I'm Melissa — mom to Sadie River & Easton Claire, amateur sledgehammer enthusiast (home reno life), and the most self-proclaimed awkward person you'll ever meet on the other side of a camera. Which, funnily enough, makes me really good at helping you feel comfortable in front of one.

I grew up in Montana and feel most myself outdoors. That means I'll always find an excuse to drag everyone to a golden hour field somewhere — and you will thank me for it later, I promise.

"I believe in embracing the chaos — because that's where the real moments live."

I started MKP because I wanted rural Montana families to have access to real, authentic photography. Not the kind where everyone's matching and stiff. The kind that actually looks like your family — loud, loving, chaotic, and beautiful.