Pure 35mm gorgeousness! It’s been quite a year and I’m finally getting around to posting this…we took these over a year ago, before the pandemic! It was such a pleasure to wander around the gardens with Denise and capture all her magic on film.  ..read more

Magic hour with these lovelies!  We ventured to the South Bay to catch the sunset and pretty much had the place to ourselves.  Lila loved the beach and the film camera loved Lila (she takes after her mama).  Shot with Porta 400 + Ilford HP5 400. Enjoy ..read more

Look at this beaut!  I had such a fun time exploring Descanso Gardens with Mariam…who is also a fellow film photographer!  Go check out her gorgeous work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariamkhudik/ Thanks for being such a fantastic model Mariam and being down for anything!  Even laying upside down on a giant white globe :)  I love how these turned out ..read more

Meet Kiyoshi!  The cutest little nugget living in Brooklyn.  On my way to a cabin upstate I had time to drop in, say hello for the first time, and capture some sweet little moments.  Matt and Kimiyo…you did good. Shot on 35mm | Porta 400   Shannon @smwimages www.smwimages.com   |   info@smwimages.com ..read more

The more I shoot with film the more I adore it!  Caroline was such a lovely subject, she had been taking film photography in high school and wanted her senior portraits to be taken with film.  I jump for joy when anyone requests 35mm :) Film: Porta 400 & Ilford 400 ..read more

Another amazing shoot with Karla! @karlagrooves – go find her The second I saw this installation I knew I had to come back with my film camera.  Wowza what an inspiring space.  A dreamy wonderland of color.  It’s up until November, go explore!  (maybe don’t go at noon like we did, unless you like saunas) Film: Porta 400 ..read more

D’Angeles and Evelyn…what a loving and fun and rambunctious and crazy beautiful duo.  We had a gorgeous summer portrait session together to document their mother daughter bond in the gardens of Pasadena. Luckily we scheduled our session before the massive heat wave last week, the weather was perfect and the photos turned out pretty perfect too.  Take a look ..read more

I bought some kaleidoscope sunglasses last year and I can’t stop taking pictures through them.  Not like the poppy fields need any more color added to them…oh well I did it anyways… We woke up bright and early to drive out to the Antelope Valley poppy fields for sunrise and it was SO WORTH IT!  Sunrise was magical, orange is my favorite color, everything was just perfect I couldn’t contain my excitement.  Here are just a few of my favorites, a mixture of digital and 35mm… xo Shannon info@smwimages.com   |   www.smwimages.com ..read more

This place is a dream!  Amy from Stay Rewilded created the most vibrant little paradise in the depths of DTLA.  She has lived and travelled all over the globe and found this cozy cubby to fill with her treasures.  When she’s not staying in the loft and traveling (which is a lot) she rents it out as a shoppable airbnb…yes you can try on all the glorious clothes, feel the textiles on your skin and actually go home with them!  This was such an inspiring place to shoot, every inch is thoughtfully designed and visually bewitching.   Thanks to the team for filling this already crazy positive place w ..read more