What Are Handmade Paper Wedding Invitations?

Planning

When it comes to bespoke wedding stationery, there’s an endless sea of options to choose from in today’s trends. To name just a few, there’s hand-written calligraphy, acrylic and vellum accents, botanical details, painted venue maps, letterpress and more. Today I’d like to present to you one of my favorite wedding trends: handmade paper wedding invitations. What […]

Pastel Bridal Session in Paris | Paris Wedding Photographer

Travel

In July I had the pleasure of visiting the City of Love, where I got to work with the most incredible vendors and create some of my favorite work yet! I loved this blue pastel bridal look, perfectly complimented by a bouquet of rose and orange colored flowers. We shot these outside Le Louvre as […]

Miami University Engagement Session | Ohio Wedding Photographer

Engagements

Miami Merger Engagement Session | Oxford, Ohio Wedding Photographer In the midst of peak wedding season I got a little behind on blogging, but it’s never too late! So I figured I’d put together a post from this adorable engagement session last year at my ~kidna~ alma malter, Miami University! (I say kinda because I […]

How to Have an Unplugged Wedding Ceremony

Planning

Three Ways to Announce an Unplugged Wedding | Ohio Wedding Photographer Imagine this with me…. you’re in my shoes…. the most important moment of your wedding ceremony is about to happen. You’ve checked your camera settings, you’ve taken test shots and you’re ready. You want to capture reactions, a variety of angles and every moment […]

Summer Tented Backyard Wedding | Dayton Wedding Photographer

Weddings

Dayton Ohio Tented Wedding Tented weddings have become increasingly popular in recent years. This is because of the freedom and flexibility that they offer to the couple and their guests – they provide an opportunity for you to have your wedding in any location you want, even if there’s no place nearby that can accommodate […]

Reasons to Do a Modern First Look

Planning

Reasons to Do a Modern First Look from a Wedding Photographer A modern first look is becoming more and more popular every year, and there’s quite a few reasons why! You may have been dreaming of the moment the doors open as you walk down the aisle for your entire life — or you may […]

Dayton, Ohio Engagement Session Location Ideas

Engagements

So you’re engaged! What a joyous time! You and your significant other share a lovely bit of time that is only a prelude to the joy you’ll share spending the rest of your lives together! Now to think about the photos! Taking engagement photos is the perfect way to capture the overflowing love shown on […]

5 Stunning Paris Wedding Venues

Planning, Travel

Paris Wedding Venues | Paris Wedding Photographer This summer I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Paris for the first time, and I must say I was absolutely blown away. I fell head over heels in love with the City of Love, and it is so easy for me to see why so many couples […]

Cincinnati Proposal Ideas | Cincinnati Proposal Advice | Midwest Proposal Photographer

Planning

Cincinnati Proposal Advice from a Cincinnati Wedding and Proposal Photographer So you’re thinking of proposing… CONGRATULATIONS! What a huge moment. We’re here to help make it absolutely perfect. Perhaps you know exactly what you’d like to do and just want a few images to capture the moment. Or maybe you don’t know how to make […]

Cleveland Art Museum Engagement Session | Midwest Wedding Photographer

Engagements

Downtown Cleveland and Cleveland Art Museum Engagement Session Recently I had the pleasure of driving on up to Cleveland, Ohio and meeting Kionna and John for the first time for their engagement session! They are just the sweetest couple, I knew from our initial phone call last year that they would be amazing to work […]

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We cannot say better things about Marissa Belle Photography! Her photography is breathtaking and we have reviewed our wedding album over and over again because we are so thrilled with our wedding pictures!! She was so easy & fun to work with, captured our wedding day PERFECTLY, and was timely in delivering photos. There was not a moment we felt awkward while taking photos and her fun, easy atmosphere made it stress-free. We cannot recommend her more!!

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Marissa is such an amazing photographer. We love all of the pictures so much. Marissa brought such a calm energy. We are just so grateful that she's given us pieces that we will have for a lifetime. She is just really talented. We especially love the candid moments that she was able to capture of many of the guests at our wedding, and her artistic eye brought a unique beauty to so many of our pictures. We highly recommend Marissa! Thank you so much - we loved working with you!!

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