Starting Over

At first, I thought maybe it was a glitch. But after several panicked refreshes, a few tech support emails, and one sinking phone call, the reality set in: My entire website had disappeared.

All of it.

Over a decade of blogs, client stories, carefully crafted galleries, and the words that told the heart of who I am and what Shandi Kay Photography stands for… just vanished. I can’t fully describe the mix of emotions. Part heartbreak, part disbelief. I’d spent years building that space and suddenly, it was gone...

For a while, I didn’t know where to start. Rebuilding felt overwhelming. Would I remember everything? Could I recreate the feeling? Would it even be the same?

But in the quiet moments that followed—after the panic subsided—I started asking different questions.
What do I really want my website to say now?
What do I want people to feel when they visit?
And maybe most importantly…
What parts of this business and this journey do I want to bring forward with me?

And that’s when the shift happened. Losing everything turned into an opportunity to build something better—more personal, more intentional, more me.

So, I started fresh.
I rewrote my story.
I selected images that reflect not just my work, but my heart.
I created space for the stories behind the portraits—the part I care most about.

This new site isn’t just a replacement. It’s a new beginning. And in many ways, it feels more like home than the one before ever did.