About this vendor
Missy Alison Photography is a fine art photography service based in West Michigan. Our style is light and airy. We love bright, natural, authentic images. We want your photos to be timeless so you love them forever! We believe that wedding photography is more than just nice images. We pride ourselves on forming relationships with our clients. We have found that this allows our couples to be more relaxed and produces the natural, authentic images that we love! We hope that our photos tell the story of your day from getting ready to the reception and all of the little details and moments in between.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.2021.
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5
out of 5.026 reviews
We truly can’t say enough wonderful things about working with Missy Allison—our only regret is not writing this review sooner!
From the very beginning, Missy made us feel complete...
ly at ease. She has this incredible ability to blend professionalism with warmth, which made the entire experience feel effortless and genuinely enjoyable. Neither of us are naturally comfortable in front of the camera, but Missy created such a relaxed, fun environment that we were able to just be ourselves—and it shows in every single photo.
On our wedding day, she captured everything so beautifully and intentionally. The big moments, the quiet in-between moments, the emotions, the details—we get to relive the entire day every time we look through our photos. She has an amazing eye and a way of telling a story through her work that feels so authentic and timeless.
Beyond her talent, Missy was such a calming, positive presence throughout the day. She kept things moving when needed, but never made anything feel rushed or stressful. So many of our family and friends commented on how wonderful she was to work with.
When we received our gallery, we were completely blown away. The photos exceeded every expectation—we will cherish them forever.
If you’re looking for a photographer who is not only incredibly talented but also kind, thoughtful, and truly invested in capturing your day in the most meaningful way, Missy is it. We feel so lucky to have had her as part of our wedding.
Missy was great, both during our engagement shoot and the wedding day! The photos came out beautifully and she was good to have around when things started going a bit awry during t...
he getting-ready time. Missy and the videography team (different company) really helped calm me down when I was starting to lose it and brought me back into the moment. Thanks Missy for a great experience and beautiful photos!
We hired Missy to do photography for our wedding and were very impressed. After seeing her work at my sister and cousin's wedding, I knew that she was who we wanted to capture our ...
special day. Her presence on the day was a breath of fresh air from her natural gift of capturing memories to her friendly personality that makes you feel relaxed and at ease. She was more than just a photographer; she was a friend and comforting force on a day that can sometimes be uneasy and stressful.
Melissa started as our photographer and ended as one of our friends. From the beginning I had loved her calm demeanor and her bright/natural photography. I was planning a wedding h...
ere in Michigan and then changed to a destination wedding in Jamaica, therefore I had to cancel all my booked things. Melissa immediately responded and set up a meeting for us to discuss details and the possibility of her coming with us. I am SO glad we did. She went above and beyond to make our trip the most memorable and took more pictures then I could ever find enough uses for. She was always reachable. Always professional but also immensely personable. Her husband Brad helped with detail shots, holding my dress and lighting. They truly became a part of our group. I am so thankful that I hired Melissa!
Missy's photography is absolutely wonderful. She captured our special event in the best way, and I was blown away by her work. I loved every single one of my pictures. Missy, howev...
er, is also a wonderful choice for photography because she so clearly loves what she does. Her personality and attitude made my day and experience all that more special. She even helped us plan out our wedding schedule! On the day of the wedding, she came early and took really great detail shots, along with getting ready shots that are now very near and dear to my heart. Shortly before I walked down the aisle, I got a little nervous, and she was there to help those nerves. She is the most perfect option for photography, and I suggest her to all of my friends whom are looking for a photographer.
Could not recommend Missy strongly enough! We were referred to her by a friend, and were so happy with her work. She was generous with her time and was able to work within our budg...
et, even though she had to travel to Chicago for our wedding! She and her second shooter were a blast to work with and instantly made everyone feel comfortable and at-ease. She captured the look I was going for perfectly, and I could not be happier with the end result! She captured many day-of details that I honestly would never have even seen given how busy I was on the day of the wedding. Finally, she stayed even later into the evening than I asked her to, and took the extra step to checked in with my mom to make sure no photos had been missed before leaving. Thank you Missy!!
