiful girl. great lighting and color. (08.09.2009 11:39am)
Willow: seriously...LOVE...all of them... i keep coming back to five, so very confident. and of course that green at the end, poppin'... (08.09.2009 10:24pm)
stephanie mcbride: couldn't sleep and what a treat to find a new post :) love, love the styling. my fav is the one of her against the wall of many pics and the one of her in front of the guitar players.... gorgeous, gorgeous. (08.10.2009 02:45am)
Janna: Wow.. What a knock out, she's got that natural beauty about her.. Luv her Aunt.. (08.10.2009 08:08am)
lindsay: LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! amazing work as always shan. i adore her hair off to the side.. (08.10.2009 08:50am)
Susan Dodd: And these? Yeah, absolutely LOVE them too! :-) (08.11.2009 08:16am)
kari: these are stunning! (08.12.2009 02:06pm)
elizabeth: uhhhh wow.. these are awesome Shannon (08.13.2009 06:55am)
Janee: WOW!!! These are rockin! I love them all but the last two in the cutest white dress every are my favorites. (08.14.2009 02:01pm)
Robin Long: OH MY GOODNESS!! She is absolutely GORGEOUS!! (08.27.2009 03:47pm)
Wendy Hyde: I love these pics of Madison My son Laine Roller is friends with her they attend church together. Very sweet girl and makes a perfect model :) (09.02.2010 02:38am)
I read this quote the other day…
‘Girls are born…
1. with beautiful gifts and burdens
2. to be taught
3. to connect, to collect and to be perfect
4. to feel and to deal
5. to take it
6. to cry and to be shy
7. to love
8. to tell’
All true. All something that each of us has to learn one step.. one lesson.. one day at a time. These are the things that make me wish I could impart my experience, my almost 30 additional years of knowledge on to my own daughter now. So that when a boy pushes her down on the playground, she realizes it’s really cause he thinks she’s cute. And later, that she deserves no less than a boy that opens her door, offers his coat and protects her heart. I want her to know that when people say hurtful things, it’s really cause they are hurting. That those turbulent teen years to come are such a short phase in the scheme of things, the world really is her’s for the taking. And mostly, that keeping her head up and being kind and knowing she’s loved really will get her through anything…
carrie: these are awesome shannon. i wanna girl now ;). just like this one. (08.02.2009 07:14am)
Josh Solar: Truer words have never been spoken. I love the fact that your daughter totally looks like she destroyed her opponent. Yeah, she has a black eye, but that smile says her opponent has 2 black eyes and needed stitches to cover the cut over an eye. (08.02.2009 08:24am)
Kyla Hornberger: yep, i am still in love with EVERY post. If it were possible I would come and stalk you personally - in a good way. (08.02.2009 10:05am)
andrea caballer: Love!! The quote, your thoughts and of course the photos!! Great job! (08.02.2009 10:05am)
Yuka photo art: Amazin photo shoot! Cute girl! Love your quotes! (08.02.2009 11:18am)
Jenifer Johnston: why did what you write make me tear up? (0; she is soooo adorable and tough at the same time. I heart all of these big time!!! (08.02.2009 11:57am)
stephanie mcbride: i think i will save this post and read it to all four of my girls...beautifully written, the shots incredible, the model just as gorgeous as her mom. love it. (08.02.2009 05:36pm)
cindy: To say this is "beautiful" just doesn't seem like enough. You works always leaves me with a smile and a gushy feeling in my heart...especially when it comes to your children. (08.02.2009 10:41pm)
Janee: I love these!! She is so dang cute black eye and all. What a fantastic mom you are...thanks for sharing. (08.03.2009 07:32pm)
Gail Zeak: These are incredible, Shannon!! I love all of them. Em is such an awesome model! (08.04.2009 10:10am)
Vickey Weiss: oh how I love these! Awesome awesome awesome!!! (08.04.2009 10:44am)
Vickey Weiss: ps...I'm going to show this to my Emily - such an important lesson. (08.04.2009 10:47am)
