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I met Sam & Josh last year at the Exe­ter Inn’s Bri­dal Open House. (This year’s Open House is coming up, stop by and visit me on ²⁄₂₀!) When it finally came time for their wed­ding I woke up that mor­ning and went to Best Buy and bought my first Mac! It sta­yed nest­led in it’s box for a few hours though while I got in go mode and hea­ded for their house. Sam was run­ning late at the salon but some of her girls were there and we wai­ted with anti­ci­pa­tion for her arrival.

As I loo­ked around their apart­ment I noti­ced this photo on the book­case near the door. What an ama­zing way to propose!

A few detail shots:

Their wed­ding was very 20’s the­med and I loved the old win­dows and the trunk from her childhood that echoed the theme so well.

Finally she arri­ved, and the wait was well worth it — she loo­ked stunning!

Then we hurried off to Fort Fos­ter in Kit­tery, ME to meet Josh and com­mence their ocean side cere­mony. How dap­per ever­yone looks!

Sam & her dad make their way down the path to meet up with Josh.

When they arri­ved at the gate it was ope­ned and Sam & Josh were given their bles­sing by her father.

And they’re married!

Because of the time crunch in the begin­ning we did the for­mals in three parts, some quick shots of the great loo­king bri­dal party and some family before din­ner, a few family after din­ner, and then and adven­ture with Sam & Josh after the recep­tion was over.

I said ok guys, Jump! You’ve got to love her con­vic­tion though!

On the left is right after the cere­mony, on the right is after the recep­tion. All the dif­fe­rent nooks and cran­nies and trees made for great ligh­ting all day!

It was really awe­some to have a live band at this out­door venue!

Sam’s gram (I think I’m remem­be­ring that correctly) made this ama­zing turret­ted castle cake!

And this cake top­per couldn’t have been any more repre­sen­ta­tive of how they inte­ract with each other!

Well… except maybe when she throws cake at him

But here they are back at their first dance, so in love!

The pavi­lion at Fort Fos­ter is a GREAT place for an event!

A dance with her daddy…

and an ever watch­ful mum.

Then some good ol’ let­ting loose!

A quick gar­ter and bou­quet toss off the balcony…

And the recep­tion was done! As I’d men­tio­ned ear­lier I took this time to wan­der around the grounds with Sam & Josh and ensure that they had some time for pho­tos of the two of them. The more we explo­red, the more I was so thank­ful for our “happy acci­dent” of not being able to take them right after the ceremony!

Samantha is exqui­site and fear­less. Two qua­li­ties you don’t always find in the same place at the same time, but Josh cer­tainly has hit the jackpot.

As much as I loved them together in the tree, when I asked Josh if he would mind step­ping aside for a moment Sam posi­tio­ned her­self a big taller and left me with the most ama­zing shots!

And so it goes, the -

Wed­ding of Sam & Josh.

Thank you both for fin­ding me and invi­ting me along for a glimpse of your lives.

~melis­sa­ko­ren

And Sam just pos­ted a lovely review on wed­ding­wire — thanks for taking the time Sam! Hope you’re well!

Melissa was nothing short of AMAZING! Even though I was run­ning late on the day of the wed­ding, she had already pho­to­graphed my dress and many other things before I got there to save time. She hel­ped me calm down and kept her cool des­pite dea­ling with a very cranky and over­ti­red bride (me). She even hel­ped put on the groomsmen’s bou­ton­nie­res when we got to the venue. In our opi­nion (my hus­band and I), the best part and most fun part of the whole wed­ding was when she took us away to do our pho­tos together.
Des­pite all this, the pho­tos are inc­re­di­ble! Every time I look back at the pic­tu­res from the wed­ding, I see something new and think, “wow,” it’s like she was in ten pla­ces at the same time. I highly sug­gest Melissa to pho­to­graph your wedding.