Sunday, February 6, 2011

Ben’s Sneak Peek | Little Rock Child Photographer

My old coworker’s wife contacted me about a month ago wanting me to do 2 year pictures for her son, Ben.  I knew right away this was a hard age to photograph, but I always have confidence and know I will get a lot of VERY cute pictures, they may just not be as posed as other ages.  Honestly, I love candid/lifestyle photography anyways!  I have found those candid/lifestyle portraits come in handy for ages 1-2.5 year olds…the age they want to run AWAY from me and not look at me hah! 

The session was yesterday, and I’m about to start editing through all of them, but I knew right away when this picture was taken it would be one of my favorites…so I figured I’d share it as a sneak peek for Mom and Dad!  Hope you love it!!

Aaaaackkk, isn’t he adorable?  Gonna be a heartbreaker, I just know it!
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Carson’s Valentine Card | Little Rock Child Photographer

I took some “3 year pictures” of Carson a couple of weeks ago, and we decided to throw some valentine portraits in there. She LOVED that sucker, and her mom said they ate on it for about 2-3 days, and then she finally decided to just throw it in the trash hah! Do people ever really eat the whole thing I wonder?
Anyways, I did a little collage of a few of the pictures, she was hamming it up for us!  The backdrop is actually a shower curtain from Target, cute though, huh? 

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Not sure why this looks off in sharpness…and everything.  Note to self: Learn how to use Lightroom’s collage function better. 
We also tried to come up with a shot that mom could use as her valentine card for school.  I saw this idea in blog/internet land every.where (wish I could take credit!), and mentioned it to mom, and she LOVED it.  Mom took a picture of the final product after she printed and assembled them, and that picture is below.  She’s actually going to put something sturdy on the back so the sucker doesn’t just flop over.  Anyways, how cute is this?!
Picture taken by Carson’s Mom

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Happy February!

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I’ve decided I really need a kid to play with on these kinds of holidays so I can do cutesy pictures and cards! Luckily, I have a few sessions this month that I will squeeze in some Valentine’s day theme kind of photos! I’ll try to post pictures of one precious little girl I did a couple of weeks ago later tonight!

If anyone is thinking about getting photos done by yours truly, be sure and go ahead and book with me! Since I have a full time job that is not photography, right now my limit is 4 sessions a month so I can put good quality work into each and every session I do (while being a good wife and spending time with my husband :D). I have had several already book for the spring, so be sure and contact me if you’re interested in a session! My email is melissa@melissareibephotography.com.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Conway Family Photographer

Another share from last Fall!  I work with Cynthia, and just love her to pieces…she is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet!  We’ve been chatting a lot lately because we both share the love of sewing…or well, she LOVES it, and I just like it a lot 😀 ha!

Here is Cynthia and her two kiddos…LOVE how they coordinated the outfits, perfecto!
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Isn’t her family beautiful!?


I totally think this should be her facebook profile picture, perfect for a tween, huh?!

And this is one of my favorite pictures, I think it truly just shows happiness. She has the best smile!  Gorgeous.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Griffin Family | Conway Family Photographer

Toni is my best friend from high school, and Wade is Bryan’s (my husband) best friend from college, so you can probably say that we hang out aLOT! We are so blessed to have married best friends 😀
Little Wit is such a ham, I just love him to pieces. Bryan was with me this day to help carry out the couch, and I was so glad to have him because he totally made Wit laugh and laugh in so many pictures. I just love it when my funny assistant tags along!

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Join the mailing list!

I’ve added a new mailing list sign up down at the bottom of this blog, so be sure and scroll on down, and sign up! I know a lot of you are not into reading blogs, or never remember to read them, or whatever your excuse is…I wanted to come up with something where I can keep those people in the ‘know’. If I ever have any specials or mini sessions, the email list will be the first to know! I will only be offering mini sessions a couple of times a year, and it will be a first come, first serve kind of thing as I will only have a limited amount of sessions offered. I may even just do some ‘What’s Happening with Melissa Reibe Photography’ kind of things as well. You do not want to miss out on any news or announcements, so add your email to the list!

And because I can’t do a post without a picture, here is Tori and Wes! Such a cute couple, and I’m so happy for them as they are now pregnant with their first child!

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Monday, January 10, 2011

The Swaim Family | Conway Family Photographer

This is my sweet brother’s family…he is so lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful girls. It cracks me up because when I first got my DSLR, these girls were my models (along with my other nieces and rarely, the nephew). Well, Maggie, the youngest, was so little, so had no idea I was even taking her pictures…and I got tons of great pictures of her back then. Baylei, at the time, was so not into the camera..at all. She would have the cutest, funniest faces trying to ‘cheese’ for me.

A couple of years later, Maggie gets all into smiling for the camera, she just puts on a ‘face’ when I whip out the big ole camera. It was almost like Baylei then realized that she better step up, because oh my gosh, Baylei is BEAUTIFUL for the camera now. She will pose and strut, everything! I just love it! They are both so photogenic!

Anyways, on to the pictures! I love, love, love how this session turned out! And since it’s family, I kind of got carried away, and threw in a lot of extras.

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Gah, isn’t that a beautiful family?!




Sisterly love, awww!


Ha! I made them kiss, but I love this picture!

“Okay Aunt Missa, now where’s that sucker you promised me?! Ahh, yes, YUM!”
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Little Rock Family Photographer

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I photographed these siblings back in November and oh my, we had sooo many good pictures from this session! All of them were so photogenic, and I was SO impressed by little 4 year old’s LOVE for the camera! She seriously needs to do some modeling, she just hammed it up for me the whole day!

Brooke’s husband also came along for some couple shots…I’d say they are a gorgeous couple, wouldn’t you?

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Custom Mounted Prints

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I got a custom mounted print in the other day, and wanted to showcase it here so if you ever decide to order a print 11×14 or bigger, this is how beautiful it is!  Some of my collections come with an 11×14, so note, you’ll get it like this, not like a loose print.  Isn’t it pretty?!

These bigger wall prints come mounted on styrene ready to put into a frame.  They have a unique texture, and also have a lustre coating that will provide protection from scratching and fingerprints.  Like always, these pictures do not do justice, and is truly more beautiful in person 🙂

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