jjkiesch on "shortcode to add content to other parts of the page"

i created a shortcode for my site that allows them to have content show up in a lightbox. when the html for the lightbox content gets rendered, it is displayed inside of the parent tag that holds the shortcode.

is there a way i can write my shortcode function to somehow hook into wp_footer and add dynamic content to it? having the lightbox content inside of the parent html tag is causing rendering issues sometimes.