Lifestyle portraits of your family offers a look at your family in more depth than the Big Box store studio shots that give you an extremely limited type of poses and no location ocpportunities and the “beach portraits” that we all love. It allows for a greater range of locations (including your own home), earlier daytime sessions, change of clothes, and a bit more privacy depending on the location you choose.

It’s that time, ordering High School Graduation announcements. With a High School Senior Portrait Session, get 20 Free Folded Luxe Cards with the portrait package of your choice.

In south Nags Head there is a lighthouse, Bodie Island Light (pronounced “body”).  It is 165 feet tall, and painted with black and white horizontal stripes. It is named after the family who owned the property it was built on. The lighthouse you now see standing on that spot is actually the third built there. [...]

Just in time for the holidays!  For clients who purchase over $800 in portrait prints and other products from their photography session, you will receive this adorable Custom Designed 3×3 accordion album with your choice of cover color and photos. It’s the perfect size to fit into your purse or keep on your desk. take it [...]

After several days of cloudy rainy weather, the skies cleared the morning of September 9, 2009 for the sunrise ceremony of Cheryl and Josh. The day dawned to shine down on the happy couple as they exchanged vows in front of family and friends, as a stiff breeze buffeted the bride’s gown and tresses. After [...]

The first day of September here on the Outer Banks consisted of cool breezes and signs that life is beginning, just beginning, mind you, to slow back down to it’s comfortable off-season pace. School is back in session in many areas of the country resulting in fewer families visiting the Outer Banks. September and October [...]

Kaylyn is a lovely 17 year old from Northern Virginia, who came to me to have her Senior Portraits done. We had it scheduled for last Monday (August 10th) and it was HOT! It has been a very rainy and seasonably cool summer, but that day (of course) was a scorcher, actual temp was 96 and with [...]

Dinner on the beach This past weekend I got a phone call from George Marion,  a sweet man who was planning to celebrate his 13th anniversary with a dinner on the beach. He wanted to have a Profressional Photographer there to document the evening in pictures and create a one of a kind album for [...]

For the 2009 season, Shelley Chamberlin Photography will be running a Trash The Dress Essay Contest.  I will put the essays on my blog to be voted on by my readers. The winner gets a Free Trash the Dress Session on the Outer Banks for themselves or to give away to a friend. The session will start out [...]