Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Samantha's 2!!

I'm super excited to share these images of this adorable little girl with you! When I first started blogging in the Fall of 2008, she was my very first post! One of the things I love about blogging is not only documenting the lives and growth of sweet little ones, but also seeing how I've grown as a photographer. Looking back at those images, yeah I can see how they were all so "technically" off, but what remains are the captured moments and real smiles that I strive to accomplish with each and every shoot.


I met up with Samantha on the day of her 2nd birthday and we had so much fun! Here's some of our favorites from the day...






























Happy Birthday Sam! I can't wait to see how we both grow in the next year!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Kadie & Chris are Engaged!

I first met Kadie & Chris last year at Clare & Jamie's wedding. They both stood up for Clare & Jaime and even caught the garter and bouquet at the reception! Kadie is Clare's sister and when I received an e-mail from Kadie with the subject line of "Another McCue wedding", I was pumped! I had so much fun at Clare & Jamie's wedding and I know Kadie & Chris' will be just as spectacular. They are such an awesome couple with a very deep and spiritual love for each other.


We decided on a winter engagement session in Port Huron, okay I may have pushed for it. I was dying to shoot some winter lovin' and heavily suggested it to many of my couples. Yay! I got 2 of them to agree! And I love that they were in two so very different locations!

When I left my house to head out to Port Huron for Kadie & Chris' engagement session I remember the temperature being in the high 40s. Not too bad for a snowy engagement session. Of course I didn't take into account that Port Huron is a bit further north and I had forgotten how much colder it is up there! Seriously 10 degrees colder and those little 10 degrees made a big difference. But we braved the cold and the wind and got some great images!

Kadie & Chris' wedding officially kicks off my wedding season on May 1st. They are getting married at the church Chris is a pastor at and I cannot wait to document their day for them!

Kadie & Chris are such a beautiful couple!

We started off at the Thomas Edison Inn. They have a museum right on the property, complete with a train and tracks!

Kadie, Chris is right, you are gorgeous!



One of my top favorite images from the day.

And I love this one of them on the train.



After the Thomas Edison Inn we decided to take a little break and grab some coffee to hopefully warm up a bit. Thankfully there was a Tim Horton's right on the way to our next stop. Kadie & I each got a mocha that came with so much thick whip cream, it took forever for it to melt down. And you know that I couldn't wait and tried to get a taste anyways. And it was right before this image that they had informed me of the whip cream that I had gotten on my face! Mental note: next time remember to order no whip.







I love this shot! I'm standing on the wall you see a few pictures back. Thankfully there was enough snow that I was able to climb it, otherwise there would have been no way my short little legs would have gotten me there!



Another favorite! Yes, I always have so many of them, but I love the way their heads are sort of making a heart.



Earlier in our shoot, I told them to be fierce. Kadie laughed a little and said that she wasn't sure Chris could look fierce. I don't know Kadie, I'd say this one is fierce! :-)



And so is this one!


Kadie and Chris were so kind as to let me try another attempt at adding a little video to the mix, click play below to see their Lifestlye video!



Kadie & Chris, I had such an amazing time getting to know you guys better. Thank you so much for choosing me as your photographer, I know you are going to have a perfect day!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

New Website is up!

If you follow me on Facebook, then this is not new to you, but for those that don't, I'm totally stoked to announce the launch of my new website for Shannon Cherie Photography. Fun, Flirty and Fabulous Boudoir Photography!


For more information come visit me here at http://shannon-cherie.com.

Clicking Through Life will remain the home of all of my wedding and portrait work. So you'll still see updates here. In fact, expect to see another Lifestyle Engagement session coming soon!

And because every post is better with a picture, I'm going to show you what some of the ladies had to say about their Boudoir Experience.



Monday, March 1, 2010

Nick's 60th Brithday!

I can't believe it's been a week since my last post! The thing is, when I get busy my poor little blog gets put on the back burner. And these past few weeks I've been insanely busy. Of course, it's me and my typical ways trying to do everything all at once. But I can't help myself. When I decide to do something I set seemingly over the top goals, like say launching a new part of my business in a matter of 2 months. It's sort of Veruca Saltish. As in "I want it and I want it NOW!" And sometimes I just have to realize that these things take time. Because I'm also a perfectionist and want everything to be in perfect working order before unveiling it to the world. So... in addition the the Lifestyle Sessions I'm now offering, I've also been working on a new website. It's almost there, and I'm hoping to launch it this week! More on that later, but first I want to share some images from a recent shoot with my fabulous web designer Tammy and her family.

They were such a fun family to be around! Nick is Tammy's husband's step father and what he wanted for his birthday was to spend time with the family. He wanted to take the kids to Marvelous Marvin's! Seriously, how cool is that? I've never been there, but I definitely want to check it out! But first was some family portraits.


David's sister Lisa and her family came into town from Chicago for the party. I love the laughter you see in this image I captured of Lisa and David sharing a laugh over the giant ring on the coffee cup.

Here's all 5 grandchildren! This was my first time working with so many kids at once and I gotta tell ya, getting them all to cooporate at the same time, was definitely challenging!

Of course there was silly faces!

My awesome web guru Tammy and her husband David.

The birthday boy Nick!

A fun shot of Nick with his gorgeous wife Catherine

By now I'm sure you all know what a dog lover I am, so imagine how excited I was when I was greeted by this beautiful 2 year old Akita puppy. Yeah, I wanted to take him home with me, I know Coby would love to play with him!

Sometimes you have to move furniture and other things around to make sure they fit into the image. As I was setting up this shot, I noticed that the statue you see here on the table first sort of appeared to be growing out of Catherine's head. But as I went to move it there were gasps and I was pretty embarrassed that I took it upon myself to move. They carefully repositioned "Buzz" in the middle of the table for me. I'm not really sure of "Buzz's" story, but he looks pretty cute and fits right in with the family.



I'm not sure that Catherine exactly approves of Nick's pipe smoking, but agreed to his requests to include it in their images. All he needs now is a smoking jacket!

Lisa and her husband Nate

Lisa and Nate's family

Tammy & David's family. You remember Sydney and Jake right?

Grandpa Nick with all of his grandchildren!

It was such a beautiful day and the snow was just perfect for a little snowball fight!

Tammy thank you so much for asking me to capture your family and this special occasion!

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