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Hi Friends, It’s hard to believe that 2018 is long gone.  We had a  wonderful, crazy, stressful, successful year all rolled into one.   You didn’t hear much from us on the blog last year because we were knee deep in our home renovation, wedding planning, honeymoon, caring for sick family, all while having our busiest […]

2018 Review | Andrew and Melanie Photography

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We’re a bit late to the party since our wedding season just ended a couple days ago,  yet we wanted to take a moment to look back at the amazing year we had in 2017.  Last year you didn’t hear much from us on social media or the blog, but there was a TON going […]

2017 in review | Andrew and Melanie | Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographers

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summer grilling

This is what happens when a So-Cal raised, new-age, yoga doing, vegetarian girl falls in love with a Mid-Western raised, traditional, hunter boy: Steak is for dinner, and I have a dead deer hanging on my wall. I have no idea how this happened…. love is funny like that. xo- Melanie

So-Cal girl meets Mid-West boy | Personal

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Ok, Andy and I have a little bit of a tiff… He’s a nature boy who was raised in Michigan and knows the difference between a lamb and a sheep. I, on the other hand, was raised in Southern California and didn’t have the most hands-on experience with wild animals growing up. So the first […]

The great fox debate | Personal

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tacori engagement ring princess cut

I’m sooo excited!!  It’s been a few weeks since Andy proposed to me yet I’ve been waiting patiently to get my ring.  Well, ok I’ll be honest, I haven’t been patient at all… I’ve actually been waiting very anxiously. Being the very smart and considerate partner that he is,  Andy proposed to me with a […]

Getting my engagement ring (YAY) !! | Personal

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I’ve been to hundreds of weddings. So many weddings in fact, that I think I’ve lost count.  I’ve been part of everything from  enormous and luxurious grand scale wedding events, to small intimate pot-luck backyard weddings.  I know weddings inside and out, upside and down….  From timelines to lighting details, catering options to  bridal party […]

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