Shanna Chess Photography

I have so enjoyed this past year and watching this sweet girl grow!  She has so much personality and amazing facial expressions.  She is so loved by her mom and dad!  She wasn't too sure about the sweetness of the cake, but she was a great sport and had fun with the cake smash!  Mostly playing with my confetti ;)  Enjoy!

This session was so much fun!  Valeriia and her hubby met at Tango club and both love dancing.  So we did some fun Tango during the session.  Her dresses are gorgeous, as is she, and I love how she looked in my white dress as well :)  Enjoy!

I absolutely loved the lace robe that Cassi brought to her maternity session.  So I went and found one like it so I can have my own for the studio :)  Yay!  I'm so excited to meet their little one that will be arriving very soon.  Enjoy!

Sweet Nikalina has such a wonderful family and I am so happy that I got to meet them all!  And I'm looking forward to the next year because her parents booked a one year package so I get to watch this sweet little girl grow!  Enjoy :)

Sweet and beautiful Kylie was so good for me!  She was a rockstar sleeper and oh so adorable!  Her parents are completely smitten and so nice!  I really enjoyed working with this family.  Enjoy :)

This was my 2nd year adding a day of indoor studio Christmas mini sessions.  I really enjoy doing them indoors so we don't have to stress about weather and we can do them a little closer to the holidays instead of right after Summer vacation :)  I had so much fun with these 12 families!  Enjoy and Happy Holidays :)

Gorgeous Addison has a very special name and birthday for her parents!  They are huge Cubs fans and she was born the same day the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series!  And Addison is a name of a street by Wrigley Field :)  So of course we had to do a couple Cubs setups that I just love.  Her mama also wanted to bring in her wedding dress for a few shots.  Something new for me and I absolutely love the outcome!  And we just had to do some Christmas setups to help them with Christmas card photos :)  Enjoy!

Oh Hudson!  He is just such a gorgeous baby.  His lips and eyelashes are just to die for!  And I loved that his mom and dad brought in dad's old Tonka truck and stuffed doggy for a setup.  So special :)  He also has the most beautiful big sister with those amazing golden curls!  Gorgeous family.  Enjoy!

I loved spending a morning with Mr. Ashton.  He was the biggest baby I've photographed in a while.  Over 10 pounds of beautiful baby chunk!  He was so sleepy and adorable and I didn't want to give him back ;)  Enjoy!

This is one of my favorite families that comes quite a long ways to see me for their photos.  It started when big brother Harrison was a newborn and I'm so excited that I was then able to photograph his new baby sister.  Harrison is such a ham and great with getting his photos taken.  And he did such a great job holding little Holland.  Her hair and her skin and her lips just made me swoon!  She had a super strong grabbing reflex and grabbed onto everything she could :)  Enjoy this beautiful little girl!

Little Miss Hadley's mama is a big Halloween fan and her grandma loves to crochet, so when I saw she had an adorable candy corn hat and matching tutu, I squeed with excitement :)  I LOVE that photo--one of my all time favorites.  It helps that Hadley is just oh so adorable with her beautiful lips and mama's eyes!  Enjoy :)

Oh sweet little Maesa Jo!  So beautiful with such a wonderful family!  They came all the way from Florence for her session and I was so happy to have met them.  She is just absolutely adorable and so loved already by her family and her big brother.  Enjoy :)

Mr. Ryder was just oh so adorable.  Teeny tiny, super sleepy, beautifully posed, gorgeous skin, and wonderful furry body ;)  I absolutely loved everything about his session.  The colors and props his mama chose were some of my favorites.  Enjoy this sweet little guy!

I had so much fun with this year's outdoor Christmas mini sessions.  They took place at Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm on a very warm late October day!  Poor Santa wasn't used to that kind of weather! :)  The prop decor was inspired by the antique sleigh that Northern Lights had available for me to use.  It was so beautiful!  Enjoy and Happy Holiday!  <3