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Twin Babies!

melissa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:56:53 +0000

Oh I just love twins and these two were no exception. There is something extra special about boy and girl twins particularly. A ready made family! I’ve secretly always wanted the same!

Colin & Lyla were adorable for their photo shoot. They are lovely models already! We did some dress up with mom’s pearls and dad’s ties and they gladly put up with us through it all. Enjoy this quick sneak peek!

Baby Adrian!!

melissa — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:28:03 +0000

In November of 2010, I was lucky enough to photograph Regina & Dritan’s beautiful wedding at The Valley Green Inn. This time around I was so delighted when they contacted me to photograph their new son, Adrian!! Adrian is…. absolutely adorable! He was amazingly good throughout the entire portrait session too. We accomplished so much and he kept up with all of it… including outfit changes and room changes, etc… Even when he quietly fell asleep out on the bed, he was perfect. A wonderful model already! He is clearly loved and adored by his family and it is easy to see why.

Here is a link to view Dritan & Regina’s wedding day blog: http://melissahassey.com/2011/01/valley-green-inn-wissahickon-park-fairmount-park-wedding/

And here is little man Adrian and his adoring family:

Kisses from his Aunt, Grandmom & Uncle…. So sweet!!

Iva Lucille’s Newborn Portraits

melissa — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:43:04 +0000

Iva Lucille (what a beautiful name! If I am correct, she was named after her 2 grandmothers) was just over 2 weeks old when I had the pleasure of photographing her. She is already a lovely little model! She certainly put up with a lot that day and hardly made a peep. Her parents, Morgan & Brian, were relaxed, game for anything and only live 2 blocks away from me (woohoo!).

The wonderful and talented Brandi (aka: Brandeye) had the great idea to purchase a Gift Certificate for portraits of her new niece. I am so thankful that she did as it was a lot of fun!

Check out Brandi’s etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/brandeye. Among other things, she has one of a kind quilt work and great vintage finds. In fact, you may remember her from this blog post: http://melissahassey.com/2010/03/brandeye/

I hope you all enjoy these! Congratulations again to Brian & Morgan! Your daughter is simply beautiful!!

The elusive infant smile…. I love when I am able to capture this!

It’s a Boy!! Newborn Portraits!

melissa — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:55:47 +0000

You may recognize Dana & John from their fun maternity portraits that I posted back in June. Here’s a link if you want a refresh: http://melissahassey.com/2011/06/maternity-portraits-2/.

I am very happy to announce that their gorgeous baby boy, Oliver, was born on August 30th! I feel extremely privileged to have gotten to meet him and to capture a few portraits of him so soon after he was born. I simply adore photographing newborns and Oliver was such a pleasure! Dana & John are fantastic parents already, as expected. It was wonderful to hear them talk about Oliver and to watch them stare at him in amazement. It is a lovely sight to see and I am so happy for them both!

Sadly, the month before Oliver was born their beloved parakeet, Shatzi, passed away. I know that they both loved him immensely and I thought that I would mention him here. I saw their memorial to him in their garden and took a picture. I thought it was really sweet. They did recently acquire a new parakeet, Sparky, (pictured below on the left) into their family. I’m sure baby Oliver & Sparky will have some fun together in the years to come!

Congrats again, John & Dana! Oliver is simply fantastic!

Look, I captured a newborn smile! (It’s like getting a photograph of the Loch Ness Monster) Isn’t he adorable?!

Christening Portraits!

melissa — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:29:21 +0000

Oh, The Magliacano Family…. I just love them! There is no doubt that Xenia & Anthony have any trouble making beautiful children! I am simply in love with their newest addition, Giovanni. He is just over 3 months. Besides being adorable, he has so much personality already! Lucia, his big sister, is gorgeous and always a pleasure to photograph. She is definitely my buddy as I have been photographing her since only a few weeks old. You can find portraits of her all over my blog! I particularly love that we ended the session with her snuggling on my lap watching Finding Nemo.

Handsome Gio in his Christening suit…. Love!

Twice the love!

melissa — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:04:26 +0000

I am giving you fair warning here…after seeing this post you may start wishing for twin babies. There, you’ve been warned.

Meet twin brother & sister, Raina & Jude. They just recently turned 1 and had a luau birthday party! I met up with Jude & Raina and their parents at Pleasant Hill Park in Northeast Philadelphia. It is a relaxing park and we found some great little pockets of space to feed the geese and take some pretty river portraits! The twins even changed into their adorable luau outfits for some of the portraits. So cute! These two were so much fun and just made me smile the entire time. Mom & Dad were completely relaxed and knew how to have fun. I always appreciate that!

Newborn Baby Boy!

melissa — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:54:00 +0000

I was so very excited for this portrait session!! I have been photographing this fabulous family since they had their first baby girl in 2009. Since then, I can’t tell you how many times I have seen and or photographed them. (I love that my job includes transitioning into friendships!) Here is the blog post from our first portrait session when (now) big sister, Lucia was first born: http://melissahassey.com/2009/03/newborn-baby-girl/

Their latest addition, Giovanni, arrived on April 21st. This little man is absolutely adorable. I especially love his hair!! I hope you enjoy these few:

Newborn baby, Jackson!

melissa — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:08:17 +0000

It wasn’t too long ago that I met up with Kristin & Chris to photograph some maternity portraits for them. (View that blog post here: http://melissahassey.com/2011/03/maternity-portraits/). They had decided to wait to find out the sex of the baby as they wanted it to be a surprise. I was so excited when they wrote to tell me that they had a beautiful and healthy baby boy named Jackson! Even more exciting, I had the pleasure to photograph him only weeks after his birth. He is a handsome and strong little man already. Congrats again, Kristin & Chris!

Beautiful White Rose….

melissa — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:33:34 +0000

This beautiful newborn baby girl’s name is Laksha, which means “white rose”. Isn’t that lovely? She was amazingly content throughout the entire portrait session. She didn’t even make a peep while we fussed her around under a tree and in the sun. Also, at only a few weeks old Laksha was already confidently holding her head high. A strong little girl already!

Laksha’s mom is Indian and her dad is from Scotland. We were able to use various fabrics to represent both cultures, which I thought was lovely and unique. Her mom described Laksha as “a representation of the confluence of our cultures and ethnicities”. Beautiful.

*I have to add that while spell checking the above sentence, I saw that the auto correct had made “ethnicities” “elasticities” instead. kind of funny. thought i would share! *

Fun Family Portraits

melissa — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:47:21 +0000

I met up with this wonderful family recently for some family portraits as well as portraits of their 2 sons and baby daughter. The boys were such a blast and kept me laughing the entire time! They had lots and lots of energy and are such great big brothers too! I had such a great time working on these!! I hope that they make you smile too.

What a beauty!!