SO MANY PRINCESS VIBES. Don’t you agree? That’s what I feel while looking at Kristen. Such a goddess 👑 . I’m not sure if it’s the tulle in her dress, or the fact that she’s lacing up sparkly Keds, but good golly I feel it! Speaking of shoes: I decided I’ll be wearing short Hunter boots when Woody and I renew our vows in December, and I’m flipping excited about it. // #marissadeckerphotography #mdphotoweds 
That moment a friend sends us a video of his baby laughing just to see if we have baby fever yet after 2 weeks of marriage. Ahem, @daveschlafer we are looking at you, and good golly yes 👏🏻. Family sessions have an entirely new feeling now that I am married. So do all my sessions, but looking back on these little moments are making my heart burst a tad more these days. Happy Wednesday kids !! // xo #marissadeckerphotography 
Guess my favorite part about capturing weddings? I get to creep on my couples’ Honeymoon choices! No, this doesn’t mean I’m showing up whenever they are (although, I wouldn’t be mad about that). It means, I end each year with a longer list of travel ✈️ places to add to my own bucket list. Obviously I have plenty of other reasons to love my job, but selfishly that one takes the cake 🎂😂🤷🏼♀️. I mean what other job gives you a reason to expand your travel dreams?! Happy Tuesday kids! // #marissadeckerphotography 
I hate being the center of attention, which I think is why I decided to become a photographer. My approach to capturing life is truly worked around the fact that I love melting into the background. But when it came to our wedding day, I knew I needed to let down a few walls. So when social overload and anxiety of people doting on me began to creep in, life showed me, once again, that I chose the right partner. Blissfully at peace is how Woody makes me feel. It’s how makes everyone feel. Because of that, I‘ve woken up the past two mornings completely aware at how the decision to go on a date with this guy was the right one. So don’t mind me; I’ll just be here. Excited that we get to do it all over again in December and smiling like a kid who has the biggest piece of cake on her birthday. // xo 
It’s been a whirlwind of a month, so for lack of a lengthy caption: black and whites are my favorite forever, and here are a few with my favorite human being. Dang, my husband is a foxxxxx 💛 @wmelton134 // xo 
Did you know that if fruit juice spills down your leg and you don’t wipe it off immediately it will stain that said leg causing you to look like you’re out of some murder mystery tv show? Well I do now. I just love it when fifth graders run with open juice cartons on Mondays. It’s the best 😂. To accompany my story time, here’s a picture from this weekend. Bottles of champagne, sunshine and sunglasses alllll around please and thank you! // #marissadeckerphotography 
I can remember this first moment so clearly. It was 2018 and I was in the Munich airport, returning home from spending only 30 hours in Romania to capture a wedding. That woman over there was dragging her suitcase down the steps. With it being 6 in the morning, the noise was deafening. I was covered in anxiety, to the brim with sleep deprivation, and had a mouth full of the gluten free pretzels I packed. I waved over to her, since we were clearly the only two people in this side of the terminal, and she looked exhausted. It was Mother’s Day after all, and I assumed she, like I, was racing home to see her family. For me, this was a humbling moment. As I exited the escalator, I realized we are all constantly moving. From one thought to the next. One project to another. One chapter closer to the next book. Sometimes we run, sometimes we crawl, sometimes it feels as if we are dragging everything under wire just hoping to make it out unscathed. Raise your hand ✋🏻 if you’re the latter? Nevertheless, here’s to moving - slow or fast. However you do it today, this week, this year: We are all in this together! Does anyone else find themselves deeply thinking like this, while walking through airports? Also, swipe through 💛 to see some pretty from this super quick trip abroad :) // #marissadeckerphotography 
Happy day to EVERY TYPE of mother. 💛 This day always tugs on my heart strings. Coming from an untraditional family, I’ve grown accustomed to nodding thanks to not only the women with children in my life, but also so many others who have a different label for the word “mother”. Whether it’s dad doing it all. The grandma raising her grandchildren. The couple that never gives up hope. The pet moms. The teachers that feel like moms. The moms that work full time. The moms who are almost-moms. The moms who have babies on earth and in heaven. The moms doing their best. The moms with one child or with ten. The moms who are navigating this life without their partner in crime. Thank you to all those and so many more who constantly provide warmth, comfort, guidance and kindness to everyone they meet. Hug one of them today; even if it’s a hug to yourself. You are all wonderful and I nod my head to you all. // #marissadeckerphotography