You want to be present on your wedding day - with each other, with your family & friends. You want photographs that feel thoughtful, lived-in and true.

I live with my husband Charlie and our sweet kiddo in San Francisco. Charlie and I married at City Hall in NYC, with our families and a small group of friends. Afterwards, we took everyone to dinner at Rucola in Boerum Hill. They sat us at a long table in the middle of the restaurant, surrounded by their Tuesday night regulars. All of us together: eating pasta, drinking wine.

This is my thirteenth year as a full time wedding photographer - restaurant weddings, dinner party weddings, full weekend weddings - I’ve witnessed it all. I work throughout California - San Francisco, Mendocino, Sonoma, Los Angeles and beyond - and in New York, where I’m from. I take on a small number of weddings elsewhere each year.

I am grateful to serve all of my clients, and work hard to do so in a way that is loving, inclusive and self-aware. I feel especially grateful for my LGBTQIA+ clients. Bearing witness to and documenting your love is one of the greatest privileges of my life. Thank you for trusting me.

about Melissa Habegger

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