The MC Photography Blog

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Hi there, I'm Melody Celeste! As a family lifestyle photographer, I love to capture beautiful, unfiltered, fun moments between you and your family. I love natural light photography and sun flares.

Check out my blog that has lots of examples of my work, information about my photography packages, and tips on how to prepare for your upcoming session.

San Antonio Photography: Composition Even as a photographer, I take more photos of my family with my iPhone because it’s much more accessible than my big, heavy Canon Mark IV. I’m sure you are also reaching for your iPhone to capture those every day, special moments, too. That’s why I’ve been trying to provide moms […]

Apr 1

San Antonio Family Photography Tips Instagram has really evolved over the years, and it has become a great marketing tool for businesses and photographers. I love it because it has a lot of the editing tools a professional application such as Lightroom or Photoshop has, and it’s easy to use. There are lots of editing […]

Mar 31

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Today I was greatly inspired by Garden Photography’s Facebook post on tips for mamas having babies during this quarantine. She gave some great insight about taking great fresh48 photos of their own babies, and my heart sank (both in joy that she’d share such simple but great knowledge and also in compassion for those mamas […]

Mar 29

Week 1 It’s only Tuesday and the Stay Home, Work Safe order doesn’t even go into effect until midnight, yet I feel anxiety stirring up all over again. For some reason, the thought of basically being forced to stay home makes the isolation worse. So I decided today I would overcome it by shooting photos […]

Mar 24

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John and Shaelee recently got engaged in Disney World, which is such a cool experience! I photographed both of their graduation shoots last year, so it was such an honor that they came back to me for engagements. What an awesome season of life to be in! I remember when Anthony and I were about […]

Mar 18

It took a good amount of effort to get us all dressed to take some photos, but I’m so glad we did because these are precious moments that I have captured with my boys. I rarely get in front of the camera, and I want to do more of it. It take a little bit […]

Mar 15

We’ve all seen the infamous “nailed it” Pinterest memes where you have a beautifully positioned newborn bundled up in a tiny basket with props on one side and on the other side, a baby awkwardly positioned. Aww pobre, they tried. It’s quite funny, but it’s so true! Newborn photography is difficult. These fresh, yet flimsy […]

Feb 24

I can’t believe February is almost over and March is just around the corner. It’s hard to tell spring is almost here because it’s been so gloomy lately, but it’s coming! I’m excited to be offering Tulip sessions at the La Vernia Tulip farm and blue bonnet sessions this spring.

Feb 23

I want to celebrate motherhood this year with a beautiful shoot location! These motherhood sessions are taking place March 12, 13 and April 18. Get all dressed up, come hold your babies, and capture some beautiful, intimate moments. Motherhood sessions are 30 minutes at one Southside San Antonio location (seen below), and you will receive […]

Feb 11

I didn’t want kids. If you asked me when I first got married, I would say I wasn’t sure if I wanted kids. I didn’t think I was “mom” material. I did want family though. I love family, traditions, and gatherings. I love my family — I’m very close to my parents and brother and […]

Feb 7