30 Day Blog Challenge

Hey all so you know I am doing a 30 day blog challenge and it now has a its own title page.... 
so check out The Nap Time Production, as that is where all my entries for the 30 day challenge will go.... 


Now on to Photography related news. I have been working on a special project for a dear dear friend of mine and I spent most of last night on a G+ Hangout with my step sister working on this project. I have to say that I love G+ Hangouts... (Google is not paying me to say this, I really do love it)
It is kind of like Skype, (not ever having Skyped before I may be wrong) I love that I can video chat with my friends &/or family. I really love that I can share my screen view with who ever I am Hanging out with and get pointers or just share my work live and have a conversation about it.
Anyways I am rambling and nap time is almost over as I hear her talking to her toys in her bed as I am typing....
Last night while in my Hangout with my step sister working on this special project I discovered I like making invitations... and Timeline Covers for Facebook. So tonight I am going to work on a few personal pictures for my Madness's Lacrosse team and maybe make a few new timeline covers for Facebook...
I am also making a new tab for my pictures and for your viewing pleasure... (as soon as I learn how to add my own flash HTML to my blog, then I will be rocking!)
Until the the gallery is the way I want it I am just going to post random pictures I have shot and love... or random projects I am working on in the Out & About Art page. 


P.S.
Feel free to join me when you see me in a G+ hangout! 

Okay here is today's Picture post and don't forget to check out the Nap Time Production.

Last nights project still under construction.....

30 day blog challenge.

So as if my life is not crazy enough I see a challenge and for what ever reason I feel I have to take that challenge on today.

What is the challenge you ask??? Well another photographer friend, (acquaintance really, with hope she becomes my friend) saw that some one was starting a 30 day VLOG (video blog) Challenge. While I now have a way to do video blog, I like her idea of  taking it down a notch and doing just a 30 Blog Challenge. I know I don't blog near as often as I should. I am lucky if I remember to up date my blog once a month much less every day. Heck I know I am being super honest with all of you but why not?


 So how does this 30 day blog challenge work? Well it is fairly simple I have to blog for 30 consecutive days I will be held accountable for my blog entries. Should I miss a day I will have to promote my soon to be friends blog on my Facebook, Twitter and G+ pages, and vice versa.  How good are you at blogging?  If you want to join us you can .  Here is a link to her blog.... Photography by Joncee May, Go there leave a link to your blog and she will make a list for us all to keep track of each other. (I am so glad she has that part figured out, somedays I can't even keep track of my self.)


Because I am not a religious blogger I hope this challenge will help me learn more about my blog, myself, and my photography.


Well with all that said I think I need to through in a quick round of info. I for personal reasons am no long a business, however don't fret.... I will still be willing to take your family portraits, or pictures of special occasions. I just need some time to take care of some personal issues, and life in general.

I have started a Gallery with Smug Mug and I love it. Smug Mug does a wonderful job of showing off my portraits, and linked into my new editing software, life is much easier and a tad bit faster.

Well I hope you join me and my soon to be friend Joncee in our 30day blog challenge...If you don't I hope you enjoy reading my blog for the next 30days!


Happy Blogging!
~Shauna

Charli Bug 2012

Spring Special

Well I don't know about you but I have spring fever. I have enjoyed some much need time out with my camera and a few of my favorite clients. I really am enjoying the spring flowers starting to pop up in my yard and hope that they will soon be all a bloom in the local parks.
Well with Spring Fever comes a Spring Special.... Book a one hour session with me and have it prepaid and you will get.....
(1) 8x10
(2) 5x7's
(4) Wallets
As my spring gift to you.

*each sheet can be a different pose a sheet is (2) 5x7 or (4) wallets.

Happy

Spring!

A Few New Changes

  So I have made a few changes over the last couple of months. While I will still be happy to photograph your family, your babies, I am looking at expanding to new fun and fabulous things in the world of photography art.

 I have branched out to new uncharted territories for myself; I recently tried my eye in the world of wedding photography. I was blessed with a wonderful mentor whose work I have been following for a while now. I think I photographed the world’s calmest bride ever. I enjoyed the experience and all the tools my mentor gave me over the weekend.

 With that said I have accepted a booking for a destination wedding in July, I am very excited for the opportunity to work with this very special bride and groom. I am looking forward to the shoots we have set up leading up to their big day.

I love being behind the lens of my camera. I love capturing special moments in time, that sweet smile of a baby learning something new. I enjoy chatting with the teens who share their secrets with me while I catch those amazing smiles that only come when they are thinking of their current love... I really enjoy the young children being their selves dancing in the grass or looking at fish in a pond. What is more fun than a sweet child showing you how many times they can spin around before they fall down?

However, like I said before, I am trying a few new things. I have found that while at home with my now one year old baby and my ever busy teens I stay up late in the quite hours of my home working on portraits learning new techniques and mastering them.

Then there are those nights when I have all my work done and find that the quietness of my home at night is too much to bare, what ever should I do? Well learn more techniques, explore my art-form.  Aside from exploring the world of wedding photography I find that I really enjoy the peacefulness of our city at night.

I am exploring art photography now and maybe even try my hand at HDR photography. So as I explore some new skills I thought I would start a new window for you all to follow my explorations. It will be the Out & About Art tab.  Here Prints will be available for purchase if you find one you just have to have. I hope that you will enjoy my explorations as much as I do.

Please feel free to call and make your next portrait session with me.  I look forward to working with you all this year. Who knows you may inspire my next piece of art.

Thank you for joining me on this new journey, I will see you soon.

~Shauna