We have been planning for our ONE DAY SALE and are feeling a little generous since next weekend is Memorial Weekend….SO….ALL SESSIONS ARE 40% OFF starting Monday, May 24th through Monday, May 31st.

It’s been a few months coming but I’ve been working with John Baldino, owner of Gobo Media LLC, on producing one of our newly branded offerings, The  Senior Spotlight (personal documentary), promotional video and soon to shoot Sports Spotlight with a local high school athlete. Go check out the ‘VIDEO‘ section on our senior website to check out the video services now being offered by Melissa Hathaway Photography.

A major shout out to John for all of his hard work. If you’re looking for a videographer to produce awesome, professional promotional videos or documentaries, you definitely need to talk to John!

Both of my websites have been dire need of updating. And, after waiting almost 2 years to finally update my senior website, I did it! And, I must say, I am pretty happy with how it’s turned out. There are a ton of photos that have made it to my blog but really needed to be in my portfolio as well. As the beginning of the Class of 2011 senior portrait season begins, I am proud to kick it off with our new updated portfolio. Please take a peek and let us know what you think! http://www.melissahathaway.com

Meet Mai…our rep from Century High School in Hillsboro, OR. Mai was a blast to work with and up for any challenge we presented her! As usual, I like to take it to the edge some times and she had quite the experience with posing in front of a plethora of trash barrels! I hope you had a great time! Enjoy your sneak peek!

A few weeks ago, we completed the last photo shoot from my Winter Photo Contest with my Grand Prize Winner, Brenna Greene and her 4 best friends. Brenna’s shoot also pleasantly coincided with a personal side project that I’m working on with film maker John Baldino. We’re thrilled that we had the opportunity to do this project with the group of girls that Brenna brought along and I am looking forward to seeing the final project in it’s completed state. Unfortunately, even though we did have sunny breaks throughout the day, after being inside filming video for several hours, by the time we were able to start shooting, it started to rain! Well, that’s Oregon weather for you! You can’t win ‘em all but we still had fun shooting inside. For now, here’s a quick sneak peek for Brenna and her friends, Carly, Whitney, Elizabeth and Sarah.

Meet our 4th Class of ’11 Senior Model Rep from Westview High School, Jem! While the highs didn’t reach near 70 degrees on the day of Jem’s model rep shoot, we were still able to duck outside for a few quick outdoor shots in between rain last week. Jem brought an awesome wardrobe full of color and texture. We had a blast! She’s got quite a great summer on the horizon, interning for Nike in Manila! A natural leader, she’s also got a load of awesome opportunities ahead of her and her senior year hasn’t even started yet! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Meet Alexxa. Another Class of ’11 Senior Model Rep from Oregon Episcopal School. Alexxa is smart, talented and the camera loves her! Knowing that the Oregon weather was going to change on us before just in time for spring break to end, we headed out last Saturday and caught the last bit of sunshine and also snuck in a little time for some studio shots as well! Alexxa was great at handling my unexpected hiccup with my car battery dying when we decided to head out around the blocks. Fortunately, we just kept the truck idling and were able to snap a few quick creative shots with some off camera flash at the end! Alexxa – it was awesome working with you! Looking forward to more fun this summer for your senior shoot. Enjoy your sneak peek!

This post should have been a continuation of the last but wanted to keep it separate. Kendra was one of our participants in our Winter Photo Contest and won a $25 iTunes gift card and a photo shoot with her and her best friend. She chose to do her photo session with her sister Kelsey. After a full day of model rep sessions, we headed out to a bit of abnormally uncharted territory out in the suburbs. But, of course, I couldn’t resist grunging it up a bit for a quick shoot in front of the DeMarini semi for a little ‘Beauty Meets the Bat’. And…we had to go back for the bats! Despite having to turn back and forgetting that cars do travel on country roads, we made it back safe and sound just as the weather decided to turn on us! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Everybody told me when we had our daughter how fast she will grow and all the little idiosyncrasies of the trials and tribulations of parenthood  will seem minimal compared to how fast that little baby will grow into a beautiful girl.
I never really thought about it until recently when I realized what used to be our baby boy is now about to turn 4 years old. This post isn’t meant to embarrass Kendra, but to really highlight the fact that Kendra is one of the main reasons I started getting into senior portraits. I can’t believe that I started photographing her when she was still in middle school and she is now approaching the end of her junior year and embarking on her final year of high school! Wow! Time really does fly! There will be more pictures of Kendra and the rest of my model reps to come in the summer months but I can’t leave this post without expressing a huge thanks to you for being an awesome and willing subject. And to Jill and Kevin, of course, for allowing her to do this. At some point, we will do a photo montage of my test shoots with Kendra over the past several years.

Makeup by Jenna Fallon

Meet Chelsea….fun, energetic and full of life! Chelsea was up for anything and everything as you will see at the bottom of this post! I love it when clients are willing to be adventurous! Chelsea, I had a great time photographing you and getting to know you a little better! We still have fun softball photos to create! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Makeup by Jenna Fallon