I first started blog-stalking following Allison when she commented on my Facebook Fan Page so when she emailed to set up a lifestyle session I just about fell over with excitement. I tried to be super coy about my excitement but by the end of our session I – literally – blurted out, “you know, I totally blog stalk you.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I am smooth like crunchy peanut butter.
As it turns out Allison is funny, sweet and charming; exactly like her blog. Charming enough to completely gloss over my word vomit. (Which means I love her.) And Vinny? Vinny laughed at my terrible, terrible Chuck Norris joke. (I don’t care if it was a pity laugh; I love him too.)
You’ll have to forgive me for the amount of images. I think this is what they call getting carried away.
I emailed Allison a vague description of this graffiti wall in downtown Minneapolis and she knew exactly what I was talking about. My kind of woman.
Cute kissers, cute kissers! I looooove cute kissers.
Look who worked in a reference to their recent Paris trip. THIS GIRL.
Gorgeous Allison.
Charlie (their pup) nearly came home with me. I loved him a little TOO much.
I want hair like Allison’s please.
Yeah, I made them kiss a lot. It’s sort-of my thing.
i’m yours,
melissa
Love all the great backgrounds! So fun!
I die.
You are phenomenal. I cannot thank you enough!
Beautiful pics Melissa! I have been reading Allison’s blog for the past hour or so…haha! Great stuff!
Loving the doogal profile. Also LOVE that shot in front of the wall mural- wow!
ya know, yesterday, i went to routinely check your site for new posts….and it kept saying error! i was so very upset. so today i followed the link from your post to blogger and then connected it here. lame but it worked. ANYWAY!
these are fabulous..your photos just keep getting better. i love the wide opens!
and as afar as editing….yes kind of. I have been overexposing just a bit on my morning sessions due to some VERY rainy weather lately so that i can turn up the blacks when editing. thanks for noticing!
You are so talented, Melissa. These are breathtaking and so incredibly sweet. So love that series of three near the top :)
The graffiti shots are AWESOME! Can you please come to Florida? Ah ha
These are beautiful! Great work :)
That girl is hott! And you’re amaze with a zing on the end! oh dear that was bad i’ll just stop now!
P.S. they are cute kissers! i like cute kissers too :)
OMG, Mel! I got chills, I teared up…these are my favoritest pictures EVER! Maybe that’s b/c Allison is one of my closest friends, or b/c I just adore her and Vinny, or b/c that lil’ Charlie-bear stole my heart the second I met him, or b/c you’re just THAT DAMN GOOD–I’m guessing it’s a combination of all of those things! Beautiful, beautiful pictures. I absolutely adore them!
one of my favorite locations!!! i have had to say to people well….the graffiti wall…yeah right across from sex world! That is the only place people know..HA! They did change the wall too and I love the yellow wall on the other side…seriously wall four walls of that one building are to die for! LOVE that location! I miss Minneapolis!
Fabulous session!! The first two pics are my fav!