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Matt Shannon

@mattshannonphoto.bsky.social

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📸 Professional photographer residing in British Columbia 🇨🇦, running workshops and sharing my adventures on YouTube. Links to my work 👇 https://linktr.ee/MattShannon Web: Mattshannon.ca YouTube: youtube.com/@mattshannonphoto

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Nov 19

Heaven on earth in B&W
❤️🇨🇦

#blackandwhite #b&w #photography #landscapephotography

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Mar 19

Guess the animal

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Mar 19

Herring spawn, Vancouver Island

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Mar 6

Middle of a fight. 🐺vs🦌

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 28

Photographing the Coastal King - 🐻🧸🐾

📍Toba Inlet in Klahoose Territory.

Few spots left in 2025 if you want to join! Go to Mattshannon.ca/workshops

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 11

Dancing Duck. 🦆

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 10

Songs from a Red-Winged Black Bird 🎶

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 8

New YouTube is out

This Tiny Camera Setup Gets SUPER Close to Wildlife!

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This Tiny Camera Setup Gets SUPER Close to Wildlife! (200-800mm Equivalent)

YouTube video by Matt Shannon

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 7

😂

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 7

Yes. I will be traveling more this year but it’s always nice being home.

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 7

Snow storm + wildlife. Best combo 🌨️🦆

#wildlifephotography

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Feb 6

Cold dip today photographing wildlife in my neighborhood 🥶🦆

#wildlife #birds #wildlifephotography

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Jan 11

Bald Eagle shaking the water off 🦅💦

#birds #eagle #wildlifephotography

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🎊

2025 will be a good year photographing wildlife and landscapes. I can feel it!

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 25

Christmas Eve wildlife.

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 23

Christmas is almost here! 🎄
📍Vancouver Island, B.C. 🇨🇦

#christmas #christmaseve

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 20

I love it!

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 19

No, this was taken way up north closer to the North Pole than Churchill near the Beaufort Sea. Churchill is amazing though ❤️🐻‍❄️

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 19

My wife is a photographer too! Here is one of her images taken in the Canadian arctic 🇨🇦❄️🐻‍❄️

#wildlife #polarbear #photography

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 17

Huge thank you to all those who have watched, shared, commented and liked! ❤️🥹

Best YouTube fans!

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 17

200k views! 🫣😲
Thank you for watching and sharing this video, next stop 500K! 🙋‍♂️🙌❤️

HOW to TRANSFORM your images in 2 EASY STEPS - Photoshop like a PRO
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HOW to TRANSFORM your images in 2 EASY STEPS - Photoshop like a PRO

YouTube video by Matt Shannon

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 17

When moonrise and sunset meet each other 😍📸

#moonrise #sunset #landscapephotography #photography #vancouverisland

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 16

Breath from a red-winged blackbird 🐦‍⬛😮‍💨

#bird #birds #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography

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Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 12

I actually got within 10 feet of this guy. A little too close for comfort.

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 12

It was wild. 7 wolf encounters on a remote beach.

Matt Shannon @mattshannonphoto.bsky.social · Dec 12

Thank you! It was a lucky moment to capture ☺️