My fiance and I hired Melissa for our engagement photo shoot in DC. She was amazing and would highly recommend! The photos came out beautifully. Melissa has a knack for finding unique poses and prompts that make the photos pop! We got two hours with her and around 300 photos. Definitely got our money's worth. She was a nice and pleasant person to work with.

Melissa was a fantastic photographer to work with. From the very beginning she was personable, professional, and helpful. We never had any worries about her being able to make our wedding day very special. We planned our wedding while constantly moving around the US, and Melissa always remained flexible and willing to accommodate our sometimes unpredictable schedule. Leading up to the wedding, she always made herself available for questions and put us in touch with a fantastic DJ vendor that we ended up selecting. During our wedding, despite never meeting in person, she instantly made us feel comfortable and had us laughing and having a great time. She brought our natural smiles and laughs and gave us amazing pictures that we will always cherish. Throughout the whole day, she made sure she got the pictures that were most important to us and was there every step of the way to make sure she didn’t miss any moments. We had selected a unique first look location, and she was was willing to go above and beyond to make it work. Her second shooter was just as fabulous and helped capture another side of our wedding. You spend so much of your day with your photographer, and we were glad ours was Melissa as she added to our day and helped make it a blast. We really can’t say enough great things about Melissa and highly recommend her to anyone that is looking for a fantastic photographer.

Melissa Hoko was the first vendor I hired, and I am so glad I did! She photographed my sister’s wedding and knew I didn’t want anyone else for my big day. Melissa was responsive, professional, and an all around great person to work with. She gave me great advice while planning out the day, and even helped with timelines and gave recommendations from her experience. We had a very large bridal party, something I didn’t realize is probably a challenge for photographers... wrangling a big group of boozy groomsmen and figuring out how to fit everyone into a pretty photo :) and she organized everything quickly and perfectly so that we could capture moments but also enjoy our day. I am blown away by our our photos of the day; and everything was captured so beautifully. Thank you Melissa!!!