5 out of 5 stars and 26 reviews Best of Weddings (1x).
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(26)Vail. Breck. Keystone. BeaverCreek. Aspen. Denver + all CO
About this vendor
I believe that every love connection is unique and outstandingly beautiful in it's own way. My dreamer's soul and creativity inspires me to create the most beautiful and authentic moments of my couples, in a way that reflects their personalities like no one else.
I am a film photographer for romantic, nature-inspired weddings.
I want you to enjoy your day, have less stress, more fun with your friends and family and gorgeous images that you can look back on 50 years from now and remember exactly how you felt. Timeless, romantic images stem from an amazing experience and that’s exactly what I create for my sweet brides!
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Classic
- Documentary
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
2019 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Words can not fully provide the amount of praise Melissa Brielle deserves. Melissa made my husband and I feel like ourselves during both our engagement shoot and wedding photograph...
y session.The photos are natural and highlight the best lighting and features of you. I love her can do attitude and her ability to think on the fly! Melissa we adored having you as our photographer, and take a look at her portfolio, you will see it's purely amazing!
My husband and I had the pleasure of working with Melissa for both our engagement session and wedding in Vail and we cannot express just how happy we are with our photos (and with ...
Melissa in general!). I had a very specific photography style in mind. I wanted open, airy, classic photos and a photographer that would capture real moments. With Melissa we got just that. She has an amazing eye for landscapes and framing a photo and I was especially in love with her detail shots. Working with her throughout the planning process was even a pleasure - she was always responsive and friendly and just fun to work with overall. We had a situation where there was a hideous vinyl banner on our chapel that couldn't be removed and Melissa actually took the time to photoshop it out before sending our photos to us. I was almost in tears when I saw it. But long story short, after reviewing so many photographers works, I truly believe Melissa is one of the best photographers in the region (and beyond) and you'd be a fool not to hire her :).
Melissa was a true professional from start to finish. In addition to the time we spent discussing her style, her read ahead material was very helpful to structure the day for phot...
os and to know what to expect. Most importantly her pics truly captured the essence of the moment and her website made them easily accessible for all of our guests. I would highly recommend Melissa; true value for the cost.
Melissa was a phenomenal part of our wedding! From beginning to end she was amazing to work with. She provided great information about what to expect and how to prepare for engagem...
ent photos as well as the wedding itself, sending us sample timelines to help us get started. She was responsive and so helpful when we had questions. On the day of the wedding day she and her second photographer, Chelsea, were efficient and so much fun! She sent us our photo gallery way earlier than anticipated and every one of the pictures is absolutely gorgeous.
I had a destination wedding and looked at several photographers. Melissa was the one that stood out to me the most! Once I decided to go with her, we exchanged a few emails and I f...
inally met her the day of my wedding. When I finally met her, I felt like I have known her my whole life! Super fun to work with and she is so laid back!
My husband and I and our families cannot say enough awesome shots about Melissa. She made our engagement photos and weeding photos everything we imagined and more. Melissa was very...
professional yet very friendly. She was one of my very people at my wedding. She cheered me on and made me and my husband look like models at the same time. We have soo much love and respect for her. she's very affordable and sweet. She's is the person to go with if you're looking for an amazing and extraordinary photographer. We love you girl!
Jimmy and Josey.
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING! My husband and I were fortunate enough to have Melissa capture our wedding day as well as our engagement session. Melissa is extremely talented at what she...
does making everyone comfortable throughout the whole day! She responded to all of our questions in a timely manner, as well as created our timeline for the wedding day! Melissa did an amazing job working with our other vendors throughout the day to make sure everything stayed on track! She is extremely organized and captured all the moments my husband and I wanted! We just got our pictures back recently and we cannot stop looking at them! She captured our beautiful memories for us to cherish! We are beyond happy with Melissa and our wedding pictures!
We had a wonderful experience working with Melissa for our wedding photos. From the beginning, Melissa took the time to get to know us as a couple and what our expectations were f...
or our wedding day. The day of, we had schedule changes that she was quickly able to plan around, which allowed us to get beautiful pictures we might not have gotten otherwise. On top of that, she also appeased last minute photo requests from both of our mothers. While shooting, we felt comfortable around Melissa and loved the energy and excitement she had about the photos even though we usually feel awkward in front of the camera. Even our bridal party had a great time working with her as they all felt they could be their crazy selves. We love the way she captured our special day and we’re so happy we chose Melissa!
We used Melissa for our wedding and engagement photos and I couldn't recommend her highly enough. From the very start Melissa was extremely responsive in answering my questions whi...
ch is the first reason I picked her as our photographer. Then she was super helpful in helping us find a lovely mountain area for our engagement pictures. Leading up to the day of the wedding she helped us in making the decision to take getting ready pictures at the house we rented based on lighting (and she took amazing pictures in this location). She made me feel at ease that I knew our wedding pictures would turn out wonderful because she has such a passion and vision. We looked over our wedding photos and it was wonderful to relive the day in such vivid color. Thank you Melissa for being a wonderful person who takes beautiful pictures.
