Melissa McClure Blog

I’m a bit bias but isn’t this the cutest family ever?!  Well minus the guy with the goatee   Just kidding!  That’s my older cousin Jeff and his ladies!  Jeff’s lovely wife Coraly is a huge fan of my blog and I know she will be so excited to see this <3

The Harlan’s were in town for a wedding and asked me to take some family photos of them at Kit Carson Park.  Besides being attacked by killer gnats, the weather was perfect!

Meet the baby, Ayda!  She was a little cranky for the session but I still managed to grab a few shots of her

Maisen and Layne are the best of friends!  I never had a sister so I cannot begin to understand their bond, but I have to admit I am a bit jealous with how close they are!

Love this one!  <3

Grandma Rhonda (well she is Aunt Rhonda to me!) had to get in on some photo action of course!

We headed over to the playground for some fun action shots!

Love you guys!  Wish we lived closer so I could see you more often!

xoxo, M

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

Meet Hannah!  She is the talent behind Modern Bouquet.  We worked together for the first time last year at Blair and Travis’ wedding.  We have a wedding coming up together later this month and I cannot wait!  She had tweeted that she was in need of a new headshot so I jumped at the chance to get to know her a little better.  We had an awesome time scouting new locations, avoiding scary animals we couldn’t see and overall breaking the law by trespassing! All in a days work, right!?

You are beautiful Hannah! So glad to have you in my life!
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

Married for 40 years.

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Their wedding photographer forgot to take any photos of just the two of them! Can you believe that?  Photography sure has changed since then!  I had such a great time getting to know Pete and Sharon, who are the parents of my bride, Tami.  Their favorite place in the world is Maui and own several time shares there. I can see why, Maui is just amazing.

How cute are they??

They mentioned one of their favorite activities was to sit on this bench with a glass of wine and watch the sunset!

Thank you for treating me as part of your family in Hawaii! I had so much fun.

xo, Melissa

How often do you get professional photos taken on your Honeymoon?!  Not very often, is my guess.  Well, Julie and Eric took advantage of the fact I was in town and booked me for what I call a Honeymoon shoot!  Julie was my wonderful bride, Tami’s bridesmaid.  She and Eric were married this past September and waited to have their honeymoon around Tami’s wedding – so sweet!  I had such a good time getting to know these two over the week. Julie and I totally bonded, I want to go visit them in Vermont soon!

These were all shot within walking distance of our hotel,  Papakea Resort.

My fav (and it was totally candid!) <3

Thanks you two for being up for anything I asked, including wading out in the water!

xoxo, M

Mr A has decided he likes his role as International Mystery Man too much and wanted to stay anonymous on my blog….ooh so mysterious…

Instead you get to stare at the beautiful face of my best friend, Ann Marie!  The whole point of going to DC in March was to visit during the cherry blossom blooms!  So of course I wanted to take some portraits of a gorgeous couple!  Hope you enjoy these few teasers I can show you!

Love you two! Thanks for your hospitality!!

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

Those who know me, know that I love to network!  I take after my Mother and can talk to pretty much anyone…and I do!  I first heard of Exquisite Blooms when my bride Sally hired her as the florist at her November wedding.  Then I found out I would be working with Sally (from Exquisite Blooms) again last month at Sara and Mike’s wedding and I knew I had to meet her!  Her work is beautiful!  She is total sweetheart too. We got to chat and shoot some fun, relaxed headshots for her website.

And just a few samples of her awesome work!

I had such a great time hanging out Sally! Let’s do it again soon!

xoxo, M