This little beauty arrived on her parents bathroom floor! Big props to her mommy! I just LOVE the simplicity of these images.

M & E: What a beautiful little family you have! Suzanna is absolutely beautiful! I hope you enjoy the sneak peek!! xoxo

When I first chatted on the phone with sweet little Avie’s mommy about their upcoming session, I could feel the excitement from her through the phone. And then when I met her the day of the session, I could really see just how excited she was for this day! Which got me even more pumped for their session!

A & D: Thank you so much for choosing me to document your very first family portraits! It’s truly an honor! Little Avie is SO yummy and you are such a beautiful family! You can really see the love you have for each other and what amazing parents you are to Avie. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! xoxo

Well I was right! Shannon ended up giving birth to a beautiful baby boy! Sweet little Jackson! He was PERFECT for me! Never cried once or woke up at all. And he only took one break to eat. I was drooling over his chubby little cheeks! He for sure gave me baby fever!

S & J: What a pleasure it was to photograph adorable little Jackson yesterday! Thank you for allowing me to capture this special time in your lives! Hope you enjoy your sneak peek! xoxo

I had SO SO much fun with this family earlier this week! Everyone was so easy going and up for anything. When I arrived, I was concerned about the MASSIVE waves at the beach and warned everyone that they may get wet. Nobody cared-I LOVE that!!! Unfortunately, our time on the beach wasn’t long due to how high the tide was (the parking lot was flooded-just to give you an idea of how high it was!) AND all of the bulldozers kicking us off the beach! Oh well, we still got some amazing portraits of this wonderful Arizona family. Every year for the past 13 years of so, they rent the same condo right on the beach in Balboa. What a FUN family tradition!

K and the entire clan: You have such beautiful families! THANK YOU for an evening of fun! I hope you all had as much fun as I did! And I hope you enjoy the sneak peek!! xoxo

PS: LOVED everyone’s bright colors! Looks awesome!

I had so much fun with this couple the other night! And I’m certain that they are having a boy! We’ll see when the baby arrives!

S & J: I had an absolute BLAST with you two at our session! I can’t wait to meet your sweet little baby! Shannon: you are STUNNINGLY beautiful! Keep rockin’ that belly of yours. xoxo

I don’t have time for a ton of sneak peeks, so I’m going to make one HUGE post on what I’ve been working on just this week! I had my mini session event, newborn and maternity sessions all in one week. And let me tell you, I’ve got the CUTEST clients ever!!! I’m so lucky!

I can’t wait to share more from all of these amazing sessions!!! xoxo

Sweet little Katie was baptized at the San Juan Capistrano Mission this past weekend. Since the whole family was together and all dressed up, they decided they would jump on the holiday card portrait a little early! I arrived after the ceremony to snap some great family shots of everyone. Doesn’t everyone look beautiful?

I was so excited to see this beautiful family again after a few years! I had the pleasure photographing this stunning mama while she was pregnant with adorable little Sienna and then again for her newborn portraits and later on with some family photos on the beach. I was so excited to meet their latest addition to their family: sweet little Brady. He just turned two and he’s so cute! Aren’t both of these kids super adorable?!?

T & M: I had SO much fun running around the park with you and your adorable little munchkins! It was so great to see you all again and I hope that you enjoy this little sneak peek from your session! xoxo

I’m super excited to announce a very special June Mini Session Event!

Mini Sessions are a great way to get a few gorgeous images of your family and kids, or to mark a special milestone in your life, or maybe you’re a friend of a client who wants to get a small taste of what Melissa Lyn Photography is all about. In any case, it’s a great way to get some updated images of the special people in your life!

This special Mini Session Event will be held on Saturday, June 18th and Saturday, June 25th. There will be limited spots available and I will only be taking a few clients on each day.

The $150 includes:

- 20-30 minute session

- 10-15 images in a private online gallery

- (1) Mounted 11×14 print

- (2) Mounted 5×7 prints

***extra prints, albums and digital negatives can be purchased separately.

**Limited availability

**excludes newborns

Call me at 949-433-0975 or email me at: info@melissalynphotography to schedule

Oh boy. I am so far behind on blogging! I wanted to post this session weeks ago and am just now getting around to it. OMG I am in LOVE with this baby!! She is so sweet and beautiful and those lips!! They are to die for! I am so over the moon excited for Alex & Amanda!! We’ve been friends for 10 years and she’s one of my best friends. I’m sure you remember it all when I posted a while back about her maternity session.

Alex & Amanda: Words can not express how happy and excited I am for you! Alexa is absolutely stunning and I’m so excited that our daughters will get to grow up together and be best friends just like us! Congratulations on sweet baby Alexa!! xoxo

(I wish I could post all of the photos, but that would just bore everyone to death. so here are some of my favs….)