Melissa Toms Photography

Wow!  I just realized that I haven’t updated the blog since November 1st!  I have so many sessions that I would love to share, but it gets a little crazy during this time of year, and in an effort not to completely ignore my family, I have to let a few things go.  Maybe I can get caught up during the long winter months we have ahead…Or maybe not! lol

I will share a few from a fun shoot I had with one of my favorite little guys.  It’s so much fun for me to get to photograph the same families year after year and watch the kiddos grow up.  It’s amazing how much they change from year to year.  This is why it is so important to document these years in photos, videos and writing.  I think as a parent we realize that they are changing so quickly, but we really don’t think we’ll ever forget how little they once were, the funny things they said, or the stuff they were really into.  But I have to admit…WE DO!!!  I haven’t been as good as I should be about writing things down myself, but I am always amazed when I look back over the things I have documented and realize, I really had almost forgotten about them.  So…got off on a little tangent there, but just remember to document their childhood.  Sadly, you will forget! 

It was fun to capture some of the things that make this little one tick right now.  Fresh air, riding 4-wheelers, jumping in leaves, swinging, bikes, and his guitar.  Here are just a few from his session at home.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the pumpkin patch sessions.  I hope you are all enjoying your images and sharing them with friends and family.  This was the first event of it’s kind for me and I think it was a big success.  So hopefully there will be more mini-session events in the future.  Here are few photos taken on those days:

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Here are a few photos of my little cowboy in his costume.

selected by random.org, is Ashly Brick.  Congratulations, Ashly, we are going to have lots of fun in some pumpkins with your little one.  Thanks so much to all who entered, hope to see lots of you in the next couple of weeks

It’s time for my first ever official blog giveaway.  Up for grabs is one Pumpkin Patch Mini-Session.   Here is how to enter:

Here is how to enter:

• Become a fan of MelissaTomsPhotography on Facebook.
• On facebook (click above), go to our “wall” and click “share” on the entry that has the details of the Pumkpin Patch Mini-Sessions
• Blog about the sessions and/or the giveaway.
• All of the above, some of the above, you will get one entry for each

Each time you do any of the above, please come back to this blog post and enter a comment telling me what you did to enter.  Please leave a different comment for each form of entry.  I will draw a name on Monday September 27th.  That’s it!