Melinda Holland Photography

07/20/2011

The Anderson Family 6/30/2011

Filed under: Family Portraits,Portraits — Tags: , — Melinda @ 10:56 pm

Wow. What a bunch of beautiful people. Left to right: Cherish, Jill, Drayden, Grandma Susie, Clint, Dycen and Chancey. Anderson Family with GrandmaAnderson Family (silly face)

Five families in one day. Outdoors. In the summer…in Texas.

Lemme tell ya…that’s a family portrait marathon–with the sweltering Texas summer heat as our lovely backdrop. The crew and I were outdoors for about 6 hours. Or was it 8? Can’t remember. Heat fried my brain. Special thanks to my assistant, Zuri, and also to Ignacio & Martin, who shlepped all the heavy furniture & provided general assistance. Such a helpful crew!

04/21/2011

Justin & the girls

Filed under: Family Portraits,People,Portraits — Tags: , , , — Melinda @ 2:25 am

Remember this photo here? Well, there’s more where that came from. And I’m finally posting them (sheepish look…)Justin & the girlsJustin and his two daughters, Alijah & Amariah, came by for a good time at this sweet loft in Sonora, CA. By the way, Justin looks too young to have such grown-up daughters, eh? A vegan diet will do that for ya 😉Justin, Alijah - laugh

Justin, Alijah, B/W, hugJustin, AmariahJustin, AmariahJustin & the girlsJustin & Girls, diptych

Ah, Daddy’s little girls.

Ideally, I’d insert a flash gallery here with a sequence of pics I simply call “The Granola Bar Sequence.” However, due to the constraints of WordPress and the ProPhoto Blog, I’ll have to put it in a separate post below. Otherwise, the flash gallery will show all the granola bar pics plus the ones you just saw. And I’m not cool with posting something twice…

04/01/2011

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10/11/2010

The Petersons – Full Set

Filed under: Baby,Family Portraits,Portraits — Tags: — Melinda @ 10:42 pm

It’s high time I posted more of the Peterson’s photos. I had originally posted 2 photos back in June. And then, as usual, I blinked and three and a half months flew by. September was a busy month for me and October has it’s own stuff…time just keeps slipping away. Anyway. Onto the greatness that is the Peterson Family:

Nic & Brad with Red JelloThis is Nic with his son Brad–who has the most priceless expression on his face. Absolutely captivating. I can’t stop looking at his face. So great. So, so great. One of my favorite portraits of the year. I love that red jello with its red spoon against the blue shirt. And that bandage on Brad’s right knee! Whoo! Perfection! The bandage is so boy and the red jello is childhood all the way. Greatness. Absolute greatness. Some people are so easy to photograph. All the Petersons have to do is be themselves and they look AMAZING! They dress themselves, prop themselves…I mean, I couldn’t have asked for a better “prop” in Brad’s right hand. Love it! Alrighty. Enough rambling. On to the next photo!

Brad, standing portraitHere’s Brad looking like quite the handsome young chap. He totally did everything. I didn’t tell him to angle his shoulders like that or give that smiling yet serious look. I just told him where to stand and–Bingo!–he posed like a total model. Put this kid in a J. Crew Crewcuts ad!Nic & CherylNic & Cheryl looking ever so flirtatious. Cheryl’s expression in the photo on the right is so joyous and effervescent. My eye keeps going back to her face and those beautiful, long, dark and wavy locks of hers. Those Petersons. They are so cute together.Cheryl & Kylie (close-up)And here’s little Kylie, the Peterson’s newest addition. So precious. She has the longest lashes framing those blue eyes.Cheryl & Kylie, color

I posted this photo in B/W here. I actually prefer the B/W but here’s a color version for those who prefer color.Nic and baby Kylie, triptychNow, onto natural light, which has a beautiful quality all it’s own:

CherylCheryl & Kylie, 4upBeautiful.cheryl_kylie_2upLove these two shots. Look at their beautiful eyes!Cheryl & Kylie, BW

I really enjoy the two photos below. The geometry is beautiful and fresh.

Cheryl and Brad, green dressThank you, Peterson Family, for the privilege of spending time with you! It was lots of fun!

07/29/2009

The Tiner Family – Walla Walla, WA

Filed under: Family Portraits — Tags: , , , — Melinda @ 3:00 pm

Tiner Family 1Tiner Family 2Tiner Family 3

What a bunch of gorgeous human beings. I hear they have another baby on the way. Yes! Another gorgeous person to photograph!

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