From our first conversation, I felt incredibly comfortable with Melissa and trusted her totally with our engagement and wedding photos. She is so kind and responsive, and generous with her time and guidance. I appreciated her availability throughout the planning process and my husband and I really felt like we got to be friends with her as a result. For engagement photos, she gave great direction so that we got the photos we were looking for while also somehow looking natural and candid. For the wedding, she captured everything we were hoping for and understood my vision even when I couldn't quite articulate it. The party photos are especially fun and special, and there are so many little moments she captured that I didn't even realize were happening. My wedding photos are just incredibly special and I truly cannot thank Melissa enough for being a part of our day and ensuring I'll remember it beautifully forever.

Lissa Ryan was such an INTEGRAL part of our wedding day! We loved getting to work with her in bringing our dreams to life. She is truly our favorite vendor of this process and day, seriously. From the bottom of our hearts, we really appreciate her help in creating such unforgettable moments that will last a lifetime for us - by capturing everything down to the small details that we might've forgotten on our busy day. From our first look of Lissa's work as we were searching for photographers last year, we knew that her work stood out the most to us. From our first call together, we knew immediately that she was the one to be our photographer (she has such a genuine down-to-earth personality!) :') Lissa is truly a joy to work with in leading up to the wedding AND on the wedding day. Her smile and positive energy is contagious and so comfortable - it's just what us brides need on our big day (especially with all of the nerves.) Not to mention Lissa's patience and kindness is impeccable - we know it is very hard to navigate between our huge families and she was so very accommodating and sweet (for example, she allowed us to re-take photos when some families were missing from the reception tables!)

We also wanted to give a HUGE shout out to her assistant Julia. She has captured so many behind the scenes and has truly gone ABOVE and BEYOND. My family honestly thought that Julia (her assistant) was the wedding planner because of the way she knew what she was doing and was so very helpful - for example, she helped all of the guys put on the boutonniere, assisted with holding purses/jackets, and much more. I cannot even count how many compliments from family and friends I have heard about Lissa and Julia. They are both such an AMAZING team and we are SUPER lucky Lissa and Julia as our wedding photographers!

Everyone (especially my husband and I) cannot stop flipping through these photos - all of the details, the joy/cheerfulness/laughter, and SO much more! We love Lissa and Julia so much! ❤

Working with Melissa as our photographer was truly a highlight of our wedding day! She made us both so comfortable and put everyone, including families, completely at ease throughout the whole day. And, she was totally patient with our rambunctious young golden retriever at our wedding and our engagement shoot! Our photographs are beautiful, luminous, natural, and timeless -- exactly what we hoped for. Melissa is the best!