Melissa McClure Blog

Whew, I’ve been super busy the last few weeks! I just wanted to give a quit update on what’s been going on the last few days.

Last night, our good friends Amy and Derek decided to adopt an adorable puppy that Derek’s dad had picked up. They asked us to go with them to Lemon Grove to get her. Of course, with my camera always on me, I had to document Belle’s first night at home!

She is a Chiweiner! A chihuahua/weinerdog mix! Sooooo cute and tiny!

She took to Madisyn right away!

Sitting with daddy Derek:

Letting uncle Marky hold her:Meeting brother Diego for the first time!

I am starting to feel like the gypsy in the song “Melissa” by the Allman Brothers. Except he was a he. Really I just wanted to reference the one and only song dedicated to my name.

If you need my new address or my new house phone number, just drop me an email! info@melissamcclure.com

-M

There were some visitors during the ceremony! Kelly and Bill didn’t even notice.

Toasts are always so funny!

My favorite shot of the night:

Thanks for asking me to second for you Michele!

If you left me a voicemail recently and I haven’t returned your call, I am very sorry! Turns out my phone is having issues and I haven’t been recieving some messages!

If you are a current bride or potential bride and you have not heard back from me recently, then I may have missed your call! I am sorry, please email me!

Thanks!

-M

My father lives in Oregon, so I don’t get to hang with him on Father’s Day! Instead, we usually see Mark’s family. He has one father and one step-father. Barona MX track holds a father/son race every year that Mark loves to go to!

Mark, sister Michelle, dad Dale and stepmom Kathy headed up to Ramona to camp for the weekend. I met them on Saturday to camp as well.

Dale:

Marky:

My baby girl, she does such a good job at the track! Brutis:
Mark and his dad before the father/son race:

Switching riders, same bike!

I shot some family portraits this past Saturday at the Levine family property. They were a fun group to shoot, and I love this funny shot I got of them!

Thanks you guys, I had fun!

On Thursday, Jen and I had lunch with the beautiful and talented Jasmine Star. We contacted her after I read a blog by the amazing [b]ecker. In his blog, he talked about helping up and coming photographers with their business by letting them take him to lunch and pick his brain. So great. He is inundated by lunch dates, and we are avid Jasmine Star blog stalkers so we asked her to lunch.

She chose BJ’s in Irvine. I think I liked the food, but honestly I was too distracted by everything that Jasmine was saying to even taste my pineapple pizza!

The afternoon went better than planned, I learned so much today to help my business and I hope we didn’t overwhelm her with our questions and praise!

Thank you Jasmine, you are truly a class act!

Okay, so I have been holding this news back long enough…

This Friday, People Magazine is releasing a Real Life Weddings Issue…

And my photos are going to be featured!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s a special edition issue, not a regular subscription one but you can go pick it up anywhere the magazine is normally sold!

They were looking for unusual wedding situations and I just happened to shoot a wedding in Ramona last October that had an unusual bridal party…

Now I don’t know exactly which shots they will be using for the spread, or how many, but who cares? My photos and name are in People Magazine!

So how many copies are you going to get??