Picture This: New Photographer on Main Street
Judy Shanahan Photography specializes in newborn and childrens portraits.
Photographer Judy Shanahan long pictured having her own studio. Her dream came into focus several months ago when she opened the quaint and charming shop at 82 Main St. in Chatham Borough. Shanahan's lifelong love of photography began when she took a high school class taught by a "great photography teacher," she said. After more than a decade honing her skills in a portrait studio and photo lab and working her way through Europe as a travel photographer, Shanahan spent the last seven years as a freelancer while raising her two daughters, Abby, 8, and Fiona, 6. Born and raised in Brooklyn, the affable artist, who currently lives in Warren, looked around for the picture perfect spot for her business since 2008. When she had to turn away …
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