Shannon Stroubakis Photography
Photographer in the Woodlands, Spring and Conroe TX
A touch of glamour for this senior session. I just loved her stunning floor length red dress! Perfect for some street shots for a chic urban look, and we had plenty of gorgeous backlighting.
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I’m available for Senior Portraits! Email shannon@shannonstroubakis.com or use the contact form HERE to inquire.
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I had a great time with Miss G at her senior photoshoot! Three outfits, for three totally different looks, and with her gorgeous colouring the weather was just perfect to catch the sun in her hair and light in her eyes.  I adore simple serene black and white images, and her calm and laid back style made for some beautiful and slightly moody monochrome shots. We got a lot of variety from this senior photo session!
I’m available for Senior Portraits! Email shannon@shannonstroubakis.com or use the contact form HERE to inquire.
CLICK to view all sessions posted in SENIORS and join me on Facebook HERE
This local author contacted me for updated headshots months ago, and the weather has finally cooperated with us to go outdoors on location to do her photoshoot. We were looking for several different angles to get a variety to choose from for promotional images for her new book coming out this week. I like to use natural light and soft flattering lighting to bring out the beauty in my clients, and we found a few little pockets of nice light in her home garden.
Are you looking for business headshots? I shoot outdoors for environmental portraits in natural light for a friendly and organic feel to your business headshots. Click here to view my portfolio.
Congratulations Barbara on the release of your latest work, and I wish you much success!
There are so many sides of you. Capture them all in your senior photography session.
This lovely couple came in for a portrait session on a beautifully sunny Sunday. It was a bit chilly, but photographing love always warms the heart.
Our beautiful weather continued into the holiday season, making for some pretty golden light for outdoor on location family portrait sessions here in the Woodlands. I photographed this beautiful family on a bright and cheerful Sunday. Lovely family and they even brought their fluffy and friendly dog to join in for some family picture fun!
Just a few images from a beautiful family I had the pleasure to do family portraits for this month! It was a gorgeous day to do an outdoor on location session here in the Woodlands TX. It’s always a joy to be able to capture the love of families and the bright beautiful smiles of children!
As a photographer, nothing gives me greater joy than showing my clients the images from our family and senior sessions, wonderful outdoor family portraits that I want you to love and cherish for a lifetime! I present your gallery images to you in person for ordering, so you can see them on a full screen and touch and look over the prints and products when deciding which package is right for you. I will also help guide you when ordering gift prints, wall art and canvases because the ratio matters for the most flattering presentation.
The standard gift print size is usually 8×10, perfect for sitting framed on your desk or in a scrapbook album. However, it is not the same shape as the original 8×12 ratio that the camera produces. Since 8×12 is not the standard, you might be hesitant to order your favourite images in the original ratio. Let me show you why it’s sometimes better to retain the original composition and ratio in which the image was shot and compare to the cropped version.
On the left is the original image with the 8×12 ratio, within an 11×14 frame and matted, with an 8×12 opening. As intended, this young couple is framed perfectly, with some ground below them to stand on and the beautiful fall colours of the trees in the background. It’s just as common to find 11×14 frames in stores as it is to find 8x10s!
On the right is the 8×10 crop, within an 8×10 frame. Due to the way the 8×10 ratio crops into the image, they have lost their feet! And the beautiful background trees and sky are almost gone, losing that environmental feel.
Another example shows how this pretty little fairy shot changes when the 8×10 crop closes the frame in around her. In the 8×12 ratio on the left, she’s lost in her own little world, in the forest. On the right, cropping in closer lets us focus on her but eliminates some of the environment. In this case, it’s a personal preference which crop ratio you may prefer for the final print.
Just one more reason why I am happy to do in person viewing and ordering sessions with my clients! My goal is to make absolutely certain you are happy with your final images and order the right size and shape for your prints, so your family looks their absolute best!
Thank you very much to Katie Belmont at Katie Belmont Photography in Omaha, NE for providing the template for this comparison. Please follow this link to view her wonderful work at her website, and follow along here to Facebook and “like” her page!
I had the honour of helping this young couple celebrate one year together! They chose two locations, a field and a small forested area with a pathway, for some fun outdoor on location portraits! And they even came with their own little prop – a cute sign that Miss S made herself!
Thank you for letting me capture images of you on such a special occasion! Love is a beautiful thing!
A Sunday in the park near sunset was the perfect time and place for an outdoor on location mini session for Miss J. We captured some unique portraits that show her personality, to celebrate her kindergarten graduation! Congratulations and I look forward to seeing you again for family portraits!
This month I met the talented and inspirational Sondra Sneed, a local writer and author here in The Woodlands, Texas, for unique and personalized headshots. She inquired with me for images for her website, with a specific vision in mind. We met last weekend, on a gorgeous golden late afternoon at my favourite grassy knoll, and shot these beautiful images of her in the field. With the sun rays raining down behind her, she’s illuminated with beautiful light, a perfect ethereal glow that matches the aura of her inspired writing. You can read her story and follow her upcoming work at www.sondrasneed.com.
If this sassy model looks familiar, it’s because she was featured here last fall! I love photographing seniors, especially outdoors and on location, and capturing the unique personality of each person.
This month truly has been all about families! I love to do photography sessions on location, outdoors in The Woodlands, where families can have fun, relax and interact together for natural looking portraits. This family was so much fun to meet for their fall mini session, and you can feel the love between them!
Just a quick little mini session with good friends! We’re enjoying some beautiful weather here in Spring, TX and it’s perfect for outdoor portraiture. And with these two cute little girls, it was a fun and easy little mini session!
I had a fabulous time with this senior session for Miss C! We started out on location outdoors in a park in the Woodlands, TX, then moved to a more urban location for some fun urban styling.
