Dawn Shields

New Blog is up! www.dawnshieldsblog.com

2009-03-26T12:13:00.001-07:00

Here is where we will be blogging from now on! We would LOVE to hear your thoughts. www.dawnshieldsblog.com

NEW BLOG COMING!!!!

2009-03-25T14:53:00.000-07:00

We have a new blog almost done ;-) Can't wait to share it with you!!

Kelin!

2009-02-24T11:47:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pics of sweet little Kelin. We just love her!

Award Winning Image!!

2009-02-24T11:28:00.001-08:00

Since Dawn is a little too modest to make this posting herself, the girls here at Dawn Shields Photography and Metropolitan Bride Magazine are really excited to announce that this amazing image stole 3rd place at our Wedding and Portrait Photographers International convention! This is such a wonderful achievement and we are so proud of you Dawn! Congrats!

-Whitney

Photography 101 Class, February 28

2009-02-06T09:46:00.000-08:00

After requests from several clients and friends, we are excited to let all of you know that we have decided to hold a photography 101 class. The cost for this one day informational course will be $250. The space is limited, so make sure you contact Whitney at 880-6600 or email her at whitney@dawnshields.com to hold your position in our photography class. The fee will also include your lunch plus some great tips and demonstration while working in photoshop. Looking forward to it!!

Models needed!

2009-01-28T14:09:00.001-08:00

Hey Friends!

Well I have a couple different things coming up that will require models, some print work and also some modeling for photographers. If you know someone who you think would be perfect and is very photogenic please have them contact me at dawn@metbride.com
When they contact me have them send a couple pictures of themselves to help us in the selection process.

Thanks!
Dawn

Kyla will be on KSPR 33 tomorrow!

2009-01-15T15:32:00.000-08:00

Hey all watch Kyla on KSPR 33 tomorrow morning talking about the wedding show and all the latest wedding trends! Her segment is at 6:45am tomorrow morning. YEA KYLA!!!

Metropolitan Bride Wedding Show!!

2009-01-13T14:27:00.001-08:00

Make sure to come to the bridal show this Sunday January 18th.
It is taking place at the Springfield Expo Center
located at 635 St.Louis Springfield Mo 65806

It is going to be the bridal event of the season! We are so excited for this weekend and just thrilled to share all of the best vendors in the Springfield Metro area with you!

There will be valet parking provided by Springfield Parking. The playoff Games will be aired in our "Mens Tent". Please come and join us!

Mandy and Matt

2008-12-30T15:07:00.000-08:00

So it's been awhile since I have posted some of my work. I thought I would share a couple of photos from a great wedding I did in Oct. I hope you enjoy the pictures of this sweet couple. :-)

Bambi Cantrell Workshop!

2008-12-29T14:27:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share this very exciting news with everybody! Bambi Cantrell is coming to the midwest to teach a workshop. We are honored to have her here in Springfield Missouri. The dates are March 9th-11th. It is a full 3 day workshop and her first one for 2009! Please visit her website at www.cantrellportrait.com for
all the info.

The Cover of Metropolitan Bride!! Image shot by Bambi Cantrell

2008-12-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

Here it is!!! We are so excited, this has been just an amazing experience! The Magazines will be on the shelves in Barnes and Noble in Springfield tomorrow. I am thrilled to share this cover image with you, it is something I have been wanting to do since the day we decided it was the cover. Thank you to everybody who was involved in the creation of this bridal magazine, it has been an incredible journey.

Hugs!
Dawn

Jennifer and Nick!

2008-11-26T13:16:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pics from Jennifer and Nick's engagement session, Nick plays arena football so we had to go to a football field to pull in the personal touch...Jennifer's idea :-) I loved this session and had so much fun shooting it!

Thanks Guys!

Hugs,
Dawn

The Magazine print started TODAY!!!!!

2008-11-26T08:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a sneak peek of the magazine! It was an awesome morning going to the printers and seeing our first page come off the press. It looked Beautiful!!!! We were all so excited, it was like this whole office got to see their baby for the first time. What a great way to go into the holidays, very thankful!

Hey Check out this Trash the dress Video!

2008-11-20T09:17:00.001-08:00

Here is another video filmed by Brandon Goodwin of a Trash The Dress session.

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks to our wonderful Trash The Dress couple Doug and Mandon.

Check out Goodwin Films.

I am on Facebook now!

2008-11-15T07:53:00.000-08:00

I thought I would let you all know that I now FINALLY have a facebook page :-) SO feel free to look me up!

I also have SOOOOO much I want to blog, so hang in there with me and I will try to get some stuff up this next week!

I will also be sharing the front cover of our Bridal Mag with you soon...It's beautiful!!! Thanks to Bambi Cantrell!

Check out this wedding video from Hye Jin and Ashish's wedding

2008-11-14T12:01:00.000-08:00

I photographed an amazing wedding in Seattle this past August. It was SOOOOO much fun so I thought I would share a couple of teaser video's from Reel Thing Entertainment who shot all the video for this incredible event. This wedding was two full days of fun!

Enjoy!

Day 1
Day 2

Check out the Photography Network!

2008-10-30T15:58:00.000-07:00

“From the hearts and minds of 3 top photographers – Denis Reggie,
Bambi Cantrell and Joe Buissink -- comes a new upstart broadcast network for photography lovers of every stripe: The Photography Network (www.thephotographynetwork.tv). This venture (akin to HGTV or the Food Network) will focus on providing 24/7/365 TV broadcast quality “webisodes” to entertain, inspire and educate viewers on the inner workings of some of the world’s top photography talents, studios, schools and galleries. In addition to watching fun and “edu-taining” programs of all types, viewers will be able to showcase their best images, network with other impassioned photographers, compete in contests, and interact with knowledgeable experts.

