My name is Mary Me’Cshell and I'm what you call a bit of a photography enthusiast. Since I was a very young girl, I've always been drawn to pictures, be they in magazines, books, photo albums, or even on the walls of local businesses. There's just something about the amalgam of colors, shapes, faces, and light coming together in perfect harmony that I find irrevocably fascinating. I've always believed that the best photos are those that are hard to look away from. The kind that catches your eye and makes you want to study every tiny pixel. And when you think you've seen it all, you have to look back just once more to make sure you didn't miss anything. Those are the kinds of photos I strive to take every single day at Photos By MeMe. Photos that are engaging, compelling, and worthy of displaying proudly in your home. I got my first camera at the age of 11, a birthday gift from my mom. It wasn't a particularly expensive camera, but it was mine and I rarely parted with it. I took pictures of everything. The fields in my backyard, my family and friends, the flowers in the yard. A lot of pictures with fingers in them, but nothing was off-limits. What I mostly loved photographing, though, was people. And that's still true today. People are so interesting and I love capturing their spirit on film; my goal is to convey their feelings, thoughts, and emotions and preserve them forever in a photograph. You know what I'm talking about. That twinkle of deep affection in a father's eye when he looks over to his wife holding their firstborn. The calm serenity that overcomes an expecting woman as she gently touches her swollen belly. The heat between a newly engaged couple who can't seem to stop staring at each other. The commanding presence of a high school senior who's posing with enough confidence of their entire graduating class or that ounce of mischief in a brother's sly grin as he looks up at his older sister. To me, portrait photography is all about capturing emotions, personalities, and the dynamics of various relationships. And when I photograph you and your loved ones, that's always my goal. Yes, I've owned many cameras since my first, and I've certainly grown as a photographer. And though my cameras have changed and skills have grown, one fact remains a constant: my inherent fascination and appetite for portrait photography. Let me share my passion with you, won't you?