Check out my new portrait website at www.melissakelseyportraits.com.  I think you’re gonna’ like it!

In conjunction with the launch of my new website, I’m having a fabulous portrait sale.  Check out the details below. 

PORTRAIT DAYS are here!
 
Fall is the perfect time for your annual family portrait.  Leaves are turning and the holidays are right around the corner.  Use your family portrait for your Christmas and holiday cards. 
 
What is PORTRAIT DAYS?
 
Melissa Kelsey Photography is offering an amazing deal-mini portrait sessions on two Saturdays this fall.  Your 30 minute mini session will include family group shots, headshots of each family member, and candid shots of your family having fun together.  You can choose a fall leaves session or a shabby chic downtown urban look.  Couples, families, pets, and individuals are welcome.  
 
ONLY $49.00 for your session!  (That’s half the regular price!)
 
Choose the prints and products you want to order after your session.
 
-OR-
 
PORTRAIT DAYS PACKAGE:
 
Portrait Session
Two 5″ x 7″ Retouched Prints
One 16″ x 20″ Retouched, Mounted Print
50 Holiday Cards
 
Only $225.00 ($100.00 Savings!)
 
 
WHEN AND WHERE:
 
Saturday, October 18th at Wheeler Farm, Salt Lake City
 
Saturday, October 25th at an urban downtown SLC location
 
There are 10 sessions available on each Saturday, but they will go fast, so book yours soon for best availability!
 
SESSION TIMES:
 
9-9:30 a.m.
9:45-10:15 a.m.
10:30-11:00 a.m.
11:15-11:45 a.m.
12:00-12:30 p.m. ALREADY BOOKED
 
2:00-2:30 p.m.
2:45-3:15 p.m.
3:30-4:00 p.m.
4:15-4:45 p.m.
5:00-5:30 p.m.
 
Your portraits will be posted online in your own personal proofing gallery where you can view your proofs and order prints, albums, and holiday cards within one to two weeks.
 
Please call Melissa at (801) 493-5487 to schedule your session today!

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Whitney wanted an urban look for her bridals and based on the engagement session I did with her and Jon, I knew I could make it a little fashiony.  We went downtown first and then, near sunset, we went up to the avenues for some above the city shots.  I loved how these turned out and so did Whitney!

Perfect moment-bride looking hot with hair blowing in the wind!

Oh, wow!  This wedding was gorgeous.  It was in Brittany’s grandfather’s 3 acre “backyard” near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.  I had a field day taking photos and Dustin after the ceremony.  Thanks guys, for letting me steal you away from your reception for all that time!  It was worth it.  I knew that the photos were one of the most important things to Brittany, so I felt like I could steal them away for a little longer than usual.  Besides, there were too many amazing spots to shoot with them.  It rained just long enough to give us a double rainbow, too!

Their cake was really cute-there were like 7 of them!  It was an arrangement of smallish cakes and two of them were horseshoes!  Dustin wore a cowboy hat for the wedding day as well as Brittany’s dad and some of the other guys.  I really liked the old west romanticism it brought to the wedding.

The other really cool thing about the wedding were the families.  I was really taken aback by the affection, hugs, and “I love you”s that Brittany’s family had for each other.  It inspires me to make sure that when I have kids, we are an affection family that lets each other know how much we care.

Brittany is such a cute, sweet bride.  I loved this bridal session.  Wonderful bride, fabulous location, and gorgeous dress!  Her mom and sister came along and we all had such a fun time together.  Brittany had her dress custom-made locally by Penelope’s.

I went to Elko, Nevada to photograph Rachel and Brandon’s wedding.  They live in Las Vegas, but Rachel grew up in Elko.  In Rachel’s words, she’s a “city girl with a country heart”.  They had a beautiful ceremony at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church near Rachel’s childhood home and had an awesome reception in a huge tent outside.  It was lit with lots of candles and adorned with red everything-a candy bar, cake, candles, menus, lots of flowers, and more.  Elko holds the national Basque festival every year and it was going on during Rachel and Brandon’s wedding weekend, so they had amazing Basque food.  After dinner, the reception turned into a big party-lots of dancing.  I even caught Rachel doing a keg stand!  The rest of the bridal party followed course as they should!  Rachel was so cute toward the end of the night, passing out her mini ice cream cones.  Before I knew it, it was 2:30 a.m.!  It was so fun, I didn’t realize it was so late.  Rachel and Brandon win the official award for latest wedding reception ever.