Shanna Chess Photography

I was so excited when Nicole contacted me to schedule this pregnancy reveal session and her newborn photos!  I'm so happy for them and love photographing families for all their big milestones.  Enjoy!

I can't wait for Spring Mini Sessions this next weekend!  I took my daughters out to Detering Orchards this past Friday to check out the location now that the blooms have started to show.  The girls had so much fun exploring and I fell in love!  I hope to have sessions there every year!  I still have some spots available, so make sure to get your's today! BOOK NOW

I'm so thankful to all my clients and fans!  I reached 1,000 fans on October 1st!!  I can't believe it :)  Just after my 2nd year anniversary of being in business.  You guys are awesome! So as a thank you, I am doing a HUGE giveaway!  Thank you to all the sponsors who are helping make this so great!  See below for details and make sure to enter!  I know some of my fans are not local--many of you are other photographers or vendors that I've purchased from, so for those of you who are greater than 60 miles away from 97404 and do not want to travel to Eugene for a photo session with me, I will give the option of a $50 Etsy gift card :)  Have fun and good luck!!  And please make sure to click on Terms and Conditions towards the bottom of the entry form to read all the rules.  And let me know if you have any questions! Here is what you can win!  ALL ENTRIES WILL BE VERIFIED.  IF THE DRAWN WINNER HAS NOT COMPLETED ALL STEPS, I WI...

I have a great promotion going on right now for Newborn Sessions!  It's $100 off regular price.  Must be booked before 10/31/14 but can be scheduled for after that date :)  Contact me today at info@shannachessphotography.com or the Contact Me page  on my website to book!

I opened my studio at the end of March and am just now getting it to where I like it and pictures taken.  I've moved things around at least 3 times and change little things up after every shoot.  I'm getting to where I'm pretty happy with my setup and wanted to share. We didn't have a large budget for the studio and used our tax return this year to fund the construction and furnishings.  I already had almost all my current props, backdrops, blankets, lighting and equipment.  But my house was running out of space to hold it all!  And it wasn't my favorite thing to pack up my car for sessions and setup makeshift studios in clients homes.  It worked, but it wasn't easy and I was limited to the number of backdrops and props I could bring.  And with being in Oregon, chances of wet weather are pretty good 9 months out of the year, so it is not always an option to have outdoor sessions.  We felt this project would be a good investment and should get me...

Please bare with me.  I am trying to figure out Google+ and I noticed there were pictures that I uploaded to this blog on there.  I only saw really old images and things like my logo or the background design that I uploaded when I first opened my business.  So I deleted them from Google+.  Apparently, that deletes them, and ALL OF MY PHOTOS EVER UPLOADED from this blog as well :(  Yes, I am yelling. This will take a very long time and some images are off my computers and on my external hard drive by now. I need to decide how far back I am wanting to fix the posts. So I am slowly re-uploading and editing blog posts from the past almost 2 years.  Ugh.  It may take a while.  All the pictures can be seen in my portfolio here .  Sorry and thanks for your understanding!

There are still some spots left for my Easter Mini Sessions on Saturday, March 29, 2014!  It will be my first day of official sessions in my new studio!!! I did an unofficial session the other day because I wanted to test the set-up for the Easter minis.  My beautiful daughter, Raelee was my model and I think she did wonderful, if I do say so myself :) Contact me today at shannachess@hotmail.com to book your spot!

I've decided to add a new session type to my repertoire :)  Introducing the Fresh 48 Session. What is this session, you ask? Well, I come to the hospital that you have delivered your new bundle of joy at within the first 48 hours of their life.  I take pictures for up to 1 hour and photograph in a lifestyle type format.  These images will be in black and white and completely candid.  I try to take the pictures like a fly on the wall--just observing you bonding with your new bundle of joy.  I can print any images that you like, but with the nature of this session, all Fresh 48 sessions will include my time, talent, editing and ALL final digital images. The fine print:  I am a mother to 2 young girls and I cannot always drop everything to come to the hospital right away.  That is why I am not offering birth photography at this time, though I would love to add that at some point.  The 48 hour time frame gives me the opportunity to come to the ho...

Yes, that's right, FREE!  When you book a newborn session by February 15, 2014, we will also book you a FREE Maternity Mini Session.  Contact me for more details :)