Working with Melissa is such a pleasure. Though I diva'd out many times while working with her, Melissa listened to everything I wanted/needed, and on the day of the wedding she ma...
de sure it happened. The photos she created are IMPECCABLE, beautiful, and the best photography work I have seen. So many people loved our photos, and we are so incredibly blessed to have her photos all over our house now. She is phenomenal and has an eye for great photos and creative takes to photos. I have gotten my photos taken many times, and Melissa is by far the best photographer I have ever had. She is dependable, sweet, and thorough. I definitely recommend her 100% to anyone that works with her.
We had an amazing experience working with Melissa for our June 2018 wedding photos! Melissa made everything so fun and easy and we were so pleased with how she captured our day. We...
received our amazing pictures quickly and for such a great price! We could not have chosen a better photographer!
Melissa was our photographer for our June 2018 wedding at Arrowhead Golf Club. We chose Melissa out of a half dozen photographers because of her passion, work, reviews, and prices...
. Melissa came through for us on our big day. She loves what she does and you can see that in her photos and working with her. She's very organized and sweet and we loved the pictures. Save yourself some time interviewing more expensive photographers and go with Melissa, you won't regret it!
We kept our budget pretty low overall for our wedding but agreed to splurge on our photographer. Melissa was hands down the best part of our wedding, I can’t even put into words ho...
w great she is. She is so great with capturing little moments and not letting us look as awkward as we felt, she also help keep our party moving after our wedding didn’t go as planned. From our Engagement session to our wedding she just nailed it all, best choice we made for our wedding was to hire Melissa.
I had the pleasure of hiring Melissa for my wedding day in May at Flying Horse Ranch. Researching photographers in my area was overwhelming. When I came across Melissa’s page on th...
e knot I immediately knew that I had to have her photograph my big day. As I was looking for someone with clean and crisp, natural style. Her work is just that. Just browsing all of the weddings that she has done; it stunning and it speaks for itself. When I had the initial phone consultation I felt so confident that she knew exactly what I wanted. Besides being confident in her work, she is the sweetest, most professional and genuine woman. My guests (especially my mom) could not stop complementing her work ethic on that day. It rained the majority of the day and she was out in the field in the mud with a smile on her face the whole time. Yet, everyone was shocked to hear that it was raining and storming when they look at our pictures. No amount of rain is a challenge for that woman!
With Melissa, you cannot make a better choice in a photographer. She captured the most beautiful, candid moments and the most stunning details! There’s not a day that I do not get compliments on our wedding photos! It is is safe to say that our photos we’re our favorite part looking back at our wedding day.
I can't say enough about our experience with Melissa. She was so kind and understanding. She made us feel comfortable throughout the whole process. On top of all that the pictures ...
are so incredible. We love them all!!! She is so talented and knew how to capture all the special moments. She makes you feel so special and beautiful. We could not ask for a better photographer. I would not chose anyone else to take our pictures! If I could I would send everyone I know one her pictures from the wedding just to show off her amazing work! Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication! It chose that you truly love your profession in the product you gave us.
There is no one better than Melissa! I am a researcher by nature and I checked out tons of photographers in the region and then when I saw her pictures when I was scrolling through...
my Instagram feed, I knew she was the one....I hadn't even met her yet. Once we did we knew right then she would be a superstar. She captured our day beautifully with so many wistful and romantic shots. All my friends and family that have seen our pictures have fallen in love with how in love we look in all the shots. She really did a phenomenal job capturing our chemistry. There was no one else that could've done it like her! She is sweet, funny, and SO easy to work with! I would recommend her and will definitely use her again!
Melissa did an incredible job with our engagement and wedding photos. The pictures were the most important part of our day, and she exceeded all of our expectations.
The day of our...
wedding, there were non-stop wind gusts, and she was so professional and precise with the photos, and they turned out incredible. She is so great with any circumstance that comes up, and so adventurous and willing to photograph no matter the crazy weather.
My wife and I are so grateful for Melissa. We could not give here a high-enough rating to express how happy we are with her.
Melissa was wonderful! She is so kind and easy going, it felt like she was another friend hanging around the day of our wedding. She captured so many beautiful shots for us and ma...
de sure we had a good time doing it! We received our photos in a very timely manner after our wedding and I keep looking at them over and over because I love them so much! She even captured some great reception dancing photographs that are super fun to share with friends. I HIGHLY recommend Melissa to everyone!
Amazing experience! From the first meeting with Melissa I knew she was going to be perfect for us. She was always available for any question or concern we had. She worked with us t...
hrough everything. She made us feel comfortable with everything (coming from people that hate. taking pictures). Melissa was found away to make us smiles and feel like stars. Rain or shine she’ll be there for you! Do yourself a favor and go with Melissa, you’ll be glad you did
Melissa is amazing and we loved working with her! Her work was incredible and she is so easy to communicate with.
