The Buck family photo session video...

You would think these two crazy kids were taking engagement photos but nope, they have nine years of marriage under their belts and four kids keeping them busy, busy to say the least! This family is so fun and full of love and life! I had a blast shooting there family portraits. Enjoy, Melinda

The "H" family photo session video...

This big family was so vibrant and fun! We had a great time shooting this session last weekend. They are such a nice looking bunch, aren't they!? Happy Holidays, Melinda

The "C" family photo session...

This family is so fun, easy going and had such great energy. We got some beautiful shots! Happy Holidays, Melinda

The "G" family photo session video...

This family was such a joy to shoot! You can see in the photos that their little girl is the apple of both their eyes and even the family dog got in on the photo session. Enjoy the photos. Happy Thanksgiving, Melinda

The "D" family photo session...

I so enjoyed shooting this family last weekend. They are so full of personality, not to mention they are such a great looking family. Hope you all love this video! Another one to get you into the holiday spirit! Melinda

The "E" family photo session video...

Seriously, this little guy grabbed my heart as he is just a few days younger than my youngest daughter and he is so darn adorable, not to mention that his very proud parents are beautiful too! We had a great session today and here is the video of some fabulous shots we got. Melinda

The "T" family photo session video...

This session is sure to get you into the holiday spirit! This is my second time shooting this family and they are just so much fun! I am having such fun shooting all kinds of places and faces and here is something a little different for you. Cheers, Melinda

The "F" family photo session video...

This family is truly enchanting! I had such a blast shooting them this last weekend. Hope you all enjoy the video, Melinda

The "G" family portrait session video...

I adore this family and had such a fabulous time photographing them last weekend and I can not wait to meet the newest member of this incredible family very soon! Enjoy this very special video, Melinda

The Beautiful "G" Family Session preview...

Today I got to shoot a absolutely beautiful family of three (almost four). It is so fun and exciting for me to be able to be brought into a persons personal world; life, and that is exactly what I was so lucky to get to do today! This family is so thrilled with the enchantment of Baby "Z" due in the next month and it so cool to get to watch the joy this family already has with their sweet boy "E" as he is such a great kid and I mean that with all my heart-I adore him. Anyway, This family is HOT,HOT,HOT... Pregnant Mama "N" looks so fabulous and is due very soon- I can't wait to meet and photograph Baby "Z" and you can just feel it and see it in these pictures that The "G" family can't wait either!! Here are just four sneak peek photos for now...many, many more to come later this week.

Melinda

The Snow Family Photo session video...

Here is a super hot video of one fun fabulous family! Enjoy, Melinda

The Snow Family Photo session preview...

Last weekend I got the to take family photos of a beautiful family! The "Snow family" was so much fun to shoot and the weather and location were absolutely perfect! The fabulous fall colors and bright leaves falling from the trees made it just so neat and well, fall like. I love shooting this season as everything is so colorful and interesting outdoors. So, here are just four of the many, many images I got of this family. Hope you love them as much as I do! Please leave me some BLOG love!?

Happy Fall,
Melinda

The Hartman Family Photo session video...

This is a wonderful family full of hope and courage... Brave "G" is facing Cancer and little sister "I" is just sweet as can be. To help this family out, please look for my post below with his website link where you can go to donate for his care as well as keep up with his progress. Enjoy, Melinda

The "W" Family Photo session video...

Fabulous fall colors and one fantastic family make this session taken last weekend just captivating! Enjoy, Melinda

A brave boy and his baby sister...

Here are just a few shots (lots more to come) of a very brave boy named Giovanni! G is fighting Leukemia; Cancer and at the young age of just five years old- he is handling it with amazing courage and strength and so far he is winning but not without some tough times for this sweet boy and his equally strong parents; Bret & Suzanna as well as his angelic Baby Sister Isabella just three months old. Needless to say, this family is going through a very rough patch. Right now, neither parent is employed and as you can imagine...this family needs our help. I am blessed to know them through a close friend of mine, Lisa...the sister to Giovanni's Dad and Aunt to the children. Last weekend, I got to take some beautiful photos of the kids and here are just a few for now. I want to also include the link to G's website where you can also donate to his family for his care- they are in need and those of us that are fortunate and have the resources to help them out just should...period! So, please enjoy the photos and then click the link to his website where you can offer to donate any amount of money you can to help this special family in need out, please!?

Giovanni's Website

Thank you!
Melinda
xoxo

Baseballs, Boys, Babies and Bunches...

Today was a busy day for me! First off, I got to spend a wonderful lunch with my fabulous family and that is the single best thing of my day but I also got to do a ton of shooting today from sweet little newborn babies to baseball teams and everything in between it seemed...lucky,lucky me! Here is just a couple shots of a very fun family I shot this evening. Hope you like your sneak peek "W" family. And this week I will have some previews of the other two sessions I did today but my brain is turning to mush as I am so tired so this little peek is all I can show you for now.

