February mini-session deal!

February mini-sessions are perfect for you and your sweetheart AND for your family. Here’s the deal – you and your significant other meet me at Pine Lake Park in Sammamish on February 13th. We’ll do a 30 minute mini-shoot and you’ll receive a disk of around 15 pictures of you and your love and a $50 print credit. Then, in June, bring the family to the park for a family mini-shoot and receive another 30 minute sitting and another 15(ish) pictures on disk and another $50 print credit for pictures of the fam. Get both mini-sessions, the digital images and the print credits for $300 + tax. Call (425.761.4760) or email (melanie@just-because.com) today to schedule!

Operation: Love Reunited

I'm excited to announce that I have been chosen to become an Operation: Love Reunited photographer! You can check out their site for more information, but here it is in a nutshell - Operation: Love Reunited pairs up military members and their families with photographers. The photgraphers take pictures of the family (before or during deployment) so that the deployed member has pictures of loved ones while being so far away. Then, when the deployed member comes home, the photographer gets to take pictures of the homecoming.

Tell me - how cool is that?

Incredibly. =)

Real life

What a great time I had with this beautiful family! While I love the bottom pictures, I think that my favorite from the shoot was the top one. As a Mom of two little girls, I think that it captures 'life with little ones' perfectly. =) I love shots like this. I personally feel that in 10 or 20 years, these will be the most cherished... the ones that show life as they are - full of fun and chaos. =)

Family fun

This week's i [heart] faces contest is: 'We Are Family'. I'm pulling this one out of the archives. This has long been one of my favorite shots - what fun these two are having! There's something about that Father and Son love, isn't there?

Be sure to head on over to i [heart] faces for more great family photos!

Happy 2010!

I hope that you all had a nice and relaxing holiday season! I'm now back in full swing and ready for 2010! Be sure to keep watching the blog for contests and photos.

And, because every post is better with a picture, here's a cute shot of one of my two favorite models. She understands cupcakes like I do! =)