jen shaw photography

12/23/2023

Is it just me or are you also freaking out because you haven’t started your christmas shopping yet😃☠️

If there’s an art lover on your list maybe you’d like to gift them a print of one of my watercolours

Prints are 100% cotton 300 gsm reproductions created by Miles at AirClix Scanning and Printing and are sealed in acetate. They measure 13x16”

I will sign them and hand deliver them if you’re in or around the Edmonton area

Please message me for pricing and to arrange for delivery. You can also help yourself to my website: www.jenshaw.ca

peace ❤️🎄

12/17/2019

Two people I know in these photos, two are strangers. The camera I'm shooting with is a Fujifilm XT-1 - a total little firecracker. My Pops, also a photographer, bought it when it first hit the market. I inherited it two years ago. I haven't used it nor had any interest in shooting the last couple years but felt compelled this past week. I get a kick out of photographing people, especially the characters and the good sports.

05/23/2018

photos! let's do it 😃

03/02/2018

inspired by

02/20/2018

grad season is coming, have the day documented. excellent rates. top quality photography. warmth, humour and professionalism, all included.

dates are going fast. please PM or call to inquire.

♥️

01/23/2017

one of winter's finer traits 💛

01/23/2017

dating back 15 years, I 'returned' here regularly. they recognized me easily because i always pulled up in my '71 vdub van. one time the ol' Dude (name I assigned my VW in '02) didn't start when I went to leave so an employee kindly gave me a push to jump-start it.

another time they had a gas BBQ fired up in the adjoining warehouse grilling up hot dogs. I'm not sure if it was 'customer appreciation day' but they extended their generosity by offering me one. condiments and bags of buns lay next to the BBQ in a most against health regulations kind of way, which made the gesture all the more amusing, and heartwarming.

i haven't been here at all in the last 2 years so feeling nostalgic I swung by today as I was enjoying a reflective afternoon, marveling at how incredibly beautiful winter can be. complemented by a most melancholy sky... sublime.

i was thrilled to see this fella. turns out he just returned after a two and a half year stint at a depot in the west end when they beckoned him back here.

I said, 'ah you are the King then, huh?'. in his limited English he understood what I was saying and laughed out loud, nodded vigorously and repeated, 'yes, King!'. he then proceeded to sort my bottles like a boss.

11/22/2016

you know when you're trying to keep your cool, racing thru traffic, cursing the motorists, feeling defeated thinking about the Trump situation, wondering if you did something to p**s the sun off, when suddenly a massive afro appears and makes you smile and laugh out loud, and you're hurtling along, blocks away and say out loud to yourself, 'holy s**t that is some righteous hair, I gotta turn back and take his photo'? meet Sohib. he was amused, and generous enough to allow me to indulge and photograph him and his GREAT hair. this literally made my day. what a smile and what a nice kid.

09/28/2016

06/16/2016

summer! when are you happier? feeling fine in new summer threads, your body feels lighter, sun-kissed cheeks, you feel healthy, grounded, chilling with friends and family, on a patio, in the backyard, BBQ sending mouthwatering wafts across the warm air, ice cold beverage in hand, all kinds of birds singing, kids screeching in delight, laughing, running through a sprinkler...mmm, it doesn't get any better. but the mosquitos are coming to fu*k everything up, so book a photo shoot now!

happy thursday, everyone 😘

05/29/2016

folks! YOU are my favorite category of things to shoot.

camera shy? fear a session will be akin to a root canal? (quote borrowed from my friend Pauline) "broke"? uninspired? busy?

I dislike being photographed, that's why I'm good at it. did you know my middle name is 'fun', I'll make you forget there's a camera in the room. I'm cheaper than your utility bills. 90 minutes with me will send you away light hearted and energized, captured being your most authentic self.

happy Sunday Funday!

jen💙

05/29/2016

hello and thank you, new and loyal likers!