Congratulations Autumn and Noah on your engagement! Your engagement session on Sunday confirmed what I knew already - We are going to have so much fun on your wedding day! Thanks again for a great afternoon!

It’s been a while since I posted any messages. Sorry about that! I have lots of news to catch everyone up with.

1) I’m offering special a la carte wedding packages for my remaining available 2008 dates. Please check the pricing section of my main web site (www.melissabagley.com) for details. I’m very excited to be offering these special packages. The a la carte pricing will enable me to work with more couples in 2008. Please contact me with any questions you may have or to book your date. Dates are going fast, so please contact me as soon as possible.

2) New images! I’ve loaded several new images onto my website, including the home page.

3) By Recommendation Only used one of my images on the cover of it’s monthly web magazine in February. Thank you Johanna for choosing one of my images!

4) I just got back from WPPI’s (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) annual trade show. At the show, I discovered gorgeous new albums. Samples of these albums are now in production. I can’t wait to share these albums with everyone! The albums can be customized so many different ways, no two are alike.

5) Also at WPPI - One of my colleagues, Kersti Malvre, featured my work in her presentation on marketing pieces. Thank you Kersti! I loved the way my work looked up on that big screen!! Here are two of the pieces featured in the program:

On Sunday we threw rocks in the creek, ran through grass, and blew bubbles. Thank you Lili and Jacob for a fun afternoon! And, a big thank you to their parents, Malisha and Gary for all their help!

I am looking to expand my wedding and portrait portfolios with new images. So…I am looking for models - women, men, & couples. What do you get out of it? A free fun photo shoot and two free 8″ x 10″ prints (a $600+ value!!).

I am looking for models between 20 - 35 years old, all ethnicities. You need to be willing to have fun and not be afraid of the camera!

I am especially looking to add to my wedding portfolio. So, if you are a recent bride (or your wedding is coming up or you have access to a beautiful gown) and are willing to get back into you wedding gown, please let me know.

If you are interested, please email me at mb@melissabagley.com. Please give me your contact information and attach two images (Please, no files bigger than 1 MB) - one close up and one full length.

You don’t need to look like a model! I am more interested in people that are full of energy. And, hey, if you happen to look like a model too…

A previous volunteer (Thank you Kelly!!) -

I am editing Carla and Marc’s gorgeous wedding right now and saw these two images. The look on the little girl’s face says it all. She’d rather be anywhere but in that chair. I love it!

To see more of Carla & Marc, please click on Carla & Marc’s Wedding or Carla and Marc.

This morning I photographed Shannon and Steven’s engagement session. Steven is a chef at Manresa and Shannon loves to bake (especially cupcakes). So… of course we had to do their session in a kitchen! As soon as Shannon told me her idea of doing something in a kitchen, I loved it.

In between making Strawberry Shortcake and setting things on fire (Steven loved this part), I photographed them. I learned all sorts of interesting facts… Like did you know a restaurant can have a time-share cow?!? I guess in order to get the freshest milk, a couple of restaurants share a cow. Who would have thought!

We had so much fun. I can’t wait for their June 2008 wedding. Thanks Shannon and Steven!

Every year I go to Las Vegas for a photographer’s convention - Wedding and Portrait Photographer’s International. About 10,000 photographers from around the world descend on Las Vegas to learn from colleagues and see the latest in photographic toys. It’s always fun to see people you haven’t seen in a while and see what photographers on the other side of the world are doing. Normally when I go, I have one goal - learn!

This year it will be a bit different. One of my past wedding clients lives out that direction. They have asked me to photograph them when I’m in Vegas. I loved the idea!

I would love to line up a few more portrait sessions while I am there. So, if there is anyone else that would like to have portraits done while I am in Las Vegas next March (sometime around the 13th - 21st), please let me know.

I photographed Joanne and Paul’s wedding today at Silver Creek Country Club. Joanne wore a gorgeous gown from Gabrielle’s in Los Gatos and veil with a beaded trim.

After their ceremony overlooking the waterfall, the guests moved inside for plenty of laughter and dancing. And surprises - a relative sang a song for the happy couple and later, Joanne and Paul had a second special dance - the tango!

Congratulations Joanne and Paul!

Yesterday I photographed Carla & Marc’s wedding. What a wonderful day it was!

They were wed at Mission Delores with 300 guests looking on. Carla wore a gorgeous gown from Unique Bridal (www.uniquebride.com). She personalized the gown with a custom sash that was pined in the back with her grandmother’s broach. In her bouquet she carried a locket with her father Carlo’s photo in it.

Carlo’s best friend, Mino, drove Carla and Marc to their reception in his classic yellow and white 1956 Hudson. They arrived at the Lakeside Olympic Club (www.olyclub.com) just in time for the clouds to start clearing. After several wonderful toasts from friends and family, cutting the cake, & a wild bouquet toss, Rich Martini’s band (www.martinistraightup.com) kicked off the dancing. While some guests danced the night away, others lounged on the balcony smoking handmade cigars by Renee of Just Easy Cigars (a surprise for Marc from Carla).

Congratulations Carla & Marc!!

As the end of the wedding season approaches, I’ve been flooded with orders from my wedding clients (Thank you!). This time of year I am mainly working on producing albums and prints for my clients. Instead of working with a camera, my main tool becomes my computer. It is amazing what the advances in technology allow us to do. Being able to finish images and make them into what I saw in my head is so incredible. It’s magic!

Below you will find an image from Tiffany and Howard’s wedding. The image you see is actually a combination of two images - an image of Tiffany & Howard and an image of the sky & moon. In the old days of film, this image may not have been possible!