Pet Photographer : Dogs & Cats Forever No Kill Shelter 2014

It's a new year!  Hello everyone and welcome to 2014.  ;)  A new year means a new calendar so means another session at one of my favorite local animal shelters, Dogs & Cats Forever.  Animals hold a special place in my heart so I just love being able to give back and photograph these cute guys every year to help make money for the shelter.  I go in and spend the whole day photographing, laughing, hugging and loving on these furry guys.  What photographer wouldn't love this?!  Lol.  Well here are my 2014 calendar models.  Some of them already have homes.  Yea!  Enjoy!  And if you'd like a calendar of your very own, they are just $10 each and benefits the shelter.
www.CaptMemPhotos.com
www.DogsAndCatsForever.com

Pet Photographer : Dogs & Cats No Kill Shelter 2012

It's the time again for me, getting closer to the end of the year and I photograph the charity calendar for Dogs & Cats Forever.  Something I just LOVE doing!  I am such an animal person.  I just photographed their 2013 calendar images, but thought Id share the 2012 images first.  So here are the images we used for the Dogs & Cats Forever 2012 calendar.  That was our second year photographing the images for their charity calendar.  For my fellow "big dog lovers", I made sure to include some bigger guys this year.  But they were all so sweet and cute.  I want to thank all of my friends who purchased one of these calendars this and last year and I hope we sell as many this coming year.  I greatly appreciate it, and so do these furry guys!
www.CaptMemPhotos.com
www.dogsandcatsforever.com

Photo of the Month - August 2010

I was so busy with the Pinups for Pitbulls 2011 calendar submissions during the month of August, that I totally forgot to post my Photo of the Month, which happens to be a Pinups for Pitbulls image.  So here is my Photo of the Month for August.  Hey it's August 31st, but it's still August.  Lol.  I submitted four different sets of photos for their 2010 calendar last year.  I was so excited to find out that two of my images were finalists.  And then super excited to find out that one of them made it into their calendar!  Yeaaa!!!  This is the image that they used for their August 2010 image.  The model is my friend LaQuaisha and the dog is Rusty, owned by my friends Jessica and Justin.  They were both great to work with.  LaQuaisha had never "modeled" before, and look how cute she looks.  So anyone can be a model for Pinups for Pitbulls.  And Rusty was just happy that he got to eat so much ice cream that day.  Lol.  We went through a few cones by the time the session was over.  If you would like to check out the rest of the calendar or purchase one, or to learn more about the Pinups for Pitbulls charity, please visit www.pinupsforpitbulls.com.  They are a great charity that tries to educate people that pitbulls are not these evil dogs that some people think, plus help out injured pits and shelters.  This year I submitted seven different sets of images for their 2011 calendar.  I can't wait to see the images they choose.

Photo of the Month - July 2010

I decide to use one of my favorite Model Session images for this month's Photo of the Month.  This photo has got to be from one of the most fun Portrait Sessions I've done.  Plus most dangerous!  Haha.  I saw some portrait somewhere online with fire, and thought "Hmmmm, that would be fun to try!"  I wanted to glam it up a bit with a fashion model look.  The fire is real!  No editing it in later.  We took some rope made a circle around the model, then drenched it with lighter fluid, finally added the fire with matches.  It didn't stay too long, so my husband had to keep lighting the rope, until it burned away.  Pretty cool!  By the way, don't try this at home.  Haha.  We were in a large open concrete floored abandoned parking lot. 

Art & Hustle presents: From the block to the Brush

Come to this amazing Art Show!!!!!!
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 8:00pm -12:00am
Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:00pm - 12:00am
433 Flamingo Drive, West Palm Beach Fl, 33401 (near City Place)

Art & Hustle at the Paul Fisher Gallery Presents "From the Block to the Brush" an Urban Art Exhibit show casing art work from emerging artist like NFRomero, LA's Sandone, Miami's own Atomik, Dane Wesolko,Steven Albuquerque,Crome, Adriaan Mol, and Christa Z. Also works by Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf. Featuring the Legendary Graffiti Artist John "Crash" Matos will be in attendance.

Live art and Music by DJ Roc-One.
Performing live will be ArtOfficial
$10 at the Door $5 with Student I.D
Portion of the Proceeds go toward Autism Speaks. Have fun and help out a GREAT cause!!!

Sponsored by: Captured Memories Photography, Bottoms Up Beverage, Iv.K Events, Scene Killa Photography, Pierre LaVie Clothing, We Merge Magazine, Studio Six Five, In Progress Magazine, Avenue Barbershop

Yours truly will be there photographing this event plus showing a few things of my own. 

Come one, come all.  Bring a friend.  Have fun.  Socialize.  Be inspired.  Be entertained. 

Pinups for Pitbulls 2010 Calendar

I had the privilege to help out Pinups for Pitbulls by photographing some of their entries for their 2010 calendar. The images are reenactments of famous vintage paintings, but with a pitbull buddy also included. It was tons of fun to photograph these sessions. Not only did I get to meet a lot of new model friends, but also 4 legged model friends as well! I love animals and helping out when I can. Below are a few examples of some of the images submitted for the calendars and that will be featured on their website. I am soooo thrilled to say that two of my images are actually going to be in their 2010 calendar! I'm super excited. It's an honored to be published. Plus I know I helped out a great cause. Congrats also goes to Jenna Beth & Val (parents Crystal & Tim) for being a finalist. And to LaQuaisha and Rusty (parents Jessica & Justin), who is our month of August 2010 winner! Please check out their website at www.pinupsforpitbulls.com to read up about how they're helping. Plus don't forget to purchase your 2010 calendar. Everyone needs a new 2010 calendar, so why not purchase one where you're money will do some good. They're only $20 each. Thanks goes out to everyone that helped with the sessions.

Our month of August Winner: LaQuaisha & Rusty

One of the Finalists: Jenna Beth & Val

Michele & Diamond

Miss Maye & Coco

Fireworks!

During the month of July, there's fireworks going on all over. This July I knew I wanted to capture a cool image of myself with my hubby with some fireworks behind us. So I went out with my tripod and just my little point&shoot camera and set it up during one of the 4th of July firework shows. With the timer set we captured these few images that I think turned out pretty cool! Hope you like them too!

Photo of the Month - August 2009

For this "Photo of the Month" I decide to use this cool photo I took of my hubby, Nick, a few months ago in June. We are Disney World Freaks. We love the place! Everything is just so awesome; the atmosphere, the cool architecture, the food, the beautiful hotels, the fun, the whole 'magicalness' of it, we love it all. And being not too far away, we visit often. So when I had family coming in town from Kansas wanting to go to Disney, we of course said we'd tag along with them. Sneaking away for some 'us' time, we visited the Disney Coronado Springs Hotel for dinner and just to relax and walk around. The hotel has a Mexican theme and has some very cool and beautiful architecture around. Of course I had my camera with me, so we walked around and photographed some interesting shots of the place. I love this one because of the repeating arches and the cool lighting. Since I didn't have a tripod with me, I laid down on the ground and stayed VERY still to capture this image. I think it turned out pretty cool. I hope you think so too. And look at my hubby, all posing for me! What a good 'model'. :)

Hello and Welcome to my Blog! :)

Hello! And welcome to my blog! Now that I have made it as a professional photographer in the digital and very internet-friendly age, my other photographer friends and clients have told me it's time to set up a blog. That it's a great way for me to connect with all of my past and potential clients out there and for them to get to know me personally. And I agree! So here I am. My name is Shannon. Nice to meet you! :)

Here's one kinda crazy photo of me so you can see who you're talking to and that I'm not big and scary looking. :)~