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    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 2013

    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

liz – mess up the dress

Saturday, September 22, 2007

I’ve been called out lol it isn’t quite trashing the dress, no mud could be found and the petrid pool beside the wall well, even I wouldn’t ask that of anyone for a picture :) But while Liz’s trash the dress session, didn’t trash her dress it was great fun. We were out with the thistle and the wildflowers and the wind (and liz’s adorable daughter) and oh isn’t she lovely in her gown.

totheside

skies

windy

horah

embracing the earth

lovely

against the wall

demilo

colorfields

sittingup

I cannot wait for our next after the wedding bridal (Shanan)! (Whose blog entry will be here in the next few days!)

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Lauren (elycerose) - These are just amazing! I’m awestruck. Seriously. Wonderful job.September 22, 2007 – 12:17 am

tonya - Beautiful! I love the double-exposed, super vignette one and the portrait of just her face. Such a treasure these photos are. I dont know why i said that backwards, like Yoda. “These photos are such a treasure.” There, thats better,
tSeptember 22, 2007 – 10:24 am

Jen Downer - These are freakin BEAUTIFUL! All of them. I am feeling jealous of your photo mojo right now.September 23, 2007 – 2:15 am

3 years old

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

My sisters soon to be step son turned 3 this weekend, the weather was wonderful and while we were a tad bit tired out from the wedding the night before we went over and shared hugs and kisses.

aresgoggles

sharing a laugh

newly 3

How cool that my bean has two other adorable beans (of which one just turned three) to grow up with :)

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susan - these are great. it’ll be awesome for the boys to have each other :)

that second one still cracks me up like crazy. plotting total world domination. i can hear the cackling laughter from here.September 20, 2007 – 11:46 am

*trash the dress

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Well that is what it’s called and we went out and took the most amazing pictures without worrying one bit about what happened to the dress at all and it ended up looking none the worse for wear so maybe it should be called “wear that dress and create gorgeous images”

This is just a quick Sneak Peek, there are so many more images to process but this one caught my eye as lucky first and I just had to share a preview of the session, oh gorgeousness. (and so much FUN to do).

meadow bride

more to come soon

weddings

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roger - Wow, my wife has about 30 wedding dresses in the attic that came from her sister’s resale boutique. (Updated yearly, used for her bridal show event at the nursing home where she is the activity director.)

Shame you don’t live closer, you’d have a gold mind of opportunity.September 17, 2007 – 11:53 am

roger - Gold mine… duh, you’ve already have a pretty good brain.September 17, 2007 – 11:53 am

sarah and chris

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Sarah is on bed rest and the baby could come anytime. I tried to keep the session low key and loved hearing Chris make sure she didn’t over exert herself. There are way too many amazing pictures to post up here (I cannot WAIT for you to see them Sarah) and I cannot wait to meet the new bean, who should be getting his pictures taken just a few days after he gets here! Thank you guys for a lovely afternoon!

highkey

family bed

laugh

heart

puppy face

new

belly kisses

diptych

recline

beautiful

maternity

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susan - these are lovely. i really like how you moved them outdoors for some of these. excellent.September 12, 2007 – 9:44 pm

tonya - Beautiful! Love the one of her laying on the grass and the the sweet one on the bed with the pup! Always beautiful images from you, M!September 13, 2007 – 3:55 pm

Betty - Oh Melissa!
This is your best work yet – wow!
I’m so glad I check your blog.September 14, 2007 – 5:54 pm

Mandy - Found your blog from Tonya. I love your photographs. I love the expression of the dog in the second photo of your post. It looks like he realizes he’s going to be replaced.September 24, 2007 – 1:35 am

here.today » Blog Archive » beautiful beautiful boy - [...] Sarah and Chris had their little bean just a few weeks ago. We were a touch delayed in taking his first portraits but oh it was worth the wait. What a beautiful, sweet, very hungry little boy, it was a joy to photograph him and I am soooo happy for Sarah and Chris. Here are a few from their session. [...]October 31, 2007 – 11:35 pm

cindy and dick

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

What a wonderful experience, and a beautiful wedding (and a reception where everyone seemed to dance including the kids). Cindy and Dick were married September first. The ceremony was beautiful, the weather was perfect, I’m so happy for them and their families. Sometimes you just know when two people are perfect for each other and they most certainly are.

mirror

Many many more pics if you click on the link below :)
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Betty - Looks like a great family and a fun wedding.
I think they hired the right photog!September 11, 2007 – 1:19 am

TERESA - WOW !!! Nice picturesSeptember 11, 2007 – 12:13 pm

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