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\u00a0Hi I am Melissa Goodland and I just love taking pictures and learning everyone\u2019s story! I\u2019m a wife to a <\/span><\/span>rocket<\/span><\/span>\u00a0scientist and<\/span><\/span> mom to two littles and college student<\/span><\/span>! Photography has become my creative outlet outside of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>engineer\u00a0driven<\/span><\/span>\u00a0home :). I especially love photographing senior girls, because well, simply, I once was one and I just loved that time in my life! <\/span><\/span>I cannot wait to review a session and see their story unfold in their series of images.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0Beginning<\/span><\/span>–\u00a0<\/b><\/span>I\u00a0started my journey with my father\u2019s old Minolta camera, a few images of my mother in hand and a desire to be like my dad! This teenage passion eventually molded into my life\u2019s work. 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