about

Some things never change.

I still have crazy hair

I still make ques­tio­na­ble choi­ces in footware

I still spill food on the front of my shirt

I’ve ditched the red glas­ses for green ones and I fre­quently wear lon­ger pants,

but there are some things you’re just born to do.

Turns out for me, one of those things is being a photographer.

I may have stum­bled across it a little bit later than some but I got here.

As a kid I pla­yed piano, read vora­ciously and lis­te­ned to

Mozart, Bette Mid­ler & Bar­bara Streisand.

I wan­ted to be Anne Sulli­van, Julie Andrews and Megan Follows when I grew up.

I spent hours pla­ying with gyros­co­pes, spi­ro­graphs & clim­bing the q*bert pyramid.

My 12^th Christ­mas we got a nintendo — 

I think I can safely say I’ve devo­ted 4 solid years of my life to Tetris.

In high school I was a hard core cho­rus & drama geek.

I went to UNH to major in music edu­ca­tion. Turns out, as much as I loved music, I didn’t want a pro­fes­sion in it.

I got a ‘real job’ and sett­led into being ‘an adult’.

When my son was born I star­ted taking a lot of pho­tos of him and quickly became an avid hobbiest.

I shot my first wed­ding in 2007 and I was imme­dia­tely smit­ten with it.

The next day (my 29^th birth­day) I woke up and rea­li­zed I knew what I really wan­ted to be when I grew up!

I truly adore and love my job. Mee­ting new peo­ple, fin­ding a way to cap­ture their memo­ries, inte­rac­tions & emo­tion, it all makes for a very satisf­ying days work. I don’t think that hiring a pho­to­grapher always requi­res a for­mal occa­sion, it might just be you’d like to be in the pic­tu­res with the rest of your family for once! Big or small, I love it all! (this dose of cheesy was ode to Dr. Seuss)

I still love Mozart (and Bette Midler)

I’ll cha­llenge anyone to some old school Tetris

I’m addic­ted to Scrabble

I love karaōke

I’m the mother of a 4^th grader

I’d love to take your pictures!

I wel­come ques­tions or com­ments about anything seen (or not seen!) here and I encou­rage you all to say hello!

All the best ~ Melissa

clas­sic ~ sim­ple ~ ele­gant ~ casual & all the moments between

Melissa Koren Photography

fin­ding time­less illu­mi­na­tion in every day