PRESENCE PORTRAITS

luminous, connected, expressed.

Presence Portraits are transformative portrait sessions that focus on how you FEEL.

Through heart centred, prompts, movement, and guided meditation I’ll invite you to connect to the subtle motion of your spirit, your heartbeat, your breath. You’ll tune into YOU and embody your presence effortlessly. You’ll probably even forget that you’re having your photos taken.

“In most situations when someone is taking a photograph of me, my focus and intention is on my outward appearance. This can feel unnatural, awkward and a bit forced at times.

What I loved most about working with you is that you focused on the light being within. Through the process of meditation and moving together with you through suggested words, images and feelings, I was able to access a place of vulnerability not easily seen and captured on film. Rather than adjusting myself into an outward appearance or pose, the gestures began from my heart center and this connection with my true self allowed the expressions of emotion, movement and gratitude to flow with an ease I have not experienced in a photo shoot before. It was a beautiful and sacred experience.”

~ Kiko Pace (Kiko Sounds)

“Working with Melanie was an absolute dream. I normally feel uncomfortable in front of the camera, but I felt immediately at ease in her presence. She creates a space for her subjects to feel authentically themselves.”

~ Brandon

“Working with Melanie was a very powerful experience. I felt nervous going in, but Melanie made me feel at ease by guiding me through a calming meditation. I felt the genuine care she had for me to feel relaxed and comfortable. It worked. My nervousness went away and I began to feel more free, more expressive. Her prompts allowed me to get in touch with my own emotions of joy and self-worth. Melanie’s approach to photography is holistic. She takes you on a journey. I cannot recommend her more highly.”

~ Owen Ware

“I’m blown away. Truly. I said to my husband tonight that the photos you have captured of me are the most beautiful ones I’ve ever seen.”

~ Nikki Leigh McKean

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“A cathartic and awakening full-body experience, one that had me laughing, crying, dancing and connecting to parts of myself that I hadn’t accessed for a long time.”

~ Jen McNeely

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“Our session was a gift of time… to slow everything down, to settle in, inhabit my being, and an invitation to move on impulse. Melanie’s energy is beautiful; accepting and curious, open and calm…which caused me to feel whatever might transpire would be just right and more than enough.”

~ Marina Dempster

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“Listening. Calling. Opening. Rejoicing. Receiving (in gratitude). Sometimes we need to recalibrate which 5 senses we are using…because there are more. I’ve only ever *felt* this version of my realness, I’ve never been able to *see* it.

To feel the depths of any truth can be a scary and enlightening experience. It takes an honest moment of surrender to allow that kind of ocean to flow as freely and as wildly as possible.

Connecting with Melanie was an opportunity to not only allow myself this gift, but also to share and acknowledge it with a kindred spirit in a way that only she could capture it. To find oneself in a genuine place so that others may find you there also…a blessing.

~ Schara Hallim

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“As a woman in a photograph you’re always conscious about what you look like and what you’re projecting and this was the first time I’ve been able to stand in front of a lens and not feel the need to do that.

The act of being able to be yourself and be accepted for yourself is the greatest gift you can give anyone, and the photography session literally gave me that gift. I wasn’t worried about the lines or wrinkles or any of the imperfections because I knew that through your lens I would be beautiful no matter what happened.”

~ Ariel Garten

“I’ve never been so comfortable in front of a camera. Within 5 minutes I was taken from head into heart and spirit. Melanie knew how to connect with me and guide me to connect more deeply with myself with questions that paved the way towards introspection and authenticity. ”

~ Talib Hussain

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Together we’ll play in the ALCHEMY of authenticity, magic, and connection.

Sessions start at $750.

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PRESENCE PORTRAITS

luminous, connected, expressed.