Shannon Pierce Photography.

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Shannon Pierce Photography.

Senior & Lifestyle Photography for the artistic minds & adventurous Souls. Inspired by nature's beauty & urban style. Based in Richmond, VA.

02/23/2024

TRIGGER WARNING:
I apologize to everyone who's reached out about photos recently. I've been MIA due to several tragic events.

Mid January my dog Pepper and I almost died, then two days later my other dog Kermit died, then two weeks later my best friend Jay died. This year has been the worst year of my life and we're not even two months in.

My medical fund has the whole story in it for anyone who cares for more info, you can follow the link in my bio. I just wanted to pop in and thank you guys for your grace and understanding during this time. I feel completely fried.

Take pictures. Speak lovingly and mean it. Take care of yourself so that you can help take care of others. DON'T take pictures; there's a time and place, and if you are so in the moment with someone you love just be there. You don't have to prove your love with photos, they should be a result of a healthy relationship, not an attempt to convince anyone. This life is too damn short to waste it on things/people that drain your energy.

Right now I'm drained in every way I can think of. I need time to heal. I look forward to getting behind the camera again and doing what I love most, for the people who are embracing that pure and soulful life alongside their people. But for now I need to heal.

If you care to drop a few bucks into my medical fund, that's incredibly kind and appreciated. 🙃 But if you're only able to read the story, I hope you do and that it motivates, and reminds you to keep what's most important to you at the forefront of your life. You never know when it will be swiped away.

If you struggle with thoughts of su***de AT ALL please tell someone and be willing to accept help. I have in the past and I've gotten help.
The su***de hotline is 988.

Spread love.

05/13/2022

Well I just wrote a very long post about today and a bunch of other stuff, but I've copied it to save for later so that I can savor this much needed moment for myself tonight.

Please enjoy these favorite shots of mine that I took of my sweet friend Summer as I anticipate a much needed trip to the beach myself this coming week, and a full brain of ideas and excitement to make new art.

But I will say this.
When you feel a "sparks joy" moment this weekend, take a moment to understand that it's totally out of your control.
It's not up to you what gives you that gut feeling of belonging, passion, urgency, excitement, purpose.
It IS up to you though to develop those feelings into a life that's full. Full not in quantity but in a quality that is tailor made to YOU and your one life you've been given.
Which is a goal that seems very much worth the effort.

🤟

12/08/2021

I love a mom love moment.

Also swipe to see a "we've been very good this year, Santa" moment.

12/04/2021

I might be biased because this is my family but HOW CUTE??? My sweet little niece did SO well in front of the camera.

You know I always tell my families with lil tots this: We're done when your kid is done. So let's not make them done.

Tiny people can get very overwhelmed, and much more quickly if we try so hard to tell them where to look and how to smile and all that jazz we think is helpful. The world is already going to do too much of that for them anyways.

As the photographer I often end up with so many pictures of the kids with the best expressions on their face but the parents are pointing at the camera, or making a weird face from telling the kid what to do. There's no shame in it happening a few times, but it's quite upsetting to miss "THE shot".

My advice to the above statement is this.

Trust your photographer, follow the kiddo, and have fun!

Violet was clearly done when we set up what would have been a very cute photo mom and dad's laps. But here's the thing. Had we agitated her we would have missed out on these super precious candid moments.
We got the framers, the Christmas card shot. Pretty much on our first frame! Good jobs mom and dad!!

But we also got the cutest little moments of Vi spending a sweet moment with both parents.

Family photos should be how your family is, not how we think they should look. And in my experience we get ALL the good stuff! Posed, candid, and so many funny bloopers.
Every time.

Set right up, play and have fun, and reap all the beautiful portraits!

12/02/2021

Holiday Minis we're a BLAST this year!! I loved the minimalist setting and really having the families I photographed be the full focus of the set.

Much more to come!

11/15/2021

Holiday Mini session pop up this Saturday and Sunday!

This is the perfect way to get that Christmas card taken care of asap, AND your holiday shopping done all at once! These photos will make a beautiful gift for your loved ones. Spread the love online, through the mail, and with gorgeous, custom, heirloom quality, gifts made with beautiful portraits of your family!

No ordering session necessary! You'll be able to get everything you need from your gallery's store right online!
I'll be here to help in all of your decision making.

Let the holidays begin!

Sign up below!

https://hello.dubsado.com/public/form/view/618991e43bd1709007b47dca

07/21/2021

We're heading back into the fields and this time it's an ALL INCLUSIVE DEAL!

Come frolic in a sea of sunshine with your favorite people and your dog at the Alvis Farms LLC Sunflower Festival and get ALL of your photos in a beautiful online gallery, and choose your favorite photo to print out in an 8x10 for FREE!!

Sign up using the link below!

See you in the fields!

https://hello.dubsado.com:443/public/form/view/5f04c56e6f80a545c4123627

07/12/2021

Who's ready for sunflower season?!?!

I've got a busy summer so spots will be VERY limited this year for sunflower photos at the sunflower festival.

Please send me a DM if you're interested and I'll put you on the waiting list!

06/14/2021

Need a last minute Father's Day gift? This Wednesday I'll have just a few spots open for last minute Mini's! Message or email me at [email protected]

02/17/2021

It's starting to feel like we're turning a corner(sometimes, *knock on wood*). But while we're still home most of the time I hope we all get to take full advantage of what home means and what it can be for each of us.

I absolutely love home shoots, and I LOVE putting them into albums.

Pretty posed portraits where everyone is looking at the camera in their best posture and smiles are beautiful displayed on the walls of your home(and in albums. Let's be real. I'll do anything to get to make an album for you).

But documentary style photography goes into an album 100%! Imagine 20 years from now, pulling that beautiful album from the shelf, sitting down with your kids, and flipping through pages of laughing at your baby making that face, your girl in her element baking cookies, your boys wrestling on top of everything, and you looking at your lover and knowing that no matter what trials the two of you were facing at the time, you found a moment to freeze the love you have for each other.

And even though you won't find words in a photo album, you'll have plenty of them to exchange together when traveling back to those stories and moments that were captured.

I think these things are important marks that need to be stamped on our lives.

02/05/2021

Winter time is still the time to take photos. I absolutely love the chilly sunshine days that winter brings, and actually NOT getting sweaty during a shoot(meaning you don't, I'll sweat if I was frozen in a block of ice lol).

Let's go shooooot!

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