Hi, I'm Shannon, thanks for dropping by my page.

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A North Carolina Native, born in Wilmington and living in Hampstead for the past 28 years, I definitely know my way around this town and all of the surrounding ones. It definitely has it's perks as a photographer. I have two of the cutest kiddos and a super hard working husband. Since I was tiny, I mean early enough to walk and talk I loved posing for the camera and taking pictures, I always had my dads Polaroid in my hands capturing anything and everything. My whole life growing up I kept disposable cameras in my bookbags, purses or pockets. Summers were spent doing makeup and hair, then setting up photo or video shoots with my friends. I knew ART was my passion.  When I graduated High School in 2004, I followed my dream of being in the beauty/art industry by attending college to receive my Aesthetics Degree. I was licensed in makeup and all things skin care. I shortly realized that path was not the one for me. I loved the beauty industry but knew I needed something more creative but I couldn't figure out what it was so I patiently waited, knowing when it hit me I would know. 

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After I was married I started working for Olan Mills, the original one in University Landing. I quickly became advanced to a studio photographer and knew that I was falling in love with my job, I was good. Clients requested me and I was one of the two main photographers that was moved to the new studio when it opened inside of Belks. I was trained and attended courses through Olan Mills to become better at my art.  I really loved my job of taking photos but I hated the pressure selling that came along with it. I became pregnant with my first child and quickly realized I did not want to work every weekend and holidays. I wanted to be home with her. It was bittersweet leaving that job as it was the first job I had had that let me be artistic every day, but becoming a stay at home mom after my daughter was born was very important to my family.

 

Since then I have always been the one that had the camera around my neck at family events or received the phone call from friends and family to photograph them for a special occasion. My husband jokes that my children hate having their photo taken because I am always bugging them to smile or saying "just one more".  Every time I picked up that camera and started shooting I felt like the world stopped around me and it is only my subject and I. 

 

As I started direct the Spot Festival Scholarship Pageant back in 2013, I took my girls on a six hour photo shoot for our year's portraits. It was amazing how fast those six hours passed and how much fun we had. I then decided that I wanted to photograph more, I wanted to photograph every day. And that's what I started doing. My photography skills have grown so much in just the past 6 years that I have been working on my own. That is something I am proud of. Making your families memories last a lifetime is what I want to do. I am honored you are considering me to help you customize the perfect session and experience.  

 

Since I have been on my own, I have a remarkable returning client base, I have been featured in many online magazine and was just recently published in a printed magazine. My work has been featured in local businesses and tons of clients homes.  I have been nominated for Wilmington's Best Lifestyle Photographer and competed and won many awards through a national photography competition called Shoot & Share. My work is even currently featured on the World Renowned Shoe Designer Mark Defang's website. 

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There is so much beauty in this world that would be missed and forgotten if there is no one standing behind that camera and I don't want to miss a second of it!

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Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to preserve your families precious moments!  

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