About Shannon Kathleen Photography
Hello! I am Shannon, a single mother to the sweetest and most wonderful 14 year old boy who's life goal is to become a professional golfer. I grew up in and we currently reside in the northern suburbs of St Paul, Minnesota.
By day I work full time as a Certified Medical Assistant in a Dermatology clinic. By nights and weekends I am a self-taught artist and photographer who is bound to craft of photography by feel... I’m super deeply and emotionally connected to each photo I take. This art is my passion and my creative outlet.
As a photographer, I strongly believe in the importance of getting in front of the camera myself. This allows me to have more empathy and compassion for those I am photographing.
Pulling others out of their shell is what I'm passionate about... you see, I was THE shyest person in the entire world up until the age of 14 or 15. I was soooo uncomfortable in my own skin. I hated it. I talked myself out of it and decided to do everything that made me uncomfortable, to tear out of my shell. Then I never looked back ;)
I want to inspire others to tear out of theirs ❤❤ So I started to take self portraits. I even wrote an eBook on how to create your own self portraiture -- you can check my eBook out HERE
A FEW OTHER TID-BITS ABOUT ME OUTSIDE OF MY PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY:
My son and I have an obsession with super hero movies!! We go see all the super hero movies the day they come out! I find them super exciting and the gorgeous men in them aren’t bad either ;) I'm a total comic book movie nerd ;)
I love to read!! I will read any way I can whether it be an actual book or by listening to audio books. I tend to read a few books at a time and have read More about 100 books in the last year. A few of my favorite authors as of late are:
Colleen Hoover ... she tends to write beautiful love stories with lots of twists and angst ;)
Brene Brown ... everything she writes is profound and makes so much sense to me; I swear by her words like a bible.
Blake Pierce ... this man writes about leading women heroine characters who are FBI profilers in his serial killer crime novels and I find them to be the most intriguing!
Shannon Kathleen Photography Publications:
Published in Bella Grace Magazine, Issue 18
A self portrait of mine published inside! Read more about it HERE

Published on the COVER of Bella Grace Magazine, Issue 17
Read my blog post about this publication
Published in Bella Grace Magazine, Issue 15
I wrote an article about teaching my son photography. Read it here.
Published on the cover and in Bella Grace Magazine, Issue 11
My image IS THE COVER and I have a personal feature inside the issue!! Read more HERE
{Click "Read More" below to read about my first publication}
Published in Make Minnesota Magazine, The Vision Issue / May 2018
Published on the cover of Make Minnesota Magazine, Discovery Issue / August 2017
Published in Make Minnesota Magazine, Wild Issue / June 2017
Published in Dear Photographer Magazine, Volume 1 Issue 1
Features:
Featured artist at Our Weekend Stories. Read my interview here! :)
Read my interview with Inspire Me, Inspire Be.
I wrote a guest blog post for Dear Photographer regarding my favorite types of shooting style and you can read it here!!
Featured artist at Reflections-Capturing life in ART. Read my interview here!!
For Sale!
What You Get.
(1) A 22 page PDF that includes:
My Why
The How with real working tips and advice
4 complete image breakdowns showing SOOC/Final and giving you an understanding of my thought process--how I created them as well as my philosophy behind each
My gear and editing
Image breakdowns and how I edited each self-portrait session from the videos
And finally a list of suggested inspiration to help you create your own!
(2) A bundle of 5 videos:
3 editing videos of me going through and editing 2 different Self-Portrait sessions while talking you through my process.
2 videos of pull back images with me talking you through the philosophy behind my choices, the location, mood, and lighting.
I am Nurtured by Nature. Nature feeds my soul. I want to share with others how I see our beautiful world :)
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