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Michelle & Tim: Engaged! 10.22.10 | South Berwick, ME Engagement Portraits

I met Miche­lle & Tim at the Exe­ter Inn Bri­dal show in 2010. I was very exci­ted when they asked me to be their wed­ding pho­to­grapher! Once the details were in place, Miche­lle asked if we could meet up at the Hamil­ton House in South Ber­wick, ME. One of the things I’ve found is another fabu­lous bene­fit to my ‘job’ is lear­ning about all these gor­geous pla­ces that I never even knew about before! The grounds were abso­lu­tely lovely, but not as lovely as Miche­lle & Tim.

Oh fall, how you taunt me with your colors! (Although, it was not even a little bit warm when we star­ted this shoot, but the sun made a very wel­co­med appea­rance by the end!!) I LOVE old barns.  Aren’t they awe­some? So com­ple­tely at ease with each other.  Then we hea­ded over to nearby Vaughn Woods for a few more shots in the fall fabu­lous­ness. Yum! These two are serious cute­ness. I can­not wait for their wed­ding in September!

Hope the plans are coming along! Happy Almost Spring!

~melis­sa­ko­ren

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Nicole & Haven: Engaged! 10.18.10 | Exeter, NH Engagement Photos

Nicole & Haven and I met up at Applec­rest Farm Orchards for some enga­ge­ment pho­tos. Usually it takes a little while for peo­ple to warm up to the camera — but right out of the gate Nicole had her ANTM face on.

They are two of the swee­test peo­ple ever. And so made for each other!

She has a great laugh — and she’s not afraid to use it!

The photo on the left looks like some spoo­fed stu­dio shot. I assure you, they pic­ked their own flo­wer and we were hiding in an alcove right off Rt. 88!

Um, Haven? Whacha doin?

We pla­yed until just about sun­set — And I loved every minute of it.

They both work at Mombo Res­tau­rant in Ports­mouth and casually men­tio­ned we should come over some­time for a drink. Well, little did they know — - we’ve since spent two AMAZING eve­nings at Mombo and I can’t even begin to put into words the qua­lity of the food. From appe­ti­zers to des­sert everything is fan­tas­ti­cally con­cei­ved and exe­cu­ted. If I could, I would eat there nightly. And Nicole is one of the best bar­ten­ders I know! I HIGHLY recom­mend the experience!

I’m sure I’ll be seeing them again before their, what I’m sure will be exqui­site wed­ding on 09.10.11!

Lots of love guys!

~melis­sa­ko­ren

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Lauren & Kate: Engaged! | Portsmouth, NH Engagement Photos

Lau­ren and Kate found me on So You’re EnGAY­ged and after mee­ting for cof­fee, we met for more cof­fee and then some enga­ge­ment photos!

I love love love the colors with these two. From their hair to their eyes to their war­drobe. It’s just awesome.

They’re the per­fect defi­ni­tion of love.

A yin & yang

After some play time at Pres­cott Park we hea­ded over to an ama­zing ceme­tery with a view (to die for.. sorry I couldn’t resist)

These two are fore­ver cute. I can­not WAIT for their wed­ding this July!

~melis­sa­ko­ren

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Sara & Jordan: Engaged! 09.05.10 | Deerfield, NH Engagement Photographer

Sara & Jor­dan are a ton of fun. And bold! They wan­ted a vast open field and they saw just what they wan­ted, behind someone’s house. So they pulled over and asked for per­mis­sion to use their grounds! And what an ama­zing place it was too!

Other things I lear­ned about them, they love steak and we may or may not share simi­lar qua­li­ties of road rage. (ahem.cough.sputter.what?)

Did I men­tion they like to have fun?

I’ve just now noti­ced how their hair is gol­den as the hay gras­ses. Perhaps that’s why they wan­ted this set­ting? Plan­ned or unplan­ned, it’s com­ple­tely perfect!

Then we wal­ked 3 days to this AMAZINGLY GINORMOUS tree. Ok Ok, so I guess it wasn’t 3 days. It was pro­bably only 30 yards, but it was down (and more to the point, back up) this crazy steep hill. Worth it though. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

Yeah, totally and com­ple­tely worth it.

