Artist Shannon Smith Photography

I had the best experience at a blitz session with Shannon. Even though our time was short, I felt seen and valued. Her work is beautiful and she puts her entire heart and soul into her business. I'm so looking forward to booking more sessions with Shannon!

We went for Shannon's "Love Your People" mini session because I wanted to capture the relationship between my grandmother and my son - it was fantastic. She's wonderful at getting people to talk about and show real emotion, and does a fabulous job capturing those feelings in photos. I will treasure them forever.

My experience with Shannon was so fun, upbeat and empowering.
She takes time to explain why you're doing what you're doing even if it sounds silly. Shannon starts preparing you long before your appointment, she has regular check-ins and makes recommendations for color, style, material etc. Shannon makes sure to take the time to laugh and enjoy the time with you. The wardrobe options are extraordinary, she'll pull a few and you will immediately feel more excited. She gets to know you very well in such a short period, and you feel super comfortable around her. Shannon makes herself vulnerable as well, telling personal stories and experiences, especially on her own body positive journey. Shannon takes time to make sure you're happy, comfortable and having fun. Looking at the photos after the shoot, she doesn't say much, because she is genuinely trying to understand which photos you love or hate and why.... to be fair, I don't think I hated any.
I had Leanne do my hair and make-up and I looked like a super star. She really focuses on enhancing your natural beauty. Leanne also takes time to ask questions and get to know you.
All around a wonderful experience. I have nothing negative to say except I am sad I cannot go there every day. I will note that I typically don't like being the center of attention, but this was quite a bit different, and I enjoyed the entire day.

My session was an incredible experience from start to finish. Shannon’s mentoring gave me the confidence to have a session done to begin with! My day was amazing, and I honestly felt like Shannon captured me. Many different aspects of me. Sometimes soft and beautiful to fierce to fun and even to sultry. I love my images so much.
Shannon is an extremely creative and gifted Artist that I trust completely.

Before my session I was super nervous and self-confident, I even wanted to postpone my session, though I forced myself to not to that because I knew it was just the nerves talking. When I arrived, both Shannon and the makeup artist made me feel welcome, and at home, and we got to talking and got to know each other and it really helped me relax before shooting. During the shoot, Shannon made me feel confident, fierce, and beautiful, she even pushed me a bit out of my comfort zone by doing some of the session in panties rather than pants or skirt.
When we were going through the photos and I was choosing which ones I wanted for my album package(which was a very tough decision, let me tell you!), I felt very emotional at how beautiful and gorgeous the photos make me appear. I had never seen myself that way before, and it was truly a shock to see such beauty and confidence coming from my face. Shannon gave me time when I needed it, but also made sure I was making decisions when I needed to. Shannon is an amazing person, truly inspirational, and I will cherish these photos and memories for the rest of my life. I will definitely be booking another session in the future(and probably many more after that!)!