Thursday, May 26, 2011

The contest winner: Melissa!

A couple weeks ago I photographed Melissa and her two girls, Kali and Liliana. Melissa is actually the winner of my facebook contest I held back in June. For those of you who do not know what the facebook contest was all about, I will elaborate a bit. I held a contest asking all of those who follow my facebook page to "share" me and my page on their facebook, either through their status, note, etc. If you shared me with your friends, you were supposed to let me know, by writing on my wall or commenting on my page and then your name would be entered into a drawing to win a free sitting fee and 1 8x10, which is a $100 value. 
Melissa was the lucky facebook fan who won! Melissa is a makeup artist for print and film, and was up for any of the ideas I had, so we decided on having a little picnic on the shoot! We had so much fun taking these pictures and to top it off we got a beautiful day, as well!

 Kali and Melissa
 Liliana showing the camera some love!  And Kali showing her pearly whites!
 Liliana loves her big sister, that is for sure!
 This little one was like nothing I have ever seen in a 3 year old, SO MUCH SASS! I loved it!

 We had a little fun with the balloons!
Up, Up and AWAY! (almost)

 Stunning Melissa! Doesn't she do amazing makeup?!

I really enjoyed photographing Melissa, Kali and Liliana. Photo shoots where I am able to use my creativity, like how we set up the little picnic scene, are my absolute favorite. It makes for one of a kind photos that are different and have a fun flair to them! Thank you Melissa for being open to my ideas! 

As for the facebook contest, I plan on holding another contest very soon, with the same concept! I will let everyone know! 
Thanks for reading and takin' a peak!

xoxo ML

Kim + Greg

Once again, I am overdue for a blog post! I must say life has been insane for me lately, I don't think I have had so much going on at one time, ever. I'm actually impressed at how I am juggling it all. 

In April, I photographed Kim and Greg Kelly on their wedding day. I just stayed for the important parts and then took off! Kim and Greg met through their love of biking. Yes, both Greg and Kim ride their own motorcycles! Pretty cool huh? On this day, they joined their families together to make their love official!
Kim and her daughter, Tiffany getting her all dolled up!

Being goofy with the sisters and nieces!
The Rings...
Greg with his groomsmen, Kenny, Chuck and Matthew
Tiffany and Kenny walking their mom down the aisle.
The sand ceremony, combining all of their sand into one vase as a family.

This last image is my favorite, they are so happy together!

Congratulations Kim and Greg! I am so happy you two found love! I wish you both the best of luck and really appreciate you letting me capture your special day! 

xoxo Maria Lisa