Nick and Jen – Monterey CA Wedding

I spent a wonderful weekend in Monterey for Jen and Nick’s amazing backyard wedding!  They were married at the home of Jen’s parents, but this was one of the largest and prettiest back yards I have seen!  The day started off in the hair and makeup salon where Jen and her mom got ready.

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How gorgeous is this??

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Jen and her lovely bridesmaids!

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These two may win my award this year for sweetest, most affectionate couple!    This was evident at their UCLA engagement session last Winter.

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One of my favs of the day!  <3

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My other fav 🙂

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I had about 10 favorite first dance images, but had to narrow it down to one! 

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And of course, the Hora is always a good time!!

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Big thanks to my wonderful assistants Ally Michele and Marisa Scheetz!  You two rock!

Nick and Jen, can’t wait to get together when I come visit DC!  Hope Alaska was amazing!

xoxo, M

 

Enjoy your slideshow!

 

29 Comments
  1. So many great portraits Melissa! Love the one of them against the greenery and the one below it with the heart in the background <3

  2. chris to the tina on

    LOVE the dress pic – way cool!! And of course, I love a bride that has my favorite flowers in purple.

  3. Kate on

    love monterey!! the pictures are gorgeous! love them all! ok, so since we live so close – let’s get together and grab coffee sometime!!

  4. Jenn on

    I love these.. Thre ring pictures rock (as usual). The dress rocks!

  5. Jeff on

    Great shots! I love the light in the dancing shots! 🙂

  6. Jenny Morgan on

    Beautiful Pictures Melissa! I love the tree trunk/ring shot! <3

  7. Heather on

    Can’t believe I missed the link for this blog before. Beautiful photos! I love the intimate feel of having it at a parents house, love the photos, my fav is ceremony shot…stunning!

  8. Fabulous shots, as usual!
    I really like the toning in the first ceremony shot. I love the dancing shot that shows her full dress. Wow. Amazing! And of course, your detail shots are still the best EVER.

  9. Beautiful photos. I love the ceremony location with that tree!

  10. Great pics!! What a beautiful wedding!! That tree they were married under is AMAZING!!!
    xoxo, Melissa

  11. joelM on

    Your work is beautiful and creative 🙂 You rock Melissa!
    Keep up your gorgeous work!

  12. Awesome images Melissa! I especially love the ring shot!!

  13. Sending a little blog love your way Melissa! My favorite is the tree trunk image, great work 🙂

  14. Ian on

    I love back lit images. The image with the massive tree and the bride and groom looking off into the distance makes you wonder what they are looking at. I am diggin it! Nice work as always.

  15. Cindy on

    The ceremony is gorgeous! 🙂 What an amazing backyard!

  16. What a beautiful wedding! Love all of these, especially the wide shot during the ceremony with the tree!

  17. Emma on

    Your images are always so romantic, with such a subtle softness to the images. Your detail shots always rock.. you know I’m a huge fan!

  18. Giselle on

    Gorgeous photos! I need to know where the bride got those shoes!

  19. these are yummtastic, melissa!!! 🙂

  20. Great Job Melissa, as always! I love the rings on the stump!

  21. Carrie on

    Gorge. As always!

  22. John on

    Great images Melissa! Your black and whites are very rich! wonderful work.

  23. William Innes on

    Love the shoe shot, Looks like an awesome wedding. Great images!

  24. Milisa on

    So amazing! And yes…that backyard is gorgeous! Beautiful couple!

    (I can’t wait for my wedding!)

  25. off the hook girl… 🙂

  26. Jeff C. on

    Melissa:
    I was at Jen and Nick’s wedding. The photos are fantastic. You are a very talented photographer.

  27. Jan Preston Dunn on

    It was so wonderful to see these pictures as I was unable to come to the wedding. The pictures are fantastic, I love the bridesmaids dresses, the bridal gown is gorgeous…not to mention the beautiful bride.
    Nick, you have grown so much since I last saw you. Wow!!!!!!! Hi Jen!!! I hope to meet you in person some day. Thank you so much for your thank you note and sending me these pictures. I means a lot to me!!!! I hope you had a wonderful honeymoon!!!!!!!

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