Melissa Palomo

Beautiful Senior Girl!, Temecula Senior Portrait Photographer

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:29 +0000

I am so behind on blogging, over the next week or two expect a few more ‘catch-up’ posts from me! I was out of town (yes, there will be a post on that, too!) and I’ve had some of the most awesome shoots lately that I just can’t wait to share with you!

You may recognize Alex, I posted a few shots of her on my blog late last year. She ended up in front of my camera again when I wanted a few shots to show off my new studio & surrounding location! She’s a pretty great model.

This natural light in my studio is AWE-SOME.

Two dogs & two (very patient) people, Temecula Pet Portrait Photographer

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:00:08 +0000

Patrick & Kay run the very awesome Dogtopia facility here in Temecula. If you’ve never been, you need to check it out. It is an amazing location for doggy day care & boarding, so if you have dogs you definitely need to stop by and see what they’re about!

Anyway, we scheduled a session to get some portraits of their personal dogs (you might see some of my photos in their lobby soon!) and well… the afternoon of their session I happened to fall asleep on the couch. And I woke up to a very patient Kay calling me wondering where I was. OOPS! They were so awesome to hang out while I grabbed my camera and headed down to the studio to meet them. So they deserve a huge thank you for staying around with a smile on their face. (And really, no naps before a session every again!)

I just love this photo of them together! No leashes had to be removed in photoshop, either – that’s can become quite a feat when you are photographing more than one dog together!

And the whole family!

A handsome pitbull, Temecula Pet Portrait Photographer

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:45:44 +0000

I am so behind on blogging right now, I am trying to get all caught up! I have had some of the most awesome sessions lately & want to share them…

This is Tank, who is an absolute doll & loves to ham it up for the camera. We had so much fun photographing him in the new studio. This shows you a nice variety of natural light images that we can get there! SOOOO love this place!

An awesomely fun session, Temecula Southern California Pet Photographer

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:39:13 +0000

This session was not only so fun for me, but it was really quite neat too. You see, this session was for my high school best friend Jenna & her family. We met in 9th grade French class and had the best time going through three years of French and causing trouble together. We used to go to the boy’s water polo games together, make crepes, and laugh and laugh. After high school, like so many, we drifted apart and lost contact. Well through the amazing invention called Facebook, we reconnected & started chatting again. She asked me to do a photo session with herself, her brother TJ, her new sister in law Savannah, and their adorable puppies Dozer & Bella. I was HAPPY to oblige! We had a bunch of fun getting some awesome photos and reconnecting.

This is Bella.

And sweet Dozer.

Jenna, I looooove this photo of you. Gorgeous, girl!

The husband & wife!

Towards the end of our session Bella started playing in a puddle. Well you can’t see that and not photograph it, right? Soooo cute. I love me some water dogs!

A gorgeous mama & some awesome news, Old Town Temecula Maternity Photographer

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:54:25 +0000

So… first of all, I’ll share some huge news with you! Melissa Palomo Photography now has a studio in Old Town Temecula! We’re really excited about it, it’s adorable & we think our clients will love it. We’re still waiting on a few things before we invite you all down, but we are booking studio sessions! And for the months of February & March, our in studio sessions will be 50% off. Crazy deal, because we’re crazy excited!

I did two shoots there yesterday and am so excited to share them… the first one especially. Because I’m biased. It’s my beautiful sister, Jen, who is pregnant with her second baby, a little girl! I can’t wait to meet her. You’ll notice that the studio offers some great natural light as well as the option for studio lighting – such great variety!

And seriously I think she is one of the cutest pregnant people, ever.

My nephew, Brycen. So handsome, and ready to be a big brother!

The Three Stooges, Temecula Riverside Orange County Pet Photographer

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:43:47 +0000

I met up with Marilyn this weekend to grab some shots of her family & pups. Her goal was to get a few images of her parents as well as the dogs… and then some together. Here are a few shots from our session with the three boys & then one of mom & dad.

Buster

Sandy

And Seberus

And a shot of mom & dad together. So sweet.

Gorgeous Marine family, Temecula Family Portrait Photographer

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:55:53 +0000

I met up with this sweet family this weekend. Dad is getting ready to deploy next month and they wanted some photos together before he left. They have the most adorable little girl, and I hope that these photos will bring them all joy while they’re apart!

Thank you for your service!

Brand New Baby Girl, Temecula Newborn Photography

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:27:34 +0000

I had the awesome opportunity to meet with brand new baby A and her beautiful Mom & siblings yesterday. Daddy is currently deployed so we wanted to do a session so we can send proud dad an album to enjoy while he is away from his precious girl!

Her “Auntie Melanie” from TX made this hat and we made sure to get a cute shot or two of her proudly wearing it!

The proud brother & sister!

And I love this shot of mom & baby girl. Mom is just stunning.

I hope that your hubby loves these A, and thank you for your service!

Erin & Michael are engaged! Temecula California Engagement Photographer

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:52:51 +0000

Erin and Michael live in Arizona but have family out here in So Cal (her sister is Brenna – I shot her maternity & newborn photos last summer!)… so this weekend when they were visiting we got together & shot their engagement portraits. Let me tell ya – they were troopers! It started raining towards the end of our shoot, but they rocked it and we ended up with some awesome images!

I love this tree so much!

And this one… if you look really closely you can see a few rain droplets. When I converted this image to black & white I was in looooove!

Looking forward to your wedding next month!

Dakota & Chief, Temecula Southern California Pet Photographer

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:20:13 +0000

Dakota & Chief are brother and sister (Dakota = pink, Chief = blue) and they were excited to get their pictures taken. Well, excited for photos maybe not – but they sure were excited. It was mostly overcast, and it made for some awesome skies.

Chief almost jumped in the water after the ducks.

They played…

And played…

And the sun came out for a few minutes. I love the backlighting here.

And this one… let’s just say I love it. I love the detail shots and this is one of my favorites.