New Website

Check out my new website at

www.wix.com/ShahnaD/RedDoorPhotography

It's still under construction and I"m slowly adding things to it. I"m so excited!

Red Door Photography

Check out my facebook page: Red Door Photography by Shahna Leigh Duerksen ("Cause everyone needs a little RED in their life!" by my friend D.A. ) Thanks for stopping by to see my photos. I've loved taking photos ever since being a kid. May have something to do with my dad subjecting me and my brothers to endless slideshows of pics of cactus and flowers. Now, years later, here I am subjecting my own kids to pics of MY favorites; trees, doors and more. I think being a good photographer is all about capturing those life "moments" as they happen. Seeing the joy and emotion on a person's face, catching the rays of the sunlight through a tree, discovering the beauty of life through the lense of the camera. It's about Celebrating the beauty (WITHIN) each and everyone of us and also the beauty each has on the outside (WITHOUT). I enjoy being spontaneous, creative and thinking outside of the box when taking photo's. I don't like staged photos but rather as they happen life moments. I would be honored to capture your special moments; wedding, engagement, family photo etc. Let me know.... duerksen@msnpost.com (currently living outside the U.S. but will be back stateside July 2010) Contact me at: duerksen@msnpost.com

FACES

The beauty of a Face: It tells a story, it reveals the beauty of God at work.

FREEDOM

Freedom....

What does it look like?

Smell like?

Is it a feeling,

a state of being?

Is it a place,

a space,

a face?

How am I experiencing "freedom" in my soul today?

How do you experience "freedom?"

BEGINNINGS

Today I began my blog. A place to re-create, replenish and nurture my soul and maybe in the midst of it, someone else's as well.

A photo captures a space...a face...a place

.... a moment ...

.... a feeling...

.... a memory....

A photo captures a thousand words, tells a story all its own and leaves one wondering.

A word or phrase, a poem, a story.... captivate something beautiful, alive.

Embark with me on this, my season of creativity. My season of the soul....

What season of the soul is it for you?

--Shahna Leigh (pronounced "Lay")