When your house is quiet again, these are the moments you’ll want to return to.
Family and Motherhood Photographer | Central Ohio
You won’t find “perfect” around here.
You’ll find love so loud you can Hear it in a photo.
Grass-stained knees, popsicles dripping down sticky hands, and belly laughs echoing down the hallway. Because the mess, the noise, and the breathtaking exhaustion of it all is the real story of your family.
And it’s worth remembering exactly as it felt.
My love for you grows with every heartbeat, my sweet one. You are my sunshine on the cloudiest days and my greatest joy in every season. I loved you before I met you, and I’ll love you long after time forgets our names. You are my tiny miracle, my forever hug, my reason to believe in magic. Wherever you go, a piece of my heart goes with you. You’ll always be my baby, no matter how big you grow.My love for you grows with every heartbeat, my My love for you grows with every heartbeat, my sweet one. You are my sunshine on the cloudiest days and my greatest joy in every season. I loved you before I met you, and I’ll love you long after time forgets our names. You are my tiny miracle, my forever hug, my reason to believe in magic. Wherever you go, a piece of my heart goes with you. You’ll always be my baby, no matter how big you grow. one. You are my sunshine on the cloudiest days and my greatest joy in every season. I loved you before I met you, and I’ll love you long after time forgets our names. You are my tiny miracle, my forever hug, my reason to believe in magic. Wherever you go, a piece of my heart goes with you. You’ll always be my baby, no matterMy love for you grows with every heartbeat, my sweet one. You are my sunshine on the cloudiest days and my greatest joy in every season. I loved you before I met you, and I’ll love you long after time forgets our names. You are my tiny miracle, my forever hug, my reason to believe in magic. Wherever you go, a piece of my heart goes with you. You’ll always be my baby, no matter how big you grow. how big you grow.
I’m Melissa Chu, a motherhood and family photographer based in Columbus, Ohio.
I became a mother after losing my own, and nothing has shaped me more. It changed the way I see love, the way I show up for my family, and the way I chase down the fleeting moments that matter most.
Now, my mission is to create images that don’t just show the surface of motherhood, but reveal the truth of it:
The chaos.
The connection.
The tender, exhausting, breathtaking reality of raising small humans.
I want to give you more than a gallery - I want to give you the feeling back.
If motherhood teaches you anything, it’s how quickly everything changes — often before you’re ready.
Every morning, you wake up to a slightly different version of your child. They’re a little taller, a little bolder, and a little more themselves than the day before.
They grow up while you're making lunch. While you're folding laundry. While you’re wiping down counters and answering the 400th “why?” And those moments deserve more than a blurry phone snap and a memory that slips away by bedtime.
You deserve to hold onto the way the sun felt on your back as they ran barefoot through the yard. The way they climbed into your lap and asked for the same story again. The way they cupped your face in sticky hands and said, “I love you, Mama.”
Motherhood isn't a series of milestones or curated moments.
It’s a living, breathing story, and it deserves to be documented that way.
This isn’t about perfect poses, it’s about presence.
I’ll guide you gently, follow your kids’ lead, and document your family the way it actually feels to be inside it.
