Melissa Musgrove Photography

Melissa is an extremely talented photographer with a very natural, beautiful style. We immediately loved her aesthetic and it was the perfect fit for our outdoor September wedding! Melissa was always professional and organized, but was able to be flexible when necessary. We greatly enjoyed working with her.

Melissa was amazing! I love our engagement photos and our wedding photos. The first time we met I brought along my fiance (now husband), parents and brother. We all knew she would be the one we had to have! We had so much fun taking our engagement photos. She really captured our relationship. She is really involved at some points, which is great, but she also caught moments we didn't even know. We love those pics! Melissa made us feel comfprtable and that is exactly what we were looking for. I would definitely use Melissa again in a heartbeat!

Melissa was fantastic. From the very beginning to the day of Melissa was professional but also felt like a life-long friend. I had such a good time taking photos at the wedding and during the reception I forgot she was even there!

Ratings: 10, Highly Recommend
Melissa was one of our favorite vendors. Aside from being a great photographer, she is such a sweet person and great to have by your side on the day of the wedding. We were running a little behind with hair and make-up and I was feeling a little tense. As soon as Melissa was there, I instantly felt more at ease. She has a calming and nurturing presence. On more than one occasion she went above and beyond with non-photography related stuff. When other vendors dropped the ball, she was able to adjust as needed, went out of her way to ensure that everything went smoothly and still managed to stay calm and get great shots. She was very quick to get our proofs on-line after the wedding. We’re still in the process of picking out our favorite photos for the album so we don’t have our completed album yet. Although, I know the album will be wonderful. We have so many great shots to choose from.
Pros:
• Responsive to e-mails/calls
• Great Personality - sweet, friendly, and helps you to feel relaxed in front of the camera
• Professional
Cons: NONE

She is amazing! Our photos are so beautiful. We've given them as gifts and have canvas versions up in our new house.

Melissa was great and I totally enjoyed working with her. I have a hard time giving the camera good, authentic smiles but Melissa has no problem getting them out of me and capturing them beautifully. It took me a long time to pick out pictures and complete my package, but Melissa was very flexible with me and did a great job. I would definitely recommend her!

Great photographer. Highly recommended

Working with Melissa Musgrove is always a pleasure for us. In sharing mutual clients countless times, we've come to expect nothing less than perfection from her photography. Melissa's work is timeless, effortless, & truly romantic.

The best of the best... would refer without hesitation!

Our Clients & Staff enjoy working with this vendor.

Beautiful photography and always a pleasure to work with Melissa and Paul!

Through the years we have had the privilege of working with Melissa in a variety of weddings and settings. It has always been wonderful to work with Melissa - her photos capture all the aspects of the event, down to the last detail. Her attentiveness and the quality of her works is apparent in her images. I would highly recommend Melissa's services!

Melissa is a fabulous photographer - just look at her website-need I say more? but on top of that, she is also a delight to work with at an event. She rarely stops shooting, is extremely creative, always pleasant, and the clients are always thrilled with her work. I love working with vendors who really care and that is Melissa all the way.

I tell my clients not all photographers are created equally. To take "nice" photos is one thing. But to really see what a photographer is made of is to ask them to document the entire soul of a wedding. And on top of this, arrive in professional attire and stay stealth, working behind the scenes and not interfering with the flow of the event. Melissa Musgrove is the quintessential professional wedding photographer and I cannot recommend her enough. She is also on the Preferred Vendor list of all the major venues and knows them intimately, so she knows the best places to take those "portraits".

We love having top notch talent such as Melissa Musgrove. All photographers were not created equally. To just take good images in a studio is one thing. To capture the complexities of the story of a wedding day as it unfolds is a learned art. Melissa and her staff not only produce incredible story-telling, they arrive in professional attire at our venue, they work stealthily and blend in. Melissa knows all the best locations at Montecito Country Club for the portraits and better yet: has that eye out for detail not missing some of the greatest "soul" of an event. Working with her is a true pleasure.

I have had the pleasure of working with Melissa for many years and I highly recommend her to all couples.

Everytime I work with Melissa, I know my bride and groom are in excellent hands! She's also great fun to be around and a true pro!

As your wedding photographer, Melissa will be your best friend. She is a fabulous resource, has your best interests at heart and will always make you look fabulous! She is one of the most warm and generous people in the business and is a joy to be around. Melissa has an impeccable eye and will capture your most precious moments in the beautiful spirit they were lived.

Melissa Musgrove Photography brings to your wedding a saavy, fashion-eyed photographer. Melissa and her helpers blend nicely into the background while making the memories of your day live on.Her captured images will be cherished for a lifetime. The hardbound books she makes for her brides are works of artistry.Her professionalism makes her easy to refer. I know that the Wedding Jewelry I custom make will shine in Melissa's images.

Melissa knows how to capture unique wedding moments. Her photography is imaginative, spirited, and with vision. She is fun, upbeat and polished. Melissa is a great Wedding resource as she works with many talented event professionals. You will LOVE her work!

I highly recommend Melissa Musgrove as a professional, experienced photographer. She is easy to work work, unobtrusive but creative in staging the perfect shots, with background, lighting, etc to look natural but get those memorable shots every bride wants. I look forward to working with Melissa Musgrove at any time!

Melissa is wonderfuly talented and so lovely to work with!

Melissa is one of the most amazing photographers I know. Her ability to capture special moments in artistic ways in amazing. She is calm and kind, professional and creative, everything I look for in a photographer. My brides love her and I adore her work.

Melissa has a super can-do positive energy that is a big bonus to wedding day; not to mention flawless photographic skill.

As a wedding planner, it is essential that I work with vendors who are an extension of cool, calm, collected and talented professionals. Melissa exudes all qualities. Watching her work with clients to ensure she captures their essence, features, emotion and surroundings is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sixteenth Chapel (I imagine). Using finesse, talent, patience and an eye for creativity, working alongside Melissa is a true exemplification of living art.

Loving Melissa! She's very fun to work with folks! You'll love your photos!

The most outstanding feature of Melissa's photography is her ability to "...capture the romance of soft light, illuminating the beauty, colors and textures..." ["Artistic Statement": www.melissamusgrove.com] Each layer is finely detailed with highlights and contrasts, varied depths of shadows, saturation, etc. and lead you to look at events depicted as watercolors or even an oil painting. When you finish viewing your photos, you will find that you could not have imagined each one captured any other way than what Melissa envisions and translates them to be!

I love working with Melissa and so do my clients...she has the most amazing eye for detail, and is one of the best portrait photographers I know. Her photos are crisp, beautiful and she is a delight to work with. Always on schedule, she has an amazing positive attitude, she is fast at setting up the shots and capturing the memories.