Thanks again to these two HOT couples for allowing me to use these sexy photos.  Here’s a more recent shoot sexy boudoir that you can check out here.  Love you two!

It’s still not too late to book your Valentine’s Day session!!

Here’s a screen shot of this beautiful new template!

Of course now you HAVE to check out my new website with this new template!

Here’s a quick screen shot of this beautiful template!!

To read the full feature on Style Me Pretty, click here.

Last year I made an announcement on the Broke Ass Bride that I’m giving away a FREE destination wedding.  Myka wrote in and I was in LOVE with her story!!  That’s before my eyes got blinded by the GORGEOUS engagement ring!!!  We went back and forth a few times via email and before you know it, Myka and Georges booked me for their beautiful Carmel Valley wedding.  Let’s fast forward to two weeks ago.  I seriously fell IN LOVE with Myka and Georges’s friends and families.  Everyone I met greeted me with, “You’re the photographer from Chicago!!!”.  It was hysterical how they all knew I was from Chicago and how they all greeted me with the same greeting.  I had such a blast shooting Myka and Georges wedding.  Everything from going to a gallery opening my first night there (long story), to scouting farms for Myka and Georges’s portrait session, to shooting with Danny and Yomi!  I’m so blessed that Danny and Yomi both agreed to fly and drive from different parts of California to come help me shoot this wedding.  Thank you guys sooooo much!!!  I couldn’t have done it without you guys.  I seriously love you guys!!!  Myka enjoyed her wedding planning so much, she decided to partner up with her best friend and started their own event planning business!!  Check out their blog here!  Immediately after I got back home, I started to work on Myka and Georges’s wedding pictures right away since the high from their wedding day is still lingering.  I got their images done within days.  After I showed both Myka and Georges a sneak peek of their wedding images, Myka wrote asking if we can submit their pictures to be published!  I immediately replied yes!  Well…that was last week.  Earlier this week I got an email from Myka saying that Style Me Pretty decided to FEATURE us THIS WEEK on their blog.  I was always under the impression that if you ever get featured anywhere, it typically takes up to six months or more for them to feature it because they have so many submissions.  Anyway, I am HONORED!!!!  Check out this featured article here. Once again, THANK YOU Myka and Georges for choosing me to document such an important day.  I love you both and you both will always have a place in my heart!!!

Photography: Melissa Diep Photography

Second Shooter: Danny Mendoza and Assistant: Yomi Foreman

Venue: Hidden Valley Music Institute

Florals: Sitting in a Tree (Bride’s company)

Wedding Dress: Aidan Mattox from Nordstroms (bride added extra ruffles and strap)

Bride’s Ceremony Shoes: Steve Madden

Bride’s Reception Shoes: BCBG (bride added the black ribbon)

Flower Hairpiece: Forever 21

Groom’s Suit: Banana Republic

Tie, Shirt and Socks: Urban Outfitters

Groom’s Shoes: Converse

Invitation Design: Cambria Blakely Shaw and reply postcard photograph from bride’s great grandfather

Paper Goods: Sitting in a Tree

Food: Wholefoods / Cupcakes: Layers Bakery / Candy: A Candy Store

Day of Coordinator: Tori Hendrix of Sitting in a Tree (Bride’s business partner)

Painting of Bride: Kelli Murray

Carmel Valley Wedding Photographer

A gorgeous and romantic location for a wedding. I can’t wait to photograph another destination wedding here!!!

So I got an email a little over a month ago from Photobiz telling me they were going to feature me as their Photographer of the Month.  My knees seriously went weak.  I was more shocked to hear about it since I never made a submission to be featured.  I seriously LOVE Photobiz and their entire staff there.  I can go on and on about my love for them and how much I have them to thank for my beautiful website.  I seriously get so many compliments over this website of theirs.  Just recently, I wanted to spice up my website by having a custom splash page designed.  I held a contest on 99 Designs and the chosen splash page was designed by the talented Jared Knetzer.  Both Jared (the designer), Mitch (he did the coding) and Photobiz collaborated together to put together this unique splash page.  They were all so patient with me.  I can’t thank them enough!!!  So here’s my  featured article!!!

Photobiz Featured Photographer of the Month-May

I can’t thank you enough Photobiz for designing such a gorgeous website for me!!!

Wow! What an awesome year! 2009 has been quite the year for me for my photography business. I’m so blessed to have FINALLY do something I absolutely love FULL-TIME!! And to top it off, I’m ending this year with a huge bang because one of my images has been selected and published front page of Expectant Mother’s Guide to Chicago magazine!!!  YEAH!!!!  I was in disbelief when I first got the call about a month and a half ago saying they’ve selected me and only me to grace the cover of their 2010 issue that will be out in newstands for six MONTHS!!!  My maternity images!!  ME!!  I know I’ve said over and over in my blog how blessed I am but really, I am EXTREMELY blessed with what’s been given to me this year.  Married the one person I was meant to be with, my husband (Giant), finally left a job I was completely miserable at, shot two destination weddings (Bahamas and Mexico), made lots of new friends, and now this.  Wow.  What a year!  Thank you 2009!  Let’s make 2010 a good one!!!!!!!

Hair and Make-Up by Tran Nguyen

Chicago Family Photographer