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Katie & Jed 12.11.09

After mee­ting Katie & Jed at Kate & Mar­cus’ wed­ding in 07.08 and then taking their enga­ge­ment pho­tos on a super chilly day in 11.08, I KNEW that 12.11.09 was going to be an abso­lu­tely fan­tas­ti­cal time! 

I arri­ved at Bed­ford Village Inn as hair and makeup was finishing up with Katie’s mum.

And Katie was get­ting into her dress. I love the hands making their appea­rance in the left hand photo.

Once the dress was in the right place it was time for the veil!

And some s.e.x.y. red shoes. HELLO Christmas! 

It was just about time and Katie’s dad came in to check on her. Just look at them — and her mom & brother in the back­ground. Such an ena­mo­red family! 

Katie was BRAVE and humo­red my idea of hea­ding out on the bal­cony in the pitch black of the windy Decem­ber night. I don’t know — I’m think it was worth it. 

Then it was time. Oh Jed. I heart you. Not like Katie does though — wow-​eeee! :) 

Something about the two of them and the fee­ling of their wed­ding was just so clas­sic. I found myself loving so many of their pho­tos in black & white. 

Short & Sweet, but to the point. 

Christ­mas­time is magi­cal. Christ­mas­time wed­ding at BVI is like a Martha Ste­wart Decem­ber issue came to life. uh.maze.ing.

From the details in the bou­quet to the orna­ment place cards everything was perfection.

They dan­ced very lovely parent dan­ces, but my most favo­rite part was when Katie’s parents took the dance floor and dan­ced like it was their first dance. Katie and Jed watched them with love and awe (and perhaps making some men­tal notes ;)

Then the props came out and the party got down! 

Flash For­ward! I caught Kate & Mar­cus during a slow dance and I knew it loo­ked fami­liar! I love that even without seeing their faces you can tell how in love they are. And, um, how much they are in love with the little one to be — Kate was 5 months preg­nant in this photo! (And I get to meet their CA-​UTE! baby this fall!)

But enough about Kate & Mar­cus — this is after all Katie & Jed’s wed­ding! And here they are one last time surroun­ded by friends and family cele­bra­ting them. As it should be!

Thank you thank you guys. More than you know.

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren 

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Kristan & John 04.24.09

We had the for­tune of mee­ting Kris­tan & John through our good friends Tim & Alli­son in January of 2008. When we first met I told them I was a wed­ding pho­to­grapher and they said they were enga­ged — and had been for many years — with no wed­ding date in site… “soon” they said.

We became fast friends — the kind that you won­der how you haven’t known your whole life. About 6 months later, they pic­ked a date and asked me if I had a recom­men­da­tion for a wed­ding pho­to­grapher because they wan­ted me to enjoy my time as a guest. I nicely told them no way, I would enjoy myself just as much if my came­ras got to come too! They agreed and yet another won­der­ful time commenced!

Kris­tan was RADIANT. The incom­pa­ra­ble Dori from Sapphire Salon in Hud­son did a won­der­ful job on her hair (as well as myself and a few other of my bri­des on their wed­ding days!).

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Meanwhile Nichole cap­tu­red the ever radiant John with his final touches.

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Then it was time to walk down the aisle. Only, they dan­ced down the aisle to nothing other than the mup­pets “somebody’s get­ting married!” It was wonderful!

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These two truly have a rela­tionship to aspire to. They’ve been together for 10 years and upon finally pla­cing a band on Kristan’s fin­ger, he gently lif­ted her hand and sea­led it with a kiss. It was once of the swee­test moments ever and it cer­tainly pushed those tears hove­ring in my eyes to cas­cade down my face!

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The grounds at Bed­ford Village Inn are so beautiful!

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I LOVE the scro­lling on their cake -

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Kristan’s dad gave the most hila­rious speech inc­lu­ding this awe­some pic­ture of John from one of their family vacations.

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Did I men­tion how beau­ti­ful BVI is? Kris­tan and John during their first dance .. well their first dance since the mup­pet song!

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Time to cut in to that gor­geous cake!

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I’m right there with you John — how come we didn’t get hand fed cake either!?

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Tim & Alli­son get­ting down with Isa­bel the swee­tie flo­wer girl!

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What an ama­zing wed­ding — Kris­tan and John you two are great peo­ple to know and we had SUCH a great time cele­bra­ting with you (and cele­bra­ting our 1 year anniversary!)

They came out FANTASTIC!!!! Love them!!!! Thank you so much. John’s on the couch loo­king at them on his com­pu­ter while I look at them on my computer…and he’s laughing at him­self and his goof­ball antics that you caught on film :-) ~ Kristan
Indeed! I love the pho­tos. You did an ama­zing job!!! ~ John

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