Hampton Roads Virginia Lifestyle Family Portrait Photographer

Have you ever considered booking a lifestyle shoot? If you aren't familiar with this type of session, it is a way of creating images that tell a story, or give a glimpse into your daily life. I love this documentary type of session because I think it is a beautiful way to tell your family story through images rather than words. Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.

Call or email us to book your session today! 

melissablissphotography@gmail.com 

757-646-7408

A Pretty Picnic in the Woods

An apple a Day keeps the winter gloomies away. 

And what could be more fun than an apple picnic in the woods?

I sure had fun planning and shooting this session with my girls. 

If you'd like to book a similar session contact me for details!

Melissa Bliss Rich - Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth area family and portrait photographer. 

Autumn Splendor

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the Autumn tree."

~Emily Bronte

 "No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."

~John Donne

 "Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf's a flower."

~Albert Camus

"Autumn, the year's last lovliest smile."

~William Cullen Bryant

"Just before the death of flowers, and before they are buried in snow, 

there comes a festival season, when nature is all aglow."

~Author Unknown

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns."

~George Eliot

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” 

~Lauren DeStafano

“I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.” 

~Lee Maynard

"Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfined, and spreads a common feast for all that live."

~James Thomson

"Besides the autumn poets sing,

A few prosaic days

A little this side of the snow

And that side of the haze."

~Emily Dickinson

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all."

~Stanley Horowitz

Stott Family

I had a blast with this fun crew last week. We found a beautiful Japanese Garden to explore. It was overcast and a little chilly, but as you can see, we managed to capture some fun moments. Thank you Stott Family!

An Afternoon in the Woods

A Summer Evening Stroll

Summertime is Here!

Childhood Moments