Behind the Lens

Hi, I'm Melissa!

I’m a photographer who believes family photos should feel like life, not a photoshoot.

My approach is laid-back, fun, and fueled by quick wit, so I can capture your family in all its messy, joy-filled glory—the kind of images you’ll look back on and say, yep, that’s exactly us.

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Life with three. It’s blurry, chaotic; full to the brim with love, laughter and a whole lotta crazy. You watch your last baby start to walk and your oldest making cookies and realize that you blinked and don’t know how the years went by so fast.

These day-in-the-life sessions are designed to capture these moments. Freeze them in time. So you can hold onto your babies for just a little longer. To when they needed your hand to help them up the stairs, when you could still hold them in your arms, when your kiss made everything better again.

So you can remember.

See their family film at the bottom of the page

A Day In The Life with the K family | Massachusetts Documentary Photographer

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You can book your session directly through the link below. Choose from the open dates on my calendar (session times are already listed for you!), review the contract, pay your deposit and get your session on the books.

Think we'd be a good fit?

i'd love to capture your moments

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