• Welcome to my here today

    My name is Melissa Squires.. What I do is to capture frames of you that show your real true inner shining rock star self. It isn’t about being someone else, dressing some certain way and you don't need any secret sauce, you are what makes YOU and wonderful and interesting and special. My images reflect the beauty, joy, and inner soul of my subjects, and the moments they inhabit.. these images are forever.

    Photography is how I express myself, how I see, how I celebrate who we are today.

    My son is my breath and my husband is my life. I will be quite satisfied when I am 80 if I have loved them well and taken some amazing photographs along the way.

    Booking weddings now for 2010

    Portrait sessions are limited and booking two - three months in advance; thank you for contacting and booking ahead of time to guarantee your session

    contact me : email melissa@agirlinlove.com, text me or call me at 517-902-3905, follow me on twitter @agirlinlove and of course I'm all over facebook www.facebook.com/agirlinlove


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the smiths

an adorable new bean (who was a perfect angel although he was not at all happy being uncovered), two older sisters so happy it just makes you smile non stop and an amazing mom and an amazing dad make for something really special.

in the gloaming

I told a friend and client today that I had a couple new frames of Ares I loved but I didn’t want to over do the blog with my bean.  Her reply, “I like them, you can’t overdo it I don’t think”  which made me feel great and so I am sharing my bean, taken the other night after swim lessons.  I love this end of the day light, the light after daylight but before dark is called the gloaming.

sean and danielle wedding

Sean has been our best friend since we met many years ago.  When he introduced us to Danielle she immediately became part of our family of friends.  We had no doubt the night we met her that she and Sean were perfect for each other, we loved her for that immediately and than got to know and loved her for her amazing self as well.  When they announced they were getting married at an intimate wedding at Sean’s family cabin in the Michigan woods we couldn’t imagine a better spot.  It was beautiful, sweet and a lot of fun.  Congratulations Sean and Danielle we love you so.

bridget or headshots can be awesome too

Bridget is reworking her website (I can’t wait to introduce it to you all when it’s up) she does amazing floral creations! We went out for an arty day not too long ago (the art museum was the first stop) and I captured some frames for her.  I forget how fun headshots can be, isn’t she so lovely!

laura boudoir

a boudoir session is something really wonderful.   they are quite often surpises for partners, sometimes they are treats for the women themselves, always I hope to make them a celebration of who we are as women, to celebrate who we are as individuals and to celebrate our beauty inside and out.

i carry your heart in my heart


i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

 e e cumings