Shannon B. Chenoweth

I have finally dived completely into displaying my photography work on flickr. While getting my own work up, I have discovered some amazing photo work from other photographers. The range of talent on flickr is great. Here are some of my favorite noir-style pictures that I’ve come across.

by RevellRay/Chuck Revell

by NapalmPhoto

by Mike the B

by Juju’s Baba

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Are you seeking a photographer in the Orlando area? With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, maybe you would like to get some photos of yourself for your sweetie or some photos of the two of you?
I am an affordable, local photographer with over thirteen years of experience. I would love to work with you. Please drop me an email at shannon425@gmail.com for further information and pricing information.

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Looking for some photo prints for that bare wall in your house or apartment? Then, check out my etsy shop which features some of my photography work available for print. Currently, I have a sale going on through February 1st, so this is the weekend to pick up your own print!

Shutterbug Shannon’s Etsy shop

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I am thinking about creating a writing and/or photography challenge here on the site. Still in the early idea stages on it, so not sure how I’m going to go about it. Still running possibilities through my head.

A photo challenge would be easy enough to get going, as all I’d need is a theme for it and then get people to sign up here and then create a place to post the entries. I’m thinking I will more than likely do this for February. The question is, would there be enough interest? And, I would like to come up with some some of prize, even if it is just something small. Maybe the winner gets an 8×10 of their winning photo?

In regards to a writing challenge, this one is more up in the air. There are a number of great daily, weekly and monthly challenges out there with prompts and set themes, so I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. Going to have to brainstorm about this one for a bit longer I think.

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Was recommended this set of photography of New York in the 1930s. These are some amazing black & white pictures that I am in love with. I love old black & white photography, especially depicting life as it used to be. There’s just something so inspiring and beautiful about old photos.
Changing New York photo set: http://ow.ly/T5Pu

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I have been wanting to open an etsy shop to sell some of my photography prints for a few months. Today marked the day that I officially came through on that. As of this afternoon, I have 9 photo prints for sale in my shop. Please stop by and check it out! I will try to vary the prints available throughout the next few weeks, as I am always out shooting new things.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/shutterbugshannon

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You know, I used to have high expectations for the Nikon name and brand. That was until now. About a week and a half ago, I sent my D5000 DSLR back to them for the service advisory repair since my camera was one that might be affected per their website. I packaged the box well and tight, so as my camera was well cushioned during it’s trip to Connecticut where Nikon is doing the repairs.

Jump to last Friday morning. I had checked earlier in the week on the tracking, and UPS reported that the package containing my D5000 had reached the repair facility on Monday, August 3rd. Okay, I figured by this time I should have had some sort of email or what have you from Nikon about the ETA of repair on my camera. So, I called them. After waiting on hold for almost ten minutes, a representative was less than helpful or insightful. He informed me that he couldn’t tell me anything about my specific camera and that I should be hearing something from Nikon by Monday. So, basically, I just sent them my $800 piece of equipment and they couldn’t give me any information on what was going on with it. This astonished me, I thought, ‘I expect better from Nikon than this.’ But, I decided to be patient and give them some more time despite part of me wanting to call back and request to speak with a supervisor.

Here’s where we arrive at the present. I got home from work this evening to discover a box addressed to me. Since I wasn’t expecting anything, it surprised me a bit. Opening it up, it became clear very quickly who the box was from, Nikon. Inside was my camera. The packing of the box itself was shoddy. The box containing my camera was barely secured. Thankfully, the camera body itself seems okay, no damage from what I can tell. I searched the box for paperwork. Nothing, nadda. What? You supposedly did some sort of repair on the equipment but no paperwork? How am I to believe that anything was done at all to it? And, they never, not once communicated with me through the process, a process mind you that had to take place because Nikon messed up on the D5000 line. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that sometimes things happen, and I didn’t get upset when I heard about the service advisory, but no communication? Come on, Nikon. I honestly expected better from you than this. I guess my expectations have been set too high. Now, you have disappointed a loyal Nikon customer, one who has only purchased Nikon cameras now for over ten years. After all this, I’m not so sure that my next camera will be a Nikon. Yeah, I’m starting to reconsider my loyalty to the brand. Canon may start to get my business in the future. Sorry Nikon, but you are just not showing the loyalty to your customers that some of us have shown to you. If that’s the new way you are conducting business, I will be taking my money elsewhere. I work too hard to hand it over to a company who appears to not care about their consumer.

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I took part in a Worldwide Photowalk on July 18th (Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk). Some of the photos have been posted on my deviantart page, but I wanted to share a few black & white shots here. Never used to be a fan of B&W photography, but going to photo school changed that. I gained a huge appreciation for the craft of shooting in back and white. I now tend to favor B&W over color work.

Check out http://shannonshots.deviantart.com for more photos.

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