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The Little Farm in Altadena | A Family Portrait Session

October 13, 2017by smwimagesLeave a Comment

This was such a fun shoot. Mia and her family live right below the mountains in Altadena, just a hop skip and a jump away from my favorite local waterfall trail. More importantly, they have their own little animal farm happening right in their backyard! I think baby goats might be the cutest little things I’ve ever seen. (Has anyone tried goat yoga? Where goats jump all over you when you exercise? I really want to try…)

Anyhoos, enjoy the photos of this darling fam and their farm!

xoxo

Shannon

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Sophie is ONE! | Santa Monica Beach Birthday Cake Smash | Los Angeles Family Photography

July 7, 2017July 17, 2017by smwimagesLeave a Comment

I think Sarah (Sophie’s lovely mother) is going to start a new trend – surfboard cake smashes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like it and I’m so into it! Keep scrolling to the end and you’ll see the magic that unfolds. We had such a lovely early morning shoot by the Annenburg Beach House in Santa Monica. Sophie started the session with a face full of smiles and a left the session with a belly full of sand. Life is good. Shout out to Sarah for all the creative props and stylings you’re about to see!

Baby in a box! We heard that about 100 times on the walk back to the car :)

Looking for a photographer for your kid’s birthday party? Check out my new business Remember Makers. All kids parties all the time!

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Shannon

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35mm Film, Family

Family Documentary Photography in 35mm Film | Los Angeles | A Mini Visit with Mj, Sam, and Ava

June 6, 2017by smwimages1 Comment

I was there when these two met. Mj was the creative director of the shoot, Sam was the model, and I was totally clueless that a romance was simmering. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes this crazy cute baby that I had to meet in person asap! Yep, I couldn’t find any creative way to rhyme with marriage so I didn’t even go there.

I brought along my film camera to the visit because, as you probably know from my previous posts, I’m obsessed with 35mm at the moment. This time I was shooting with Fuji 400h.

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35mm Film, Family

A Day in the Life | Documentary Family Photography in 35mm Film | Los Angeles

May 31, 2017August 22, 2017by smwimagesLeave a Comment

Shooting with film is hard. You are left with so many unknowns…did I get the shot? Did I expose correctly? Were they blinking? Did the film even load correctly!?

BUT IT IS ALL WORTH IT WHEN YOU GET BACK PHOTOS LIKE THESE.

Sorry for the all caps but I have to portray my excitement somehow. I am so grateful to Gilda and Adam for letting me into their home, I couldn’t have asked for more amazing subjects. Their life is seriously magical – see below.

Film used – Porta 400 and Fuji 400

Film! My new imperfect grainy love! Oh how I adore thee.

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Shannon

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Family, Maternity, Portrait

Baby #2 | Family + Maternity Photographer Pasadena

May 22, 2017August 22, 2017by smwimagesLeave a Comment

She was due late May but her bebe decided he wanted to see the world sooner…May 5th! My birthday too! I was so very excited that we share birthdays. Luckily we were able to get in this photo session before he made his unexpected entrance. We had a lot of fun exploring Arlington Gardens, take a look…

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Shannon

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Cherry Blossoms of Central Park | NYC Family Portrait Photographer

April 29, 2017May 31, 2017by smwimagesLeave a Comment

This little guy had never touched grass before. I was so honored to capture this first experience, even if it was hard to get him to look up after he discovered it! I understand, grass is pretty cool. We had such a beautiful shoot with the vibrant cherry blossoms and newly green trees, New York in Spring is magical. Keep scrolling for some travel updates at the end!

This was my second to last shoot in NYC! I am back in Los Angeles now with my good friend the sun. NYC, I will see you in August.

Shannon

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Racing the Sun | Brooklyn Family Portrait Photographer

April 10, 2017May 31, 2017by smwimagesLeave a Comment

They were running late from a weekend trip, we almost ended up rescheduling but I’m so glad we didn’t! With 20 minutes left of sun we had a fun little mini session :)