Goodnight,
Melinda

BabyGoRetro commercial work video by Melinda Bunker Photography

Here is a little preview of some commercial work I did for the fabulous designer BabyGoRetro... http://www.BabyGoRetro.com Enjoy, Melinda

Milestones...

Baby Grace (my youngest daughter) just turned eight months old last week. She is such a sweet baby, so full of energy and character. This last weekend she started sitting up all by herself (with a tiny bit of help from her sister Faith) and it opens up a whole new world of photography posing for me-yay! So , here are just a couple shots I snapped of her showing off her new milestone. Oh, and for all of our friends and family that have expressed your love and support in her tough hospitalization, she has been given a clean bill of health so we are very relieved to share that news and again, thank you for your love and prayers.

Enjoy the pictures and please leave me some blog love!?

Melinda

Our trip to the pumpkin patch...

My family and our good friends took a little trip to the pumpkin patch this last weekend and here are some very fun shots I got of my girl's and Faith''s BFF Emily...enjoy! Melinda

The "K" Family Photo session video...

Enjoy! Melinda

The "L" Family Portrait Session video...

Such a beautiful and fun family! Melinda

Siblings...

Here is just one really special shot that I got at a family portrait session of a really sweet family today, so patient and nice. I love it when clients become "friends", and I have a feeling that Mama "K" and I are going to be good friends. This picture is super special to us all because it was tough to get the "sibling shot"... we worked our butts off to do it and this shot came out cuter than expected so I hope you love it as much as I do! Lots more to come but enjoy a little sneak peek for now.

Melinda

Boys,Boys,Boys!

Super fun shoot I did today! Beautiful family inside and out and just relaxed and easy going too, beautiful day- the weather was perfect for a mid-day shoot. I love it when I get a family like this! Another neat thing for me, being a Mom to two little girl's, was that this family was all BOYS with the exception of one stunning lady; Mom; Rebecca (You Rock!) and for me is was such a kick to shoot boys and these boys are both so handsome, full of life and energy and this family is just so full of love- you could feel the love in this family...such great energy. So, I just could not wait to get home and upload their session photos and edit a few to post for a "sneak peek" here on my BLOG before going to bed. Hope you all enjoy them and there are many more to come! And, I have two more sessions tomorrow, so watch this week for lots of bloggage from me!

Melinda

Faith & Grace...

I have to interrupt this blog to post a couple of fun shots I took over the last few weeks of my daughters; Faith (age 5) and Grace (7 months). They are both such sweethearts and I am so in love with my girl's!! I will be blogging recent and upcoming sessions, so I thought I would take a minute to share some shots of MY KIDS!

Enjoy,
Melinda

The "S" Family Photo session video...

Such a fun family...Enjoy! Melinda

The "S' Family session video...

I hope you love this! Melinda

The P" Family photo session video...

Hope you enjoy it!

The "S" family session preview...

WOW...this family is absolutely beautiful! All four of the members of this unity are captivating! It was pure pleasure to shoot them over the weekend. We got SO many fabulous portraits, it was hard to choose which to blog for their "sneak peek". Here are the two I grabbed just for a little teaser... many,many more to come! I had a busy weekend and shot two stunning families, so be sure to check back in the next day or two for the completion of the "P" family video/session...it is on it's way Tali. And, Jodi...your family "sneak peek" will be up soon. So now back to the "S" family- you were just wonderful to work with- Thank you so much.

Melinda

My sweet babies...

I had to take a moment to post a recent photo I took of MY girl's. I love this shot I got of both of them together as it is natural and they look like themselves so much here (not easy to get a shot like that!). I have several sessions this weekend and I know I will be posting a session video in the next few days of the "P" family taken a few weeks ago and then I will be posting previews for the sessions I have this weekend so, feeling a little guilty (nah...just wanted to post a pic of my kids) but I thought I better blog a shot of my two beautiful daughters; Faith(age 5) & Grace (6months). Also, I have been working on my website and plan to go live with it by the first of the year if not sooner. Check out the "sneak peek" Logo I have here to see what the talented designer "Jeff" of OffbeatDesigns has been doing for me...THANK YOU JEFF- YOU ROCK! Leave me some Blog Love and let me know what you think of my new logo!?

Have an awesome weekend,
Melinda

The "T" Family Session Video...

Enjoy, Melinda

Fabulous sister session preview...

Today's session was way to fun & fabulous! These two sisters were just a kick to shoot! I did a family session with their wonderful parents but mama "T", I gotta tell you...your girl's stole the show! Check out these shots I got of each of them! This is just a quick sneak peek but I had to post these for now... MANY MORE TO COME! And, the lavender rainbow pettiskirts sets were just perfect for these girl's.

