Planning a wedding can be daunting and deciding on the perfect location is especially challenging. If you are contemplating a beach elopement, then I have just the right place in mind for you – Laguna Beach and Dana Point in Orange County. I am a firm believer that a beach elopement can have the […]

Anyone who knows weddings knows that despite the excitement, joy and the perfection of beautiful decorations and details all coming together, it’s the people that make the wedding. Your long-awaited wedding day might actually be that hoped-for scenario of everything working out as perfectly as a tv wedding or it could be that something goes […]

You’ve decide to elope and now comes the fun part of dreaming out the details of your day to make them a reality. The when and the where is the place to start. Even more than picking a date, though, the venue is what will shape the look and feel of your wedding day.  Here’s […]

I am engaged- what do I do now?? There’s the wondering and waiting, the hopes and dreams, and then you finally find that you’re a fiancé. An engagement is an exciting time and being a fiancée is pretty fabulous, if we’re being honest. It’s a swirl of sparkly details and big decisions that will determine […]

  If you’re reading this, you’ve likely got a sparkle in your eye…and on your left hand. As a fiancée, there is also likely a myriad of beautiful ideas and details of your wedding swirling in your head crowding out most other rational thought. Whether it took you years to get that ring bling or […]

  Hi, I’m Melanie! The face behind Melanie Hunley Photography. Storytelling & connection were the two things that inspired me to begin my photography journey. The first time I picked up a camera was in 2007 while living and working in The Dominican Republic. I was experiencing a language barrier and to overcome this, I […]