Melissa Hassey » portraits

Look at those blue eyes!

melissa — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:18:05 +0000

I had the great pleasure of photographing Addison and her parents for the first time in their Bridesburg home. I was so delighted to photograph a family so close to my home! There were no bridge tolls or “roundabouts” and I could consistently make left turns on my drive there! (To my many NJ clients and friends, you know I love you….. but I often wish you were closer and in a more navigable state!)

ANYWAY, Addison was fantastic for her portraits. She missed her nap for my visit but she was still so happy and energetic. She ran back and forth showing me all of the fun stuff she has to play with. Some of those items were her favorite little pink chair, a stuffed animal that she loved to hug and kiss, a teapot, a collection of adorable shoes and a puzzle. She is beautiful and has the most stunning big blue eyes. Without further ado…. here she is:

Love this one…. Addison does a really great “fishy face”.

I couldn’t decide to post the black and white or color of these next two. And, so, I posted both!

Addison’s shoe collection would surely make most girls jealous. So cute!!!

Meet Sienna!

melissa — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:12:07 +0000

I had the pleasure of meeting a very beautiful 1 1/2 year old little girl named Sienna! Sienna is beautiful and adorable all wrapped in one. She was such an absolute pleasure to photograph! Sienna’s grandmother set up a a surprise portrait session at her house as a gift for her son and daughter in law. As it was very cold and a bit rainy that day we stayed inside…. which proved to be a great idea. There were floor to ceiling windows that created a great light and kept Sienna interested. We did tease her a bit by telling her that her friends were outside the window. She was calling their names out and everything! Too cute! So sorry for that, Sienna!

Without further ado…. here she is!

I love these of Sienna holding portraits of her family and kissing her Dad!

Sisters!

melissa — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:11:46 +0000

For another year I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to photograph these 3 beautiful and fun sisters: Jordan, Gianna & Jamie. They are really wonderful and always love being photographed which is great! Since I wasn’t blogging last year, I wanted to include a few favorites from that session as well as this years.

Here are a few from 2008…..

and now, 2009! clearly, i loved photographing their feet. : )

Thanks girls! As expected, you did a fantastic job!!! I hope to see you at the beach this summer!

Happy Spring!

melissa — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:47:56 +0000

So…. it is finally starting to feel like spring! Well, at least on some days it is…. This session from last week was on a beautiful, warm spring day! It was such a pleasure to play in the park with Leyla and her Mom. Leyla was so much fun! She had her shoes off in the sand and grass and even got to play with her Easter basket, eggs and bunnies. She is so much bigger than the last time I saw her, but I couldn’t forget those bright blue eyes! Here are a few from the day!

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!