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Melissa McLaughlin Photography

Melissa McLaughlin Photography

West Chester, PA
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    Kelsey B. Sent on 11/17/2021
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    Book her for all of your photo needs!!!

    Ever since I saw Melissa’s photos and edits on WeddingWire I immediately wanted to book her. I love her moody fall-like edits so much! Melissa was actually the first vendor I booked because I was so excited! She is amazing to work with. Very chill, fun and flexible. We were able to work out a payment plan up until the wedding which worked perfect for us. We were nervous for our engagement shoot because we never took photos before and she knew exactly what to do and how to pose us. Then when the wedding came, we were already comfortable with her, she had my list of shots I wanted on her phone and family photos went extra smooth and fast we had time for cocktail hour. We will be using Melissa for everything photography in the future. She’s just awesome!!
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    Alicia R. Sent on 09/27/2021
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    Melissa is the best!

    There are way too many good things to say about Melissa! She is incredibly talented and passionate about what she does. We have used her for both our engagement photos and wedding photos and could not be happier with either experience! Melissa is awesome to work with and we would highly recommend her for any event!
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    Lauren G. Sent on 03/18/2021
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    Love love love

    Loved loved loved hiring Melissa as our photographer for our wedding. Her and her assistant were punctual, professional, and an absolute pleasure to have. Plus they were flexible with a pandemic Wedding! They were able to capture multiple angles at a time catching both myself and my husband. It saved time with the formal photo graphs and allowed 2 angles for all candids during the event. Brilliant! The photos look amazing, and we recieved the weblink so I can print as many as I want. An amazing experience overall. Thank you so much!
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    Courtney Sent on 03/16/2021
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    Hiring Melissa was a No Brainer!

    Melissa is extremely responsive and so down to earth. She was willing to work with us for whatever we needed and was flexible throughout the whole process, especially with Covid. Her prices are much more reasonable than other photographers, and the lower price did not affect her service or our beautiful photos. HIRE HER!
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    Eve H. Sent on 02/11/2021
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    Hire her!

    One of the main pieces of advice I received from other married couples was to hire a photographer whose work you LOVED. I definitely want to emphasize this advice for other couples - it is not worth it to "skimp out" on your photographer. You spend sooo much of your wedding day with your photographer, which means you want to pick someone who is easy to spend time with and who creates work that excites you. Melissa checked both those boxes for us! She does an amazing job balancing professionalism with personalization. During our engagement shoot and wedding day, Melissa made us feel comfortable and at ease in front of the camera. I really value photos that feel candid and capture details, which Melissa does fantastic with! If you're looking for a photographer who can capture details and warmth, Melissa is your person. She is also great at taking feedback and works with you to make sure she's capturing photos that will fill you with joy!
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    Shannon Sent on 10/21/2020
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    Lovely photos and person!

    Melissa was amazing as a photographer. Super happy with our engagement shoot and our wedding photos. Fun personality and very flexible! With COVID-19, Melissa was very accommodating, making herself available for our second date. Very responsive and couldn’t be happier with the end result! Her packages were clearly outlined and priced very fairly. Would absolutely recommend!
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    Kelly K. Sent on 10/12/2020
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    Professional, available, and creative

    Melissa is a fantastic choice for a photographer. She makes you feel like you've been life long friends in a couple of seconds. I was a picky customer and she went above and beyond to make our day special.
    My husband and I wanted more casual style photos. She came up with a positions and shots for it. She was wonderful with my dog and some silly ideas I had in mind to include him. She adjusted a couple of other photo specific requests I had.
    In general, I am very critical of photos I am in and was so glad I had someone that felt so close that could give me feedback for some fun shots.
    In addition, Melissa made herself very available. I could text her and get an answer on anything right away. She was punctual, professional, and detail-oriented. But most of all I respect her creativity she uses for her craft. I highly encourage you to invest your next photo shoot with her.
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    Lynsey Sent on 08/10/2020
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    Stop looking for other photographers and hire melissa

    My wedding was 1/31/20. When I was wedding planning, I had a vision in my head for moody and dramatic wedding pictures. I saw Melissa's profile on here and immediately fell in love with her pictures. She has a natural talent and is so creative! When you meet her, she is just so nice and you immediately just want to be her friend! As a part of our package, we had our engagement pictures taken by her and it was so much fun! Our dog was the star of the show but she made my now-husband and I feel so comfortable. She even took a few pictures for our Christmas cards a few months before our wedding and will be my first phone call whenever I need pictures taken. If you feel awkward getting your picture taken or even hate it (me!) then you won't regret hiring Melissa. She really takes the time to get to know you as a couple and what you want out of your wedding photos. At our wedding, she was on-time and got right down to business taking pictures! Her second shooter, Will, was awesome with the groomsmen and took some of my husband's favorite wedding pictures. I am so lucky to have these pictures to cherish for years. I seriously cannot recommend her enough! Your search stops here. Hire her!
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    Meghan M. Sent on 08/07/2020
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    Absolutely wonderful!

