MJCollins Photography

MJCollins Photography Helping people accept and love themselves in photographs while having a prenominal, professional experience. Want to learn more about me?

📍Serving North Branch, MN and surrounding areas
📸Studio
🖼️Portrait style photographs featuring bright, true colors
🖤🤍Lover of black & white art
👨🏻‍👩🏻‍👧🏻Photo memory specialist
🔗Link
www.mjcollinsphotography.com Hi I'm Melissa Collins, in North Branch, MN
Family, business and bo***ir portrait photographer, creator, and educator with a deep desire to make the most beautiful, images and products to last forever. Follow my page or read my story at www.mjcollinsphotography.com

A new medical provider came into the studio for professional headshots (Congratulations!!!)And with it, the company who ...
09/02/2026

A new medical provider came into the studio for professional headshots (Congratulations!!!)

And with it, the company who hired her had specific requirements for the images.

So, I did what I do best.

We created a variety of looks, poses and expressions and made sure the final images were delivered in all the formats they needed for their website and marketing.

And she didn't have to worry about a single thing.

I guided her through the posing.
I handled the retouching.
I prepared the files.
And I delivered everything directly to their marketing team.

To me, that's what a professional headshot session should feel like.

You just need to show up. I've got the rest. 📸❤️

08/28/2026

Saturday Studio Update!

A little change of plans for tomorrow!

I have a private session in the morning, so the studio will open at NOON instead of 10am.

I had to retire the beach set early because we had a beautiful maternity session and a cake smash so I'd say it went out on a high note. 🤍

BUT...

I'll still be at the studio 12pm–3pm with:

📸 Special Saturday priced headshots
🔥 DIY photos in front of the summer fireplace
🖼️ Photo projects & all things photo-related
☕ And me, probably drinking coffee and doing something photography-ish. 😂

So if you've been meaning to stop in, come see me!

Saturday | 12–3pm

I get asked all the time: “What’s the difference between a high-resolution photo and a low-resolution photo?”So let me e...
08/27/2026

I get asked all the time: “What’s the difference between a high-resolution photo and a low-resolution photo?”

So let me explain it the best way I can...with a food analogy!

Imagine your photo is a slice of bread. 🍞 A high-resolution photo is your nice, big, fluffy slice of bread.

You can make a little sandwich with it.
You can make a BIG sandwich.
You can cut it in half.
Heck, you can make yourself a giant Scooby-Doo sandwich if that's what you're into.

In short, you've got plenty of bread to work with.

Now take that same slice and squish it into a little dough ball. That's your low-resolution photo.

It's still bread.
It still tastes like bread.
It's still technically the same piece of bread...
..but you're not going to magically unfold that dough ball back into your nice, big slice.

And that's basically what happens with a low-resolution image.
You can take a big, high-resolution photo and make it smaller.

But once you've squished that image down and gotten rid of all that extra information, you can't just make it big again and get all those details back.

This is what happens if you try to enlarge photos from Facebook, from emails & texts or take the photo with the camera setting set to low resolution.

Keep the big, fluffy slice of bread. You can always make it smaller later.
You can't un-squish the bread. 🍞

I had SO much fun photographing The Enchanted Quill branding session! 📚🪶✨We filled an hour with books, reading spaces, ...
08/26/2026

I had SO much fun photographing The Enchanted Quill branding session! 📚🪶✨

We filled an hour with books, reading spaces, D&D, customers, games, and all the little details that make this North Branch bookstore such a fun place to be.

The goal was to create images that Enchanted Quill can use on their website, social media, marketing materials, and wherever else their business needs a little visual storytelling.

I'm so pleased with how this session came together and grateful that they trusted me to help tell their story!

Well hello there, freeway billboard. 👋Imagine my surprise when I'm getting on the freeway and suddenly recognizing one o...
08/24/2026

Well hello there, freeway billboard. 👋

Imagine my surprise when I'm getting on the freeway and suddenly recognizing one of my branding photos!

I haven't managed to get a picture of the billboard yet because apparently I have not mastered the art of photographing things while safely merging onto the freeway.

So you'll have to take my word for it.

I love seeing my work leave the studio and end up in the wild
Pretty freaking cool.

And if you are buying or selling a house, do yourself a big ol' favor and call Cathy Carchedi! We worked with her personally and loved the whole process with her!

I’ve spent the last few days with this little cherub, and I’m not quite ready to give him back. I will be open normal ho...
08/22/2026

I’ve spent the last few days with this little cherub, and I’m not quite ready to give him back.

I will be open normal hours 10am-3pm, but my littlest sidekick will be in tow.
I have to train him early so he can be as good as his mama when she was my assistant. I still miss her at every shoot...but some of you know her as Elf Erin.

Raise your hand if you remember the "Erin Days!?"🙋‍♀️

So today, for a little bit...we'll both be here. Come say hi to us!

The signs were there. 😂Happy World Photography Day from 7-year-old me and her very serious Fisher-Price camera.Some thin...
08/19/2026

The signs were there. 😂

Happy World Photography Day from 7-year-old me and her very serious Fisher-Price camera.

Some things just stick with you. 🤍

Cheers to the ones who feel at home with a camera in your hands.

Know what day it is tomorrow?? OPEN STUDIO. 📸✨You know, the only place in town where YOU get to be the photographer. I p...
08/14/2026

Know what day it is tomorrow??

OPEN STUDIO. 📸✨

You know, the only place in town where YOU get to be the photographer.

I provide the cute set + the lights + the studio.

You bring the camera.
You bring the cutie.
You make the magic.

🏖️ The beach set is here through the end of August! 🌈☀️

Want to work on a specific photo project? Come talk shop with me.

Need a fresh headshot? I’ve got a special Open Studio rate for that, too.

Basically… come play in my studio for a bit and be like 37% cooler than anyone else.

Tomorrow I’m here until 1:00 PM, so come see me before I disappear for the afternoon!

Bring your camera. Bring your kiddo. Bring your creative idea.

Let’s make some cool sh*t.

There’s something about a girl in the golden light of a sunflower field 🌻. Minnesota sunflower season has arrived.....an...
08/12/2026

There’s something about a girl in the golden light of a sunflower field 🌻.

Minnesota sunflower season has arrived...
..and I am very much here for it.

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6368 Elm Street
North Branch, MN
55056

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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