the lovely shannon

   although facebook and i are currently not on speaking terms, i owe it a lot. besides the connecting with old friends, meeting new ones, blah blah blah, it has been the best thing i could have done to improve my photography. twofold really, it has shown me what can be done and shown others what i can do. the hardest thing to do in an industry like this is to get your work where others can see it and judge for themselves. facebook has instantly made that as simple as turning on a computer. good and bad has grown from this of course, but that's an entirely other subject and i've caused enough trouble this week so i digress.
   shannon and i met through my embittered lover, facebook, and i instantly knew i had to shoot her. beside the fact she's gorgeous, there was just some quality i couldn't put my finger on until i looked again and realized she is a dead ringer for one of my favorite models, miranda kerr. (that's right, some have favorite football players etc., i have favorite models. don't judge me, it's what i do.) so i was thrilled when she and i started talking about shooting. see she doesn't see the resemblance and i was determined to show her. she is a die hard, we arbitrarily picked a day that fit both of our schedules and of course it ended up being one of the hottest days so far in the summer. we did our best to stay in the shade out on the trails at the konza prairie and that made it bearable. we had fun and we got some great stuff. you be the judge on who she looks like.