Melissa DeVoe Photography On HGTV’s House Hunters!! | RALEIGH NC HOUSE HUNTERS NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

Last summer my family and I embarked on a move from our home in Raleigh, NC to a larger home in Wake Forest, NC. We were thrilled to be given the opportunity to experience reality TV firsthand! We filmed an episode of House Hunters with HGTV!!! Never in a million years would I have thought that *we* would be on a reality TV show! What an amazing time we had, too!! The whole family got to participate – so there was a lot of footage of my boys being silly (surprise, surprise), footage of us living in our little furnished apartment while we waited to move into our new home, and they captured us walking through three different homes with our realtor Tina Caul, and giving ALL of our opinions.

Well, of course, high on our priority list in our new home, was a functional space for my photography studio! And thank goodness we found that! When HGTV came back to Raleigh the second time to film, and to show us all settled into our new home, it was just TWO WEEKS after we moved in. Talk about an incentive to get unpacked!!! I’d managed to get my studio mostly set up, but it’s come a long way since the first two weeks. I featured photos of my newborn studio on the blog recently, so be sure to click over and see what it looks like today!

The entire experience was once in a lifetime. We were blessed with an amazing crew from HGTV who made us feel comfortable, who were patient with my children (and the dog!), and who liked to have some fun! What a neat thing for us to be blessed with. We have HUNDREDS of family/friends/kid’s classmates/acquaintances who have told us they’ll be tuning in to see us. We’re so excited!!

The air date is Monday, March 4th at 10 p.m. Eastern time, but check your local listings! Here’s the summary of our episode from the House Hunter’s website: http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters/growing-family-is-running-out-of-room-in-raleigh/index.html

Here’s a few photos from behind the scenes of our filming, all taken on my trusty iPhone (and therefore awful in the technical department)! 🙂

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Baby Ava | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Oh this sweet little baby Ava! Before she was born, her Aunt contacted me wanting to gift a newborn session to her parents. And what a lovely gift idea that is! Ava’s parents are just as sweet as can be, and I loved having them in my studio in Wake Forest for Ava’s portraits! Ava had her own ideas for the session, though! 🙂 Didn’t really want to sleep, but we made it work! I REALLY love each and every one of the photos from her newborn session. I mean, I am IN LOVE with them! I can’t even choose a favorite. Or two. Or even three! Before the session, her Mommy told me she loved soft colors – creams and pinks. Thankfully I had no shortage there! We share the same tastes, because they’re my favorites as well. Ava is such a beautiful baby, and I’m so very happy she came to see me! Here is a sampling of her gallery!

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Mackenzie | RALEIGH NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Lucky me got to meet the adorable little Miss Mackenzie when she was just seven days old! She was an absolute doll baby for her newborn session. And she looked good in EVERYTHING – pink, red, blue, ORANGE. She rocked everything I tried with her, especially that amazing drawer which I’m in LOVE with!! And she totally went with the flow. I always think every newborn session is my favorite session ever, and I felt the same way about this one. Every single photo I loved, as you’ll tell from the major over-share of photos below. I had too many favorites and they all deserved to be shared. Mackenzie – come back and see me anytime!! 🙂

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Malcolm | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Sweet little 11-day-old Malcolm was such a pleasure to have in my newborn studio last week. He started off his session very bright-eyed, but didn’t stay that way for long! He was such a sweet baby and I adored meeting his family. Here are a few shots from his session!

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Malcolm Newborn Sneak Peek | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

11-day-old Malcolm and his family joined me in my studio on Saturday for their newborn session. Here is one sneak peek photo for them!

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Baby Diana | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHY

I have this AMAZING group of women in my life. We started a group back in 2010 because of our mutual love of photography, and we still get together regularly after all this time. Between dinners and photographing subjects and gift swaps at Christmas, these girls are SO special to me and I’m thankful to call them my friends! Last weekend I had them all to my studio and we photographed a newborn baby girl who was just 10 days old. Sweet little Diana!

Here are a couple of photos of us in action in my studio. These were taken by my good friend Morgan Henderson who is a fabulous Raleigh Durham wedding and family photographer.

And of course I have to share a couple of our resulting shots from that day. Diana was so very tiny and precious!

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2012 Year In Review | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

Each year I try to set aside some time to create a compilation of my favorite photos from each session I had that year. It was really fun to go back through and remember my favorites! I picked one photo from each family I met this year — there are sessions I’ve promised not to share, for privacy reasons, but the ones you see below are all of my favorites from those I blogged about this year. I owe a big thank you to each of the families I met this year – you’ve all been so amazing to share your lives with me, and I’m blessed to call you my friends. I watched quite a few of your babies grow up this year, and it was an honor!

Coming up in 2013, I plan to get caught up on my blogging from all my fall sessions, and I have an extremely packed calendar for January, so I’m eager to get some new sweet babies on this blog! Happy New Year, everyone!

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Baby Ethan | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Meet sweet baby boy Ethan. He was an absolute JOY to photograph. Ethan is blessed to have an awesome big brother and two adoring parents, along with amazingly generous extended relatives that I had the pleasure to speak with — he was definitely born into a loving family! I am completely smitten with this little guy. 🙂

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Lorelei | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Oh, how I LOVED this session. First of all, I haven’t photographed a single baby with the name Lorelei. EVER. But, why in the world not?!? I just LOVE IT!!!! There needs to be more Lorelei’s in this world. And second of all, Lorelei’s sweet Mommy brought along HER mom from Louisiana to the session, so we had three generations in the studio. And lastly, 7-day-old Lorelei gave me the biggest smiles I’ve EVER seen on a newborn. Thanks for totally making my day, Lorelei! You’re so sweet and wonderful!

Just a scheduling note: I’m completely booked up for the remainder of 2012 for family and child photo sessions. I do have a (very) few openings for maternity and newborn sessions for 2012. I already have many 2013 due dates on the calendar, so PLEASE contact me early to reserve your space, because I hate to turn people away!

Wesley and Harrison | Twins | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Sweet little twin boys, Wesley and Harrison, met me a few weeks ago in the studio for their newborn portraits. They are just so precious and perfect!! There’s really something special about a set of twins, something so fascinating and amazing to me. It’s always a delight for me to be able to photograph twins. Wesley and Harrison are participating in my Baby’s First Year Plan, so I’m thrilled to get to watch them grow during their first year!

Melissa is currently booking into early 2013 for maternity, newborn and child photo sessions in the Raleigh Durham Wake Forest, NC area. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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