Rachel & Michael 09.27.08

Rachel and Michael! What can I say — I’ve had SO much fun wor­king with these two. They were refe­rred to me by the fabu­lous Kate & Marcus. 

I met with Rachel and her mum at their beau­ti­ful house in Ken­ne­bunk­port and we lined up enga­ge­ment pho­tos at the Went­worth where they got enga­ged, shortly there after. Then in the sum­mer it was back to Ken­ne­bunk­port for a gor­geous wed­ding sho­wer!

Finally it was time for the big day! Unfor­tu­natly, it was also time for Hurri­cane Glo­ria. The cere­mony was sup­po­sed to be held on the grounds of St. Ann’s church with the ocean behind them, but ins­tead they rehear­sed and wed inside this ama­zing stone church. 

Nothing could upset them though — and they got through the rehear­sal all smiles!

The next day I arri­ved at Rachel’s mum’s house as they were finishing up the pre­pa­ra­tions. I LOVE the stars that Rachel has on her back. 

Some gar­ter help - 

And a few portraits…

SO gor­geous!

I’m not sure who was more exs­ta­tic through out the wed­ding pro­cess, Rachel or her Mum!

AYKM!? All this beauty in the same place!?

Rachel arri­ves at the church and is grea­ted by her dad.. 

Her father and grand­father wal­ked her down the isle

They did it! Married!!

Then we bra­ved Glo­ria to try and get a few out­door for­mals. (brr!)

They took a horse and buggy from the church to the Colony Hotel down the road — and ever­yone had to wait for them!

The Colony has AMAZING grounds — the rain kept us under cover, but their wrap around porch and gazebo still allo­wed us to be outside!

The joke in the wed­ding plan­ning was that there could never be enough starfish! 

During the toasts

Bri­des­maids hustle!

The band, the Metro, out of Bos­ton — they were AMAZING. Tracy Rose, the lead sin­ger, has the most beau­ti­ful voice and they have SUCH great energy as a band, every one dan­ced ALL night!

Even Rachels’ grand­mother — who I only saw sit down ONCE!

Rachel pulled me aside and war­ned me that she wasn’t acu­tally goign to toss her bou­qet, she was going to foot­ball pass it to her sis­ter (unbek­nownst to her!) This was the crowds reac­tion and she recei­ved the pass!

The last dance of the night

Hi Melissa the pic­tu­res are ama­zing!!! You are a won­der­ful pho­to­graphy. Thank you so much! I also wan­ted to let you know you were a great help at my wed­ding as well as a pho­to­grapher. I’ll be con­tac­ting you soon to order pic­tu­res:) ~Rachel

Rachel, Michael & your fami­lies — thank you so much for taking me along on this adven­ture! About ¹⁄₂ way through the wed­ding I rea­li­zed that this was it — and men­tio­ned to Rachel I was going to miss her! She said no way, I was their pho­to­grapher for life! Well, I’ll take that cha­llenge and run with it! 

This was a great wed­ding for me also in that there were 3 of my bri­des all in the same place! Rachel, Kate & Rebecca. Thank you guys for refe­rring me amungst yourselves! 

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren