Melinda Bunker Photography

Another “sneak peek” of a fun, happy and adorable family I photographed this holiday season!

Beautiful image of Mom with her daughters…

Little Sister (LOVE HER)…

Stylish sweet Big Sister (digging the sassy scarfs!)…

“The Family”…

It was a wonderful day!

Hope everyone’s enjoying the holiday’s,

Melinda

The Snow family is  like “family” to my family. We are neighbors, friends and well… family! It is always fun photographing them as they are so fun and full of personality! True friends are a rare find and I and my family are so blessed to call them our “friends”!

So…it’s “Holiday time” and the one time a year I book a regular session for them. Here is a little sneak peek at a couple of my favorite shots I got this year.

Here is Miss Emily, my daughter Faith’s BFF and my little muse (I love her!)…

And then there is Jake… such a handsome guy and growing up so fast! If I had a son, I would want one just like Jake! He can marry my daughter (either of them!).

There is nothing like a “BOY AND HIS DOG”… by the way, we LOVE Dolly!

And last but not least, brother and sister- such a special bond!

More holiday session blogging coming soon!

Happy Holidays,

Melinda

Holiday family sessions are in full swing and this is a little sneak peak at a super sweet and stunning family I got the chance to meet for the first time and photograph on Saturday afternoon…

Big Sister and little brother were adorable to each other and just too cute. Here is one of my personal favorites…

Love this little guy! Isn’t the hat just way cool on him!?

And Spunky Big Sister in her pettiskirt/tutu jumping and twirling around…

And of course, just one of the many beautiful images I got of this absolutely gorgeous family…

Happy Monday,

Melinda

I have to take a moment to share a little story and some portraits with you. No, this is not my usual blog post but heck, sometimes you gotta shake things up a bit… right!?

Okay, so a couple of weeks ago I am at a newborn baby portrait session patiently waiting while Mom feeds baby in the nursery. While sitting on the couch just relaxing a bit, I look up and see something that catches my eye, this old film polaroid camera… “WOW, I think to myself and perhaps said out loud”. So, I get up and look closely at it. Then of course, take some shots of it because well it is timeless! Everything (almost everything) is digital now and that is exciting but timeless is also priceless! Which I ponder all of this while staring at this camera up close. I know the reason that I LOVE being a photographer is the fact that I LOVE portraits. If my house were burning down, I would grab my kids and husband and get them safely out of the house and then proceed to go back in and retrieve the wall portraits I have hung throughout my home as well as baskets of loose images from over the years. Because, really that is what I value. I know personally that I would and do spend money on good quality portraits of my children and family because before I become a professional photographer, I did pay other great artists to take beautiful images of my oldest daughter. For me, other than them in the flesh, there is nothing more valuable to me! I can get back almost everything else. But that moment in time when I got married on the beach in Maui, Hawaii to my husband or maternity images of myself or when both my babies were brand new, crawling, walking, starting kindergarten, etc… those moments are priceless. Yes, of course they are stored in the “Melinda vault” forever BUT every time I look at a picture it literally takes me back to that precise moment and smiles, laughter, tears fill my heart! I guess it is hard for me to understand how anyone else can not value fine quality portraits in the same way as I do. I understand we are all different but are we that different? I just can’t imagine that we are! God made us who we are and we are all alike despite differences as deep in our souls- we are the same. Anyway, I knew this post would turn into a short novel because I feel so passionately about this. I have a beautiful life! I have two beautiful girls, a loving husband and I get to stay home and raise my children while also being a professional portrait artist…I am blessed! I am not trying to sway anyone into what they should or should not value but for me, I just want my clients, friends, everyone that reads this to think about what you value and be willing to spend or save to spend in order to get to have those priceless, timeless portraits as I think they are a true gift!

Now, check this little beauty out…

And a close-up…

If anything, my only hope in this post is to remind you that cars, toys, dolls and clothing are truly replaceable but the people you love and beautiful portraits of those people can not be replaced… ever, so think about what you value and be willing to spend your hard earned money on what you really value.

Blessings,

Melinda

For me, there is no greater reward in this business than return clients. Nothing tells me more honestly that my clients love my work and me than when they come back to me. That said, I love holiday time, as I get to see some of favorite return clients; families come back…more grown up and more beautiful every year. This is the case with The Shah family! Last year, both girls were a bit shy and reserved about getting their portraits taken by me, well this year, they both have blossomed into beautiful little girls and were full of personality and happiness. They made my time with them a blast! Here are a few images from our session together last weekend…

The oldest daughter, deep in thought…

The stunning family portrait…I always LOVE when I get several of these for my clients and so do they (and we did!).

Sweet Sisters…

Little sister was so tiny last year… look at her now! So spunky and sweet!

Many more family holiday session posts coming later this week as I am updating my blog so to my clients that I photographed a few weeks ago, your family will be blogged soon (sorry I am out of order)…

Hope you enjoyed seeing this fun and fantastic peek of The Shah Family!

Melinda