Melissa McClure Blog

I was so excited when Andrea contacted me to do their maternity photos.  These two are old College buddies of mine (Drea is my sorority sister) and I haven’t seen them in over 8 years!  It was great catching up on this side of the Country. I am super excited they moved close to me, to San Clemente recently.

We met on a very overcast day at the San Clemente Pier.  They are due to have a precious baby girl in the beginning of September!

<3 this one

Hope the next 6 weeks goes well for you and congrats!

xo, M

When M+J got married in 2008 I was super bummed that I was already booked for their wedding.  Over the last two years I got to know M better and was thrilled when they asked me to capture their new addition…Amalyn!  This little one has the sweetest, calm demeanor and the craziest hair!  I just adored her.

I captured this outake during one of Amalyn’s wardrobe changes…that hair!

She was so camera aware…always looking at what I was doing

My fav! <3

M+J I am so happy for you two, I mean three!  What a perfect little family!

xo, M

A month ago, my friend Kim asked me to meet her family for a few maternity photos.  She gave birth just a few days later to a healthy baby boy! Kim is a photographer in San Diego as well.

Congrats Kim and Jim!

Love you! Can’t wait to meet the new little one!

xo, M

I think that if I keep posting Maui images then maybe I will magically be back there.  You think that will work?

I had a great time getting to know Paula and her family!  They live in Germany and the whole family is bi-lingual – isn’t that awesome?

Don’t they appear so sweet and innocent?

Meet Tillman, Dante and Sebastian (T&S are twins):

My fav <3

Hopefully I can come visit you all in Germany some day!

xoxo, M

I thought today would be the most fitting day to post these two lovebirds’ maternity session.  It has been exactly one year today since their fantastic Vegas wedding!  I can say over and over again how much I adore these two.  I love when clients become friends!  Janice makes me laugh so much and Andrew is so kind and interesting, how could you not want to be friends with these two?  I would bet money their son will be making an appearance on this blog in the near future

*Rawr*

Fav <3

Love you both (oops I mean, love you three!)

xoxo, M

Tomorrow isn’t just Easter..its Bennett’s 3 month-aversary!  I stopped by his parents house (Mom is wedding coordinator extraordinaire, Melissa Barrad) to meet the little guy and shoot a few casual portraits of him!

Love his smile here!

Somebody was a little jealous of all the attention…

Finally crashed out on Mommy’s chest!

The happy family!

Melissa, thank you for introducing me to your precious son!  I had a great time with both of you!

xoxo, M

My good friend and wedding coordinator Eve Harrison of Ooh La La Wedding Touches and her darling husband Marvin had their 2nd little bundle of joy show up the day after Christmas!  Big brother Shay wasn’t allowed in the hospital, so he isn’t in any of the photos, but you can see their cute family here.

Baby Kross is so adorable and was so calm when I met him at 12 hours old!  Take a peek

Big hugs and Congrats to the Harrison Family!

xoxo, M

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I adore this family, I’ve been shooting them since 2007!  And now they have a new addition – Baby Matthew!  Below is big brother Will

Almost two years ago I ran a contest on my blog for a free photoshoot. Alicia was the winner! She actually donated her shoot to a good friend of hers that needed photos more than Alicia did. Well, the friend and I never found the right time to get together. I got an email a few months ago from the friend saying that Alicia was pregnant and wanted to donate the shoot back…did you follow all that?? Well, fast forward to now!  Alicia and Carlos just had a baby!  Little Alejandro is so adorable!

Love these next two images

It was a blast hanging out with you guys – you are a lot of fun!  Thanks for the wine, chocolate and stroopwaffles!!

xoxo, M

Last year at the Dvorak family session, Jake wasn’t quite walking…and Lisa was newly pregnant with the twins!  So new, that I didn’t even know it!  How surprised was I when she told me that had two new adorable additions to the family!

Meet Audrey and Erin!

Guvu isn’t a new addition…but he is an important part of the family!

This was their choice for the Christmas card photo!

Do you know how difficult it is to get 4 month old twins to pose together, look your way and smile?  Trust me. It’s hard.

and of course the two who made it all happen!

So happy to see you again this year, Dvorak family!

xoxo, M