Melissa E Photography

Kathy and Seb (Day in the Life)

>> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 – Day in the Life

Kathy and Seb celebrated their 2nd anniversary a couple of weeks ago. They invited me over to photograph them making their traditional pièce montée. I had a lovely time spending the afternoon with them while they cooked together.
Sebastien is French and has a dreamy French accent. He also whips up crème brûlée and homemade cream puffs in his free time. He is also MARRIED, ladies.

Kathy is as sweet and warm as it gets. The two of them together multiplies the cuteness factor by 17.

I would love to take pictures of you in your home doing your thing. Especially if you feed me pastries. That doesn't hurt, now does it? :)

The Paxton Family

>> Monday, May 2, 2011 – Durham family photographer, durham lifestyle photographer, family

Meet the Paxtons:

Aren't they pretty? I think I deserve a gold star for not posting every single photo from their session.

Esther (Durham Newborn Photographer)

>> Wednesday, March 9, 2011 – chapel hill newborn photographer, Day in the Life, Durham Newborn Photographer, newborns, raleigh newborn photographer

Meet Esther. She is two weeks old, has beautiful dark hair, and loves sucking on her tongue. (And watching her do so will melt you into a little puddle of goo.)
Esther's grandma made this dress for her. Amazing!

I love shooting newborns "as is." It tells the story of having a newborn much more effectively than black backdrops and angel wings. :)

(My apologies to any angel wing/black backdrop lovers out there. It's just not my style!)

Andrew+Holly (Durham Engagement Photographer)

>> Tuesday, March 8, 2011 – chapel hill engagement photographer, durham engagement photographer

This morning Aaron and I woke up to a blood curdling scream.

Apparently, Luke (my 3 yr. old) snuck into Parker's room in the wee hours of the morning, snuggled up to him and started stroking his head.

Parker thought it was a robber and freaked. (Hence the screaming.)

If only all robbers wanted to do was stroke kids' hair!

Actually scratch that. That is equally disturbing.

And I don't think those kind of intruders are called robbers. Bleh. Moving on....
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Andrew and Holly rock. It was so fun working with a couple with such a clear sense of their style.

I love that they chose the shoe shot to enlarge and hang in their new apartment.

I hope your day is robber/head stroking free!