Melody Rae Photography

Protected: Erika’s Fabulous Birthday

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Protected: Bardsley Family

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Protected: Liore Notoadikusumo

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Happy Mother’s Day!

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It doesn’t matter if you are a mom to-be, a mum, a soccer mom, a Grand mom, or even a Mama Duck! Mom’s are great and Mother’s Day is a time for warm thoughts and fond memories, for expressing the feelings and words that often go unspoken, for letting those special people in our lives know that they are loved and appreciated.

3 quacks for a Happy Mothers Day!

This Mama Duck and I had a nice conversation and she has politely allowed me to get up close with my 50mm and take some photos of her chicks and use them for my website. I just love the look on that duck in the second to last picture. Even makes me say “awwww”. Happy Mother’s day to you and yours!

Welcome Noah Gijs!

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Check out this handsome Blue eyed beau I got to meet! Back during the late winter I had the privlige of photographing his two excited parents for Maternity photos. It’s so nice to see the wee guy and how much he looks like both of his parents! It’s a little late, but congrats Scott and Lu on your little man!

Protected: Client Viewing for Marriana

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Protected: Client Viewing Session for Erika

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Sneak peek: McAslan family

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I had such a nice time with this sweet family the other day! It’s so sad that they are leaving Amsterdam to head back to the “Windy City” but what better way to commemorate than some photos around their favorite part of Amsterdam? Not even two minutes before there was a crazy thunderstorm but that didn’t slow them down any. And I can’t even begin on that little Lady bug of theirs. Isn’t she just the sweetest!?

Foodie Sunday

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So it’s definitely time for me to invest in a quality rain man, or perhaps to start bribing the weather man. Dutch Underground weather and the buiten Raider assured me Sunday would be Thunderstorms with hail during the day. That naturally wouldn’t do as I had some photoshoots with small children in them and heading out doors didn’t seem like the best idea. So I rescheduled them only to find sunny blue skies the whole afternoon through!

Between beating myself up and being frustrated with missing out on shooting time with the gorgeous weather, my partner reminded me to just try and enjoy the free weekend day with our little family so we headed out to the Westerfabriek Neighborhood food market where our friend Fong was serving up some amazing BAO pork buns! What better way to pass the day munching away? I’ll have to admitt it made me feel a bit better and was atleast a nice break from beating myself up over missing such great weather and light for my photoshoots.

There was some serious food porn going on but I have to say, Fong’s BAO stand was one of the smallest with one of the longest lines through out the whole venue! And we got in line just in time as she actually sold out! (yes, they are really just that savory and delicious!) Here’s some other delish things we got to see and try around the Neighborhood food market:

Check out that delicious Spanish tapas on the left and Raw Advacado Lime mint pie! I just really loved the indie vibe of the Neighborhood food market, the bilogical foods and wines- it was so much fun branching out and getting to talk to strangers across the tables! Definetly worth checking out and heading to the next one!

Riding in trams

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I’ve been a little MIA on a sort of vacation this week. My partner is out of the country leaving me and my son for consecutive play days! It’s probably a good thing as the upcoming weekend and next few weeks I’ll be one busy lady! I’m very excited about it, but enjoying my time now. Can’t wait to bring you awesome updates and sneak peeks! I hope everyone has had a nice weekend and I’ll leave you with a couple photos of our adventures with public transport in Amsterdam.

These are the days