My dear, dear friend and talented photographer Kristen shot these for us. It was freezing cold and when I picked my kid up from school before the session, her teacher said “She’s had a really rough day today – not the most well-behaved”. Awesome. So the odds were highly stacked against us, but in a 25 minutes session, Kristen made us some gorgeous photos. I had them made into a holiday-style album, which I am LOVING (as are the grandparents).

I love small albums for portrait sessions! While I am a bit of a mimimalist on my wedding album designs (white pages, clean layouts), I think this album benefitted from a kicky little theme.

Looking forward to 2012…The Best of 2011 posts are coming!

The course went through South Congress and the surrounding neighborhoods this year, and I’ll tell you that if there is one group of people that appreciates a person running in a pineapple suit, it’s people that live near South Congress in Austin, Texas. Thanks for all of the ‘Right ON, pineapple!’ and high fives.  My final time was 32:30 and as you can tell by the lovely sweat ring on my hat, it was warm!

Also, a BIG, HUGE thanks to everyone that donated – it was a terrific morning and lots of fun.

Have a great week!

I pledged that if I raised $1000, I would run the 5K in a banana suit. With over $1200 in donations that year, I was good to my word and this is me crossing the finish line…

Man that was a fun time.  I am running in the race again this year, with several more people to run in honor of, and unfortunately, in memory of. I’m not one to do the same thing twice, so THIS year, if I raise $1500, I’ll be running the race in a pineapple suit. Yep, that’s right – it has a big crazy headpiece and everything. It’s going to be epic.

So, if you’d like to see me run 3.2 miles as a pineapple, click HERE to donate. No donation is too small. Thanks for your support.

Cancer, you suck.

XOXO

Shannon

Little S had her first day today and I am a proud Mama! She had an amazing day.

I am also a back to work during normal hours Mama (woo!).

I’ll be taking a bit of a break from all of the crazy busy shooting in August and focusing on some business housekeeping and hanging out with family and friends. However, there are a bunch of weddings yet to be blogged, so keep hanging around. I won’t desert you in your procrastination hour of need.

I’ll also be working on a new project with a friend that should be ready to unveil in the next few months.  We’re very excited about it. Finally, I’ll be announcing a portrait special and fall /winter holiday mini session information over on the PhotoFrolic blog. If you’re interested in a family/holiday session, be sure to go like PhotoFrolic on Facebook; I’ll be announcing the details there first.

Anyway, I hope your summer is going swimmingly. We sure are having a great time over here.

XOXO, stay cool and see you soon!

Shannon

A big Happy Day to all of you Dads out there.

Shannon Cunningham is an Austin wedding photographer who loves Dads and images her little girl and husband every time she watches a Father/Daughter dance at a wedding.

I will be out of the office beginning June 1 and will start returning calls and emails on June 13th.

I realize that font is very large and yelly, but I wanted to be sure you saw it! I will have VERY limited access to email and no access to voicemail, so your understanding is appreciated while I give my family some undivided attention.

I’ll see you when I get back (and I’ll probably have some photos to show you as well)!

XOXO

~Shannon

Hope all you moms out there had a great day!

    Shannon Cunningham is an Austin, Texas wedding photographer and big fan of bacon, coffee and french toast, especially when she doesn’t have to make it.