About this vendor
Based in Houston, TX, Hippie Girl Photography is a wedding-imagery company. Photographer Melissa feels truly honored to be a part of a couple’s special day. Since 2012, she has been capturing the in-between moments and the subtle details of couples’ love stories. She prefers using natural, documentary techniques to produce images that are candid, contemporary, and artistic.
Melissa strives to capture the raw emotion and realness of wedding ceremonies, receptions, and more. Her favorite part of the job is getting to preserve precious snapshots in time so that you can enjoy lifelong visual mementos long into the future. She will prioritize putting you at ease so that you can enjoy the moment, forget about the lens, and concentrate on making lifelong memories together.
From complimentary engagement photoshoots to bridal portraits, Melissa is on hand to portray your wedding journey. She is also available to travel for destination weddings throughout the US and abroad. She provides custom timelines to ensure events run smoothly on your big day. Afterward, you can look forward to receiving digital files, prints, and albums to relive the magic all over again. Melissa also offers social media integration, so you can share images and swap memories with loved ones.
Details
Business Attributes
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
Your trust is our goal. Our community relies on honest reviews to help
you make those big decisions with ease.
4.9
out of 5.025 reviews
Review photos
Showing slide number 1 out of 9
Melissa photographed our engagement pictures and wedding, and we really enjoyed working with her! We are not super natural in front of the camera, but Melissa was very patient and ...
helped us be more comfortable throughout both events! We are only two weeks out from the wedding, so we have not gotten those pictures back yet, but our engagement pictures were perfect and everything that we were wanting! Definitely recommend Hippie Girl Photography for any photography needs!
Melissa was an amazing photographer from start to finish, can’t recommend her enough. Communication, professionalism, timeliness, and friendliness were all on point! We love our ph...
otos! 🥰
I could not have made a better choice in choosing Melissa to capture our engagement and wedding photos. As two people who had never done professional photos, she made us feel at e...
ase with every shot. She was so easy to communicate with and scheduling with her was never an issue. We truly enjoyed our time with her and we highly recommend her for any and all photography needs. You will not be disappointed with her incredible work and vibe!
Amazing photos for engagement. She ensured she took all the photos I wanted and need on my big day. Super happy with her!
Melissa was amazing!! Definitely would recommend her to anyone! She did our engagement and wedding photos and they turned out amazing. Her style is great.
Love our wedding photos! We got engagement photos too and those came out great as well but the wedding photos were so good that it’s hard to narrow it down. Communication was alway...
s great and worked with wedding coordinator nicely and the timeline! Definitely recommend for sure.
Immaculate vibes. Her demeanor is so chill and calm but she still is able to get things done in a timely fashion and honestly I did not even think about the fact that there was a p...
hotographer there after we did the formal photos. The rest of the night was just me celebrating with my people. She captured everyone so candidly and respectfully and I didn’t hear a single bad thing about her from anyone. I would recommend to anyone and re-book in a heartbeat.
We hired Melissa for our engagement and wedding photos and, as people not used to being in front of cameras, we really appreciated how comfortable and at-home Melissa made us feel ...
during all of our sessions.
UPDATE - I wanted to provide an update to my original review, in hopes that the feedback is helpful to Melissa, and to others looking to hire her for services.
We had a handful of photos that we really liked, but these photos had some really bad effects going on in them – extremely tilted frames, obvious shadows, bad lighting, glares in the background. We reached out to Melissa about 5 weeks after she delivered our portfolio asking for her to edit these photos. After months of going back and forth with her on this, she wasn’t able to make the edits we were looking for. As it turns out, we learned that she is unable to make the edits because she deleted the raw files from our wedding 30 days after she delivered our final portfolio. I understand the need for this, but some sort of heads up or letting us know about this would’ve been nice. I was really frustrated to learn about this after the fact, and without ever being told that this was her policy. It was also not mentioned anywhere in our contract that we had 30 days to request edits before the raw files are gone. I feel like a more reasonable approach would be to tell customers upfront what your policy is on retaining raw files (specifically, when you usually expect to delete raw files), so that they are able to request edits before the raw files are destroyed. Had I known that the raw files would not be available only 30 days after we got our wedding photos, I would have reached out sooner than I did…But I also reached out about 5 weeks after she gave us our photos, which I feel like is pretty quick. So now, we have to hire someone else to edit the photos, and just hope that they can work with the “high res” photos we got in our portfolio. So if you hire Melissa – It would be smart to make sure you like your wedding photos pretty quickly after she sends you your portfolio, because you won’t have the option to go back and make edits to them after that 30 days is up.
We loved working with Melissa! She was so professional & so efficient! The team work between planner, photo & video was 10/10! Melissa also provides sneak peeks for her clients day...
s after the wedding! Thank you Melissa for being amazing! Looking forward to our next project!
My husband and I really enjoyed working with Melissa (Hippie Girl Photography) while planning our wedding. We had an intro call to see if we would be a good fit for each other and ...
she made the process very seamless from contract to delivery of the photo gallery. Melissa was also very responsive whenever I would email her thoughts or ideas, which I very much appreciated.
