Shanna Chess Photography

Ashley and her hubby are just the sweetest people.  They are both high school teachers and coaches and are so happy for their new baby boy!  We had so much fun exploring during this session!  It was a beautiful summer evening in Eugene.  Enjoy!

Sweet little Cora is the new little sister of Mr. Lane.  I photographed him a little over 2 years ago for his newborn photos and I absolutely love photographing siblings as newborns.  It is just so special to watch these families grow :)  Enjoy!

Annalise is probably one of the most adorable babies ever.  That gorgeous black hair!  Those dimples!  And the smiles she has given me so many times since her newborn session and numerous times during her first year of life.  I have so enjoyed photographing her this year!  Enjoy--and a little comparison from newborn to 1 year as well :)

There's a beautiful field near my new studio that I have fallen in love with since late Spring.  It has so many different stages and they are all beautiful.  I really loved the idea of doing Summer mini sessions there.  The problem in my opinion, is I really only like photographing outdoors during Golden Hour--the 1 hour before sunset.  I actually like it best 15-20 minutes before sunset because the lighting is gorgeous.  Since that doesn't really work with the nature of my normal mini sessions (I usually schedule back-to-back all day long, I decided to do 2 nights per week for 3 weeks in July.  I did the last 45 minutes before sunset and did 2 families per night.  It resulted in some amazingly gorgeous images.  And I was so happy to meet some new clients as well.  Enjoy!