Liv picked the winner. And I’m so glad she did. Because of her, I was able to come across two of the most lovely individuals. Truly. Ashley, the uniquely gifted and petite model, mother, and wife. With her diverse, mixed-toned complexion, heaven knows how she landed her beautiful hazel eyes. ...
Holy Amazing. Enough said.
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!!!!!! A whole new level melissa. Fantastic work. I’ll be contacting you soon.
You are such an inspiration Melissa. Thank you for helping me see outside my routine.
Melissa, love this post, LOVE JoeyL he is my photog idol 
. Theses pictures are top notch nice job girl!! Keep it up!
Amazing. I love the way you write. I look forward to your words just as much as your photo’s. The images in the snow are absoloute fav’s.
I love how different she looks in every photo. Sign of a good model!!! Kuddos to all involved! Fantastic artistic shoot!!!!
So amazing!!! The photo in the snow where you can see the photographer in your eyes, awesome. So cool.
WOW!!! I am always in that same rut. What else can I buy that will make me better. When I don’t know a ton about off-camera lighting and need to educate myself better and then what I have may work. Amazing work, amazing post…
Want to get together and I can feed off your creative lighting techniques??? 
Good for you, for being brave and trying new things! I think doing what you normally wouldn’t can create something you absolutely love! This shoot turned out amazing.
Gorge-a-gorge. Gorge.
WOWOWOWOW! These are so incredible. I don’t even know what to say. Truly inspiring. Gosh, I wish you did mentoring sessions so I could pick your brain all day.
Stunning my friend! Truly hearfelt work from a stunning person! And your model and MU are SOOO talented! Look up my sister-in-law, KELI BOWEN (in Boise) if you are ever in need of a model. She is a NATURAL!!!!
Is it lame that every time I come to your blog and see this post my heart does a little leap at the “A day with Ashley” thing?!?! haha Star-struck perhaps?? Oh the possibilities.
LOVE IT! Quick quesiton! I am trying to make sure my images still look great online. Do you resample for the web before you post them to your blog???? I do, but wasn’t sure if I did it right, so i just wanted your thoughts!!! THANKS BEAUTY!!!
Okay, so I’m having an anxiety attack. Seriously, I’ve been so nervous to pick. I’ve been entirely too excited to see who wins but entirely too bummed for those who didn’t. The stories. The kindness. Testimonials of overcoming cancer. An autistic child scoring a touchdown at a high school football game. Families who have never had...
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So cute. I love how you picked. Congrats Ashley. What a lucky lady!!!
Darn. I might just have to schedule an actual session Two great things came out of this though… 1): My husband really is a fan now and gave me the go ahead to get family pictures with you! 2): In a very silly way, seeing my name stand out in your photos made my heart sing. Thanks for the fun!
Hi Melissa!
I’m so excited, I’ve never won anything in my life!:) I would like a studio session for my modeling portfolio. I’ve gotten really bored with it lately and it could use a touch of your talent. You’re an amazing photographer, any ideas?
Fun! So fun! I love how you did it too! I have had plans to do many giveaways this fall and will probably do one similar to yours in the spring, as soon as I can find my way out of the heap of editing I’m under. Will that happen in the spring? Will I see the sun then? haha. I did do a maternity shoot giveaway. Isn’t it great to have a service, that others can really cherish and love and appreciate, that you can give away? It truly is so rewarding to hand over to someone the tangible memories they can have for forever. And to make them feel beautiful. Yay for the gift of photography. Yay for giving.
Very cool and congrats to Ashley! Very lucky! Melissa is great. Especially loved how the whole process was artfully documented! Great work!
Oh that was so fun! I love it!!! When you have time shoot me an email and let me know if we can set up some mentoring anyway!!!!
Thanks beautiful lady!
Congrats Ashley! You are one lucky girl!!
So I just saw my name in the second picture, how cool!! I know I didn’t win but hot dang that got me excited! hahahahaha
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