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Yay, UPS man is my new best friend! Today he brought me my very own 100mm 2.8 macro lens! I used my buddy Ian’s lens at Jenn and John’s wedding in New Jersey.

Since then, I just had to have one! Canon is having a phenomenal rebate, so if you are in the market (or need a cool Xmas gift) check out B&H Photo.

Looking forward to getting my first offical chance to use it at Laura and Brian’s wedding later this month!

On a personal note, Tim and I went to see a movie in Mira Mesa last night and outside the theatre there is a really gorgeous fountain. Tim pulled me over to the fountain, got down on one knee and presented me with a ring. So, we are offically engaged and now I get the tedious (just kidding) task of choosing a wedding photographer! haha 🙂

XOXO,
M

When I met John and Lauren, 2 hours flew by like nothing. It was my longest first meeting ever. The same happened at their engagement shoot. I could sit and talk with these two for hours! They are so fun, so entertaining and so in love!

Lauren is a fashion photographer and John is a fabulous writer. They were married at a private residence in Pacific Beach in October. Even the morning rain didn’t get these two down!

How could you not fall in love with this face?


First Dance:
I had a lot of fun playing with the lighting outside:
Sparklers! This is an awesome idea for an outdoor wedding!


I’m so glad that I met you two, good luck in your careers and your new marriage!

I am having major email issues at the moment. I havnet been recieving most of my emails that are sent to info@melissamcclure.com

My hosting company sold my account, among others to a new company that doesn’t believe in answering phones or basic customer service.

I am switching hosting companies right now, so if i did not answer an email of yours, I probably didn’t get it!

Please feel free to use meldell@gmail.com until I get this figured out!

Sorry for the confusion!

Melissa

Last week, I met with Shannon and Anthony at the beautiful Balboa Park. Shannon was the hair dresser from a wedding I shot last April. She found me on Myspace and asked me to take some Christmas shots of the two of them!

Shannon works at An Experience, a full service salon and spa. She is also available to do you wedding hair!

Thanks for the fun morning at Balboa you two! Tim and I had a blast!

This was the one Fall-like tree we found! Anthony loved it!



Gotta love that sky!





These last two photos were taken by my wonderful boyfriend, Tim. I seriously just gave him the camera, schooled him in the basics of ISO and warned him to stay out of my shot! He got some awesome angles, even ones that I didn’t see! He is shooting his first wedding with me this Saturday!

Last month, I had the pleasure of working with the very kind and very talented Darin Fong. He was looking for an assistant to shoot a Bat Mitzvah and I stepped up since I had never experienced one before!

I was shocked at the effort that was put in to making Sydney’s 13 birthday and Jewish tradition perfect! The ceremony was held down the street at the Congregation Beth Israel and the after party was down the street at the La Jolla Hyatt.

The colors were pink and brown, and the Hyatt did a fantastic job at everything! You can tell there is so much planning that went in to this!

mmmmmm…my favorite….
Smoothies for the kids!
Lots of games, like DDR, Wii, Motorcycle games, etc:
Each guest got their name airbrushed on a pair of pink shorts:

You sit in front of the green screen and it puts your head on a dancing body! The birthday girl is in the middle:

Guests could custom make bracelets with their names:
On to Act 2! The adult’s tables:

The bar area:
Sydney getting down with the Wayne Foster Entertainment Group!

Sydney’s grand entrance: Horah time!

Showing off her moves! (she had shorts on underneath!)
My dinner! haha The kids had choices between chinese food, jack in the box, pizza and a few others!
The fun props from Wayne Foster:

Sooooo many kids! 200 were there!
The kids food area:

The proud mom and dad:

I had such a fun time! I’d love to shoot any Bar/Bat Mitzvah’s in the future, if anyone is looking for a photographer!

XOXO,

M