Meet Melissa & Raven

hello, Love! We're melissa & Raven...

...AND WE'RE PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR THE MODERN WOMAN.

Who is the modern woman?

The modern woman wants to see and celebrate her true self. She wants to exist in exquisite photographs and have imagery to properly represent her legacy for the rest of time. She wants to see her confidence and knows that does not have to mean a full makeover transformation and elaborate wardrobe.  

She doesn’t compete with other women, she supports them. She knows she is destined for great things and likely already doing them. She’s a lover AND a fighter. 

And yeah…she also wants to look cool.

The modern woman wants to be photographed by us for HERSELF. She may have a partner…. but the experience isn’t for them. Though ultimately, it will certainly have a ripple effect.

Whether she’s seeking this experience because she wants to find herself or because she already knows exactly who she is and that she is someone worth celebrating…. the modern woman is the exact type of woman who seeks us out and invests in herself through our work.

The women you see on our website are every day (albeit extraordinary) women… not professional models. They are career women, moms, soon to be moms, grandmothers, wives, philanthropists, yogis, bartenders, lawyers, etc. They are who you might bump into on a walk to the mailbox or in the school pick-up line. 

The Melissa Lynne Couture experience is not about a makeover transformation. It’s about looking like yourself, like FEELING like a cover model in all the best ways, while still being gently guided through your time spent in front of the camera. It’s about the internal transformation through building confidence. It’s about embracing your authentic beauty, and, let’s be honest, looking really really cool doing it. That’s our specialty.

We believe that the female form is art- in all shapes, sizes, colors, belief systems, and sexual orientations. We believe that it is our mission to build confidence one woman at a time. We believe that you are ENOUGH and you are AMAZING exactly as you are right now… not 15 lbs. from now, not 20 years ago… NOW. We believe that your looks (however stunning they may be) are the least interesting thing about you. We believe wholeheartedly that we were put on this planet to create confident and beautiful imagery FOR women, not OF women for others… and we believe you are here for a reason. 

This is our full time job, ladies. We SPECIALIZE in photographing women. What does that mean for you? That means that you are in the very capable hands of someone who does this ALL the time. Not just every now and then in between family photo shoots and weddings. Though, don't think that's not where we started. We've dabbled in several types of photography, and have narrowed our specialization to exclusively photographing women. Because we love it THAT much.

You’ll notice that most our images are black & white…which is our specialty. We have a passion for all things monochrome and neutral.. and yes, that is a theme in both our business and personal lives.