by Melanie | Feb 4, 2020 | art, childhood, creativity, documentary family photography, family portraits, giving back, love, Photography
Three Collaborations Making a Difference One of my goals for the year is to make a bigger impact through creative collaborations. As humans we are meant to work together to survive and thrive. It is our nature. We forget this sometimes. 1. Working Together to Empower...
by Melanie | Jan 21, 2020 | childhood, documentary family photography, family portraits, love, nature, Photography
On Friday, I was sitting at my desk doing some planning for my upcoming Friendship Portrait Event when I got a message from an old friend that contained the above picture that she had taken of me when we were 9. Harmony and I spent many lazy days together when we were...
by Melanie | Jan 7, 2020 | art, childhood, documentary family photography, family portraits, love, nature, Photography
I’m feeling so much gratitude this new year. Just returned from a camping adventure in Nevada and Arizona, in a mostly unheated RV. It was colder there than it was in Toronto. And, it rained for 5 days straight in the desert. But, it was still wondrous. I was grateful...
by Melanie | Oct 30, 2017 | childhood, documentary family photography, family portraits, nature, Photography
What if… What if we never lost our ability to imagine? Would we live in a world where we are more empathic because we can imagine how the other person feels? Would we care more about the environment because we can imagine what might happen if we don’t? Would we...
by Melanie | Oct 6, 2017 | childhood, documentary family photography, family portraits, nature, Photography
Documentary Family Portraits Fall is a popular time for family portraits. It’s a great time to get outside and enjoy the changing colours and to get some gorgeous photographs of your children and who your family is at this moment. I call them Documentary Family...
