Shannon Sewell » models

’cause when you are gone, all the colors fade’

SS — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:40:24 +0000

It was a lovely, sunny morning in the studio shooting the second half of ZozoBugBaby‘s spring lookbook today. There is something about a group of giggly girls… hanging out in the studio, laughing over YouTube videos, dressing up, painting nails, jumping, joking… yep, sugar & spice and everything nice- that’s what my shoots are made of. ;)

portland | OR

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby

hair accessories: Maya’s Curls

talent: Savannah at Option Model & Media

** PS: Also wanted to mention that I just opened registration for my Kansas City workshop on March 31st (you can find more info HERE). It will be my first one of the year. The new year. A new kind of workshop. The premise is staying the same but I am digging deeper this go round. I’m ready for more of a challenge so I’m going to ask you all to step up as well. The hosts are bringing amazing things to the table (which you already know if you know the Solars). It’ll be an amazing energy. We are going beyond the why’s and how’s of what I do and into the why’s and how’s of what you are doing, what you are capable of doing. It’s gonna be a good year… I can’t wait for you to be a part of it ;)

Happy weekend!

‘which muse will lay it’s hands on me’

SS — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:58:20 +0000

I always love working with new talent (& when they are this cute? If only my blog had sound… adorable is an understatement). We had a quick little shoot to show off ZozoBugBaby’s dress that is being featured this month. Perfect way to spend a morning if you ask me…

talent: Option Model & Media

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby

pearl & lace hair clip: GracyLu Originals

portland | OR

‘childhood living is easy to do, the things you wanted I bought them for you’

SS — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:41:59 +0000

Yay- it’s finally here! Introducing the ZozoBugBaby Spring line lookbook session…

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby

crowns: Sweet Violet Jane

hair pieces: Silly Me Baby

portland | OR

‘may all your Christmases be white…’

SS — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:54:10 +0000

Friday was the Portland workshop. It was a crazy talented group of ladies. One of them even made the crowns for our shoot (wait until you see those!)… yeah- I was on Cloud 9 all day long :) My favorite part of workshops are the connections I make- the common interests, the inspiration & excitement each person brings and having time to just sit & talk about what we love. As I finish up editing the photos from our day, I get to move on to a little break from intense work for the rest of the month and I can’t think of a better day to go out on & savor as I gear up for the new year. Thank you ladies…

(ps… you can win these ZozoBugBaby dresses below)

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby

portland | OR

The winner of the Maya’s Curls headband was Kari Nichols!! The next give away are the two dresses from the shoot (yep- picking TWO winners this time!). Be sure to like, share & comment to get all the entries you can!

WE HAVE WINNERS: the winners of the two dresses are Heather Hughes and Toria Henderson… email me at shannon@shannonsewell.com with your addresses so I can get the dresses to you! Congrats :)

‘on the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…’

SS — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:24:09 +0000

Dreamer Journal just gave away the rockin’ little disco outfit from Ritchie Rags so that means it’s time to share another feature so they can give away another prize!!

This shoot was so much fun to do… giddy little girls, amazing craftiness, beautiful colors & adorable Zozo pj’s (that you can win if you just hop on over to the Dreamer Blog). The Christmas Style feature even tells you how to make your own Zozo inspired tree ;)

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby & Hoo Hats

‘feel the city breakin and everybody shakin’

SS — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:10:07 +0000

I wanted to slip in another Dreamer feature… this one is a little more personal in that the images are doing double duty as our Christmas card (errr… book- yeah, we are up to 12 pages this year. I am officially out of control and must be stopped).

I want to give a HUGE thank you to Ritchie Rags for the adorable custom outfit. I had an idea for ruffled bloomers and she totally ran with it and gave us the perfect disco holiday set! (the best part? we are giving it away on the Dreamer Blog!! hurry… get on over there!) :)

I can’t tell you how much I loved this set. I could live in this set- disco balls and snow everywhere… pretty sure that is what heaven looks like ;)

wardrobe: Ritchie Rags

The Grey Pearl Vintage Shorts

Grey Pearl Vintage Top

‘you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one’

SS — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:33:37 +0000

I am SO excited for today’s post. It has been a long time, a lot of work & more passion than you can imagine getting to this point. I would love to introduce you to the newest publication I’ve had the pleasure of contributing to…

Dreamer Journal

It is literally a collection of my favorite people all rolled into one amazingly, lovely package. Please take the time to check out the contributors… you will not be disappointed ;)

I wanted to share some shots from one of my features in the publication… The Measure (the talent behind the insanely creative dress in the shoot) is giving away a $60 gift certificate to help celebrate the launch. So be sure to head over to the Dreamer Facebook page to get in on it!!

