melissabarrickphotography.com

This is my sister, April, and her family. I will be referring to them as “The Giggles” because of their three children. The entire time I was taking their pictures, the kids were giggling! It was so funny! Anyway, very joyful kids and very loving parents does a great picture make! Enjoy “The Giggles!” This...

View full post »

This weekend, the Wise side of my family celebrated a pre-Thanksgiving since we won’t be spending actual Thanksgiving Day with each other. With the excitement of my new-found “hobby,” I begged and pleaded my brother with his family and my sister with her family to let me take their family photos! If it was warmer...

View full post »

Bobby and I ventured out to the Shenandoah Valley this weekend for a Mountain get-away! We stayed in a “luxury mountain cabin” overlooking the beautiful valley. Although the weather was less than ideal, we made do with other activities! We visited the estate home of James Madison, “Montpelier,” which was built in the 1700′s by...

View full post »

Every day I fall in love with Photoshop more and more. I love the look of natural pictures, but hey, I’m a modern gal, and I like to change it up a bit! I was playing around with a few different features and came out with some pretty cool looking photos! What do you think??

View full post »

This weekend, I was able to take pictures of my friends’ children! Serving as my first “formal” photo session with kids, I was just hoping they’d turn out ok. It certainly helps when your subjects are photogenic and willing!! These girls were awesome and so beautiful! The lighting was really cool today – it gave...

View full post »

Friday marked an important day in photographic history for me… sort of. I had my first “unofficial” photography session with my friend Kelly and her new fiancee, Josh! I begged her to let me take their engagement pictures so I could get some practice. They kindly obliged and we got some great pictures out of...

View full post »