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  Planning a wedding can be daunting and deciding on the perfect location is especially challenging. If you are contemplating a beach elopement, then I have just the right place in mind for you – Laguna Beach and Dana Point in Orange County. I am a firm believer that a beach elopement can have the […]

Elopements, Wedding

Laguna Beach and Dana Point Elopement at Sunset – A Picturesque Location for Your Perfect Day

Anyone who knows weddings knows that despite the excitement, joy and the perfection of beautiful decorations and details all coming together, it’s the people that make the wedding. Your long-awaited wedding day might actually be that hoped-for scenario of everything working out as perfectly as a tv wedding or it could be that something goes […]

Wedding

Weddings and Children- Do They Mix?

You’ve decide to elope and now comes the fun part of dreaming out the details of your day to make them a reality. The when and the where is the place to start. Even more than picking a date, though, the venue is what will shape the look and feel of your wedding day.  Here’s […]

Elopements, Engagement & Couples, Wedding

Yosemite Romantic In Home Session

I am engaged- what do I do now?? There’s the wondering and waiting, the hopes and dreams, and then you finally find that you’re a fiancé. An engagement is an exciting time and being a fiancée is pretty fabulous, if we’re being honest. It’s a swirl of sparkly details and big decisions that will determine […]

Elopements, Engagement & Couples, Wedding

I’m Engaged…Now What?

  If you’re reading this, you’ve likely got a sparkle in your eye…and on your left hand. As a fiancée, there is also likely a myriad of beautiful ideas and details of your wedding swirling in your head crowding out most other rational thought. Whether it took you years to get that ring bling or […]

Elopements

We Want to Elope…When Do We Tell?

  Hi, I’m Melanie! The face behind Melanie Hunley Photography. Storytelling & connection were the two things that inspired me to begin my photography journey. The first time I picked up a camera was in 2007 while living and working in The Dominican Republic. I was experiencing a language barrier and to overcome this, I […]

Lifestyle

Meet Melanie. The storyteller and memory maker behind Melanie Hunley Photography

  Hi, I’m Melanie! The face behind Melanie Hunley Photography. Storytelling & connection were the two things that inspired me to begin my photography journey. The first time I picked up a camera was in 2007 while living and working in The Dominican Republic. I was experiencing a language barrier and to overcome this, I […]

Lifestyle

Meet Melanie. The storyteller and memory maker behind Melanie Hunley Photography

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