holiday photo session

this was one really unique fun session. for the first time this year, i had offered limited holiday sessions. it was close to the holidays when i offered this session so i was thinking of doing it earlier next year.

anyways, the little girl and her labradoodles were so cute and all dressed up for the holidays. this session with a 2 year old and 2 dogs was quite challenging so we were lucky enough to get a few cute photos for their Holiday card. thanks to her mom and dad for making it possible!
this posting came a little late due to the holidays and i promised her mom that i would post these pictures after the holidays when their family would already have received their holiday cards.

to the lovely family and their 2 labradoodles... thank you for a fun holiday photoshoot! i'm glad you liked these photos. :-) hope you're having a great holiday!

lots of love...

here is their cute holiday card...

happy holidays from melanie d photography!

i just want to take a minute to wish everybody a Happy Holiday! melanie d photography has been very busy the last couple of weeks due to holiday orders so I haven't had time to post on the blog.

i'd like to thank all those who have recently ordered prints, photobooks and holiday cards to give as gifts for the holidays! thank you all for your patience! i hope you liked them! :-)

again, Season's Greetings to everybody! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!
here's a little holiday gift for all of you... some photos i took a few weeks ago around midtown manhattan in NY.

baby session: audrey at 10 months

this recent session was held in central park in manhattan, ny. the session was for this adorable baby girl, audrey, who was 10 months at the time of the session and was a gift to the family in advance for audrey's 1-year birthday. :-)

after the rain and bad weather the weekend before, we had to re-schedule to the next weekend which turned out to be such a beautiful day at the park. the weather was just perfect, not too cold, specially for the little one. although we were lucky with the weather, the family had an unfortunate situation so we had to wait for the dad for some time 'til it started to get dark. he almost didn't make it but i just tried to make it work out even though it was kinda dark already so i could at least get some family pics.

anyways, while waiting for dad, i started to take photos of baby audrey by the sidewalk. as soon as i placed her in the red pail, people started flocking while i was taking photos of her. she loved the attention so much that she started to enjoy being in the pail as did everyone else who was around her. she was just too cute! :-) in the end, i was still able to get some adorable photos of audrey.

to audrey and her parents, thank you again for the fun photo session! after all that happened, i hope you and your families will like these photos and the rest to come. :-)

lots of love...

photo slideshow DVD

i had mentioned this in a previous blogpost but i'd like to re-introduce the photo slideshow DVD. it's a slideshow of photos, that come with music, from your photo session or event/party. it's a great keepsakes or a lovely gift to your families or friends specially during the holidays.

here's a short description of the product:
-the DVD comes on a professional black DVD folio with a 4x6 picture inset from your session or party
-the outside of the folio has a nice professional black texture
-the DVD case is wrapped in a tissue in a square block box in the same black texture as the folio
-the DVD comes printed directly on a high-quality DVD-R with a gloss finish

here are more photos of the DVD package:


here's a sample of a slideshow i created for a recent children's party - event photography. just click to play. if you want to repeat, pause, turn off the music or see the gallery of photos or individual photos, click on the lower right arrow button to show controls.

Chic Holiday Photo Greeting Cards 2009

I didn't have enough time to design holiday cards this year.
So here are the chic & modern styles i picked for the
Holiday Season 2009:

all styles are available for Families & Couples:

5"x7" folded greeting cards, blank page inside
or option for 5"x7" flat post cards
(with white envelopes)
note: customizable text greetings (let me know of any requests)
plus $5 for shipping & handling
choose a photo(s) from your photo session or email me your own digital photo

Pricing can be found HERE, under Holiday Cards.

(Holiday Season 2007-2008 also available, click HERE)

Hope you like these... Order yours now! :-)

star choco-blue
(front)

(back. for folded card, text can be removed or replaced with Holidays 2009)

choco-stripes
(front)
(back)

red snow

(front)

(back)


Also available is my updated designs - 2009 version of some of my holiday season 2007 cards.
(front design only. also available in folded or flat cards w/ white envelopes.)
(option to customize text greetings)
note: outer border will be cut by 1/4"

holiday red V.09

holiday red H.09