Some would say it’s about time, huh?!!

The beta launch is scheduled for December and the full network
launch in February ’09. To sign up to be a part of the private beta launch in December go to www.photographynetwork.tv.”

So how amazing does this sound?! I'm hooked already! Just wanted to share this with all my photo friends out there, we are blessed enough to have Bambi as one of our close friends so she wanted us to all be a part of the beta launch :-)

Hugs,
Dawn

Sarah and Brent!

2008-10-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures from my Iowa wedding. We had so much fun while we were there! Sarah's family could not have been kinder to us than they were. This was a group of people who were HUGE Nebraska Husker fans so needless to say they knew how to celebrate a great occasion. Sarah had the video slide show we produce of wedding day photos at her reception, so below are some images that were on the slide show. I hope you enjoy the pictures below of this beautiful couple!

Dawn

Dawn, Kyla, and Whitney's Corny Adventure...Welcome to Iowa folks!

2008-10-17T19:46:00.000-07:00

Kyla and her corn!

Me (dawn),Kyla and Whitney...in the corn field.

Check out this house and their halloween decorations...UNREAL! It's in Good Hope IL. We had to stop and take pictures!

Our welcome gift bag! Those snacks are long gone! ;-)

Some rehearsal pictures with our wonderful couple, Brent and Sarah!

Kyla & Adam, he is one of our past grooms who we LOVE! Also thanks to his wonderful wife Shanna refering us we ended up with this awesome wedding :-)

A couple more of Sarah and Brent!

So we put the tires to the pavement at about 5:30 yesterday evening to photograph a wedding in Iowa. Thursday night was lots of laughs, giggles, and pretty much a five hour non stop business meeting, all blended into one. We made it as far as Quincy, IL our first night, which I only got this far by stopping for my trusty bag of sour gummy worms. Once we checked into the hotel, it took me all of five minutes to fall asleep, and Whitney and Kyla soon realized they were talking to what might have well been a dead person. When we got up in the morning we headed to the nearest Starbuck's, and today is when the corny adventure really started. After seeing nothing but fields of corn, we decided we had to stop and take a picture of us in front of a corn field. Kyla and Whitney could not stop laughing after Kyla decided we needed to take an ear of corn home with us as a souvenir. We finally made it to Davenport, IA (the home of John Deer) and are so thrilled to be shooting the wedding of our amazing couple Sarah and Brent.

Bambi Cantrell's Visit!

2008-10-12T07:31:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of images of Bambi working and Jennifer and David's wedding. Bambi had come into Springfield to shoot the cover of our premier issue of our new bridal magazine (it will be out in Dec). This just happen to work out for my bride and groom on the day she came in. I was planning on Bambi going back to the house for some rest after a long flight, but she came to my wedding and worked all day with me! Jennifer and David were thrilled and had so much fun with her. Bambi has been my mentor for several years now and to have her come here and work one of my weddings along side of me was such an honor. I have looked through Jennifer and Davids images and they are AWESOME!!!! Bambi did an amazing job! How many Springfield brides can say their wedding was shoot by one of the top 10 photographers in the world?! Thanks for everything Bambi!

Hugs!
Dawn

Cyndi and Brandon's e-session!

2008-10-12T06:49:00.000-07:00

Here is another fun engagement session! Cyndi and Brandon did two separate engagement session, it was a great way to give them two totally different looks :-) I put up a few from each session I hope you enjoy! Thank to this fabulous couple for two great evenings of fun, I can't wait until the wedding!

Hugs!
Dawn

Sorry for not posting...in Venice with Yervant!

2008-10-08T05:30:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to say I'm sooo sorry I have not posted images from Bambi's trip to visit me. I know I have several people waiting on the images so I will get to it very soon. For those who do not know My husband and I have purchased a regional bridal magazine and wedding expo. Bambi came to Springfield to shoot the cover and some of the inside spreads. To have her talent on this Magazine is just unbelievable! I am So excited about this project! What a dream for a photographer to have a magazine! I LOVE the wedding industry so this is a perfect match.

I am currently in Venice Italy doing a photography workshop with one of my mentors and a good friend, Yervant. I love doing these workshops it keeps me fresh and learning from the Best photographers in the world is such a blessing to me personally and to my business. Big hugs to Bambi and Yervant!

Bambi Cantrell is in Springfield!

2008-09-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let you know to keep your eye out for my next couple of postings! Bambi is in town to help me with Shooting a bridal magazine cover and inside spread of wedding dresses. She flew in today and came to my wedding with me...now that was one LUCKY BRIDE! She worked the whole time! I will be shooting pics of her working while the shoot is going on tomorrow. We have 4 beautiful models she will be working with and a beautiful location. Can't wait to share!

Dawn

Tanya and Jonathon

2008-09-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

Here is another WONDERFUL couple who I am blessed with the opportunity to shoot their wedding day. First we did the engagement session so here it is! Keep an eye out for the wedding images, it was last weekend and I promise some really great stuff! :-)

Hugs,
Dawn

Brad and Mandy!

2008-09-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

I have been shooting a lot of engagement sessions the past couple of weeks. Here is another I wanted to share, Brad and Mandy are just total cuties! I LOVED working with them, they are head over heels in love without a doubt! :-) They are going to have a great wedding so I will be sure to share that also.

Thanks Brad and Mandy!