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Hello, friend!  My name is Melissa Maxwell and I am a family portrait and lifestyle photographer in Gilbert, Arizona.  Welcome to my website!

I have always loved telling stories.  I spent many years on the stage playing everything from a building in my first high school musical to the male lead in some of Shakespeare’s finest works at my women’s college.  As a mother one of my greatest joys has been reading to my three children at night.  (I do all the voices!)  Over the years I’ve documented my family’s best moments on our family blog and now on Instagram.  I love telling our story!  As a family photographer my aim is to tell your story.

I pride myself on being able to capture people at their best.  I want to give you portraits that are natural and timeless and that spark joy when you see them.  (That way you won’t be tempted to toss them when using the Marie Kondo method of de-cluttering.)  I can capture the excitement of starting a new family with lifestyle newborn sessions.  I will help you freeze time while your children are young with family and child portrait and lifestyle sessions.   I’m at your service when you’re celebrating milestones like baptisms, graduations, and missions.  As your family grows and being together is more and more rare, I will be there to photograph your whole extended family (even the weird ones).

Family portraits are truly the gift that keeps on giving.  (You may have been thinking sweatpants are the gift that keeps on giving.  They’re not.  It’s family portraits.  But sweatpants are definitely in the top five.)  Your family deserves that gift.  Click on the contact button above and let’s get started!

[Photo credit: Diana Irving Photography.]

Featured in Phoenix Magazine, SBO Magazine, Voyage Phoenix Magazine.  Finalist in the Shoot and Share Photo Contest 2019.

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