Salt Lake City & Park City, Utah Wedding Photographer-Melissa Kelsey » modern. elegant. real.

I was delighted to find an email from Design Aglow in my inbox yesterday morning. A few months ago, I submitted some of my bridal portraits to be considered for Design Aglow’s Creative Posing Guide for Brides. They chose five of my images for the guide!

Design Aglow is a great resource of beautifully designed templates, marketing ideas, graphic embellishments and more, for professional photographers.

I am honored to be in the company of talented photographers like Jose Villa and Utah’s own Rebekah Westover, among others.

From Design Aglow:

With this timely collection of 82 bridal images, featuring some of the most amazing photographic talent in the industry today, you’ll be all smiles both before and after your bride sashays down the aisle. Whether you’re looking for the sassy retro stylings of eras gone by, high fashion flair, or want to address the dress, you’ll never be at a loss for ways to frame your subject fabulously and create works of art clients will treasure for years to come. Simply print these gorgeous mini portraits for on-the-go greatness and create your own rousing reception.

My lovely brides that appear in the guide:

Brides, from left to right, clockwise: Sam, Megan, Megan, Marlee, Brittany

Featuring stunning imagery from Jose Villa Photography, Rebekah Westover Photography, Tanja Lippert Photography, Paul Johnson Photography, Simply Bloom Photography, StoryMotion Studios, Brenda Carpenter Photography, Brooke Rainey Photos, Chelsea Nicole Photography, Red Corduroy Media Group Photography, Dana Widman Photography, Daniel Usenko Photography, Moxie Photography, Freckles Photography, Frances Morency Photography, Kiwi Street Studios, Heather Mann Photography, James Currie Photography, Two Rings Photography, Vivian’s Muse, Kathleen Frank Photography, Kim Kalyn Photography, Blonde Cow Photography, Studio 563 Austin, Maggie J Photography, Squaresville Studios, Meagan Summers Photography, Murphy Photography, Melissa Kelsey Photography, Melissa McCrotty Photography, Continuum Photography, Surprise Photography, Bliss Photography, Picsee Studio, Opdahl Photography, Richard Ellis Photography, Sarah Bray Photography, Simone C Photography & Terra Bailey Photography.

PRODUCT DETAILS:
• A beautiful collection of 82 bridal images to use as inspiration for photo sessions
• Each card has a theme to use as-is or to inspire a series of photos
• Print out as 3.5 x 5 photos, punch a hole in the corner and keep collection on a key ring for at-your-fingertips ideas on location
• Stunning backgrounds make each card a tiny work of art.
• Delivered in .jpg format for easy printing; or, if you wish, store the collection on your hard drive or iPhone.

Click here to check it out in the shop!

This is lovely Laurel on her wedding day. Not every bride wants, or has time to do a separate bridal portrait session. If you set aside a some time on your wedding day, you can have a beautiful little collection of bridal portraits like Laurel.

Laurel’s wedding gown and hair were just perfect, along with her birdcage veil. This vintage inspired styling was stunning with Laurel’s creamy complexion and light hair and eyes. She’s dreamy, don’t you think?

What a bride and what a dress! Emily’s mom found this sumptuous wedding gown in a consignment shop when Emily was fifteen. She bought it, knowing that one her girls just had to wear it for their wedding. Emily is a petite thing with a big personality, and she totally pulled off this fantastic dress. It’s a little ‘Gone With the Wind’, which is perfect, because the photography gods gave us a blustery day with beautiful light for Emily’s bridal portrait session at the Utah State Capitol and my favorite little home boutique.

Andrea is a natural. Pretty sure she’s modeled before. She was gorgeous in her beautifully fitted wedding gown from Bridal Expressions. The skirt and pleating were lovely, and I especially loved the ruffled collar.

Andrea and her cute mom, Margo (how could you not be, with a name like Margo), met me at Thanksgiving Point for a fun time of riding around in a golf cart on the grounds of Thanksgiving  Point for Andrea’s bridal session. I’m so glad we found the “secret” garden at the end of our session time. I just wish we’d found it earlier since we were burning daylight.

Isn’t Andrea lovely?

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This is Nova on her wedding day at her parents beautiful home in Holladay, Utah.  Nova is hilarious and warm, and I felt like her friend right away.  She looked fabulous (or Novalicious, if you prefer) in her figure skimming lace wedding gown. I especially liked the sheer sleeves that stopped right above the elbow.