A lovely day with one of my favorite little models… we headed out for a few minutes to do product shot for Maya’s Curls (& to play at the playground of course) ;)
The Marah Flower Clip
The Rainbow Ruffles Flower Clip
hair: Michelle Elliott
hair accessories: Maya’s Curls
vancouver | WA
I have tons of different interests, passions, directions I like to take things… this last week has been an accumulation of A LOT of them! I am not sure if I am creatively bursting or creatively spent… I can tell you that being able to see so many visions become reality is a pretty great feeling (whether it’s pure high or pure exhaustion). If you’ve ever chatted with me or been to one of my workshops you know I am BIG on opening up your world to everything that interests you. I don’t believe in not doing something just because you haven’t done it before or because it isn’t ‘you’. I say if it seems interesting- dive in! The worst that can happen is that you learn something new to can incorporate in your life. Best thing that can happen? You find what you were born to do.
Doing the type of photography I do means I spend a lot of time with clothing designers, fashion blogs, graphic design… all of them inspire me and weave themselves into my work. I found myself being more and more drawn to these things so when Julie (Ms. ZozoBugBaby herself) and I kept bringing up how fun it would be to create a place where we could put all our ideas and interests, it became pretty apparent this was something that had to be done. Over the next few months Dreamer Journal began to take shape. There were a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of mistakes, a lot of re-do’s and start overs but, in the end, we did it. We created the place that we had dreamed of. It is with much pride & happiness (okay, there were some tears and curse words too) I share with you our second (woo-hoo) issue… the Spring issue of Dreamer Journal :)
clothing: Lisa’s Mini Mad Hattery
hair & make-up: Madeline Roosevelt
styling & photography: me
portland | OR
Kara Layfield: These girls are dolls!! Looks like such a fun shoot! LOVE the clothes. (03.07.2012 01:58pm)
sara: Wow... you can already see the kind of ladies these two beauties are going to grown into. Gorgeous expressions and perspective. LOVE Shannon! (03.07.2012 02:02pm)
Becky: the sweetness in these images just jumps off the screen!! I was so anxiously awaiting the new issue, can't wait to dive in!! (03.07.2012 03:36pm)
shannon @ Lifelong Impressions: Love it! (03.07.2012 03:37pm)
jeramie ritchie: Shannon..you are AMAZING! YOU inspire me!!! I love how you follow your interests and look at the insanely fabulous results...over and over! The issue is fantastic...and your shoot is adorable. Perfection! (03.07.2012 09:12pm)
Tiona Fuller: Your shoots look like they are so much fun! I love all of the styling...and of course - the images!! (03.13.2012 06:57pm)
I’m a little behind on this one. It got lost in the oblivion of shoots done but can’t be shown. The good news is that this is all available right now! If you head over to Chooze Shoes and ZozoBugBaby you can get these cute little spring goodies just in time! (I know spring is right around the corner) ;) You’ll also notice the adorable hair pieces. Once again, Maya’s Curls knocked it out of the park (I think she and Zozo are a perfect match).
And not to make you wait any longer…
wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby
shoes: Chooze Shoes
hair accessories: Maya’s Curls, GracyLu Originals & Petal Patch Baby
hair stylist: Michelle Elliott
talent: Giselle of Option Model & Media
portland | OR
josh: Seriously!?! Get out of here with this shoot. So much color! So fun! Love it, my friend. (02.18.2012 02:28am)
jeramie ritchie: YET AGAIN! Another perfect combination of styling, photography, absolutely everything! Love it! (02.18.2012 03:26am)
Kim: Oh my! Love the set Shannon! (02.18.2012 03:29am)
Amy C: So cute! Love all the color! (02.18.2012 09:17pm)
Roxana: These make me happy, from the very first one till the last-legged one. Wonderful! (02.19.2012 03:22pm)
Marla: Just so, so adorable Shannon! You're amazing as always, and you're creative planning abilities are genius. =) (02.20.2012 05:30am)
Juliet Carey: I just LOVE you girl!! That is all... :) *mwuah* (02.20.2012 04:25pm)
zalaine: being a girl, at its very best. Makes me smile! (02.22.2012 10:21pm)
Dawnelle Brown: What wonderful colours and the joy of spring. So impressed by the effort and amazing flowers in the background. Really fun, wonderful images! (02.25.2012 01:02am)
Elizabeth: aww.... so wonderful... love the colors and the girls are adorable (02.26.2012 05:53pm)
Amber Lakota: Just wanted to say that you've inspired me on a whole new level! Your images and vision for design is fabulous! (03.15.2012 12:51am)
Just a quick pop in to show off another magazine project I worked on. It was a collaboration with Knuckleheads Clothing for Babiekins magazine. The issue turned out gorgeous. Some of my faves in there… very proud to be a part. Check out the whole issue in it’s awesomeness here.