My husband is not particularly fond of having his picture taken, but Melissa made it fun and he actually didn't mind. He really loved the "hip bump" idea and it helped capture our authentic reactions ;)
The package that we went with included the engagement session, which I think makes complete sense so you can meet before the big day and get to know each other and be comfortable. Melissa was amazing to work with and embraced our uniqueness. For example, I wanted a few pictures with my Jeep on the beach for engagement pictures and then we wanted to have pictures with our dog around a lake before the wedding. She was completely on board and listened to our wants and made it happen with a smile. We realized during before ceremony pictures that we didn't have a ride to our own wedding so Melissa graciously drove us! Thank you once again!
Not only was Melissa great to work with but the pictures were delivered timely and the quality was great. So. Many. Great. Ones. We will cherish these pictures for years to come and will look back at our special day with nothing but amazing memories. Thank you for capturing our wedding Melissa! <3
We love Melissa, she is so sweet and professional! I have been apart of weddings where the photographer seemed to stress the whole wedding party out with trying to stay on strict s...
chedules but not Melissa. She was laid back and went with how the day went and got all the pictures with adding zero stress to us, which helped us enjoy our day even more. She took SOOOO many pictures and got them back to us pretty quick. They are so beautiful our house is now covered in them. Highly recommend!
I cannot express how much I love Mel with Hippie Girl Photography. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone. She was so sweet and thoughtful through our entire experience with ...
her and can’t wait to hire her again for another life event. I will cherish our pictures forever and our experience with such an amazing person!
Melissa was a dream working with and our pictures came out amazing!! She truly captured every important moment and we had the pleasure of getting to relive our special day through ...
her pictures when they came in!!
Melissa is such an amazing photographer and made us feel comfortable even though we had never taken professional photos before! She was so sweet and encouraging and produced pictur...
es that are beyond happy with. We are looking forward to using her in the future!
Melissa was absolutely AMAZING! She did both our engagement photos and wedding photos and us and everyone around us loved them! She listens to you and your wants and brings them to...
life! I personally wanted “light and airy” photos and she delivered exactly that. She is extremely professional and worked so well with our other vendors. She is effective when it comes to time management and made sure that we got every shot that we could possibly want while keeping us on a timeline without feeling rushed at all. Anything we asked was met with a “Ofcourse we can do that” and a smile! She just overall has great energy and helps your day run smooth with her professionalism. If we could review her a million times and give her a million star review we would, book her now!!!
I have worked with Melissa for several years doing pictures with my kids and have always loved them so I knew I wanted her to be apart of our big day and capture every moment! I re...
ceived my pictures yesterday and let me tell you what they are the most beautiful breathtaking pictures I've ever seen! She captured all the love for sure! I highly recommend Hippie Girl Photography, she is a must!!
Melissa was simply amazing to work with. She took our engagement photos and also photographed our wedding.
She delivered every single shot I wanted and more. Every picture is so b...
eautiful and being able to look back on these for years to come is amazing. She has a real gift. She is very great at communicating any concerns you have and is always up for trying something new, which we loved. She even captured great photos of our dogs (we had them in our wedding) who are not photogenic at all lol. All of the photos came back in the timeframe she provided us and were WELL worth the wait.
Book with her for your wedding, you will NOT be disappointed!! 🤍
She did great with my small court wedding ! I have pictures I will treasure for ever.
Melissa with Hippie Girl Photography was nothing short of amazing on our wedding day. She was at the venue from the moment I sat in the chair to get ready, down to the very last ki...
ss with my husband. She went above and beyond to make sure that every single moment was captured. She captured moments that I had no idea were happening at the time. She was even on the dance floor the entire time making sure she caught all the candid moments. I don’t think she sat down once! I will forever be thankful for the amazing memories I have to look back on. Melissa is the sweetest person with the sweetest soul. Her talent truly amazes me. She takes pride in her work and it absolutely shows.
Melissa was by far THE BEST and most real photographer I have ever worked with. She made me feel like a rockstar and so beautiful during my Bridals and on wedding! And was sure to ...
get all of the MUST HAVE day of shots while also capturing the precious sentiments of the day. I first selected her because I loved her editing... little did I know her talents far exceeded that! She was patient and empathetic throughout the entire experience. I’m so grateful I used her because I now have the most beautiful captured memories that we can look back on and share for the rest of our life. I know choosing a day of photographer is a HUGE decision but I promise Hippie Girl will not let you down! 💗💗💗
Melissa has photographed my family over the years. It started with newborn pictures, to our wedding, Easter pictures, family pictures, etc. She goes above and beyond for all of her...
clients. 10/10 recommend her for your wedding.
Melissa is such a creative mind with each photo she takes. She’s intuitive and makes sure to capture all of the moments you want to remember. She catches every photo so naturally a...
nd having her at our wedding was such a relief knowing that entire day would be forever at our fingertips with the photos. Nothing felt forced, she caught every moment without making us lose. Very affordable wedding + engagement packages. She’s now our photographer for all of our life events!
Melissa shot our wedding back In 2015. We had a ton of beautiful pictures! She was amazing!! She also did our engagement, My Bridal session, our maternity session and our daughter...
’s 1st birthday pictures! She is so sweet and we love her!!
Very professional, responded quick to all messages, willing to work with the bride and groom on special packages, beautiful pictures. I would 100% recommend Hippie Girl to any brid...
e looking in the Houston area!
This is the most amazing photographer you will ever meet! So sweet to work with and takes the best pictures. She will make sure you are happy!
Contact
Houston, TX | Houston, TX & beyond!
Hippie Girl Photography☮