The sig­na­ture move; can’t wait to see more of this slick­ness at the wedding!

Sara & Jor­dan are a per­fect fit. At ease with each other and the world around them. I can­not wait to spend more time with these two!

Oh my god Melissa! I am speech­less. All of the pic­tu­res are abso­lu­tely per­fect. I can’t thank you enough. You are ama­zing! & yes the steak was deli­cious! Take Care. ~Sara

only a few more months til our next adventure~

til then ~ melissakoren

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Kristi & Steve’s Engagement Party 08.14.10 | York, ME Engagement Photos

I know Steve roun­da­boutly through good old Exe­ter High School. He came down to the Tavern one night newly fian­ced to Kristi and I tried to con­vince them to hire me for their wed­ding. Unfor­tu­na­tely it was not to be as their wed­ding was in Michi­gan. Howe­ver, Steve’s mother (the fabu­lous Mrs. Con­lan) asked if I could pho­to­graph the enga­ge­ment party they were thro­wing for them and I couldn’t say no!

Before the party got rolling we took some enga­ge­ment pho­tos. Being short on time because of a parade in York we couldn’t make it to the beach but we wor­ked it out in the back par­king lot of Foster’s Clambake!

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After a few shots we went back inside to cele­brate! It was a very ocean the­med event, quite appro­priate for a clambake!

Cho­co­late candy rocks! I love it!

Such a great setup.

Kristi ren­ted a cot­ton candy machine and quickly got to work flos­sing it up, it was really tasty.

If you’ve never been to Fos­ters Dow­neast Clam­bake it’s an expe­rience! A lot of fun and enter­tai­ning to say the least!

A spe­cial ocean blue drink for the occa­sion. Cheers! :)

The girls & boys

And the bride & groom

And an unin­vi­ted guest! … well, ok, I guess he was invi­ted but I’m gues­sing he’d rather not have been!

I scar­fed my chic­ken (not of the sea, actual chic­ken, I don’t actually like lobs­ter!) and hea­ded off to shoot Lisa & Doug’s wed­ding. I don’t usually do two events in one day, but the Conlan’s are like family and I did my best!

I hear I mis­sed a fun loving after party, and the wed­ding was lovely! And Steve nicely gave me my favo­rite title of “Best Pho­to­grapher Ever” So a million points.. I mean thanks.. to him!

Con­gra­tu­la­tions Kristi & Steve!

~melis­sa­ko­ren

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Chevelle & Brodie Engaged! 06.25.10

Che­ve­lle and Bro­die are cute­ness galore. We met at Pres­cott Park to shoot some enga­ge­ment pho­tos, they’re plan­ning their wed­ding for next July and as I went through their pho­tos after the shoot I find myself smi­ling left and right at their infec­tious giddiness.

And we found this sec­ret little hidea­way in this very cool tree that bowed its branches over the ground.

I spent the mor­ning sho­ve­ling and blo­wing snow it makes me miss the green grass and warm sunshine even more!

Do you see the smi­les and the young love and the ado­ra­tion? I love it!

Che­ve­lle & Bro­die have been hard at work at college this year and coun­ting down till their wed­ding in just over 7 months!

Thanks guys for a fun after­noon! I can’t wait to see your plans fina­li­zed at the wedding!

~melis­sa­ko­ren

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Jess & Tim: Engaged! 06.23.10

When I met Jess & Tim I knew imme­dia­tely that they knew how to have a good time. When we met up in Pres­cott Park for their enga­ge­ment pho­tos we had a per­fect eve­ning for adventures.

I love how they intert­wine with each other.

And a heart sha­ped puddle!

One of my favo­rite pho­tos ever and I lear­ned how to get to the other side!

I love the pavers, and I loved this shoot! Thank you thank you Jess & Tim!!

Just wait til I share their fabu­lous crazy wed­ding with you — if you look up fun loving in the dic­tio­nary, you’ll defi­ni­tely see these two!

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

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