melodee tonti – Family Photography – Murrieta, Temecula, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire

Yes, this was my last family session until next year. It sounds so weird to say that. It is even more weird to think that we are only 3 weeks or so away from 2009. Holy moly. Ronda owns La Bella Salon in Norco, and […]

Go on, say it again, you know you want to. Rancho Cu-ca-monga. I want to move there, just so when people ask where I live, I can say Rancho Cu-ca-monga. I know, I am like, 12. Give me a break. Anyway…… This is Rita and […]

I was really excited for today’s session because I was told that there were plenty of leaves in their yard. Since California doesn’t have much going on as far as seasons go (unless you like wearing shorts and flip flops on Christmas), I was all […]

This is Stacie. She is due in, like, three weeks! Doesn’t she look amazing? We had to reschedule our original session a couple of weeks ago because of the fires that took over CA. I’m just happy that she didn’t have the baby before our […]

Things are a bit crazy around here between shooting and editing holiday sessions, and…oh, yeah…the fact that we are moving. In. Three. Days. Gulp. That doesn’t leave me much time for this blog, but I did want to share the slideshow from a recent family […]

I had to reschedule my Saturday session due to the freeway closures, from the fires, so I was happy about Sunday’s session being out my way. I was even happier when I met the family I was going to get to hang out with. Because, […]

This is Ryan, Kyle, and Brynna. I found this good looking group of people in the street outside my house. How lucky was that? Actually, all of these lovely people are more of my neighbors. (I swear I don’t force my neighbors into photo sessions. […]

Yes, that was a Home Improvement reference in the title, in case you didn’t catch it. Sorry, my son is watching Home Improvement reruns on Nick at Night religiously lately. It didn’t take very long for me to travel to this session. It was right […]

Hooray! Yes, it’s finally up. Heather and her family had to wait the longest for their sneak peek, but here it is…. This is Heather and her husband, Dave. (yes, Heather really is that lovely in person as well). This is Delaney….Dave, I hope you […]

This is Michael….. Well, this is actually what Michael looked like most of the time I spent with his family….. This is Garrett. You may not be able to tell it from this picture, but he was a bit unsure about the whole situation. He […]

This is Nic and Nate…. Wait a minute…wait a minute. This is Nic and Nate…… Here they are with their parents, Dave and Laurie…… Nic and Nate had no problem with getting a little bit sandy for pictures. They made sand angels and even did […]