Adventures in Photography

I’ve always been in love with pho­to­graphy. It’s in my blood — my grand­father tra­ve­led through WWII with his camera.
My uncle was the pho­to­grapher for the first wed­ding I was ever in — and have I been in a LOT of wed­dings — from guest book to bride to the friend that was just always there to help — I’ve seen it all and bust­led more gowns than I can recall.

When my son was born, the mall por­traits quickly got old — I had more fun on the ground with him and my then point and shoot than I did wai­ting in a wai­ting room with screa­ming chil­dren to see proofs. As he grew, so did my pas­sion, patience & abi­lity. Soon I was hea­ring com­ments like ‘you have such a great eye’ and ‘you should really do this for a living!’. I didn’t think much about it until I brought my camera along to a few close friends wed­dings and did my own docu­men­ta­tion of their spe­cial days. The results astoun­ded them and as many of my prints were fra­med as those they got from their pho­to­grapher. In the back of my head, something star­ted churning.

As the years went by, my port­fo­lio grew until last Christ­mas I deci­ded to try and sell some mat­ted prints at a church craft fair. The res­ponse was phe­no­me­nal and I did my first por­traits and set up a web­site. With the New Year I boo­ked my first wed­ding and have been gai­ning ground ever since.

This fall I look for­ward to senior por­traits, enga­ge­ment sit­tings, an anni­ver­sary party and who knows what else may come my way. I still have 2007 Wed­ding avai­la­bi­lity and have already recei­ved requests for 2008 dates!

Please look around my site, ask ques­tions, make requests, enjoy! What ever you do — don’t be shy!

All the best
~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

clas­sic ~ sim­ple ~ ele­gant ~ casual & all the moments bet­ween
Melissa Koren Pho­to­graphy
fin­ding time­less illu­mi­na­tion in every day
www​.melis​sa​ko​ren​.com