I’m a photographer in the lovely city of San Francisco. I photograph people — brides with their grooms, parents with their children, artists in their studios, and anyone else who would make a great portrait. I adore old cameras, French bread, funny people, and ordinary moments that feel particularly great.Tumblr (3.0; @megmessina)http://megmessina.com/<p>One of my favorite little models just had a birthday! Here’s the highlights from her celebration…</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2612 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398845632/"><img alt="Grace_Bday_2612" height="333" width="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4398845632_5dd61db32e_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2638 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398078701/"><img alt="Grace_Bday_2638" height="749" width="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4398078701_cb7f4d1bd5_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2600 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398078985/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4398078985_6eed6b5792_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2600"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2621 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398079243/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4398079243_07d43ed01b_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2621"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2627 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398846472/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4398846472_783acd1711_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2627"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2663 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398846680/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4398846680_4e1a3d436a_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2663"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2703 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398079881/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4398079881_88b25c13b2_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2703"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2709 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398080023/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4398080023_d70b97d908_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2709"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2725 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398080453/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4398080453_ed5d55e5a9_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2725"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2744 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398847668/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4398847668_3b12c1c448_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2744"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2718 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398080253/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/4398080253_d1e1e070b8_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2718"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2792 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398081055/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4398081055_70d5c88fd0_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2792"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2782 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398847794/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4398847794_e580e78bf9_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2782"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2598 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398848234/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4398848234_00284e631c_o.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Grace_Bday_2598"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Grace_Bday_2616 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398081361/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4398081361_14668fd02d_o.jpg" width="500" height="749" alt="Grace_Bday_2616"/></a></p> <p>Happy Birthday, Grace!</p>http://megmessina.com/post/420120404http://megmessina.com/post/420120404Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:08:00 -0800parentsandchildren<p>It’s a sunny Saturday morning! I’d like to spend it lounging around drinking lots and lots of coffee out of these…</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="TeaCups by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4398825472/"><img alt="TeaCups" height="750" width="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4398825472_81a82f46b4_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Have a lovely weekend!</p>http://megmessina.com/post/420077976http://megmessina.com/post/420077976Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:22:00 -0800<p>I’m donating a boudoir session to Bullylicious - a fabulous event to raise money for Pinups for Pitbulls & Badrap! I’m quite excited and ready to revamp my auction displays… pretty pretty please help me chose a new display photo. You can email me, leave a Facebook comment, send a courier pigeon… I’d love to know which one you love so I can raise some money for these awesome organizations!</p> <p>Shall it be #1?</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Boudoir_Card_1282 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4362884863/"><img alt="Boudoir_Card_1282" height="500" width="333" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4362884863_10427b5ee7_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Or maybe #2?</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Boudoir_Card_1754 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4362884939/"><img alt="Boudoir_Card_1754" height="500" width="333" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4362884939_7cc790b148_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p>What about #3?</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Boudoir_Card_1696 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4362885185/"><img alt="Boudoir_Card_1696" height="333" width="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4362885185_0cd9527639_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Or #4?</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Boudoir_Card_1958 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363626988/"><img alt="Boudoir_Card_1958" height="500" width="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4363626988_c9f089abfa_o.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Many thanks for your thoughts and xoxo!</p>http://megmessina.com/post/393437560http://megmessina.com/post/393437560Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:22:00 -0800portraitsandpeople<p><p class="meg-photo"><a title="ValentinesDay by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4409980522/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4409980522_4b505e95eb_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="ValentinesDay"/></a></p> <p class="caption">Hope you have love & heart-shaped marshmallows in your coffee today! xoxo</p></p>http://megmessina.com/post/429132456http://megmessina.com/post/429132456Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:22:00 -0800<p class="meg-photo"><a title="Logan_9933 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363065295/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4363065295_a52d62a068_o.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Logan_9933"/></a></p> <p>Sorry about that pun - I just couldn’t help it.</p> <p>I’ve been in Las Vegas the past few days, documenting the every move of this little guy!</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Logan_0029 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363067369/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4363067369_27a08b962a_o.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Logan_0029"/></a></p> <p>Logan’s first few weeks in the world were really tough due to a bad case of jaundice. You’d never know it though… he has turned into an extremely bright, extremely chubby little boy with the sweetest disposition! Here are a few more of my favorites from our session…</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Logan_9906 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363065131/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4363065131_4291202ab5_o.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Logan_9906"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Logan_0002 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363067281/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4363067281_0c7cec9c65_o.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Logan_0002"/></a></p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Logan_9910 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363807088/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4363807088_6786732d6a_o.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Logan_9910"/></a></p> <p>Congratulations to little Logan and his family… looks like they’re all going to be just fine!</p> <p class="meg-photo"><a title="Logan_9992 by Meg Messina Photography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4363807222/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4363807222_a674de4f04_o.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Logan_9992"/></a></p>http://megmessina.com/post/393599533http://megmessina.com/post/393599533Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800parentsandchildren<p><p class="meg-photo"><a title="me & my spy camera by mmphotography, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mm_photography/4299931352/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4299931352_03f85d018a_o.jpg" width="500" height="672" alt="me & my spy camera"/></a></p> <p class="caption">I’ve been busy photographing with my spy camera! But I now have a fancy new blog to bring my photos out into the world… I’ll be posting tons of adventures here so check back soon! And in the meantime, you can view my portfolios on the Meg Messina Photography Facebook page. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/Meg-Messina-Photography/198287847080?v=photos&ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/Meg-Messina-Photography/198287847080?v=photos&ref=ts</a></p></p>http://megmessina.com/post/350356297http://megmessina.com/post/350356297Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:03:00 -0800<p>Call or email to book a session… I would love to hear from you!</p> <p>415-641-4226</p> <p><a href="mailto:meg@megmessina.com">meg@megmessina.com</a></p>http://megmessina.com/post/183433414http://megmessina.com/post/183433414Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800