My little girl

Most of the time these days my little girl doesn't want her picture taken. Today, with a bribe of watching Dora the Explorer, I managed to get her to pose for me. I love her many expressions, and sillyness!

Army baby

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing a 1 week old baby. G and D are friends of ours and it was fun to meet baby A and spend some time with friends. D is in the Army, so we got some cute shots of the baby with parts of his uniform. Dad is also a "green lantern" fan, so we took some pictures with a custom made Green Lantern quilt too. Yea! for unique shots!

Young Marines

I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph the Young Marines of North Alabama. It was their graduation day and a whole set of new recruits were joining their group. I was super impressed with how polite and well behaved the children (and adults) were. I had a blast watching them get their uniforms on for the first time and seeing their proud faces as they received their awards. I had never heard of this program before, so it was nice to know that there is something out there for kids like this.

Would you like a free session from Photography By Shannon.com?

It’s about time for another free session give away don’t you think? This month we want to give away another outdoors session to one of our Facebook friends. The winner will receive a free 1 hour session and their favorite 5 images on CD! This time we are giving you more ways to enter.
1. Post a comment on this NOTE on Facebook, and you get one entry.
2. “Like” Photography By Shannon.com on Facebook and get one entry.
3. Tell your friends to comment on this note on Facebook. When you send a friend there, have them mention your name in their comment and get another entry!
4. “Follow” our Blog www.photographybyshannondotcom.blogspot.com and get another entry.
The winner will be drawn on Friday the 4th of June.
This free session MUST be redeemed during the month of June.

We don’t want anyone to feel left out, so we are offering a freebee to ANYONE who books a session this June. Book a summer session, indoors or out, between June 1 and 30 and receive your choice of a FREE 11x14 or 10% off your order (offer good for both print and CD orders). Summer sessions are limited to evenings and Saturdays only, and are filling fast! We hope to hear from you soon.

Take 3!

Saturday we got to see little Angelina again. This is her 3rd of 4 photo sessions scheduled for her first year of life. She has grown so much in the 3 months since I last saw her. She is crawling, pulling up on things and ALMOST walking. She was a joy as usual to work with, I think she wants to be a model when she grows up. She was all smiles for her Daddy. I can't believe that she is almost a year old already, my how time flies.

Tough Toddler, great family.

Saturday I had a very tough toddler. 18months-2 years are some of the hardest ages to photograph. They know what they want, but not how to tell us very well. They are pushing the boundaries and trying to assert themselves. 2 year old X was having a bad day didn't want anything to do with pictures. He wasn't very happy to see me, but we still managed to get some great pictures of him, his brother and the whole family. I had a good time with the L family, and it was nice to get to know Heather better.

Hello World

Yesterday I met Quinn. He was so sleepy, and did a great job in front of the camera. Mommy looked way too good to be only a week postpartum! Newborns are always so precious!