I have photographed these kiddos several times and they just couldn’t be any cuter! We spent a chilly morning at the park having some fun – well, there was some crying and a dead catepillar – but in the end, everything turned out great! Thanks for letting me document year number two and five!

Too sweet!

Dad was having some fun - who says getting your picture taken can't be fun??

Cutie pies

Cutest family in Tigard!

I FINALLY forced myself to sit down and order new business cards. It’s hard to run a business without business cards. The coolest thing is that I didn’t have to pick just one photo, I got to select up to ten! If you haven’t checked out Moo.com, you should – it’s so cool!! Here is a sneak peak of the images that I used- I can’t wait to see them!!

A few weeks ago I attended my husbands company picnic. It’s always fun to bring my camera (it gives me something to hide behind!) and take some candid shots of everyone having a good time. I love photographing kids being kids, and dogs being dogs! There were so many cute photos and I was so excited to do a blog post! There was lots of fun and games for the kids, and I even got a few pictures of some adults (so unlike me!). My favorite pictures are the last few pictures of little Alex totally hamming it up for the camera! Click here to take a peek: www.juliemelfiphotography.com/KCDL. Ahhh, summertime!!

I hope you are enjoying every minute of August and spending lots of time with the people you love!

For six weeks I have been working at an office building that houses the oldest construction company in Portland, Oregon. Cali comes to work with me many days and on our mini walks around the grounds outside I kept seeing all kinds of cool textures, colors, and a couple of really cool old cars that I thought would be fun to photograph. So, one day last week I decided to bring my camera to work and take a few shots of what I was seeing, just for fun. (I had hopes of catching a few pictures of Cody the Labradoodle too, but turns out he didn’t come to work that day So sad!)

So here is my creative experiment in finding beauty in everyday junk

We thought we had a really loud bird in our backyard, but it turns out we have a cute little squirrel that we have decided to call Skippy. He is making a mess of our hazelnut tree and he is very vocal, he’s lucky he is so darn cute! I have talked to him a few times and he looks at me like he understands every word He does not like it when Cali tries to see who I am talking to and he takes off as fast as he can!

It’s a good thing that I’m not too interested in harvesting the hazelnuts, or he’d be in trouble! (being so cute helps too!!)

We had a little party over the weekend and invited some friends and their dogs. It was my intention to just enjoy the party and leave the camera in the house (I have a tendency to hide behind my camera at events!) but I only made it for about an hour! How could I possibly pass up the opportunity to photograph this group? You’ll see what I mean

Great company, adorable dogs and lots of beer . . . a perfect summer afternoon! I hope everyone had as much fun as we did – thanks for coming!!
Meet Stella the pug and Butterscotch the long haired mini dachshund . . see, I told you they were cute!

This is Zion, he is a beautiful bouncy boxer boy- he entertained us by running laps around the yard! Ah, to be young again

This is Stella enjoying Cali’s Cool Bed . This bed has been a lifesaver for us- and you can see how much Stella is enjoying it!

Stella and her mom, Katie and Kody the Australian Shepherd (I love how she has gotten a little white around the eyes, she looks so wise!)

Butterscotch is a bit of a momma’s girl . . she was never far from her mom (you can see why, right?)


I love Zion’s crazy puppy face

and little puggy faces!

Hee hee, I love how her ears is blowing in the wind! Such a little model!