October 2009 Archive

Earlier this month, Sandy and Chris were married in a beautiful ceremony overlooking the Pacific.  La Valencia is such a beautiful place to photograph, so many nooks and crannies to shoot in!  But the day started off down in Hillcrest at DK Hair Salon.

Her gorgeous dress!

I love that her mom planned ahead and brought a knitting needle to button her dress!

Oh Stuart, you never do me wrong <3 these shoes!

Meanwhile, over at the La Jolla Shores Hotel…(photo by my new associate Mandi) Chris was getting ready with his family!

All of the lovely florals were done by the wonderful Christine of Fancy That Florals Designs.

The couple opted for a first look, which is always a good idea!  We had so much time for photos!

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Wind!

First order of business…Ketubah signing!

Can I mention now how much I love the Hora!

Carl from DJ by the C kept the dance floor packed all night!

Lots of dancing!

Thank you Sandy and Chris, Mandi and I had so much fun on your wedding day!

xoxo, M

Enjoy your Slideshow!

Happy 29th Birthday to ME!

My very dear friend (and lovely assistant) Mandi baked me this yumtastic cake for my birthday!  It was a recipe that my grandmother made for every family birthday, so it meant a lot to me that she was willing to attempt it for me!  And yes, it was as yummy as it looks; see her blog for the recipe!

I am also very happy to announce that Mandi Whiting will be joining the Melissa McClure Photography team as a 2010 Associate Photographer!

The website has already been updated to show you some of her latest work as well as give you a sneak peek in to who she is!  She will be taking on her own weddings in the next year in case I am already booked or my pricing is a bit out of budget!

I will continue to deal with all the business concerns, editing and shooting my own weddings, but Mandi is a welcome addition to take on extra work!

You can always reach me at melissa@melissamcclure.com but now Mandi is available at mandi@melissamcclure.com!

On October 8th, Vicky and Duncan were married at Bernardo Winery in San Diego County.  Far far away from their home in England!  They traveled to sunny Rancho Bernardo with a handful of their friends and family to celebrate their official commitment to each other.

They have been together almost a decade already and have two lovely children!

The beautiful bride!

And her maids!

This is their daughter Megan

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The handsome groom

And their adorable son!

Reverend Tuttle performed a very heartwarming ceremony

Out to the vines for some alone time!

You might recognize this adorable little blonde cherub, Mia!

Mia, along with her brother Holland have been on my blog before!  First when their parents got married in 2007 and again for family photos last year!  Thanks to Kim for referring Duncan and Vicky to me!!

And one last photo of the happy couple!

I hope you enjoyed your trip to So Cal you two!  And so glad the weather worked out perfectly!  Enjoy your life together!

xoxo, M

Last month I got together with the Price family for some portraits before Brian shipped off to serve our country!  Brian and Vanessa have two sweet little girls, Bree and Avery.  Vanessa is also the sister to one of my brides, Jen!

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Brian is surrounded by a lot of women, so he has Bear to wrestle with!

Bree and her cousin, Katie (Jen’s daughter)

Thank you Brian for all that you do for our country – and to Vanessa for standing beside you and taking on the responsibility of a single parent while you are gone!  You two are role models!

xoxo M

I love thoughtful people!

I received a small box today from my delivery guy. It felt like early Christmas or my birthday (next week!)   I definitely got a chuckle when I saw what was inside!  The gift giver saw these napkins and couldn’t help but think of me and my love of twitter.

This fabulous set of cocktail napkins was a gift from the super sweet Lori!

She runs two websites,

Bridalinsider.com (for all you San Diego brides to be – this is the forum you must bookmark!)

and

Giftaria.com (The ultimate website for gifts and party supplies!)

Check them out, Lori rocks!  Thank you!!

xoxo, M

On a side note: This photo was taken with my brand new point and shoot camera I got today!  I got the Canon SD960is 🙂