Wildflower Studio Photography

by Shell Dransart

About Shell and Wildflower Studio

Shell Dransart, owner of Wildflower Studio, is a boutique style portrait photographer who shoots on location using nature's available light (as well as the inner glow from her clients) :)
Shell is not your typical photographer. She is an artist and mother who wants to capture the essence and spirit of your family and bring it into pictures to be cherished for generations. Sessions with Shell are fun, creative, intimate and relaxed. You get 100% of Shell and nothing less.
You walk away with more than photos, you walk away with soulful, personal works of art.
“As your photographer, I strive to capture the spirit, or essence of each person in front of my camera, revealing their inner light, allowing their inner beauty and true self to shine through. I want to capture real connection. Those connections are magical. Its life. Life is beautiful. Life is art.”

One Sweet Journey

Her name is Journey and she really is this cute!

Her mom Joey is the owner and creator behind the Etsy store called Beary Box and made these adorable headbands you see.

She also provided most of the props here, we had fun putting it all together!

Journey was just a doll, I think she liked being dressed up and having her photos taken despite the chilly weather.

Here is a peek at just a few of our pics!

Thanks again Q. Family!!

I love your photos! Thanks for supplying so many great props!

xoxo Shell

Posted in child and baby photography, family portraits, portrait photography

by Shell

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July 23, 2010 - 4:31 pm

Michelle - Hi, just wanted to let you know I have been subscribing to your blog for a while now and love it. I think you take beautiful pictures. They always make me smile and make my day better.

I am giving you a gift to say thank you for all your work on your blog. So come by my blog to read about your award the “One Lovely Blog” and pick up your award to post it on your blog!

Michelle
http://fibro2010.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/one-lovely-blog-award/

July 23, 2010 - 8:35 pm

Shell - Thank you Michelle! I appreciate you reading my blog and for your sweet comment and the award!

July 25, 2010 - 6:49 pm

Traci - Being the dork that I am, I don’t know how to get updates from this site of yours. But, this session and baby are beautiful!! What beautiful big, brown eyes!
Off to look at her etsy site and drool!

July 26, 2010 - 2:27 am

Natalie - I love this set!! One of the best ever! Thanks so much for sharing.

July 27, 2010 - 6:01 pm

S. Etole - getting lost in those eyes … and the little feet

Little Miss Sunshine

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Posted in child and baby photography, family portraits, photography, portrait photography

Some days I am blessed with families and kids who make my job so easy, and I am grateful!

As soon as I met this family and felt their happy, easy going, energy I knew my job was going to be easy.

‘Their warmth and relaxed nature allowed their true beauty to shine through, they were glowing!

Here is a little sneak preview of their shoot- I had so much fun with them!

(Can you believe those eyes???)

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(Spontaneous prop idea! This was our beach toy bucket I had in my car! I love it!)

Thanks again Hanely family!!!

I had a blast with you, and I can’t wait to show you the rest! I love your photos!

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PS. check out my new watermark and fancy corners. I have had them for a little while and am just getting around to trying them out! I am still getting the hang of applying the corners, so that’s why they’re not on every pic.

(I still have older shoots to post on here, so you may see my old watermark pop back up here in the next few posts.)

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PS. If you are thinking of scheduling a shoot for holiday cards, please don’t wait until the last minute! I am currently booking through October right now, so please contact me to get a spot before the holiday rush!

Have a great rest of your week!

Thanks for visiting!

Posted in child and baby photography, family portraits, photography, portrait photography

by Shell

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July 21, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Laura M. - Wow you guys look amazing!! I can’t believe how big your baby is!! She has grown up into this gorgeous little girl! You guys have a beautiful family. Love you guys.

July 21, 2010 - 10:49 pm

Candy - Beautiful pictures! You look like you all had a lot of fun…and some GREAT pictures were taken. I am looking forward to MORE if these were just a preview!

Love all of you!

July 22, 2010 - 4:33 pm

Mary Jane - These are beautiful! Where were they taken? I love the one with the 3 of you holding hands and lifting up Bridgette! Where is this photographer located?

July 25, 2010 - 10:21 am

Shell - Lovin’ all the love from the loved ones to the Hanelys! And Mary Jane, I am in Ventura County (Ojai Valley).

July 28, 2010 - 8:43 am

Anna & Colin - Michelle, we truly cannot thank you enough for capturing such AMAZING images. Our family will treasure these FOREVER!! Your fun easy going approach fit our style perfectly and the result is simply magic. We look forward to more sessions and will refer you to ALL of our family and friends. MUCH LOVE TO WILDFLOWER STUDIO

Mother and Daughter Photos for Dad

Sunday, July 18, 2010 Posted in family portraits, photography, portrait photography

I am so blessed to meet awesome people like Rose and Natalie.They are such great people, wonderful energy and the kind of beauty that is present inside and out. They hired me to do a mother-daughter shoot as a gift to their husband/father. (How sweet!).
I had such a great time with you two!
Enjoy!

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Natalie, you are adorable!

Love this of you Natalie!

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Rose warned me before the shoot she has never had a good photo of herself and was nervous…

Rose, I don’t believe that you have ever taken a bad photo… not possible!

Rose has an amazing glow, and her eyes have such an amazing sparkle to them!

Rose you are so gorgeous!

Your smile lights up everything around you!

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The mom in me had to post this one! I love seeing mom’s with their kids. So sweet…

Thanks again girls! It was so nice meeting you!

I know your husband/dad will love these!

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This past week I scheduled my shoots during the week so I could take this weekend off. It has been so nice!

I tend to miss out on late afternoon/early evening BBQs and parties on the weekend, and my family goes without me because I am always working at that time.

Last Saturday I tried to do it all and it was crazy! I left home at 10am and went to a morning babyshower, then directly after that to an afternoon birthday party, and then out of town to an evening photoshoot (where it rained- poured!-yes in S. California!) and I got home around 9:30pm that night wiped out!

Yesterday we had a birthday party and then a wedding reception luncheon after that, but we ended our night with a relaxing swim in my parents gorgeous new pool. The boys are little fish and love to swim.

Now today, I am taking the kids to go watch daddy play in his latest band.

Should be fun!

I hope your weekend has been relaxing and fun!

Thanks for visiting!

xoxo

Shell

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