Against the Grain

Against the Grain As the spring light in the afternoons has slowly moved in to the longer and warmer hours of summer, I have developed a slight obsession with shooting on this small section of wood flooring I acquired during the winter.  Fully assembled, the section I have available to shoot on measures roughly 4′…

On A Sunday…

On A Sunday… Seven years have passed since the first time I had the opportunity to shoot with my friend, Christy.  During the course of the shoot we got to catch up on almost a decade of life changes.  Kids.  Marriage. Growth.  Maturity.  Christy has been blowing up again in the Texas modeling community.  Definitely…

Ashley Woodson Jewelry

Ashley Woodson Jewelry I recently had the pleasure of shooting some new look book imagery for Ashley Woodson Jewelry.  When Ashley first approached me, I immediately knew how I wanted to photography her pieces.  I reached out to my go to hair stylist, Michi Lafary to start assembling the team to make my vision a…

Crossroads…

Crossroads… Been on a (not so brief) hiatus for the past couple months.  OK.  Let’s be honest here.  For close to a year.  I took a step back to reevaluate my work and what I wanted to do with it.  To figure out what were my strong and weak points.  I still don’t have an…

Visual Communication Is Pretty Sweet © Shawn Collie Photography

Making Moves…

Making Moves… Well, making some of the images in my portfolio move around some. I decided to really look closer at my website and portfolio recently. I felt like there was one gallery that stood out and just didn’t fit so well with the rest of them. My Still Life + Product gallery felt like…