East Tennessee photographer accused of scamming purchasers out of pictures and money

COFFEE COUNTY, Tenn. (WSMV) – “Where are my photos?” is a query that has now launched an investigation in Coffee County.

A photographer is accused of scamming folks out of their cash in a number of states.

A board member with the Manchester Baseball League tells WSMV4 that folks of the group are nonetheless ready for the pictures from image day that have been taken in April.

The board member says he tried contacting the proprietor of Kaleidoscope Photography, however as an alternative of the photographs, he solely acquired a variety of excuses.

The Kaleidoscope Photography by Shauna web site is at present shut down, and whenever you go to her Facebook web page, one of many featured posts says the next:

“My goal is to have all work completed by the end of May, beginning of June, and I am doing everything I can to make that happen. But things have also happened that were severely unexpected, and things I couldn’t have predicted would happen, on top of my health issues. Things that have upended mine and my son’s lives and that have demanded my attention and priority.”

The final time she posted was on July 13, 2025. It’s now January 2026.

However, complaints are piling into the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office from purchasers who say they paid however by no means acquired their pictures.

“People had already paid her the money for their package that they wanted, and time went by, and she kept coming up with excuse after excuse. Then, finally, she just went ghost. So here, a lot of families are without pictures and out of money,” mentioned Brandon Reed, who’s the Chief Investigator with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).

Reed says CCSO has now acquired greater than 130 complaints about Kaleidoscope Photography by Shauna, however he expects that quantity to develop.

“In a majority of the emails, people are like, hey man, I just want my pictures. I can care less about the money, I just want the pictures. These are memories,” Sheriff Brandon Reed mentioned.

Reed says, many of the image packages vary wherever from $25 to a few hundred {dollars}, however the chief Investigator says that quantity provides up shortly. He says the photographer not solely focused folks in Tennessee however in Georgia and Alabama as properly.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if we’re not around $50,000 to $100,000 by the time this is over. We’re not talking about pennies when it comes to the total amount. It’s not right, and she needs to be held accountable for it,” Reed mentioned.

Chief Investigator Reed is asking anybody who could also be a sufferer to contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s workplace at 931-570-4406.

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