Susan Elise Shiebler Blog

01.08.10

As it is a new year, in a long overdue blog post, it seems fitting to start out with simplicity. "Grace," a single word and it seems all that is needed to describe this amazing photo shoot. I could add "poise," "charm" and other words to describe Mary, but "grace" is my initial impression. (Of course it doesn't hurt that her mother has been my best friend for decades and she also happens to embody grace and a plenitude of other rare qualities.)

I have had the privilege of watching Mary grow up. We even recalled my photographing her back in the late 80's when she was a little girl. What a difference from her holding a doll and the "Little House on the Prairie" look back then to the sophisticated young woman here today.

We arranged this recent photo shoot during her autumn stay on Long Island. The shoot spanned over a few days and we decided on different styles, a natural feel and a romantic, "daydreamy" feel. This shoot actually inspired the new "Daydream" category on the main website. I meet so many women who tell me that they would love to be transported back to a romantic time, when fashions were decidedly feminine and when chivalry was still alive and well. We so often see these scenes in old and even more recent films, how wonderful to recreate that mood in photographs? Mary was excited and courageous and we tried a few different looks.

She was a natural and had a great sense of humor as we worked around wind, sand, geese and even a stalking swan.

The results? Well, it has been said that, "It is beauty that captures your attention but it is personality which captures your heart." Everyone who knows Mary agrees that she captures both heart and attention, not just with her beauty and her personality but as simply first stated... with her grace.

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Linda Shiebler:

Just lovely... very warm and Mary's natural beauty abounds. Your work is a blessing and a window into a place where the power of the heart brings us all closer together.

(01.10.10)

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Last light of summer

10.14.09

While fall is surely one of my favorite seasons, there's much to be said about a photo shoot on an early summer morning. Other than yard sale-ing, it's one of the few things for which I will excitedly rise (early) on a Saturday morning. What's even more inviting, this particular shoot was at a friend's farm.

My original intention for the girls was having a backdrop of weathered, old barns and textured fields as a composition to fill most of the frame. However, these close ups stole the shoot and we were so pleased with the results. Here are just a few with more coming. We processed these photos in a few different ways. Each respective effect that we settled on really seemed to work well for these images.

It did get predictably very hot as that August morning progressed into afternoon. Just when summer's oppressive heat begins to wear on you, endurance is easy because you know that autumn is just around the corner. Just as the waning summer days give the last of that certain summer light, likewise it is also the last of its warmth. Having fours seasons on Long Island is ideal. I can't imagine wanting to live anywhere else.

And so autumn has arrived, with chilly mornings and a palette of colors for its own perfect light. But, for this journal entry, some of the last light of summer.

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OLGA HERNANDEZ:

Y OUR WORK IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL MARILYN SHIEBLER SENT THIS TO ME, I AM MERIDITH, MARIEL, AND BRIEANA GRANDMOTHER....WISH YOU YEARS OF CONTINUED SUCCESS......OLGA HERNANDEZ

(10.20.09)

Heidi Perry-Hipp:

Sue -
Your pictures are gorgeous! I knew you painted, but had no idea that you did photography too! Best of luck with it!

(01.09.10)

Nancy Barry:

I have seen some of your work and have always thought it was well done, but you have been hiding your best!! Absolutely gorgeous! I look forward to seeing more. Much success to you, Susan. You deserve it.

(01.10.10)

Julie Novotny:

These photos are absolutley beautiful Susan!

(03.12.10)

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