Hi friends, Marissa here.
— My goodness, it seriously means the world to me that you value my work enough to check out my portfolio. A little about me— I am a twenty four year old who moved up to Denver, Colorado in 2022 for the fun of it. I have a mini golden doodle, Milo, who is my built in best friend and favorite shot gun rider. When my eyes aren’t glued to my laptop editing away— I love cooking and baking, walking Milo around the neighborhood blasting my favorite playlist at the moment, or reading a book sipping on some tea or wine. I am so so passionate about people and relationships, so I love that this job allows me to meet and befriend the best people. Truly. — I picked up a camera for the first time in probably 5th grade (one of those hot pink digital ones, if you know you know.) But for real... I started photographing around my junior year of high school, and I remember feeling so cool getting to take photos of the older seniors above me. There was practically a camera around my neck 24/7... I began booking more shoots, more weddings and meeting more of the coolest people... and here we are! Six years later... after I dropped out of school to continue this passion of mine in hopes it all would work out. And it did. Praise God. (Oh yeah... I'm a college drop out.) As scary as that was, I did the damn thing and am so incredibly proud of myself and how far I have taken this one-man band of a photography biz. I just want to be a part of your love story and capture it through my eyes. Also just want to be best friends with you. Seriously. Kind words,
“Marissa!! I am UNWELL.
Hoooollllyyyyy.
I honestly don’t think I can put into words how I feel about these photos/how grateful we are for you. I so appreciate how you went out of your way to get the moments in between. So so special. You carry yourself with such grace and peace. I really appreciate your calm spirit throughout the day and you reminding us “you’re getting married!” or “you’re married!” You have no idea how much you helped me breathe and stay calm in what could have been hectic moments. I will be gawking at these for probably the next few months honestly and how will I ever choose which ones to post?! GEEEEZ. You’re a gem and I will be telling all my friends to hire you asap.”
— Mikey + Susan
“Marissa was one of the easiest, kindest people to work with. I think it’s important to love your photographer, since they are there with you all throughout the day - in the big and small moments. She captured every little detail so beautifully and naturally. The pictures are truly some of the best and thankful to have her work to look back on.”
— Cooper + Noelle
“You captured our love so well and also created beautiful art that we get to put up on our walls and I’m just soooo thankful! PHOTOS OF MY DREAMS.”
— Eric + Chloe
“MARISSA. A dream. She uses her gift to be intentional. She wants to know her clients story & how she can not only create a picture that embodies that but also how she can be apart of our story. She has a way of seeing my dream and creating more that I did not know I even needed. I trust her with my life!! She made my wedding day and engagement journey so easy and lovely. She checked on us when she totally did not need to. The galleries she created were insanely stunning and filled with a thousand and more pictures. Each seeming more personal than the one before. She carried herself with kindness and grace before and after her services and she is truly one of a kind with an eye for people and placements like no other. The galleries were a dream come true and no lie had me sobbing. She was somehow able to capture the love I have for my husband without using words and they are something we will treasure for forever.”
— CB + Tori
“Marissa is INCREDIBLE. First of all, she is genuinely the nicest person I've ever met and is a hype-girl the whole way. She is fabulous at communicating and was enthusiastic and genuinely interested in getting to know us as a couple and captured the best photos. She knew the poses that would get us laughing and made us feel comfortable and went above and beyond to capture additional photos that I wanted. She put my husband at ease and he also LOVED every single photo!! She is a forever friend and we cannot wait to have her take more photos as we grow our family in the future!! Have her be a part of your day -- you will never regret it.”
— Grant + Mia
“…I had been incredibly anxious to receive these pictures, but upon opening up the folder, I fell a little bit in love with myself again. It’s a weird feeling, but I know it’s good. So thank you, Marissa, for giving me back a part of myself I didn’t think I’d find again.”
— Chloe
“Marissa is amazing. Hands down. My now husband, Jack, and I had to change around our wedding plans and ended up eloping and used Marissa for our sweet elopement. She was professional, sweet, and did an AMAZING job! She returned the pictures to us SO fast and they are pictures that we are going to treasure for the rest of our lives. If you’re looking for a photographer - book Marissa. You will NOT be disappointed! She is amazing!!!”
— Jack + Katie
“Hiii, we finally get to sit down and scroll through the gallery together and I can’t even put into words how grateful I am for you. There are so many moments I was convinced I forgot, didn’t get photographed, or just missed… and it’s all there. Everything I hoped would come through in our photos is there and I am genuinely so thankful! You are incredible at what you do, and so so so happy to see our day in your work. Best decision we made for our day!”