wardrobe: Knuckleheads & Hula Mula Clothing
hair: Michelle Elliott
portland | OR
elizabeth pellette: These are amazing.. love all of them (02.13.2012 08:33pm)
Kara Layfield: Wow...gorgeous. Totally knocked out of the park! (02.13.2012 08:39pm)
lesley: sigh, you always seem to amaze me with your imagination....totally friggin awesome! (02.13.2012 08:49pm)
Heather H: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...utterly AMAZING!!!! (02.13.2012 08:59pm)
renee waters: Oh Shannon, once again you rocked my world! :) XOXOXO Thank- you! (02.13.2012 09:06pm)
Kasandra: love this! you have such an amazing eye!! (02.13.2012 09:11pm)
Jeanette: You are freaking rocking my world. now I wanna do a grownup version of this shoot. :) Also - coming to WAshington March 9-13 :) (02.14.2012 12:31am)
ginny: LOVE!! (02.14.2012 12:53am)
Amy C: AH MA ZING!!! Good grief. I just can't stop staring at these!! (02.14.2012 04:06am)
Becky: oh my gosh...those little rockers are too cute! Love these!!! (02.14.2012 02:34pm)
tara s.: you are one amazing lady, shannon! happy valentine's day :) (02.14.2012 08:46pm)
zalaine: This is my favorite. Ever child should have this to look at and see how the power of music is bigger than all of us. You rock, my friend. (02.16.2012 05:43pm)
jeramie ritchie: These are AMAZING!!!!! I love punk shoots! Edgy, fun, and you nailed this!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Very clever and different for a children's fashion shoot! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! (02.18.2012 03:30am)
teri salvino: WHAAAAT????? This shoot is INSAAAANE!!!!!! UHHHHHMAZING!!!!! (02.19.2012 09:35pm)
Michelle Monson: LOVE this....just beautiful and amazing!!! (02.25.2012 08:44pm)
sally griswold: love these! Being a fellow photographer, and having kiddos, makes me wonder what behind the scenes must have been like for you! LOL. amazing shots, my guess is you worked your butt of for them! (03.14.2012 05:24am)
This is the second shoot of my mentoring day with Kristen and Kristi. Leading up to our day, Kristen and I were texting quite a bit back & forth… one night she was showing me her new website background. She was doing this amazing watercolor inspired color splash. I am a sucker for watercolor (see here) and Ritchie Rags had already sent me an amazing outfit so I was already on the ‘keeping it simple’ train of thought sooo… we grabbed some paint, some seamless, a couple of paintbrushes and went to town!
wardrobe: Ritchie Rags
accessories: Lisa’s Mini Mad Hattery
portland | OR
jeramie ritchie: You know I am over the moon!!!! Everything is complete perfection!!!!!!! Thank you a million!!!!!! (02.10.2012 06:32pm)
Kara Layfield: LOVE these!! Such a cute little model! (02.10.2012 08:27pm)
Julie: I cannot EVEN explain how much I LOOOOOOVE this shoot! I MUST. HAVE. this outfit! (02.10.2012 09:55pm)
Randy Rouse - Executive Producer of [FRAMED]: Shannon, these shots are fantastic. I've loved your style ever since we filmed you last year. It all just works! Hope to see you again. (02.10.2012 10:57pm)
niccolew: You know how much I love these! (02.10.2012 11:09pm)
Roxana: These are really cute, love no. 6. And the "glasses"! Wow, those are such a wonderful touch! (02.12.2012 06:15pm)
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Phillipa: These are great. You capture the spirit of each child that you photograph and I love that. (03.19.2012 02:26am)
Roxana: She's cute and adorable! Amaaazing teeth! :) (03.24.2012 01:50pm)