Capturing your personality, not your pose
When I met sweet baby C the first thing I though was “oh that gorgeous head of hair.”
Don’t you love it? What’s not to love with those luxurious black curls!
Then I met him, and he was the most “grown up” newborn ever!! He was totally alert almost the whole session and loved watching Veggie Tales on the TV his sister was watching.
Thank you C Family for allowing me to spend these precious moments with you and your sweet baby! Wishing you a lifetime of blessings.
I love photoshop and color! I don’t think that’s much of a secret!
I thought it might be fun to share with my blog readers and clients some before and after shots! Here is an example of a shot I took of my niece playing at the beach last summer.
Totally grey skies out, but if you look hard you can see the color! You just have to bring it out. This photo is also underexposed a bit and just ”BLAH”
But after I played with it a bit its vibrant and colorful! Its not all about the camera!
Starting today, at least every other Wednesday, hopefully EVERY Wednesday posting some ideas for my clients on what to wear. Its one of the most common questions I get.
And because most of the country is literally buried in water or snow while we have mid-80 degree temps this week, I thought I would put together some warm, SUNNY, family outfits!
This little collections shows you how you can all coordinate without being too matchy matchy!
I hope this inspires you for your next family session!
I had the absolute Joy to photograph these beautiful twins!! They were so sleepy and squishy and were perfect little Angels!! I look forward to watching them grow and develop little personalities!!
I never thought I would enjoy birth photography. Even in child birth classes I would turn my head and refuse to watch the actual scenes of women giving birth. But two years ago I was asked to photograph my first birth and it was an experience I will never forget. Such a priceless moment, such many emotions, anticipation, fear, joy. I fell in love with birth photography that day and decided to offer it to my clients.
Last month I was given the opportunity to photography the birth of my niece Baby Alexandra.. She is named after my mother who passed away a little over a year ago. She is a gorgeous child, (no, not biased) and she has big shoes to fill! She was welcomed into this world by so many who love her and I know my mother was smiling from above.
Here is the slideshow of Miss Alexandra’s birth. For more information on birth photography, please email me: melissa@contemporarycaptures.com
You may have noticed my website is empty of images! Well, after losing my blog and my website and having a lifesaving friend work tirelessly to get me back online, I decided to start from scratch. My website had not been updated in quite some time and I really feel like many of the images on my site were not characteristic of my work anymore. (the blog is more recently updated, though I need to get better at it)
In light of these musings, and in anticipation of some fabulous new things in store for Contemporary Captures, (shh.. still a secret), I decided to have a new “Couture” Line of collections and pricing for a Limited Time Only! This is a fabulous time to give Contemporary Captures a try if pricing has always kept you on the fence. Feel free to email me with any questions! 
melissa@contemporarycaptures.com
Also be on the look out for our new monthly Networking Cocktail hour where you can get a new headshot for your social networks, dating sites, blog, or anywhere on the world wide web. Dates and times to be announced.
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For now I will leave you with a Teaser Pic of a beautiful gal from a session I have yet to blog!
I hope you don’t mind me blogging out of turn. I have many sessions to blog, but couldn’t resist putting up a few of the gorgeous gentleman who came to see me today!
6 month old Mr. T came to visit me today. We met on the beautiful beaches of Siesta Key early this morning. T was bright eyed and bushy tailed though! He brought along his gorgeous parents and his Mia! He was so precious and loved looking at everything!
Here is a small sneak peek for his family! Thanks for the fabulous time and I hope you enjoy the remainder of your vacation!