Jenni Wise: I'm sorry to hear about your daughter's troubles, but WOW WHAT A GREAT SERIES!!!! Makes me want to go out and get some boxing gloves!!! (08.04.2009 06:23pm)
Ginette: I have followed your blog for a little while now, and I LOVE your photography...but these are the first that literally took my breath away. Gasping for air by the end. AND Choked up. Maybe because I can see the love you have for your daughter in them. At any rate, the story, the images, all beautiful. Thank you for sharing. (08.04.2009 11:49pm)
Kellie Thompson: Love, love, love this post. The thought is touching. I have a one year old little girl and I will be sure to tell her this when she gets older! I love the shots. What tops it, is that she is missing her two front teeth ;) So cute! Fabulous job! (08.06.2009 08:09am)
Dina: Breathtaking! Who knew black eyes could be so beautiful?! (08.06.2009 04:40pm)
Kathy Carlisle: Well said! Amazing shoot for an amazing girl. The ones of her smiling make me absolutely, positively weak! They will look so cute next to Drew's series that you did when he lost his teeth. (08.09.2009 09:39am)
Stevi Savage: Oh, these are so good. (08.12.2009 08:14pm)
elizabeth: this post made me get all teary.. I love this and the images are perfect. (08.13.2009 06:56am)
carmen: shannon .... this post is incredible! i love it! you need to be shooting for magazines ... seriously! i love the old boxing gloves, her star socks and chucks and the quote is devine. if i didn't have 4 boys i'd keep trying for a girl ... this post is a reminder of how special they are :) after seeing this post i wanted to email you an image of two of my boys. one has a black eye (from a swing) and the other has 7 stitches under his left eye :( this summer has been full of visits to the ER and many scrapes, bumps and bruises. crazy!! (08.14.2009 05:03am)
carolyn wilson: You have captured my family in an unbelievable way. What a fantastic job you have done, from Logan to Henry to all the rest ... thank you so much. carolyn wilson mother, mother in law, grandmother, step grandmother, and step Great Grandma and dog grandma (08.15.2009 03:33pm)
lindsey thorne: omg shannon these are adorable- what a kick ass concept. (08.21.2009 08:21pm)
Maya Laurent: Someone else already said this but if I ever have a girl I will read this to her as well! Awesome! (08.30.2009 07:54am)
Alexander: Hi!. Thanks for the blog. I've been digging around looking some info up for shool, but there is so much out there. Google lead me here - good for you i guess! Keep up the great information. I will be popping back over in a few days to see if there is updated posts. (12.18.2009 11:59am)
Elisa Marie: These are amazingly ADORABLE! Love you work! (08.16.2009 10:19pm)
wrecklessgirl: i am in love with this session....such sweet, simple styling and location! beautiful! (08.16.2009 10:50pm)
Jeannine: Love the braids, love the box, love the personality, love the pics! beautiful! (08.16.2009 10:51pm)
Jeannine: love the braids, love the box, love the personality, love the pics! (08.16.2009 10:57pm)
Trina Jaynes: These are simply amazing! Love them all, but my fave is the big color one on the beach, love the little green shoes, love the whole pic! Beautiful job!!! (08.16.2009 11:17pm)
Jenifer Johnston: she is so stinkin cute!!! love them! (08.17.2009 01:05am)
~abi~: precious!! you caught some great expressions!! :) (08.17.2009 07:48am)
KaraRL: Now these are sweet! Love the beach shot, and that one of her looking so serious standing on the block. WOW! Just love your work - so stinkin inspirational! (08.17.2009 12:34pm)
Jeanette LeBlanc: These are SO fantastically, unbelievably cute! Love the first series...actually love them all! (08.17.2009 03:21pm)
Kathy Carlisle: Are you kidding me? Is this your niece? So frickin' adorable and clearly some styling called, "I will take your shoot over the top with Shannon Sewell"! (08.18.2009 09:22am)
Thea: 5 and 8 oh my! (08.19.2009 11:45am)
Vickey Weiss: I love her! What a doll!!! (08.20.2009 02:25pm)