deserves

Because your motherhood JOURNEY

to be documented

thoughtfully & beautifully

ey mama! If you are here, chances are that you are interested in documenting this time in your life. Even though life is often a whirlwind of “not enough time”

Your Orange County
Family & MOtherhood Photographer

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and a steady to-do list that you can’t quite get ahead of, you still managed to come here, to check out my site, and I am here to say WELCOME! I am SO GLAD you made it here, and I can't wait to get you set up with all the foundations of what it takes to have a successful photoshoot. If you are looking for an organized Orange County Photographer who will help plan this photoshoot down to the little details with you, I'm your girl. If you are looking for light and airy, radiant, and gorgeous photos, that's a check, and CHECK! I believe that the journey of your motherhood is one that should be celebrated and documented, no matter how awkward, silly, or busy you feel like you might be. I've helped countless moms, now let me help you get started.

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Hi, I'm MELANIE!

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Let time stand

Maternity

for this

one moment

if you could freeze a moment in time what would it look like? Let me help create it for you.

Newborn

Family

Classic • Elegant • Bespoke

For the busy mother who aspires to have beautiful memories she can fill her home with.
You CAN have it all. Let me help you get started.

Every detail felt intentional and handled with care. We’re absolutely in love with the final images and will treasure them forever.

Newborn Session

Farnaz

The photos turned out absolutely beautiful — exactly what my husband and I had envisioned. She captured such a special time in our lives perfectly.

Maternity Session

Georgina

In addition to being new parents, we have demanding careers so having Melanie take the lead and be attentive to all the details was incredibly invaluable. We were only able to relinquish the details to Melanie because her talent, vision, and expertise is extraordinary! We are IN LOVE with all our photos! They turned out better than we could’ve imagined.

Family Session

KElly

We are from Arcadia CA and to drive down to Irvine just for her, I'd do it all over again. (Mind you it's two hours of traffic)
DONT WALK RUN NOW to book an appointment.

Family Session

vivian

Our session might have been a disaster if she didn’t come to the rescue. Both my 2 year old and 4 year old had meltdowns (at the same time!) but that didn’t bother her. Somehow she got them to cooperate, made it work and captured some amazing moments!

Family Session

Tuyen

Her photos speak for themselves (just perfectly light and airy) but the BTS experience makes it 10/10. We never met prior to our shoot but she’s so warm and friendly, it felt like we were friends.

Newborn Session

Abby

I loved her work, so when we found out we were pregnant, I knew Melanie would be our maternity and newborn photographer.

Maternity session

Vanseka & Alan

Newborn Session

Andrea

It definitely takes someone special to have the talent, the eye, and the ability to do what she does as well as she does.

She’s not the least expensive option out there but you get what you pay for and we’re really glad we went with Melanie.

We are grateful for her patience and unique eye to capture our newest addition to the family. Don’t hesitate to contact her, you won’t be disappointed!

NEwborn Session

Wendy

She is so thorough and very easy to communicate with.

Melanie walked us through every step of the way including helping us choose and coordinate our clothing, bringing some beautiful gowns of her own for me to wear, to sending us the most detailed list of locations along with pros/cons of each.