Hello and welcome!

MY NAME’S MELANIE, AND I’M THE GIRL BEHIND THE CAMERA! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND READING MY STORY!

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW, I AM A BIRTH, NEWBORN, MODERN FAMILY, AND LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN EAGLE, IDAHO. MY LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY SPARKED DURING MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL IN A CLASSROOM FULL OF KIDS LEARNING HOW EFFECTIVE CAFFEINE CAN BE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY BELONG IN THIS BIG OLE WORLD. AS A RESERVED UNDERCLASSMAN PHOTOGRAPHY SEEMED WAY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE BUT, I HAD AN ELECTIVE TO FILL, A PINK POINT AND SHOOT CAMERA (DROPPED ONE TOO MANY TIMES), AND A NAIVE PERSONALITY THAT WAS READY TO LEARN! WITH AN INTEREST IN GOING INTO THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR COLLEGE, I REALLY HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE FROM TAKING A HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE, BUT GOD HAD A GREATER PLAN THAN I HAD EVER ANTICIPATED.

MY FRESHMAN YEAR CAME QUICK AND THE NEXT THREE WENT BY EVEN QUICKER. MY INTEREST IN PHOTOGRAPHY GREW AND GREW. FOUR YEARS OF SITTING IN FRONT OF COMPUTERS LEARNING THE INS AND OUTS OF PHOTOSHOP, GETTING OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD TO TAKE PORTRAITS, AND HANDLING EXPENSIVE CAMERA GEAR WHEN I COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD A CAR SEEMED TO FLY BY WAY TOO FAST. SOON ENOUGH GRADUATION WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND I WAS PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER IN MY LIFE. THE THOUGHT OF ‘ADULTING’ WAS A BIT INTIMIDATING, BUT I WAS EXCITED AND HAD SOME BIG GOALS AND DREAMS AHEAD OF ME!

NOW, AT 26 YEARS OLD, A FEW DIFFERENT ROADS TAKEN, AND A FEW CAMERAS LATER...HERE I AM, STILL KEEPING ON. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FRESHMAN ME, I AM DOIN’ ALRIGHT! AS A YOUNG ADULT, YOU'LL FIND ME PAYIN' BILLS, ROAMIN’ THE AISLES OF TARGET, WATCHING WAY TOO MANY EPISODES OF GREY’S, THE BACHELOR AND FIXER UPPER, LOVIN’ ON MY TWO CAT FUR BABIES, AND BEING BLESSED BY THE BEST JOB EVER; PHOTOGRAPHY!

I CURRENTLY OFFER A FEW DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES, BUT MY DREAM IS TO OPEN UP A COMMUNITY STUDIO, HERE IN THE TREASURE VALLEY, WHERE I CAN CONTINUE TOWARDS SPECIALIZING IN NEWBORN, MATERNITY AND MOTHERHOOD PHOTOGRAPHY ALL WHILE SHARING MY PASSION WITH OTHER CREATIVES AND EMPOWERING OTHERS ALONG THEIR JOURNEY, WHETHER IT BE MOTHERHOOD, A STORY OF HARDSHIP TO TELL, OR FOR SELF CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. IT IS COMPLETELY HUMBLING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I DO!

AS YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER, I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR STORY. MY HEART IS TO CAPTURE YOUR REALIST AND MOST RAW MOMENTS. YOUR LITTLE ONE WRAPPED AROUND DADDY’S FINGER, THE DOUBLE CHIN YOU GET FROM LAUGHING WAY TOO HARD AT YOUR LOVED ONE, THOSE TEENSY, TINY TOES ON YOUR NEWEST LITTLE OR THOSE BIG, WARM HUGS FROM GRANDMA. PORTRAITS OF THE BOND YOU SHARE WITH YOUR BEST FRIENDS, YOUR FIRST FAMILY PHOTOS AFTER LOSING A LOVED ONE, A BOUDOIR SESSION ALL ABOUT YOU AND THE NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE AND LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOURSELF, OR BRINGING YOUR VERY FIRST LITTLE INTO THIS WORLD...YOU NAME IT. YOUR STORY IS BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL, AND I'LL BE THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH YOU! I BELIEVE THE BEST PORTRAITS COME FROM THE UNPLANNED SMOOCHES AND THE UNCONTROLLABLE GIGGLES AND I WANT TO CAPTURE HIS GRACE, THE ADVENTURE, AND YOUR LOVE ALL WITHIN THOSE SPECIAL, FLEETING AND AUTHENTIC MOMENTS.

AS YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER I PROMISE TO UPHOLD THESE VALUES WHILE CREATING A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET YOU, HEAR YOUR STORY, AND CAPTURE WHO YOU ARE THROUGH MY LENS!

-MELANIE GRACE

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