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

Two of my mini-sessions today kept it all in the family. Julie and Leticia are sisters-in-law. They booked back to back mini-sessions this morning. Grandma came too. I have never seen a woman work so hard to get her grand kids to smile. I tried […]

This is actually a sneak peek for my mother. Yes, those two kids are mine. They were also the most difficult shoot I have ever had. You’d think they would be used to the camera by now….Or maybe that was the problem, they see it […]

Mini-sessions are an easy way to get those portraits done for a great price. Mini-sessions are smaller versions of the full-length sessions, offered in blocks of 30 minutes, at a specific location. You will receive 10-15 high resolution finished images on cd, allowing you the […]

It’s been wedding, wedding, wedding around here this week. I am almost ready to get working on the coffee table book/album for Carly and Harry. While I am doing that, here are a few more images from their big day…. The best man with one […]

It’s getting busy around here, with the holidays just around the corner…well, sort of…if you consider 106 days to be “around the corner”. October sessions are booking quickly and I still have a day of mini-sessions to squeeze in there somewhere. Here’s a little bit […]

More from the mini-sessions…. The cute factor in this next shot almost kills me. Thank you, Medina Family. I hope you enjoy your images!

Here’s a few more of Gingi…. More images from all mini-sessions to come……

Today’s sneak peek was a bit different than the ones from yesterday. I didn’t have to chase after anyone at all….and Gingi didn’t give me the stink eye even once. 🙂 She is due in November, and I couldn’t even dislike her for looking so […]

Day one of the 4 R Kids Sake Fundraiser is done. It was fun….kind of hot, but fun. Thanks again to everyone who participated. Okay, so I’m pretty sure this family is one of the nicest I have ever had the pleasure of working with. […]

Day one of the 4 R Kids Sake Fundraiser is done. It was fun….kind of hot, but fun. Thanks again to everyone who participated. This little one gave me quite a workout. She was constantly on the move. She wasn’t too thrilled that there was […]

What’s cooler than a party? A “just because” party. This weekend, I was asked to take pictures at a “just because” pool party. The mom and dad in charge of this party are having me make dvd slideshows of the images to give to each […]

My kids and I have started back on our normal homeschool schedule this week, but that didn’t stop them from trying to squeeze every last bit of fun they could into this summer. It has been about a billion degrees around here lately, making the […]