I can't even tell you how excited and happy I am to welcome a new year! We decided to spend the holidays at the happiest place on earth with our family and it was a wonderful experience and a great way to close out 2013. There are so many wonderful highlights from last year and I am looking forward to sharing those with you in the upcoming blog posts. I look back on last year and I'm so grateful for the generous couples and families that invited me in to their lives to tell their story …
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What inspires me at the moment: Virginia Wedding Photographer
I was chatting with my mom on the phone the other day, as we often do and my mom asked me the question: "Shauna, what inspires you?" It got me thinking of all the things that I feel are influencing my art these days and while some of these may seem silly or even questionable, I swear I think they influence me :) And no I am not getting paid by anyone or company I am featuring here. My road. I get to run on this sweet piece of earth as often as it's not raining. Every day it …
Pink sky at night, sailor’s delight: Virginia Wedding Photographer
Sometimes you just need to get away from it all and rest and rejuvenate. After photographing seven weddings in May and five weddings in June, it is time to take a little R&R to recharge my creative juices and refocus my energy. I absolutely love photographing weddings and it's exhilarating, emotional, and so much fun and I can't wait to share with you all the amazing images from those weddings at the end of this month. At the same time, it requires a lot of energy, sweat, and hard work …
The half eaten cookie, and other lessons: Virginia Wedding Photographer
Usually most Sundays I make chocolate chip cookies. The kids love it and let's face it, warm chocolate cookies with milk are simply delicious. It's become a tradition so much so that if I'm not feeling like making chocolate chip cookies, the kids really give me a hard time and so I always relent. Last night before I went to bed, I turned off the kitchen light and what do you know? Sitting on the cookie rack was this one chocolate chip cookie with a bite taken out of it. There are a few …
Winter “We are never, ever, ever, getting back together!”: Virginia Family Photographer
Winter that's it! I've had enough of you so I've decided we're through. I'm moving on to spring and and dreaming of warmer days. Can you believe this was just the week before last? I'll admit I was grateful to enjoy watching my boys make a snowman; something they weren't able to do earlier in the season. And I enjoyed sipping my hot chocolate by the fire, but now it's time to be done. My body is aching, longing for warmer temps. When I was in Panama I used to long for the seasons and …