Catching Up

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

This past fall has been a very busy one. My 'real job' in the school photography industry is very seasonal to fall, as you can imagine. So between that, my own photography work and among other things, the last few months left very limited time for updating the blog and online albums. 2013 seemed to be the summer/fall for family photos, so this is my catch up post on a few of those shoots that missed hitting my blog earlier and you will also find updates on Melissa Photography Facebook albums over the next few days!

Happy Holidays!

    

Chad and Holly's Country Wedding

What's better than capturing a wedding? Capturing a country wedding, for a great couple, on a beautiful day, surrounded by friends, of course :)
Chad and Holly had a perfect day and I am so happy that I got to be a part of it. I love weddings and everything about them. Every one of them is different in almost every way and seeing all the unique ideas and perfect details people have for their day is one of the best things about my job. Holly's flowers were not like anything I have ever seen before and her dress absolutely gorgeous! Everyone in cowboy boots is something I always love seeing, she was a stunning bride and the whole wedding party looked fantastic together

Have a look!

Congratulations Chad and Holly!

Meeting Baby CJ!

It was a short and sweet visit out west, but I got to meet this little sweetheart! And of course, I was thrilled to take some newborn and family pictures while I was there :) I have so many favorites from this session so I decided to make a few collages since there were so many photos I wanted to share. We were all so excited for the arrival of this little one, and he is absolutely precious, I can't wait to see him again in a couple months!

On a side note, newborn photography is something completely new to me but I still think we got some great shots, although I am a little biased! I had fun doing these pictures, so for anyone out there looking for some newborn photos...I'd love the practice! ;)

Notice their beautiful wedding photo, taken by Darlene O'Rourke, in the background. I think it adds to this picture perfectly.

Engagement session with Chad and Holly

More catch up.. here is a post from an engagement shoot with Chad and Holly. I love wedding and engagement photos and what's even better is when you get to work with your friends! We did this shoot a few weeks ago now, and their wedding is fast approaching in August! I can't wait to share in the special day with this great couple capturing all the moments and joy of the day :)

To see more from this shoot there is an album here

I love weddings!

I came across this slideshow from Jenna and Devon's wedding that was still hanging out on my computer, and as I watched it again it reminded me of how much I love weddings and being able to capture that pure happiness of the day. I had so much fun with Jenna and Devon and everyone involved, what a great day it was. Wedding photography is not a full time job for me, and I don't believe it ever will be. I do it because I love to and I don't ever want it to become a job that I do because I have to. However... I do still have 2013 dates available and would be thrilled to fill them with weddings for anyone still looking for a photographer ;)

Winter Wedding

Here is a long overdue blog post, this was a winter wedding I did back in January right before leaving for a 2 month trip to Australia. We were all hoping for a winter wonderland wedding, especially me, but with no such luck it was a beautiful wedding just the same for this great couple. Melissa and I have been friends for a little while now, and you can find more photos I have done with her back in some of the equine shoots from 2009. I was excited to photograph my first Winter Wedding and at such a great location. They had some cute ideas..like putting "I Do" and "Me Too" on the bottom of their shoes, doing a "guest tree" as their quest book and I also really liked how she did up her flowers with the bling and necklace piece. Congratulations you two!! What a great day it was and its always a pleasure to work with you both :)