Melanie B Photography Blog

Here’s my latest sneak peek:  a beautiful birthday girl!  This little one came to visit me as a newborn too, and I was thrilled to have her back a year later.

We got some with big brother…

…and the whole family too.

We also had some smash the cake fun!  Here’s the result…chocolate…yummy!

I also dug into the archives to pull out one of her newborn photos.  This is one of my very favorite newborn images that I have ever captured.

Lastly, the sneak peek contest:  if 25 friends and family of the birthday girl leave a comment on this post, her mommy will get a free print!

I visited a house full of little girls last Fall too, but this one has even more girls!  Four girls:  the eldest is 6, the twins just turned 5, and the baby is 15 months.  Just look at all these beautiful, smiling faces!

Here’s Daddy with all of his girls.

And Mommy…

And everyone!

So when I’m photographing Mom and Dad, I inevitably ask for the smoochy picture, and I love how this one turned out.  Look how the baby is clapping for them!  Yay!! 

Last but not least, the family has two new bulldog puppies, and, yes folks, they are girls too!

And here’s something new I’m doing with sneak peeks:

If this post gets 25 comments from friends and family of the client featured, I will give the client a free print!

Another new product to show you!  The image is printed on artist’s canvas, and the canvas is wrapped around a wooden stretcher frame so that the image continues around the sides of the piece.  The frame is 1 1/2 inches thick.  The canvas is coated for protection and arrives ready to hang on the wall.  Like the Gallery Mount, no framing is needed, which saves you time and money.  Instant Decorating!  I think the Canvases are a combination of traditional (with the texture of the canvas) and modern (with the clean look of no frame and the image continuing around the sides).  They are a beautiful way to display images of your family.

This canvas is a 20×24.

Here are some detailed shots of the sides and edges.

And here is the back of the piece complete with hardware to hang it on the wall.

I want to start showing off some of the custom made products that I offer in addition to standard 8×10 and 5×7 prints.

The first one is the Gallery Mount.  It is made by mounting a photograph to a 3/4″ thick, heavy, wooden board.  The edge of the board is beveled and finished in either white or black, which is chosen to compliment the image.  The entire surface is coated for protection, and the back of the board is drilled with a key-hole mount for hanging.  There is no need for framing, which saves you time and money.  The Gallery Mount is delivered to you complete and ready to hang…instant decorating!  They are unique, modern, elegant pieces of art made with an image of your child or family.

The sample shown here is a 20×24 Gallery Mount.

Here are a couple of pictures to show the beveled edge.

Lastly, this image shows the back of the piece, which is pre-drilled for hanging.