I’m so unbelievably excited to share that Rangefinder Magazine did a feature article on me and it just came out!!! Rangefinder is the biggest magazine in the US for professional photographers, so I was beyond honored when they called me up and asked if I would mind being interviewed for their magazine. I have to give a huge shout out to Frank Simon for encouraging them to check out my work. Frank is an AMAZING photographer living in Arizona, and someone I respect immensely, and share a kindred spirit with. You should really check out his work, its out of this world.

You can download the whole article HERE. I’d love to hear your thoughts or feelings if you read the article, so please leave them in the comments if you like. Thanks!

Hope you’re having a wonderful day!!

So I just got home a few days ago from another amazing WPPI in Las Vegas. WPPI, or Wedding and Portrait Photographers International, is the biggest trade show in all of photography with around 12,000 attendees this year. There was all kinds of speakers and demonstrations, and the HUGE trade show, but I think the best part was all the parties and opportunities to meet and network with other photographers. It was great to see old friends and meet so many new ones. I always come home SUPER inspired from these events and this time was no exception.

This particular show was really exciting for me because I was starting to spread the word about Shawn Reeder Music.com, which is coming really soon!!! The link above is to my new music site which will be offering music with the perfect license for professional creatives, and will be active by next monday. Right now it goes to my main splash page. I can’t tell you how exciting it is to be 1 week away from launching a project that has been a dream of mine for years!! This is the reason I’ve hardly blogged over the last few weeks, I’ve just been swamped with work for my clients and getting the music site ready. And of course I got really inspired at WPPI with some new ideas for the music site that we hadn’t thought of before, so throughout the first month we’ll be implementing some awesome new features!!!

I want to share some pictures of the friends I was hanging with a lot in Vegas. I didn’t really carry a camera around like everyone else did, so I only have a few, but it was fun none the less. I may also grab some images off of my friends blogs to share as well.

Alex Abercrombie is someone dear to my heart, and one of the most talented and inspiring photographers and people I know. When I first started getting interested in shooting weddings, Alex was a tremendous encouragement and inspiration and she gave me such confidence to move into weddings. I really appreciate you Alex, and had such a good time hanging with you. I so wish I would of gotten my camera out more when she was around!

I want to share a picture of Jess’s of Alex, because I feel like it so much better captures how beautiful and wonderful she is.

Another great friend and constant inspiration who I got to spend a lot of time with is Jessica Del Vecchio. Jess is so helpful to so many people, and such a blast to hang out with. Its actually her birthday today as well so Happy Birthday Jess!!

Here’s a fun shot that Sarah Hodzig of Blink Photography took of me with my camera.

Christine Vincent of Xinefoto is super cool and hung out with us a bunch. She splits her time between Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and New York City.

Sarah Hodzig of Blink Photography was at her first WPPI and was so much fun to hang out with. Sarah also enjoys rock climbing like I do so it was really cool that a couple of us got to go out to Red Rock Canyon outside the city and play around on the rocks and in nature. It was so nice to be in some nature after being in the city for like 5 straight days (5 days in the city is pretty much a record for me).

Chelsea Nicole and her husband Jayse joined us for some fun times out at Red Rocks. Chelsea is a super talented photographer based right there in Las Vegas. These next 2 shots are hers.

Chelsea snapped this one of me playing around on the rocks and I didn’t even know it.

Jess snapped this one of me playing around.

And here’s a couple cool shots I got of Sarah and Christine playing around outside.

Lots of exciting new things are going to be rolling out around here over the next month, including my new music site Shawn Reeder Music.com in a week, and some other surprises as well. I’m going to be starting to blog more regularly since I go the WPPI frenzy out of the way, and am looking forward to sharing some cool stuff. So check back soon, and I hope you’re well.

So I just finished a long standing idea I’ve had for a long time; to completely make over my home office. So with the incredible help of my friend Milo, we put in a laminate floor, and I painted new colors, and I got a new desk! I LOVE my desk! It is motorized and adjusts in height. It’s amazing!! I can work standing up or sitting. My girlfriend Erin is 5′3″ and it went low enough to be perfect for her, and it works perfectly for me to stand up at at 6″2″. I’ve always dreamed of having a desk I could stand and sit at, but this one exceeded my expectations and maintains a simple elegance that I love.

I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season with friends and family. I just flew back to Maryland yesterday to be with my family and its so good to see them. Happy Holidays!

Erin was stoked the desk could lower and be the perfect height for her to.

I love being able to stand or sit to work. It burns 4 times as many calories to work standing than to work sitting, so even when I’m too busy to get out and exercise as much as I’d like, I can keep in decent shape.  I find that I end up standing about 80% of the time, which is also great for the back.  I also just got a trampoline in the back yard which is PERFECT for fun little “get your heart rate up” breaks from work. I’ll have to get some pictures together from the trampoline when I get back to California just after the new year. It’s sooooooo fun!!!

It was quite a project to rip out the old gnarly carpet. I think anyone who has ever seen what’s under a carpet will never have one again.

I wouldn’t have been able to do this project without the huge amount of help of my friend Milo. Thanks so much Milo!!

So I’m in the process of designing some new business cards. I’m going to have my logo on the front and I’m going to have an image on the back. I’d love to hear what your favorite image is from these. Thanks!

Shawn

Here’s what the front will look like.

And here’s the images I’m considering for the back.

Please leave me a comment if you have a favorite. Thanks so much!

Shawn

I’m so excited about my new logo!!! I love it. My friend Jordan worked with me to create it. He did such a great job!