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I am from New Orleans and currently live in Slidell, Louisiana. Before I had my daughter London, I was a mental health counselor, now I am lucky enough to be a full time mom! I love my new job as mom!! It has given me the time to explore my other interest in photography. I was on the other side of a camera throughout my childhood thanks to my dad. I am lucky enough to have pictures of almost every moment of my child hood and I wanted the same for my daughter. I have been photographing my friends and family for many years and I love every minute of capturing these memories!!! Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you enjoy the photographs. If you are interested in pricing or scheduling an appointment, please contact me at melgiess@aol.com.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

London is a year and a half!!

London turned 18 months and decided she wasn't posing or smiling for pictures anymore!! It was still so much fun and she loved stomping around in her boots and tutu!




















Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Caroline turned one, what fun!!











Caroline is such a ball of energy. We worked hard to keep up after her! She was such a great subject with so much personality already!








































Thursday, August 6, 2009

London the Birthday Fairy!!

This was London's 1 year photo shoot. They make me laugh everytime I look at them so I thought I would share!! What little girl doesn't love dressing up?!?!









Adeline is so happy to be two!!













Adeline turned two years old and her parents wanted some special pictures to capture her ever growing personality!! She is so easy going and fun to be with that I kept shooting and shooting! These are only a few of so many cute faces she gave us!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

My London at 15 months

London has been my most patient and over used subject in my photographs. I can't get enough of her!! One of her first words was "cheese", although now she has learned to ignore me!! I still keep shooting!!





Parker is getting so big!!

I was asked to photograph Parker for the second time at 6 months old. His mom and I came up with so many photo shoot ideas that we had to narrow it down to just a few! He is such a happy little guy and I loved every minute of our time together.














Gerard Turns One!




















































Gerard had so much fun at the park while I just watched and snapped away! These were taken at The Landing in Covington which is an adorable little park I had never been to. Gerard turned one and his older sister Peyton came along to help.

Parker.. sleeping..awake...sleeping



Parker was so much fun to photograph. Already at 3 months old he was so alert and smiling, but I think modeling must be very exhausting because he fell asleep in the middle of the shoot over and over! It was so cute!
















Babies in the park...







London and Gabriel turned a year together!!! We took them to City Park to capture their first wabbly steps together. They seemed to have so much fun and we got a few cute shots out of it!

French Quarter Pictures











The Cahill Family asked me to take family photos in the French Quarter. It was so much fun just walking around and catching different fun shots of them. Ian was such a great subject, laughing and playing where ever you placed him!