The most important thing for my husband and I was having a great photographer because the photos are what you look back on and reminisce. Melissa exceeded our expectations and abso...
lutely blew us away with her work and we had such a great time getting to know her. We had engagement photos done with her as well and really enjoyed the experience with her and she made us feel so comfortable. Melissa captured every single moment for our wedding and was so helpful with planning our wedding day schedule. She even went out of her way to get another photographer to photograph our wedding venue while she was photographing us a different location. She genuinely cared about capturing our big day. As far as her photographs, they were all incredible. We love her bright, natural and very timeless style. We have nothing but great things to say about Melissa and we are so happy we chose her for our wedding! 💗
Working with Missy on our wedding was an absolute delight! She helped to make sure we were always prepared, referred us to a videographer who was also great, and of course, she too...
k tons of excellent photos as well. We were very happy with how everything turned out and highly recommend Missy Alison Photography to anyone in need of a wedding photographer!
Missy was the BEST! Our wedding and reception got split up due to Covid, and the reception ended up being almost two years after the ceremony. Missy showed up for both, as well as ...
doing our engagement photos even longer ago. She is patient, kind, and helped even us awkward folks to look good in photos. I can’t imagine having worked with anyone different. She is simply the best!
Melissa was such a joy to work with! She’s professional, knows how to put everyone at ease, and captured every special moment of our wedding day. I cannot recommend her enough!
Missy was fantastic to work with, and we absolutely love our photos! She is great at communicating, and I highly recommend hiring her. She takes wonderful engagement and wedding p...
hotos!
Melissa is an exceptional photographer! She captured the vibes of our wedding perfectly. She and her husband are engaging, friendly, and very professional. She knows how to get the...
important scenes as well as the little moments that make a wedding memorable. We received multiple comments from our guests on how great the photographer was at staying out of the way, while still taking wonderful pictures. We would definitely recommend her to anyone.
Missy was absolutely AMAZING! Best photographer experience we could have ever asked for. Not only were her photos beautiful, but she was incredibly kind, professional, and easy to ...
work with. It is so important to have a friendly, positive, warm photographer (especially on your wedding day since you'll be spending so much time with them), and Missy was exactly that! She made our wedding season so special (she did our engagement pics, my bridal shower pics, bachelorette party pics, bridal portraits, and our wedding and reception so we saw her a lot those months :). Her photos are stunning - beyond our expectations. Would highly recommend!
Missy was one of the best photographers I have worked with! We had to adjust our wedding date much sooner than expected due to COVID and a baby girl on the way. She was more than w...
illing to accommodate and to travel to our new location. She was so good with working with our family. Our extended family still talks about how great the photos came out.
Melissa made our engagement and wedding photo experience so much fun!!!! She is such an artist!!! We absolutely love all that she's done for us, and how accommodating she was!!!! T...
hank you so much!!!! :) :)
Melissa was absolutely amazing! We booked prior to COVID, and Melissa was so great and supportive throughout all of the changes(and there were a lot!) She was great to communicate ...
with throughout the entire process, and was fun and personable during our engagement session as well as the wedding day. She did a great job capturing our day and had a quick turnaround time getting our photos back to us. The photos are absolutely beautiful!
Melissa was excellent to work with. Professional yet personable. Your photographer and their energy is so important, they literally spend your entire wedding day with you. Photos w...
ere great and quick turnaround time. Highly recommend!
Missy is super easy going and made us feel very comfortable and at ease the whole time. She was happy to help with setting up an itinerary and be very flexible with all of the chan...
ges happening due to COVID. We had to make a lot of adjustments to the wedding plan and not only was she very accommodating but also helped us a lot by making suggestions on how to make the day run flawless and look great even with so many changes in the last weeks and days leading to the ceremony. The photos are all fantastic and this quantity and quality of photos from any other photographer we met with was nearly twice the price. The best investment we made in the entire wedding process was choosing Missy as the photographer.