What an amazing experience from start to finish! We are about 10 months married and I still look back on one of Melissa's amazing photos almost daily because they take me right bac...
k to that day and make me so happy. Melissa's gorgeous photography aesthetic was exactly what I was looking for and her personality was just an added bonus - she made us comfortable, she made us laugh and she even stood on a VERY scary ledge on our wedding day to get a perfect group shot :) She captured true, real moments in our day and those are the photos I love the most - the look my parents exchanged when we said I Do, our quick kiss outside with no one else around... the unplanned photos that only an amazing photographer can really capture. Melissa goes with the flow and makes things happen along the way... with a Colorado wedding in January we didn't rely on outside photos and thus did not plan for these but when the day came and it was gorgeous...Melissa sprung into action getting amazing shots of us and our group outside! Again, these are my favorites and they were made possible by Melissa going above and beyond our set plans. Her creative touch is evident in every part of the process - from the beginning questionnaire to the gorgeous photos. Our photographs are an absolute treasure and we couldn't have imagined a better photographer for us , thank you thank you!!
What an amazing experience from start to finish! We are about 10 months married and I still look back on one of Melissa's amazing photos almost daily because they take me right bac...
k to that day and make me so happy. Melissa's gorgeous photography aesthetic was exactly what I was looking for and her personality was just an added bonus - she made us comfortable, she made us laugh and she even stood on a VERY scary ledge on our wedding day to get a perfect group shot :) She captured true, real moments in our day and those are the photos I love the most - the look my parents exchanged when we said I Do, our quick kiss outside with no one else around... the unplanned photos that only an amazing photographer can really capture. Melissa goes with the flow and makes things happen along the way... with a Colorado wedding in January we didn't rely on outside photos and thus did not plan for these but when the day came and it was gorgeous...Melissa sprung into action getting amazing shots of us and our group outside! Again, these are my favorites and they were made possible by Melissa going above and beyond our set plans. Her creative touch is evident in every part of the process - from the beginning questionnaire to the gorgeous photos. Our photographs are an absolute treasure and we couldn't have imagined a better photographer for us , thank you thank you!
Melissa blew us away from day one! She was soooo organized, creative, and thoughtful. It all started when she mailed us our contract with a package that included a necklace, cute p...
ost card, and a handwritten letter saying how excited she was to be working with us. THEN we had our engagement photos, had a blast with her, and were shocked at how gorgeous they were...despite the fact that the lighting that day and time was terrible for photos. She had our sneak peek photos up the very next day and then the rest were ready within the week! She stayed in contact with us before the wedding and was so incredibly organized with paper work, timelines, deadlines, phone calls, details, etc. We never had to wonder how things would go the day of the wedding and had complete peace and confidence about it all. We were just so blessed to have a photographer that eased stress instead of creating it! The day of the wedding was a complete blast...she never appeared flustered even when dealing with demanding bridesmaids and large groups of people. She was totally down when we changed plans on her last minute to drive to a different spot to take some bridal photos. She made me feel like a princess because she was constantly complimenting how I looked, how calm I was, and every detail of the day. Her second shooter hung out with the groom and groomsmen and he said they had a blast! They laughed a bunch and did some hilarious poses that we cannot wait to see! Basically our photographer ROCKED and we would recommend her to anyone and everyone! Thank you Melissa for making our day magical and capturing it so perfectly! We cannot wait to see the rest of the photos :)
Melissa was one of the best decisions we made when hiring a photographer. She not only became our friend, but our trusted advisor throughout the whole process. During both our enga...
gement session and wedding, she always made us feel comfortable and natural. This is a huge feet since my husband doesn't always enjoy taking photos! Melissa was always open to our own ideas, but also came up with amazing settings and poses for us throughout. She even drove up to Vail where our wedding would take place prior to plan out the perfect places to shoot! Then came the wedding day where she managed fitting in our extremely long family shot list plus our bride and groom photos post ceremony and all without a first look! Melissa is also very prompt with her turn around and the quality is top notch! I would absolutely recommend Melissa to anyone needing a photographer for any type of event! She truly does care about her clients and the full experience she provides, all of which is apparent in the quality of her work! Thank you Melissa for making our day as memorable as possible and capturing each special moment for Erik and I. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!
What can I say, Melissa captures the moments that are memorable:) the pictures come out beautifully!!! She can make anything look amazing! I will most definitely refer her out:)
Melissa is simply AMAZING!!! We got married August 2016 and working with her made wedding planning exciting! She is so fun and personable, but WOW is she a talented photographer. ...
I am actually very sad I will no longer be communicating with her regularly! Melissa's personal touch, truly makes everything THAT much better. We cried for days looking at our beautiful photos. I have nothing but great things to say about her and she truly is an expert. I send all my engaged friends to her because I know they are in the best hands!
-Tiffany :)
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