Tiffany & Chris 09.13.09

I don’t usu­sally start my blog this way, but Tif­fany & Chris were a last minute wed­ding and I think it best to let her tell it in her own words!

“Melissa was a life savor for my now hus­band Chris and I. Two weeks before our wed­ding we found out that our pho­to­grapher we had boo­ked could no lon­ger shoot us. I was in a panic. I was telling my hair­dres­ser about the situa­tion we were in, she recom­men­ded Melissa to us. She was won­der­ful, I called her about 10 days before the wed­ding, and she meet with me right away. She was super sweet and really lis­te­ned to what Chris and I had wan­ted and to what was impor­tant to us for our big day. She was in con­tact with us and kept us up to date on our photo’s. When we got our photo’s I was speech­less. I watched the slideshow’s not once but twice and cried every­time. Our pic­tu­res were BEAUTIFUL!!! She cap­tu­red moments I don’t remem­ber hap­pe­ning. I love love love our wed­ding photo’s. Chris and I can not thank Melissa enough for giving us won­der­ful photo’s of our spe­cial day. I would recom­mend Melissa Koren Pho­to­graphy to any bride and groom that is loo­king for a pho­to­grapher for their big day!!!”

That’s right — can you ima­gine? You have all your ducks in a row, you’re ready to get married, and wham — your pho­to­grapher just up and backs out. I was SO SO SO happy when Tiff called me. We were in the middle of pac­king & buying our house and it was a busy Sep­tem­ber. I remem­ber retur­ning her voi­ce­mail and saying I can defi­ni­tely help you out — but only if it’s the 13^th. And it was! My thanks to her hair­dres­ser Amy, was one half of the fabu­lous Amy & Greg who were married at The Mar­gate in June 2008. 

Ok, enough story! More pic­tu­res! I arri­ved at Amy’s salon just as the finishing touches were being applied.

The youn­gest flo­wer girl was not quite sure what to make of me or my camera — she war­med up to me by the end though

Tiff & her sis­ters get­ting everything in order and ready to go.

She crept down the stairs to see her Daddy who was wai­ting there BEAMING from ear to ear. I totally cried. They are such a sweet and loving family.

Then it was into her dad’s truck to go to the Church. Little did her dad know that Tiff had a trick up her sleeve. P.S. Isn’t she too cute? She totally remin­ded me of Drew Barry­more — a great gig­gle & infec­tious smile and just happy and lovely.

Tif­fany told her dad she for­got something and had him swing back — where he found out she had hired this GORGEOUS car as a sur­prise for him to take them to the church. 

Being so last minute, this was the first chance I had to meet Chris. I gave him a quick hello and a reas­su­ring smile and watched him watch his bride walk down the aisle.

Married!!

This car was h.o.t. hot — my dad was part of the “Cadi­llac Club” when I was a kid so clas­sic cars are sort of part of my upbrin­ging. I don’t know the details but I can sure appre­ciate their awe-​someness! And I couldn’t resist a little fish-​eye fun — it looks like a mini-​mobile!

Then we hea­ded to The Oaks  in Somers­worth, NH. I was speech­less — it was so beau­ti­ful! We had a great time doing the newly­wed­ded pho­tos!

Tif­fany got Chris the watch as a wed­ding gift — and I love LOVE LOVE the brushed sil­ver cuff links. Class acts these two!

Thank you wind for get­ting in my shot

Pink! I have to say these were the most fun & color­ful cen­ter­pie­ces I’ve seen. I love the candy & the vivid­ness of it!

These two docu­ment everything! He even had the video camera set up when he asked Tiff to marry him — I so cried when I saw it!!

Yay! Time for cake!

Such a proud daddy!!

And then it was time to get down! Get Funky!

I love the back­ground in this photo — body lan­guage can be a riot!

hmm… I won­der who’ll get the garter..

Tiff & Chris — I’m so so sorry you had to go through the stress of not kno­wing who your wed­ding pho­to­grapher was going to be, but I’m glad that Amy men­tio­ned me and that I was able to step in! I had a blast!! Thank you a million times over!

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

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