Dinosaurs

Lately this little guy is obsessed with dinos!  We have dino chicken nuggets, he is wearing a dino shirt and reading a dino book!  Do any of you other moms out there have a dino fanatic too??

Toddlers!

I am lucky to be blessed with some really amazing friends, and that blessing is no more evident then when you see this group of women and kids. 

 I met these ladies a few years ago now.  None of us were moms yet.  We checked in with each other almost daily, expressing our frustrations for wanting children, and not yet being blessed with them.  We struggled through miscarriages and negative pregnancy tests, all the while really only having each other to talk to.  Then, within the span of six months, we all transformed into first-time mommies.  Then there was the late-night feedings, teething, sleep-training.....our bond only grew at the same rate our children did.  

Now, some of us even have had a second child!  We decided to get together and have a little birthday party slumber party to celebrate our "miracle babies" turning 2 years old.  Most of our husbands (okay, all of them) thought we were crazy having 6 ladies and 8 children under the same house.  And to be certain, I think us ladies thought we might even be crazy!  But the whole thing was fantastic!  Our kids had a GREAT time with each other, and of course us women were happy to be amongst our good friends.  

I took my camera along to take some portraits of those big two year olds during our sleepover.

These kids are all so photogenic and gorgeous, right?!  They made the photo-taking a lot easier!

 We definitely will be having another party to celebrate when they turn three years old!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Channone Sheller Photography! We hope your expectations for the new year are everything that you are imagining them to be!

That's a Wrap (almost)

Wow!  This fall season has really flown by!  I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is this week already!  My clients have been keeping me busy with portrait sessions and editing.  I still have a ways to go, but here is just a preview of some of my final shoots of the season.

I just want to eat this little girl right up!!! She has the cutest little chubby cheeks and what a smile! 

I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  I will be eating turkey and editing all week (hopefully not simultaneously!) 

Pumpkins, Siblings and Cousins

This is Laura and her family.  Or as Noah calls her, "Lor-la".  Laura is Noah's daycare provider, and we are so very blessed to have found her.  Laura always has a house full of children. Always!  Even when her daycare children eventually go home, she has two sons and a daughter of her own AND she is the primary caretaker for her two nieces and nephew.  She asked me if I could take some portraits of her and her large family, and I was very happy to!  This is just a small sample of the cute shots these kids provided.  Even her teen-aged boys had some pretty cute smiles and smirks! 

 Loved this silly shot! Everyone was having fun.

Little Jesus here is Noah's buddy, he can always make Noah laugh. And why not?! He has such an adorable little smile, you can't help but smile back! 

What a good looking family! 

Only two more weekends remain for fall/Holiday portraits and then I will be taking a break so that I can get editing and orders done in time for Christmas, as well as taking a family vacation to Hawaii!  After January 1st I will be back to scheduling sessions. 

Fall 'Mini' Sessions

Everything you need to know, right here! I still have openings at 2:30, 3:30 and 4:00pm.

If you are interested in one of the available time-slots, shoot me an e-mail at sheller.photo@gmail.com. 

A Formal Affair

My friend Becca is about to be married in a few weeks, and some of her best girls threw her a wonderful bridal shower that I had the pleasure of being invited to.  It was held inside a rustic barn that they had strung up with twinkle bulbs as well as candles throughout.  The lighting might not exactly be a photographers dream, especially if you don't want to use a flash, but the ambiance was just perfect with the low light! So elegant and romantic, it really was quite the shower!!  

Yummy food, and such fancy presentation! Thank you Becca 

for letting me be a part of your special evening!

The funnest bridal shower game yet! A jeopardy game about the bride, groom and wedding details!

Loved this shot.  The bride is giving her mom a look that says 

"Dang it mom, please stop gushing or you are going to make me cry!"

Congratulations Becca!! Countdown to the wedding! :)