Enjoy,
Melinda

Baby Grace is 6 months old today...

Yes, my baby is 6 months old today! It has been such a wonderful last 6 months and we enjoy her more every day and love her more everyday! My oldest daughter, Faith is off to Kindergarten in a week and my baby is six months...wow, life moves way to fast! I am so blessed and just had to share a little mini-session photo I took of Grace earlier today. I got these hats from a fabulous designer and am loving them all...more of them to come in future sessions.

Happy 6 month Birthday to my sweet little Gracie!!

Oh, and I have been working hard on my photography website and it will be going LIVE very soon so stay tuned for that!

Have a wonderful weekend,
Melinda
xoxo

Family session preview...

I have to share a family session that I did this last weekend. The "T" family is such a beautiful family...so happy, relaxed and enjoyable to be around. Here are just a few of the shots I took, of course lots more to come...
Enjoy,
Melinda

Faith is five...yes, 5 years old!

This begins my blogging about oldest daughter Faith, and her week before turning five years old and it will continue with photos of her big Birthday Bash as well as the exciting weekend and all our celebrations for her. Bear with me as I share a lot of wonderful shots I got of her these last few weeks. Oh, and I must plug TRA Totally Rad Actions I bought these actions for Photoshop and am lovin' playing with them...they make my pictures really come alive...in this shot, I used a "warming action" and it just feels so good to me- what do YOU think?

Here is a beautiful shot I took of Faith on her actual birthday...Happy 5th Birthday Faith! Love,Mom xxxx

Melinda

Gracie is growing up...

My little newborn baby; Grace, is growing up so fast- too fast! It seems like yesterday she was growing in my belly and now she is trying to crawl! YIKES! She is eating solids a little now (rice cereal and baby banana's once a day) but she is just doing everything crazy fast! She is 5 months now (WOW) and what is even wilder is that her BIG SISTER Faith is turning 5 years old tomorrow!! Well, thought I better post of few cute shots I took of Grace today since the next few weeks I am sure I will be blogging Faith's birthday and party and everything.

Melinda

Independence Day!

We had a spectacular 4th of July this year up in Oregon with ALL the family from my side; my two brother's and one sister and their spouses and kids; cousins and my parents...10 Grand-kids on my side- my parents are very blessed and of course; my husband, my two girl's and me, Needless to say, it was a fun filled fabulous time. Here are a few shots I took while we were there (yes, I am a little behind on editing and posting but hey- it is summer!) and I am enjoying every minute of it this year with both my girl's.

Enjoy,
Melinda

Dream Ballet

I finally am getting a chance to upload, convert and do some quick editing on a couple photos I took of Faith and her Ballet class doing their routine at the BIG dance recital a few weeks ago. They did a sweet little number called "Dream Ballet" and it was very cute. Faith has been dancing ballet since she was 2 years old (she is almost 5 now!) and loves it. This is her third recital and she is getting so good not to mention she just loves to dance and sing. She is quite the little performer. Her class this last year was small so you see just four of her little friends; dance girlfriends doing there thing and they all did wonderful. MY DAUGHTER FAITH IS THE ONE TO THE FAR RIGHT JUST IN CASE YOU DID NOT KNOW! ;)

Also, here is a pic I got of the teacher also performing in the recital.

Enjoy the pictures and I will be posting some spectacular shots I took this last weekend of the 4th of July up in Oregon with my family as well as extended family doing fireworks and having a blast, so check back for those soon.

Melinda

Little Ballerina Faith...

Here is a "sneak peek" of my little ballerina, Faith I took before we headed off to her BIG ballet recital last weekend. I think she looks just breathtakingly beautiful and she did a amazing job performing her big number...the "Dream Ballet" routine too (Her Dad and I were so proud of her!). I have lots of pictures to edit and all and am working on them, but for now I thought I would post this perfectly posed one of my sweet little dancer; daughter all dressed and ready to go to her show! Many, Many more coming soon.

Melinda

The "B" Bunch...

So, our good friends...the "B" bunch have gone away for the summer and we are missing them so as I am working on editing Faith's ballet recital pictures today, I came across these of T & E so I thought I would edit them and post them here on my blog for Lisa to see and know we are thinking of them and want them to get their butts home soon! ;)

Hugs,
Melinda & The Girl's (and Brian)

Happy Birthday Milan!

Here are a few more pictures I finally got edited for and of Milan (Faith's friend) and his family and friends from his fun birthday party...Enjoy! :)

Have a super weekend everyone,
Melinda

P.S. Malu- I am sending them all to you in an album for you to share with your friends and family and order prints that you want or whatever.