Melissa Hassey » newborn

Another April Baby!

melissa — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:05:27 +0000

Beautiful Harlow Rae (love her name!) was born on April 12th. Her mom received a gift certificate for a portrait session… which I, of course, think is a fantastic gift! (wink wink!)

It seems that the portrait session was meant to be too! A guy at Fetal Vision (they do really cool 3d ultrasounds) recommended me. Then after looking at my website, Harlow Rae’s grandmother, Tracey, realized that I live just around the corner from where she grew up. Lastly, at the baby shower, they received the gift certificate. It is a small world, indeed!

Anyway, I always love to photograph newborns and was excited for this session. Even better was that they live just 5 minutes away in Port Richmond. Bonus for me! Harlow has more outfits and accessories than you could imagine. All of them are adorable too!!

And, here she is…. you know I love feet!

Birth announcement design was made easy thanks to this stork… : )

I love that in the mirror of this portrait is her mom’s maternity portrait and on the shelf above her a Fetal Vision portrait.

This was outside on their porch…

A couple of Harlow Rae and her mom, Alexa Rae…

And look… a smile!! Newborn smiles are so difficult to capture. I was happy to get this one!

How cute is this little flower pot idea? Tracey had this idea and set it all up with the pot, soil and all. I may just hire her as a stylist on my portrait sessions!

Kylie Elizabeth! The Newest Addition to Our Family!!

melissa — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:35:56 +0000

I am happy to say that my first and only niece was born on April 8th at 4:13 pm weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long!

I know, I know…. this blog is well overdue, but I truly have been really busy! Anyway, out of fear that my mom & other members of my family might physically hurt me if I didn’t post some photos soon…. here they are!

On the day that Kylie was born, I headed over to my sister & brother in law’s house to help watch their two boys, Gavin & Ethan. We waited anxiously for updates and I helped to keep the boys entertained by singing “Happy Birthday to Kylie” and then “Happy Birthday to Worms” with them, which they thought was hilarious. My dad was there as well. In this picture, you can see just how hard Pop-Pop was working.

Once we received the call that Kylie was born, my mom and I went straight to the hospital. These photos were taken through the nursery window within one hour after Kylie’s birth… beautiful and so alert already!

Proud parents: Allyson & Ray

and a few more…. that’s my mom on the left and me on the right. We didn’t have a lot of time for portraits as we had to leave soon after. I didn’t take a whole lot of photos because, honestly, I just wanted to see and enjoy her (without my camera!)

Five days later, I ventured back to the suburbs for more “official” photographs of Kylie and her brothers. My sister had mentioned that Ethan had a “scratch” on his nose. When I arrived, he had scabs all over his face and Gavin had a bruise on his head! Haha… boys! Anyway, I touched them up for this photo…. but not the others as, well, that is just who they are. When don’t they have cuts and bruises? Behold, the miracles of photoshop:

I’m adding this one because it makes me laugh. I think I should submit it to http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/ : )

Both boys are really so good with Kylie. They both want to help out by getting diapers and holding her bottle, etc… They also like to give her hugs (and yes, I touched Ethan up a bit on this one too):

Big & Bigger brothers!

And, finally, a few of Kylie Elizabeth all by herself:

And, last but not least….. her adorable feet!

Are we good, now, Mom?

Kiss him, he’s Irish….

melissa — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:06:12 +0000

… and also absolutely adorable. : )

Little Declan James was born on February 23rd. I had the great privilege to photograph him less then a week later. He was amazingly alert and awake throughout much of the session, which was really nice. He is beautiful and did such a great job for his first official portrait session!

As Declan is, indeed, of Irish decent and his birthday falls so close to the holiday, my being late posting this blog actually worked out. Or, at least I like to think so….. Anyway, this is my official Happy St. Patrick’s Day blog! Enjoy, everyone!!

Declan all wrapped up in his cocoon….

don’t you just love little baby feet….

big brother, Benicio, welcomes little sister, Luciana!!

melissa — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:03:42 +0000

i have been photographing little Benicio since he was just a newborn himself. now, at just over two years old, he is a big brother to his precious baby sister, Luciana. he is really good with her too! he was gentle and kept giving her kisses (by request…..but still!)
i am including some photographs from our last session as well…..

here is Benicio looking through a book of baby names and already playing with his, then unnamed, sister!

beautiful Mommy!

baby Luciana arrives!

Benicio picks flowers for her…

brother and sister

Luciana…

more playing….

after all hard work…. time to eat and sleep….

thanks so much to Mom, Grandmom, big brother and little sister!

Newborn Baby Girl!

melissa — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:22:48 +0000

Lucia is a beautiful newborn baby girl that I had the pleasure of photographing. She was less than 2 weeks old in these photographs! She has an amazing family that already loves her so very much. Lucia was such a great model for her first photo shoot too. She hardly made a sound as we changed her clothes 3 times and moved her around from shot to shot. What a trooper! Below are a few favorites from the day….

I love this one of Mom kissing Lucia’s tiny hand….

and this one of her tiny feet in Dad’s hands….

Here are a few of just Lucia….

and lastly….. Mom, Dad and Lucia. I think this one shows just how much joy Lucia has brought to them. It was a very sweet moment….. I was happy to capture it!

I am sure that Lucia will continue to bring joy to everyone that she meets and I look forward to watching her grow!