You guys. I am so excited. I just won a scholarship to the coolest workshop I’ve ever heard about!!! The Love Affair Workshop is a women-only pro-photographer workshop in North Carolina, put on by some of the most amazing women. As soon as I saw it, I was dying to go. But when he saw...
Yearly Archives: 2007
December 19, 2007 - 9:21 pm
OMG Shannon…that was so.freaking.awesome. I would have picked you in a heartbeat!
Congratulations!!
December 19, 2007 - 9:28 pm
Congratulations, Shannon! That is amazing. You did a great job and are so talented! Have a great time at the workshop!
December 19, 2007 - 9:57 pm
Congrats Shannon! And I just have to say that slideshow ROCKS. you are the real deal Ms. Montez. love ya! 
December 19, 2007 - 11:25 pm
that was SO cool. you are the funniest person that i don’t know but wish i did!
December 20, 2007 - 6:17 am
Oooh, Shannon, that is awesome!! I’m so happy for you! When are you going? Wish you were coming to the mountainous part of the state!!!! You will LOOOOOOOVE that cross-country flight! : )
December 20, 2007 - 8:07 am
We’re BOTH winners! (tee hee)
This was wonderful, creative and said exactly what needed to be said…If I’d been on your scholarship committee (the academic ones aren’t HALF as much fun), I’d have picked you too!! It positively SHINES!!
Dave and the kids are a pretty powerful muse ‘eh? Congrats Shannon…
December 20, 2007 - 9:17 am
That is such a cute slideshow!
Congratulations on the scholarship. It will be an amazing experience!
December 20, 2007 - 9:33 am
I’m so happy for you!
The video rocks!!
December 20, 2007 - 10:12 am
I’m near tears, here, Shannon. I love what you did. Go for me, too. Have a great time.
Congrats and merry Christmas.
December 20, 2007 - 10:33 am
Shannon, BEAUTIFUL job! I was laughing and crying at the same time. No wonder they picked you! But I have to say, I am a little freaked out right now because one of the women putting on the workshop is my sister-in-law and photographer extraordinare, Davina Fear. When I saw her picture pop up, I screamed! Now I’m going to have to send her an email. 
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~Amy Fear
December 20, 2007 - 10:37 am
I’m so, so glad you won, Shannon. You are the perfect candidate. I’m all weepy!
December 20, 2007 - 10:52 am
YEAH SHANNON!!!!! Good for you. YOU DESERVE IT.
When is the workshop?
The slideshow was beautiful. Makes me miss you guys so much!
Merry Christmas, and Congratulations!!
December 20, 2007 - 10:59 am
YAY!!!! Make sure you take notes. Lots and lots of notes.
BTW, meth isn’t so much a problem here as it is in Dublin — were you thinking of moving?
December 20, 2007 - 11:56 am
shannie!
this is soooo great!
i totally almost cried over your slideshow!
congrats!!
kellicrowe
December 20, 2007 - 12:10 pm
That slide show rocked! Congratulations! You’re going to have a great time
December 20, 2007 - 12:23 pm
PS> Your slideshow is hilarious and lovely!!! I’m so glad you won!
December 20, 2007 - 12:25 pm
yeah shannon!! i loved the slidewshow… so cute & funny!! the workshop looks awesome plus you’ll be staying at beach houses. have a fantastic time.
December 20, 2007 - 12:54 pm
sooo cool, you will be in my area. I wanted to go too, but I couldn’t cash out the dough either. lol. Hope you have a grand time!!!
December 20, 2007 - 6:39 pm
LOVE your slide show..and you friend….Miley
December 20, 2007 - 10:29 pm
Oh you. Winning things all the time for your superior skills. You deserve it, chica. Have a great time!
December 21, 2007 - 6:17 am
That’s great, Shannon! So happy for you!
December 21, 2007 - 8:41 am
Shannon-That is really exciting! Congratulations! You are amazing.
December 21, 2007 - 9:08 am
That was so amazing! such a great idea, entertaining, heartfelt, awesome! congratulations!
December 21, 2007 - 10:20 am
That video is incredible, I’m not surprised at all you won that scholarship – Congratulations!!
December 21, 2007 - 1:49 pm
WOOHOOOO! So happy for you! Awesome slideshow!
(I hope you come back home.);)
December 21, 2007 - 2:12 pm
Sister–I’m so stinkin proud of you. I can’t wait to see you in a couple weeks!!! xoxoxoxo
December 21, 2007 - 7:32 pm
i am so happy you won, shannon.
that video totally rocks and your family is so gorgeous!
December 22, 2007 - 3:35 pm
Congrats!! That slideshow was awesome and the scholarship is defintely well deserved. You’re going to rock your photos even more than you already do!
December 24, 2007 - 2:55 pm
that is so cool.. congrats! your slideshow rocks!
December 25, 2007 - 3:48 pm
That is just the cutest! CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!! 
December 27, 2007 - 12:52 pm
how wonderfully inspirational! i’m so pleased that you won the scholarship – certainly deserving. WTG.
December 27, 2007 - 2:59 pm
oh my gosh, this is so funny, you had me almost in tears with the laughing!! i thougth i was gonna pee my pants! i loved it!! so glad you won the scholarship!!
julie in ohio
December 28, 2007 - 9:57 am
The slideshow was awesome. It reminds me that it is all worth it (parenthood, etc.). Enjoy the workshop.
December 28, 2007 - 2:09 pm
LOVED your slideshow. I was dying to go to this workshop, but I couldn’t afford it either. Congratulations!!!!
