About Samantha Shannon Photography
Samantha Shannon Photography, located in Portland, Oregon, is a family photographer known for creating light-filled and timeless images for joyful families. With a soft, romantic, and warm photography style that has a modern sensibility, the business has been serving the area since 2011, including Hillsboro, Beaverton, Sherwood, and Lake Oswego. Clients have described their experiences with Samantha as warm, welcoming, and seamless. She excels at making sessions relaxed and comfortable, even for larger groups or families with small children. Her patience, skill in composition and light, and ability to wrangle and organize families are highly praised. Samantha offers guidance on outfit choices and natural posing, ensuring everyone feels at ease. The resulting photographs are beautiful, often exceeding expectations, and families cherish these memories, returning for repeat sessions. Her talent in capturing morning rays and her knowledge of locations enhance the quality of the images. Overall, Samantha Shannon Photography delivers sincere and celebratory family photography that truly captures the essence of family connections.
Her work is just so amazing. She was so patient with out 3 year old and snapped the BEST pictures of him and my husband.
I cannot recommend her enough for family session! Her turn around time was also very quick! We are in LOVE with the outcomes!
Samantha did a wonderful job with our unruly14 person family ! Not an easy group but she made it so relaxed even at 8:15 am she was patient, fun but also very capable at wrangling and organizing us.. She has a skilled eye in composition and light that is invaluable.
Everyone enjoyed and appreciated her from littles to grandparents.
I highly recommend her.
Susan Chapman
We had such a wonderful experience working with Samantha! Our photo session was so relaxed and comfortable and she really put us at ease. We were especially nervous to navigate a photo session with a small baby and she was so communicative and helpful throughout the whole process. She even gave us wardrobe recommendations to help us put together a look for the whole family! The photos turned out beautifully, and we sincerely recommend working with her!