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“Melissa’s presence, patience, and gentle command of the time is calming and her humor and ability to engage kids made for a very low stress and even enjoyable session.”

“Our experience with Melissa’s photography talent in the past has been through labor, birth, and newborn sessions. Recently she did a family photo session for us - my husband and I and our 5 children. Obviously we’re no small family and there’s a lot of moving people and personalities! Melissa’s presence, patience, and gentle command of the time is calming and her humor and ability to engage kids made for a very low stress and even enjoyable session. She is eager to fulfill any specific requests as well as give input and suggestions. Her creativity and artistic ability shine in both her ideas during the session and her editing wizardry. She creates images that are authentic and with just enough magic to highlight the beauty in the moments, but not make them look fabricated or over edited. I am so thankful for Melissa’s gift of photography and that we have benefited from it. These photos are priceless treasures that I’m grateful to hold and share.”

The Roark Family

“She joined them in their silly and made them smile all the while. She captured their true personalities so beautifully.”

“I had a loose vision in mind for our family photo session….a simple outdoor picnic - a little fancy, yet also casual, as if we always sat on a blanket in a field of wild flowers drinking sparkling water in stemware. Melissa NAILED it. We really did have a sweet time dipping pretzels in hummus and snuggling up on a blanket smiling for a few pictures. It also gave us a nice ‘landing spot’ for the kids during individual shots and a few with just mom and dad. There were times that my kids DID NOT want to smile sweetly so Mel went with it. She joined them in their silly and made them smile all the while. She captured their true personalities so beautifully. I’ve never had family photos I’ve loved so much. I loved that she caught us in our moments together rather than just posed images. Can’t wait to keep making memories in front of her camera!”

The Cox Family

“She did an amazing job helping the boys warm up to the camera and bring out their big personalities. Our youngest was pretty skeptical, but Melissa managed to get some amazing photos of her being her shy little self.”

“Our babies have grown so fast so we knew we needed to preserve this beautiful stage we’re in. Melissa was the perfect choice to do that this past fall. She did an amazing job helping the boys warm up to the camera and bring out their big personalities. Our youngest was pretty skeptical, but Melissa managed to get some amazing photos of her being her shy little self. We had such a fun session! Melissa captured our true personalities and I couldn’t be more thankful for her!”

The Haney Family

MELISSA HANKINS

ELOPEMENTS, WEDDINGS, & COUPLES

photographer

KNoxville tn // Western north carolina