

*Side note: This picture of me was taken in 2013. Beside a dozen or so phone snaps, this is the last time I was IN FRONT of the camera. As Mom’s we seem to hide behind it and find a laundry list of excuses not to be in the picture (we’re not dressed, we don’t have any makeup on, we need to lose 5 pounds first…), but your kids won’t care how you looked, they’ll just want to see that you were there too.
The short version:
Hi! I’m Shelly. I take pictures of people. I like it a lot.
The real:
Hi there! I’m Shelly! And I enjoy the over use of exclamation points! I have 5 brothers and 5 sisters, so in my family if you’re not yelling no one can hear you. Family get-togethers are loud and full of love. And that’s probably why I decided to have 4 kids, I don’t know quiet, it doesn’t feel right to me. 4 kids?! How? I live off of a strict diet of coffee and wine. If one of those ceased to exist tomorrow I would probably crawl into a hole and refuse to come out until it’s fixed.
I am not obsessed with photography. It is a part of who I am, just as much as my right arm or my leg is. I wouldn't know what to do without it and I don't want to try.
I love to photograph chubby faced children. Mine are incredibly over me sticking a camera in their faces, so I hope you’ll let me borrow your kids to shoot. And you should be in the pics too!* I also love to shoot couples and seniors. Catching a picture of a truly real smile on a shy kid, capturing the love between 2 people, freezing that moment in time you will look back on for years to come and it will make you smile; these are the things that make my heart go aflutter. Your family is the most important thing in the world, and I know you want portraits you can treasure and hold close to your heart for the rest of your life. And that is what I am here for <3