These two are so adorable!  I met them at their wedding location in Claremont for a few photos and then we headed downtown to check out the city!  It was my first time there.  I can’t wait for their wedding in July!!

Photos by Mandi Contreras, Associate Photographer

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

Ceremony & Reception: The Crossings at Carlsbad
Photography: Mandi with Melissa McClure Photography
Assistant Photographer: Jackie Guidi
Wedding Coordinator: Wynn Austin Events
Florist: Blush Botanicals
Officiant: Bethel Nathan
Hair & Makeup: Shelisa Burke
Entertainment: Michael Tiernan of Still Listening Productions
Brides Dress: Claire Pettibone from Bliss Bride

Bree + Shea were referred to me by two independent sources (thanks Audra + Erin!) and I am so happy to be shooting their wedding in November!  They are obviously smitten with each other!  We spent some time at Petco (Shea is the biggest Padres and Chargers fan you’ll meet) and then down in Coronado for some amazingly yummy light!  It was a bit chilly by the end but Bree was a trooper! 😉  It was worth it, right Bree?

I could help but smile huge when I got Stephanie’s first email.  She was so sweet and bubbly, I could already tell by her email.  I was even more excited when I learned more about her wedding.  She wasn’t interested in the large hoopla that surrounds a typical wedding. She wanted it to be about her, Sean, their love, a beautiful setting & nice photos to remember it by.  Such a small wedding that the coordinator at Estancia La Jolla and I were their two witnesses!  Yep, their ceremony was just them!  They had a Catholic Priest marry them in a short, sweet and emotional ceremony.  After, I spent their first 3 hours as a married couple with them, photographing their love!

Enjoy their love story, 8 years in the making.  They are smitten with each other.  And I am smitten with their photos!  😉

I met Karen and Albert last year at their wedding in Maui and was so excited to see them again this year!  I told them this has to be a tradition now, even if they move to the other side of the world 😉  They live in Palm Desert but drove out for the day and I took them a few of my favorite spots!

Happy Anniversary you two!!