Well, Hellooo!
I'm Shalene!
(Pronounced like 'Celine' but with a 'shhhh' on front! Yes, as in “shhh, don’t tell anyone how weird I am.)
Does anyone ever actually read the “about me” sections of websites anymore?
If you’re here you're obviously one of two people.
Option A: A responsible human doing research because you like making the best possible choices in life. Respect. 👏
Option B: A professional creeper, scrolling like your FBI agent is watching.
If you’re A: hi, welcome, let’s get you the info you need, but also, book an online consult with me because it's way easier to answer all your questions in person than in paragraphs. (Not a sales pitch, promise. Just easier than me writing a novel here.)
If you’re B: SAME. I see you, you sneaky little chaos goblin. Somewhere on this page, I may or may not have hidden a link just for my fellow gremlins. Consider it your Easter egg hunt.
Okay, so what’s it like to work with me?
Honestly… it’s kinda like hiring a photographer who’s equal parts hype-woman, chaos gremlin, and sneaky little ninja.
One second I’m making you laugh so hard your fake eyelashes are about to fall off, and the next I’ve vanished into a bush (??) only to pop out with the shot.
I’m not the “tilt your chin exactly 37 degrees and hold that fake smile” type. Nope. I’m the “scream YASSSSSSS like I’m front row at a Beyoncé concert to hype you up before completely switching gears and casually snap the most tender, tear-jerking moment you didn’t even realize happened” type.
Basically, working with me feels less like hiring a vendor and more like hanging out with your chaotic bestie who just happens to have a camera glued to her hand.
My goal? Keep you relaxed, make you laugh, embrace the weird, and capture the kind of photos that don’t just show your day, but let you feel it all over again.
Because here’s my philosophy: Photos hold emotions.
If you feel uncomfortable and annoyed during your pictures, whenever you look at them, that’s what you’re going to feel again.
But if you’re laughing, vibing, and feeling like your hot little self? That’s the energy you’ll relive forever.
My job, beyond taking nice pictures, is to create a safe, authentic and enjoyable experience with your session, so that you can walk away with not only good pictures, but good feels too.
What am I like as a person?
Oh babes… buckle up.
I’m a very… unique flavor. People either adore me, or they’re Googling “how to install soundproof windows” because I’ve driven them up the wall and straight out the other side.
Someone once described me as “delightfully weird” and honestly? That’s my Roman Empire.
I wear floofy elephant pants, ferment ginger carrots in my kitchen (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it), paddle board in the mountains, try to keep a veggie garden alive in the summer, and give off feral artist energy in the best way.
Not the Pinterest-girly aesthetic photographer. No. More like: chaotic square peg who refuses to fit into anyone’s boring little circle hole. (My husband is a saint for being married to me, by the way. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Donations to his sanity fund are being accepted.)
If you read all this and thought, “Yep. This unhinged weirdo is my kinda people”, then HIIIIII, let’s be best friends with a side of photos.
👉 Hit me up and let’s make some magic.
-Atticus Poetry
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