MY STORY
Dreamy, Authentic Sessions & Artful Memories to Cherish.
First, let me thank you for visiting my page. It means the world to me. Seriously.
My name is Jaclyn and I am the owner and primary photographer of Jaclyn Shaw Photography. My home and my heart are nestled in Northeast Indiana, but I am available for travel anywhere – my wonderlust spirit is up for any adventure.
Through photography, I’ve been able to see incredible things, meet the absolute most wonderful people, develop life-long friendships and experience amazing moments. My clients mean the world to me – every single one of them – so seeing and hearing their happiness after receiving their galleries is one of the absolute greatest rewards.
It is my desire to help preserve those beautiful moments in your life: Weddings, Newborns, Couples, and Graduations, and do it in a genuine way. The looks and laughs and interactions between people are never the same. They are wholly individualist, and deserve someone with experience and an empathetic eye.
It’s become my passion to capture those in-between moments for you, because those are the ones that count the most. Anyone can look at me and say, “Cheese,” but not everyone can freeze for eternity that look of adoration that your son or husband gave you that you didn’t even know he was making.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
A DAD and A MINOLTA
Photography was something that was always around me. I grew up looking at old film slides on my parents’ bedroom floor, and having the most beautifully souled grandmother that would go through suitcases of old family photos. My dad got me started when I was 14. He let me use his Minolta camera that he bought in the 70’s while stationed in Germany for the US Air Force. He was an incredible, self-taught photographer. He knew how to tell the story – but I don’t think he ever realized his skill. I took every photography class that I could while in High School – and that’s when I got my first SLR camera – a Minolta, of course.
I would spend hours in a dark room processing my film, even long after the school day was over. It was the greatest cause & effect I had ever witnessed, and it never ceased to fascinate me. I could completely alter the feeling of an image by dodging and burning or cropping in an interesting way. I learned that I was able to bring out the most intimate of moments in the most impactful of ways.
Jaclyn Shaw
Owner | photographer
ME AND MY FAMILY
I married my High School sweetheart, when I was 22. He’s sports a great beard, and has an impeccable taste in music. We have three very different, very incredible kids. Sophia is my oldest – a bright, big-hearted red head that is headed to Hannover College to study art & environmental science. She’s witty, creative, strong-willed and is going take on the world. Sampson is in the middle, and prefers to think and ponder. He likes his alone time, is brilliantly smart without even trying, has a dry sense of humor that would have made my dad proud, and literally the greatest smile ever. Sullivan is our youngest, and he has forced me to be a whole different kind of mother, but has always been our ray of sunshine. He is constantly generating laughter within our household, just as often as he is giving hugs and warming our hearts.
I am an empath to the core and would rather listen and take you in than speak. Everyone has a story uniquely beautiful to them, and nothing could fascinate me more.
I love going to concerts.
I love being outside.
I love houseplants, and I love an adventure.
get to know me
FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT
Utah
favorite tv show to binge
New Girl & NOVA
MY birth chart
Scorpio
SECRET TALENT
I knit!
I’D SPEND my whole paycheck on
Plants. That is all.
COFFEE order
Iced Matcha Tea w/Lavender
MY HAPPY PLACE
Anywhere outside
MOUNTAINS OR BEACH?
Beach, always!
forever ON REPEAT
Anything by The National
Enneagram Number
4, without the melancholy
My team
we’re a talented group of gals
JACLYN
PHOTOGRAPHER
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MARGO
Assistant Photographer
My rock and my righthand gal to all weddings. She is beauty. She is grace. And she is what helps round out your rockin’ wedding gallery!
HOW I CAN HELP
001.
Session STYLING
Not sure what to where, or how to coordinate your families attire? Let me know. I can send you a style guide!
002.
Wedding Timelines
Overwhelmed with even thinking about how to plan out an entire wedding day to fit it all in? With over 9 years of wedding photography experience, I can help you plan your day.
003.
vendors
I’ve worked with hand-in-hand with a lot of vendors over the years. Not sure about who to hire for something? Let me help.