August 2010 Archive

Photos by Mandi Contreras

Back in June, Mandi photographed a gorgeous backyard wedding in San Marcos.  That sounds quaint, but the home of the grooms parents was absolutely gorgeous!  They live on a horse ranch and they obviously take a lot of pride in having a stunning home.

Deborah is from Ireland and many of the guests came overseas for the wedding, including the adorable red head flower girl!

I totally love this shot below that Mandi’s assistant, Dylan captured!

Front row seats!

Another sneaky capture by Dylan below!

Andrew and his dad restore old cars…how fun that they got to shoot with them!

The Heroes kept the party going until past midnight!

Congrats you two, what a lovely wedding!

xo, M

Mandi Contreras is an associate photographer for Melissa McClure Photography.  To contact her directly, email mandi@melissamcclure.com

I was excited when Anne contacted me to shoot her wedding!  We were friends in High School, but lost touch after.  We reconnected on Facebook, but this was the first time we had seen each other since 1998!  And it was wonderful meeting the groom Kevyn, who had just moved to California from England a few days prior!

They had a wonderful and loving celebration at a friends private residence in the hills of Fallbrook.

I like sparklies.

Kevyn and Anne opted for a first look on the day of! I love his expression!

Check out those killer flowers!  Created by the talented Hannah at Modern Bouquet!

A great shot of the groom by my assistant, Harmony!

It was a pleasure working with Officiant Patricia Coleman!

The grooms mother made the cakes!

Photo by Harmony (below)

We found a gorgeous patch of golden sunlight – I was in Heaven of course!

It was such a pleasure spending the day with you two, your love is so prominent in your relationship!  Cheers!

xo, M

Enjoy the Slideshow!

Sunday August 29th, 2010

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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

Beautiful logo designed by my Studio-Mate, Love at First Invite

Thank you SOO much to everyone who voted for me!  I am so happy to announce that I placed first in the category of Wedding Photography!  And a huge congrats to all my other vendor friends who placed as well!

Click HERE to view the results!

xo, M