Behind the lens:
MXM Photography INC, previously known as Magic By Mande, was started by Mande as a dream of avoiding an 8-5 workday and daycare for her son. Mande was a single mom and wanted to spend as much time with her toddler (peep Maddox in peach) as possible. She absolutely fell in love with children in the volume setting! Since 2017, the company has largely expanded since the days of three daycares every quarter to the point we are now able to take entire youth sports leagues, and school districts and speak at conferences to share what we know.
Now, we are a family-based company, Emmaline is the main photographer and usually handles the emails and admin. She enjoys cutting up with the older kids, while Mande usually runs the show and acts goofy with the preschoolers and elementary students. Additionally, she answers all phone calls, processes the images, hand-builds group photos, and customizes thousands of images for EVERY team photographed. Zoe is often behind the scenes keeping the younger children alive so we can complete a job on time. Noah is a rockstar teenager creating a 3D design portfolio and working on his second year of college. Sarah and Maddox are fantastic babysitters, and test subjects and are occasionally seen helping with setups, teardowns, and posing. Michael, Oliver, Scarlett, and Juniper are more often than not, the faces on our posters and marketing materials.
We have a handful of local photographers, now friends, who work alongside us when a job is too large for just us two. We employ a single mom, a homeschool mom of nine, several homeschooled students, a few high school students, a nursing student and a retired grandma as well as a few other community members. When you work with us, you’re supporting not only our family but the entire community.