    Melissa was very professional and wonderful to work with!! Our photos are spectacular! We couldn’t be happier!
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    Daira J. Sent on 08/08/2020
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    Melissa was amazing!!

    Melissa was amazing! We literally had the best experience with her shooting our engagement and wedding photos. She was always available, always professional and great at what she does. She was reasonably priced, and she went above and beyond to make a day exactly what we wanted. My biggest request for my wedding was that “I need to make it to cocktail hour” and she made it happen!!! I couldn’t have been more happy with how everything turned out. I was so glad we picked her as our photographer!
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    Ashley G. Sent on 07/20/2021
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    Extremely Talented

    We couldn't be happier with our experience with Melissa. From day 1, working with her was a breeze. It all began with our engagement shoot. She made us feel so comfortable and relaxed during the shoot that we almost forgot we just met her! We were so pleased with the photos, we used them for both our save the dates and invitations.

    Melissa and her assistant did an amazing job on our wedding day. When we received our photos we were blown away! Your wedding day moves so quickly and so many memories are packed into just a few hours. Melissa beautifully captured every single detail and the feeling of each moment. Because of these photos, we will be able to remember this day forever. If you are in need an extremely talented, professional, down to earth photographer-look not further.
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    Melissa P. Sent on 08/08/2020
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    Felt like family

    Melissa was excellent. She made every one so comfortable and fit right in like we’d been lifelong friends. She captured the beauty, magic and silliness of our special day With her unique eye and prospective. I’d give her 10 stars if I could.
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    Kristen Sent on 08/07/2020
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    A beautiful mix of comfortable and fun

    Working with Melissa was easy, fun, and felt very comfortable - like she had been our friend for a while even though we just met her! She captured our natural laugh and the little moments that meant so much. Looking back on the photos and day, it’s the photos she captured in our genuine moments of emotions that I cherish the most. I remember at one point she asked us to try to “put our foreheads together, but not let our noses touch.” With my husband’s big nose this was impossible. The photo she took in that moment of laughter is my favorite photo ever. Thank you for everything, Melissa!
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    Brittany Sent on 08/08/2020
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    Wedding photographer

    Melissa was fantastic. "Classic photographers" who I used to hire her from gave me a free 2nd photographer as a deal, but he was awful and I barely got any photos from him. The ones I did were yellow and terrible quality. Her photos and attentiveness to us made up for it so I was able to get the main photographs I really wanted
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    Rosie C. Sent on 08/07/2020
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    Melissa was absolutely fabulous! She was extremely responsive and her attention to detail is unparalleled. Her photography was beautiful and she captured the most precious moments from our day. Can’t recommend her enough!
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    Tina Sent on 11/09/2018
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    Best Day Ever

    We could not have asked for a better Photographer for our Special Day! Melissa was extremely professional, polite, and most importantly able to perfectly capture our emotions. She made it so easy and fun and we had an awesome time working with her. We would highly recommend Melissa!
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    Brigid L. Sent on 11/26/2018
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    Amazing! Amazing! AMAZING!

    Melissa really captured the moment! She was not afraid to think outside of the box and joke around with all of us! Being able to do that really took the edge off! I would highly recommend her!
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    Celenia Sent on 11/19/2018
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    My September Wedding

    Melissa was awesome, she was professional and organized. We spoke about 2-3 times during the wedding planning process to make sure all details were correct. On wedding day she came early and stayed a little late. My pictures came out great!
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    Ashley B. Sent on 11/09/2018
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    wedding photography

    We flew melissa out from Philadelphia to Florida to have her do our wedding photography and we loved her!! she was very professional the entire night and we ended up loving our photos. I love the fact that she young she has a fresh eye to capture the best pictures! will definitely be using her for future photography work.
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    Leigh Sent on 11/19/2018
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    Best wedding photographer!

    Melissa toook the most beautiful picture for my wedding. I would not have asked for a better photographer. Very professional, and got the beautiful pictures to me within the week!!
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    Nicole A. Sent on 11/09/2018
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    Great doesn’t even begin to explain it

    Every time I see a picture hang of my wedding, instead of cringing at myself, I smile. Mellisa captured each and every one of my great sides. I looked happy and beautiful. My husband looked wonderful as well;) her editing skills are phenomenal and I would recommend her to anyone of you want to love your pictures as much as I did.
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