Melanie is the best. I can't decide if I should start my review by gushing about how beautiful our photos are or if I should start it by gushing about how much we loved spending time with her during out wedding and engagement shoot.

Our photos are totally breathtaking - I knew our wedding day was beautiful but I didn't totally understand it until I saw how she captured it. I look at them and I feel like we're in a magazine spread. We're so excited to see more as she finishes them. She's also just a really cool person with a gift for making people feel comfortable!

The idea of the engagement shoot is a little intimidating (so we're supposed to like... make out in front of this person with a camera?) but she made it so relaxing and fun - all three of us were laughing the whole time and the photos came out beautifully. She and her team (including her wonderful brother Tom!) added so much to the good energy the morning of the wedding.

She even helped provide moral support when we realized our dog had chewed up my wedding shoes. Know that if you work with Melanie you are choosing not only a super talented photographer but also a person who can help maintain a fun and relaxed vibe after the bride discovers she suddenly has no shoes. (Note - nobody is mad at the dog, he is a very good boy)

She was great at corralling all the family members and wedding party - everyone was genuinely smiling and having fun even though not all family members enjoy being photographed. You'll be so lucky if you get her!

Melanie and Tom are truly wonderful humans and incredible photographers. I don't even know where to begin. We are two people who consider ourselves to be quite awkward in front of cameras and Melanie and Tom made us feel so comfortable on our wedding day. They also had amazing and creative ideas about locations and the best places and lighting for getting the best photos. Melanie's photography is truly timeless artwork and thanks to her and Tom, we will cherish our wedding photos forever. Their attention to detail is impeccable, and in addition to our formal photos, they also captured an incredible number of awesome candids of us and our family and friends that made us laugh and cry going through them. We will certainly be recommending Melanie Ruth to all of our friends getting married!!

When we first started planning our January 2023 wedding, I knew that photography was one of the most important elements to me and I wanted to make sure that we chose a photographer we loved. Melanie was amazing and we are so happy we chose her to capture our day!


We reached out to Melanie at the beginning of our planning process, right after we had booked our church and reception venue. She responded to us quickly and was incredibly enthusiastic about our wedding! It was so nice to feel like she was just as excited about our day as well were.

We first met in person last April when she traveled to New York for our engagement shoot in Central Park, and she was so friendly and fun to work with. We loved our engagement photos so much and were excited to work with her on our wedding day.

Melanie scheduled a few check-ins throughout the months leading up to our wedding and helped a lot with shaping the schedule not just for photography, but for the day overall. She made some excellent suggestions, such as reaching out to our church to see if we could move our ceremony to be an hour earlier to make sure we would have enough time to complete all our portraits before sunset, since the sun sets so early in the winter.

The day of our wedding ran so smoothly. Melanie and her assistant Tom were both so fun to work with and helped everyone feel comfortable in front of the camera. They captured all the elements of our day and made to sure include all the important details we requested. We received a preview of a selection of photos the week after our wedding and they were so fun to look at while we were on our honeymoon. We then received our full gallery this week and are just blow away by how beautifully our day was captured! We will truly treasure these photos from our wedding forever and are so grateful to Melanie for preserving our day so perfectly!