Melissa Berg Photography | Raleigh Newborn Photographer

Wow! It's been almost a year since I've visited this blog. Last year I switched over to a new website and if you haven't migrated over yet, please visit me over at www.melissabergphotography.com!!!

Visiting this old blog takes me back to when I first started to dive into photography and pursue it as a business. My how much I've grown! Check it out! ;)

Sophie

Today I had the pleasure of photographing a co-workers' daughter who is about a year and a half old. Sophie had so much energy and there was lots of family that kept her super busy and on the move. I was able to keep up with her but wow am I glad Dylan isn't mobile yet!! I'm so not ready!! ;)



What a sweet little girl! and I just love the clothes!!

The White Family

Yikes, two posts in one day! I was so excited about today's shoot with my friend Melannie and her family, that I just couldn't wait. Now that my workflow is improved, it's easier for me to import in RAW, pick out my faves, edit, export to JPGs, upload (in various places) and blog!

My little one, Dylan, was such a good boy today as I took photos indoors and out. Thanks to the rocknplay, it makes it easy to bring him along, while including him in on the action (and not having to worry about him accidentally falling over while sitting up!). He took a nice long (long for us is an hour and 15 min) nap beforehand and then slept the whole way home (about an hour in rush hour traffic-woops!). I was actually glad it took me longer to get home, bc he slept well. ;)

Melannie and I graduated nursing school together a couple of years ago and thanks to good 'ole Facebook, it's easy to keep in touch with everyone's busy lives...and Melannie sure is busy! She has four, count 'em, FOUR boys!! (plus her husband!) ;) There's Kyle, 18; Kole, 16; Jared, 3; and baby Justin, 3 months. I normally don't get the chance to shoot that many people at once, but surprisingly it only took about an hour and a half. I think the older boys were eager to do their thing (although they sure hammed it up for the camera efficiently enough) and although the little ones sure pretended they didn't want their picture taken, they were great in front of the camera as well.











A big thanks to the White family for trusting me with their family portraits and welcoming Dylan & I into their home. :)

Happy Anniversary to the Brauers!

Wow! Can't believe a whole year has gone by. Congratulations to Sara and Jon who were married March 21, 2010 at Caffe Luna in downtown Raleigh.

A LOT has happened since then. Including a recent upgrade in editing software and a lot of learning on my part in the editing department! My gift to them; here are 12 Re-Edits from their wedding last year.

The Fried Family 2011

My friend Lauren from high school in New York just happens to live in the Triangle area (crazy!) and this year she had her fourth bundle of joy, Mia. I was so excited when she asked me to photograph her new little precious one and the fact that I could take Dylan along made it all happen. Here are some of my faves!!






It's so awesome to see the older ones all grown up from the last time I photographed them! I had so much fun jumping back into photography a little bit. ;)

Checking in!!

So yeah..Dylan is now 5 months and I plan on playing a little bit of catch up here after the weekend. Things are great! Dylan is cutting his first tooth already and getting lots of practice sitting up on his own. Amazing how time flies!!

Since Dylan has been born I have done 2 baby sessions for friends. Both little girls and both adorable! Mia is 2 months and Lily was 18 days. You can check out their sneak peeks on my FB page (banner to the left!) and I will blog some more of their photos soon!

Yup, I've been MIA again!

I am almost 32 weeks into my first pregnancy and I have to admit, photography is the LAST thing on my mind. Life has been super busy crazy working and trying to prepare for our baby. A few weeks ago I had to unfortunately cancel a bridal session due to rain. (bummer!!) :( and that was my last opportunity to shoot before the baby comes. I can't believe I have only TWO months to go!!!

So that being said, I am putting any outside photography on hold until further notice. More than likely I won't start shooting and pursuing photography until early 2011. I want to thank those of you that have inquired and really appreciate the interest!

I guess it's safe to say, I won't be out of too much practice since I plan on taking a gazillion pictures of my son. ;) He will be my first newborn session. ;)