shannon’sNovella.
‘Treasure chest’ dress: an Elizabeth Dye original
Hair: Tiffany Maddox at Ambiance
Photography: Eric Schulthesis
Image editing: Katie Moore Starkey
Epilogue: fly me to the moon.
How cool would it be to go to work with your dad for a day…in an airplane!? These images of Nick with Myla & Gavin give me a fly-me-to-the-moon feeling. & it makes me happy it has the same affect for Nick & Lenaya 
I can’t even tell you how many times Nick has watched
our familyNovella tonight–always smiling from ear to ear.
Myla says she can’t wait until we have family pictures again…
“as long as Shannon does them, she’s the best”.
~ Lenaya
bridalNovella: Brooke.
In kindergarden, I met the girl with the huge head of beautiful jet-black curls. That day, she taught me how to jump rope. In fifth-grade Mrs. Nieman required art borders around every essay. That year, she shared drawing ideas with me. After that, it was battle-of-the-books, senior winter formal, & mexican food once a term in college. So as I started branding fotoNovella, we met at La Palma. That night, my logo began to take shape over ceviche tostadas.
One of the things I’ve been appreciating recently are the friends whom fotoNovella is bringing back into my life. Brooke is one of those friends. We’ve had the chance to catch-up on our friendship at each coffee meet-up, as she channeled all my vintage chic energy into my fotoNovella logo. Brooke, thank you for my literature-inspired logo; I love it. After coffee, talking business, tracing a few dozen versions of the fotoNovella logo…our meetings would turn to Brooke’s wedding details. A fitting palette of fall colors, a seriously lovely dress, a perfectly Eastern Oregon venue, and red potatoes 
…the day was to be fabulous! & it was! I was lucky enough to capture Brooke’s bridalNovella in Pendleton last weekend. This time, I shared my art with Brooke.
Here’s a cool image from Eric.
familyNovella: Katie & Glenn.
Katie had ‘a thing’ for Glenn. They had spent four years together in Agriculture class. At some point, the joking and teasing and casual conversations turned into ‘a thing’. And it worked because Glenn had ‘a thing’ for Katie, too. I was in Agriculture class with Katie & Glenn, also. When you go way back like that, there are stories. Katie & Glenn reminded me of one of those stories when we were catching-up for two hours in the light of their truck headlights after their fotoshoot.
It was Glenn’s birthday, so Katie & I had apparently started brainstorming gift ideas. It had to be one of those gifts that says: I-have-a-thing-for-you…without being too serious, it being high school and all. So please cut Katie & I some slack on our thought process, but it went something like this: Glenn is a hunter; Glenn hunts ducks; we can’t afford a gun or a duck call, but what about a duck? We drove out to my barn, chased my little brother’s feathered friends around for a half-hour until we finally caught Donald, stuffed him in a box & tied a bow around it. (Okay, I don’t really remember if we tied a bow around it, but if we had it would have been most definitely my cheesy idea, not Katie’s.) I also don’t remember the details of the big reveal of Katie’s gift to Glenn: but it was in Agriculture class and it likely involved duck crap, & a half-hearted admonishing from Mr. Miller. We took Donald back to the barn, before Glenn could go for his rifle, but Glenn got Katie’s message: I have a thing for you.
Since our escapades in Agriculture class, Katie & Glenn married. They added several dogs to the family, but no ducks except during hunting season. And anyways, Katie decided a fotoNovella was a better way to tell Glenn: I have a thing for you.
Prequel: Brooke & Lee.
fotoNovella Bride & Groom: Brooke & Lee Harshfield
Venue: Slickfork Saloon, Hamley’s. Pendleton, Oregon
Eric Schultheiss, www.essenceapc.com, accompanied me as second shooter for the day. This was our fifth wedding we’ve shot together, so we’re a pretty good team: double the angles, double the vision, double the sarcasm. Eric spent his day in Pendelton carrying my bags around like a pack mule (this is me being sarcastic) and being mistaken for Keith Urban (this is me wishing I was being sarcastic). When he wasn’t otherwise engaged, he was rocking-out cool shots like these:
Check back for ‘chapter one: Brooke’s bridalNovella.’
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