Jesper is like a cousin to me.  He lived with my Aunt, Uncle and cousins as part of a foreign exchange program and became a family member to them.  He met the love of his life, Amy through another family member – and the rest is history!  These two love birds live in different parts of the state right now…but will be moving to Denmark after their August wedding! So exciting!

They were so easy going.  It was super windy on the day of their shoot and the sky was threatening to rain the entire shoot!  They were up for anything I suggested…I love it!

Thanks for being such awesome clients/family members!

xoxo, M

I decided to sneak away for the weekend to spend some time with my best friend Nichole and her boyfriend Mitch who were visiting Napa all the way from Chicago. I flew up late Friday night and got back Sunday night. I had never been to Napa before and it was so beautiful there! I even came home with a few bottles of new wine.

Me and my bestie Nichole at one of the wineries…and I forgot the name!

DVX Champagne and Mumm’s…mmmmmmmm

hehehe

Love this shot…we were silly after a full day of tasting!

This is Gordy, who was our tour guide.  Ignore his Oregon gear, I already gave him a hard time for that (Go Beavers!)  If you are heading to Napa, stop what you are doing and call him NOW!  He rocks, he gave an awesome tour and had so much knowledge of Napa and all the wine made there. You will not regret it!

Eye on Wine Yelp Reviews

Back to work…double header this weekend and a ton of new shoots to blog!

xo, M

Photos by Mandi

Mandi met up with Jean and Ryan for their engagement session in Downtown San Diego.  I love the fun spots they found, including a trendy rooftop bar that was deserted!  It’s fun seeing the images through someone else’s lens!

To contact Mandi about booking a shoot, email her at mandi@melissamcclure.com

They headed over to La Jolla Cove to catch the last bit of light for the day!

Congrats you two lovebirds!  Best wishes for a happy life together!

xo, M

These two love to laugh. They have an inside joke involving monkeys.  They are getting married next month at Balboa Park and I am totally looking forward to hanging out with them at the wedding!  And shooting it of course 😉

We started out downtown with Ben, Leslie and her son DeAnthony.

DeAnthony was a good sport – and got some Pinkberry as a reward!

Thanks for making me laugh – I got some great “out-take” photos!

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