Being a university life photographer leads to different situations with every shoot booked. It can be indoors and freezing cold, and outdoors in the blazing sun. Regardless of the weather, I have to be there with the right equipment for every situation. This was shot just before the annual golf car parade began.

Fortunately the drawing class was clothes on as I wandered in looking for subject matter to photograph. Apparently the nude model called in sick that day, and therefore made my day.

Seldom to I feel so at home in my photography as when I am lucky enough to photograph artists, art classes and in artistic environments.

As you can see from my already existing work on shannondrawe.com, there’s a lot of work demanded and delivered to Texas Woman’s University. The university photography thing comes as second nature to me having worked as “The University Photographer” for the University of North Texas right before graduating from there, and both schools have called on me over the years. UNT is chock full of photography staff now, so there is no reason for them to call (that’s were all the big buck tuition goes these days – faculty and staff expenses), but TWU has been steady for something like seventeen years.

Anyway, this is the first of at least twenty photo posts showing the photography work that has been going on with TWU in the past few weeks.

Work is still going on – stronger this month than the previous two. I am also managing to do some artwork as it finds its way to me and my awareness. The first image above is from a shoot last night for Texas CEO Magazine in Carrollton, Texas – Glazer’s.
The second image is from a new series that I started working on this year on Lake Ray Roberts. It’s an interesting place where everything is almost pristine – the shorelines, the park facilities – everything. Thing is, we all know it won’t be that way forever.
Click on either image for a larger view.

Peterbilt trucks are made right here in Denton, Texas, and their location in Mount Vernon, Washington, is for testing their trucks. There are engineers in that location that put their trucks through the rigors of a million miles (the typical life of a Peterbilt) compressed into a scientifically calculated few months of truck torture.

This week has been much more quiet leading up to another shoot for TEXAS CEO Magazine next week. That shoot will be the CEO of Glazer, Shelly Stein. Maybe I can get some free samples while in their bar?

My fashion roots run deep and long (thanks, you know who you are), and here I find myself into it on a local, as in the house, level. Here are some fantastic sweaters I shot for www.cimarrona.com this evening using my ring light. It’s hard to escape just how good clothes, and edgy fashion photographs look using ring lights. Sure, it goes in and out of style, but after ten years of occasionally using this light, I still like whipping it out now and then!

Another vintage sweater saved from the cutting table at www.cimarrona.com
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This sweater just sings with ring light lighting, looking almost like an X-Ray or ghost image. Available at www.cimarrona.com.

I always appreciate a client who knows the value of good (website) design – www.bolivarstreetgallery.com, and also realizes the value good photography plays in the overall look of their website. Here are some images of art available at the Bolivar Street Gallery in Sanger, Texas.

I made these off the cuff – natural light, while doing the website orientation for the gallery owner at the same time. Studio quality copy work of artwork, looks and feels quite a bit different than this, but it works to show what the gallery is all about.

I’ve been doing it for years, and with the upswing in the economy, you want to be ready to bring new business to yourself with exciting FRESH and creative new images for your assets.