I had a COVID wedding, at the venue I wanted and a lot of the same details but with only 35 or so guests. One thing I didn’t want to leave out was an amazing photographer to captu...
re the day for us and those who were not able to attend. Melissa included an engagement photo shoot with our wedding day booking, which was so nice to get to work with her to get to know each other and see a little how she’d work on our big day. My husband is painfully shy in front of the camera, but he said he felt comfortable with Melissa shooting. The pictures turned out amazing, you’d think he was a natural. Melissa was such a kind and understanding person, when I was started to get a little frazzled/nervous for the wedding and all the details. She was so on top of things that I’d never have thought of. Very prompt, kept up with communication, and sweet too! Also like a fly on the wall at our wedding, aside from posed pictures I didn’t notice her or her second shooter often. She wasn’t in the way what so ever but got the best pictures of all the important and candid moments. Our guests loved her and her husband, who was he second shooter. My younger sister has already asked if I’d mind if she uses her for her wedding one day! We got our pictures back way sooner than I thought, and I love the format we got them. Though a website which was organized by category, and easy to download pictures too. I can’t recommend her enough. Just book now!
Missy Alison Photography was amazing to work with! We are so happy with how our engagement and wedding photos turned out. She helped us make a specific timeline to follow for our w...
edding day and helped keep us on schedule from getting ready up until the very last dance. She was very professional and made an effort to get to know us. She made sure to capture all of the shots that we wanted as well. We really enjoyed working with her and would hire her again in a heartbeat!
Melissa was wonderful to work with! We extremely enjoyed the engagement session to get to know her more before the wedding, and those photos turned out great. She was great at resp...
onding to questions/comments quickly. On our wedding day she and her husband got there early and got to work on photographing all of the important details. She did a great job and getting everything we didn't even know we would want, and had a great eye for lighting and that personal touch. She was great at directing our bridal party and was so easy to work with. 10/10 would recommend. Our photos turned out great, and were all uploaded to a personal viewing gallery.
Melissa did such an amazing job with your engagement and wedding photos! She was flexible with editing to the style I preferred, was intentional about not drawing attention to hers...
elf during the ceremony/reception, was flexible and knowledgable about locations/timing, gave us an abundance of photos to choose from, had a very quick editing turn around, and gave us photos that we love.
We were delighted to have Missy Alison Photography be part of our special day. They made sure we had the pictures we wanted from special and important moments to large family photo...
s. Very friendly but also non invasive of our day.
We also did an engagement photo shoot with Missy Alison . I loved how she captured us as we are and the photos did not feel forced or posed. This definitely carried over to the wedding day with very natural looking, fun and beautiful pictures that we will treasure always!
From our first phone call, Melissa made me feel super comfortable with her knowledge and attention to detail! She is very welcoming and kind and made our entire photo experience so...
easy and fun! Her photos turned out absolutely beautiful and we were so pleased with how they turned out. We had a marathon timeline and she and her husband stayed for all of our really important moments which meant a lot to us. I highly recommend her for your wedding photographer!
Melissa is outstanding at what she does! She goes above and beyond to listen to what you and and then make sure she captures those special moments! She does an amazing job making ...
everyone feel comfortable and ensures that everyone has a good time. Melissa did our engagement and wedding photo's and we cherish all her our photos! I'd highly recommend her to anyone!
Working with Melissa was amazing!! She is not only an amazing photographer but so sweet and easy to work with!! I felt that our personalities meshed very well but she also remained...
professional throughout the entire process (engagement and wedding photos)! She was even willing to take pictures of us with our fur baby!!!! We absolutely loved all of our pictures and it was near impossible to choose which ones to print!!! Which is another thing she did for us; she printed a couple of gorgeous canvasses for us as well as smaller prints and books for us and our parents, and everything turned out amazing!!! We got our pictures back within a very reasonable timeframe and our prints can quickly as well! You will not be disappointed choosing Missy Alison Photography!!!!
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