Without further ado…

We will be doing give aways/showing each of my features in the coming days so keep checking back!!!

dress: The Measure

backdrop design: Love Mae

sunriver | OR

‘knock knock knockin’ on heaven’s door’

SS — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:42:36 +0000

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you are all finding your Black Friday Deals ;) I have a small one of my own… if you sign up for the Portland workshop TODAY you can save $50. Past attendees can get in for $250 :) You can check out all the details right here or just go straight to signing up here.

We just got back from our little SW road trip last week. There really are no words (well, that I can arrange) that can adequately describe the Grand Canyon, Zion and all the places in between and beyond. God’s artwork in all it’s glory. We barely ventured a couple miles off the highway… I can’t wait to go back and dig deeper. Like my words, images don’t do it justice either… but a girl’s gotta try ;)

Accent pieces provided by ZozoBugBaby (flowy-desert-perfect jacket) & Maya’s Curls (my favorite floral headband). Thank you ladies!!! :)

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby & Maya’s Curls

Grand Canyon | AZ

Zion National Park | UT

& more.

‘we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day’

SS — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:35:05 +0000

**LOOKING LIKE A PDX WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE ON DEC 16TH. EMAIL (shannon@shannonsewell.com) TO BE PUT ON THE NOTIFICATION LIST. REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON!!**

Now on to the good stuff ;)…

So excited to release these images!

A beautiful, soft, perfectly girly, holiday inspired collaboration between ZozoBugBaby, Lillipops Designs and The Measure for Green Child Magazine. I was so happy when I was asked to shoot a feature (& the cover!!!) for a magazine dedicated to the welfare of our lives and our planet. I mean taking pretty pictures is cool enough, but taking pretty pictures for a cause I believe in? Yes please :)

You can see the whole magazine here. (fantastic magazine with great articles on everything- fashion, nutrition, gifts…)

And some more of the shoot :)

wardrobe: ZozoBugBaby, Lillipops Designs & The Measure

publication: Green Child Magazine

portland | OR

‘it turned my whole world around and I kinda like it’

SS — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:27:59 +0000

**IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN A PORTLAND WORKSHOP READ BELOW!! :)

Whew!! Such an amazing last week… I have always sworn by the beauty of the NW but wow! Northern Arizona/Southern Utah… jaw dropping. So inspiring…

I have some fun stuff from the Grand Canyon and Zion to share (once I can get caught up and actually edit! haha) but for now… the reason I got to even head to that part of our beautiful country. Jeanette and I have emailed back and forth for a while so when she suggested I come to Phoenix for a workshop I was all in. I couldn’t wait to get down there to finally meet her and hang out for the day :) We stayed & hung out all day at The Clarendon. Such a cute little boutique hotel and fabulous place to do some shooting. And these models… can I tell you how much I love it when kids come just bursting with spunk and personality? These girls were perfect!! Amazing models, a super fun group of attendees, inspiring scenery… made for about a perfect day :)

I came home feeling totally refreshed and excited about things to come… it got me thinking. I have cleared most of my December (left those Christmas card deadlines behind long ago- LOL) and I have always had inquiries about doing something here in Portland… I would love to find out what kind of interest there is for me to do a small workshop here in Portland maybe on December 16 or 17th? (try and fit it in before kids are home for break!) Having it here at home means I could cut costs (for you and me) and it is perfect timing to squeeze in one last tax write-off! It would also be the first (& probably only) time that I would offer something where I would actually be able to show you the studio that I do most of my work in. Anyway, if you are interested email me at shannon@shannonsewell.com and let me know. I will have to scramble to get it all perfect so quick but I feel like I have all this extra excitement and would love to spend a day in a room of people that I can share it with!

k… back to those cute girls :) Thank you to Jeanette and our two perfect models and to the girls that came… I loved spending the day with you all :)

phoenix | AZ