December 28, 2007 - 3:33 pm
Shannon, you are so talented, and your slideshow completely rocked!
December 29, 2007 - 3:25 pm
congrats!! so well deserved!!!!
December 29, 2007 - 8:24 pm
That was pretty darn cute! Have a wonderful time (i’m such a blog stalker:P)
December 30, 2007 - 10:01 pm
Congrats Shannon! So awesome, and so well deserved!
December 31, 2007 - 2:56 pm
THAT IS SO COOL! I am catching up on blogs today and I can’t belive you won!! I remember when you were telling me about it and how sad you were that you couldn’t go and now you can!! Congrats!!
January 1, 2008 - 10:49 am
Congratulations! I love your slideshow. It touched me and made me cry (in a good way). I just called my husband up to watch it. How awesome that rather than stopping at the first obstacle you used your creativity to find another way. Definitely a positive message for people like me who have forgotten about being resourceful, determined, passionate and “making it happen.” Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year to you and your family. What a way to start off the New Year!
January 21, 2008 - 12:59 pm
I just found your site and loved your scholarship entry. If they don’t award one to you they are obviously not fit to judge true creativity and need.
January 21, 2008 - 4:32 pm
Words cannot describe how much I loved that.
Girl – you are BRILLIANT! I can’t think of anyone more deserving. And I’m proud to know you!
Brilliant.
Scott, Shea, and Brooke Steffens! Shea was nominated by her good friend Krista L. who shared the heartwarming story of how their daughter was born with a serious problem and that caused some of her organs to shift into the area where one of her lungs belongs and causes the lung or lungs to be...
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December 18, 2007 - 8:28 pm
OMG! You made my day!! I LOVE your work Shannon…I am SO SO SO excited!!
Thanks bunches!!
December 19, 2007 - 8:38 pm
Love the picture of the power baby. so cute!
Yesterday I got the gumption to finally get our pictures taken for a Christmas card. Until this point, I had been telling myself that Valentines or even New Years cards are perfectly acceptable. But suddenly, that wasn’t good enough. I wanted to be in contact now, with all the people that we aren’t going to...
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December 14, 2007 - 11:06 pm
Call me weird, but I’d use the nose digging one. It’s hilarious. BTW, did you know they cast the actors for Bella and Edward. It’s on the Stephenie Meyer website. Just thought you’d be interested.
December 15, 2007 - 4:50 am
Right on Sopie…
December 15, 2007 - 4:52 am
I meant Sophie. ha ha
December 15, 2007 - 6:17 am
Man, Matt is quite the jumper.
I’m sure they’re fine.
It’s not as if you’re critical on yourself or anything…..
December 15, 2007 - 4:04 pm
You crack me up. It can’t be that hard to take a perfect picture with 6 people in it (sense the sarcasm). Ours sucked.
December 16, 2007 - 12:10 am
Shannon! You look like a hot babe with curled hair. (I am straight, I swear!) I don’t think I’ve ever seen it like that at church! I’m so glad we had you as a photographer! Our family pictures came out fabulous this year!
December 16, 2007 - 12:10 am
Shannon! You look like a hot babe with curled hair. (I am straight, I swear!) I don’t think I’ve ever seen it like that at church! I’m so glad we had you as a photographer! Our family pictures came out fabulous this year!
December 16, 2007 - 7:01 pm
I feel your pain!
I tried to take pictures of my oldest and her fiance…they were late in the day, she kept fussing with her hair, he isn’t a ‘smiler’ which ‘she’ didn’t like…50 plus shots later and of course ‘she’ wasn’t happy ’cause ‘she’ looked fat…OY! Needless to say…I am not a photographer and clueless about Photoshop…
Which is ANOTHER reason to shout “Pick me!” for your photo give-away.
ps
happy birthday to your dad!
December 17, 2007 - 10:34 am
Ha ha. I think they look GREAT! And give yourself a break, you do amazing work AND you are a normal wonderful mom with normal wonderful kids who will act accordingly when they want to. I think “out takes” are the best pictures of all, they speak the loudest and they are the ones that usually start all the fun conversations of “Remember this one???” If only my pics turned out so great! I love them! Make sure you post all your good ones on here too, for all of us to see and oh and ah over!
Burn-out, that is. This whole “busy season” thing is a lot like packing for a move, where you keep thinking you’re really almost done, but doing all the odds and ends things is a lot more work than you anticipated and you find out- that time you thought you were on the homestretch? You weren’t...
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December 12, 2007 - 9:22 pm
your blog does not make being a real photographer sound all that appealing.
Guess this means no lunch before christmas?
December 15, 2007 - 4:07 pm
You change the settings so you can “undo” indefinitly. That way you can totally change decisions you made earlier in the game. Trevor thinks it’s cheating, but I think it’s perfectly acceptable.
So much for the posting every day thing. I’m still going to try, but please forgive my failure in the past. The last couple days have been hard, trying to get my brain in order and get everything ordered in an orderly fashion. I need to get back to work. Or back to the kids....
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December 10, 2007 - 11:58 pm
She had the babies! They look so happy! I love the one of her holding both of them. So precious!
December 11, 2007 - 12:00 am
Both girls? I’m assuming, but you can’t be too sure…
December 11, 2007 - 7:41 pm
Aw, they are so sweet! I haven’t seen them close up yet (in real life, that is). Beautiful pictures, Shannon.
December 14, 2007 - 12:51 am
Such sweet pictures.
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