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Mandy & Amanda: Married! 06.19.11 | Manchester, NH Wedding Photography

When I arri­ved at the Ash Street Inn to begin my time with Mandy & Amanda — I was gree­ted with the most fabu­lous pur­ple­ness ever. Con­fir­med, this wed­ding was going to be ALL*STAR!

The girls got ready together that mor­ning, it was so sweet to watch them share in their ner­ves and preparations.

The Ash Street was so beau­ti­fully quaint — I loved the stai­ned glass and the sit­ting rooms.

And their per­fectly coör­di­na­ted front porch!

It was just a short drive to the Currier Museum, where they were having their cere­mony. Amanda hel­ped her brother with his flower -

Then her dad hel­ped her with her tie — pro­bably one of my most favo­rite moments, ever.

I loved how much rela­xed time these two had for “por­traits” and we took full advan­tage of the ama­zing museum!

Then it was time for the cere­mony. The girls were sepa­ra­ted, if only for a moment, and Amanda came in with her father to take cen­ter stage

while wai­ting for Mandy to make her grand entrance across the bal­cony and down the beau­ti­ful staircase.

Even though they’d seen each other, got­ten ready together, laughed together and loved each other already that day — the sanc­tity of that moment was still overwhel­ming and sweet tears of ama­ze­ment welled up in Amanda’s eyes. <3

I [heart] symmetry!

When two become one. (I don’t know if it’s because my son has star­ted middle school or if it’s just because I’m off my roc­ker, but I can’t help it with all these obs­cure refe­ren­ces from that time of my life (cue dirty dancing))

After their inti­mate cere­mony, we were allo­wed to take pho­tos with a few of the exhi­bits in the gallery. I was dumbstruck. — like a 4 year old in a candy store — oh. my. gosh.

And just when I thought it couldn’t get any bet­ter — we went OUTSIDE! So ama­zing. And these girls wor­ked it out!

We hea­ded to the Mills for their Fratello’s din­ner — but not before taking advan­tage of the pic­ture win­dows & fan­ta­bu­lous architecture!

Mandy & Amanda invi­ted their guests to join them for a rela­xed, TASTY pri­vate din­ner. A few toasts, some scrump­tious Jac­ques cup­ca­kes, and beau­ti­fully thought out details roun­ded out their che­rished eve­ning with their clo­sest friends and family.

The bag sums it up — as it should be — it was all about love.

Thank you girls for asking me to wit­ness your love first hand!

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Danica & Chris 02.13.10

Nothing says love, or true New-​Englander, like a Valentine’s Wee­kend wed­ding in NH :) Chris and Danica took the ulti­mate leap of faith — trus­ting the weather — for their nup­tial plans and it went off without a hitch! 

I arri­ved at the Exe­cu­tive Court as Danica was finishing up the final details. I LOVE her bou­quet — the pinks & pur­ples with the red roses and the white stepha­no­tis are so romantic!

Hi Danica! You’re glowing!

Pre­ci­sion cor­set tying 101 and a little multi-​tasking pre­pa­ring the front and back at the same time ;) 

Cute. With a capi­tal C. 

It must have been get­ting close to time because next thing I know the room was FILLED with peo­ple all making sure Danica loo­ked her best. (good job folks!) 

All these final touches can prove a tad boring for little girls who find their own fun in the jacuzzi faucet! 

And then — it was time. Chris you look sharp. I love the stria­tions in the tie! 

The whole crew was smo­kin’. Yay for bold color!

Danica’s daugh­ter was very overwhel­med by the whole thing. She had the whole place tea­ring up. And they are married!

Grandchil­dren! No lie, these kids were too cute and they stole the show. 

A few shots in the foyer of the Best Wes­tern and then 

Bra­ving the cold for some out­door shots. I’m loving these columns. 

It was time to head in and warm up — and party! More of the beau­ti­ful flo­wers and a GREAT cake awai­ted us. I just love the sim­ple and uni­que design on this cake!!

After the first dance it was time for some beau­ti­ful and heart­felt toasts.

I love that the kids sig­ned the guest book. I can only smile thin­king about sho­wing and remin­ding them of it on their parents 25th wed­ding anniversary. 

And then — it was time to get down to it. And remem­ber - I already war­ned you that the kids were cen­ter stage! 

but they weren’t the only one’s cut­ting a rug :)

love is timeless. 

Who’s having a good time!? You are!

And I did too! Thank you guys for having me at your roman­tic Valentine’s Day for 100! :)

~MelissaKoren

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Monica & Rob 08.16.2008

Monica & Rob and I met last Novem­ber to do some low key enga­ge­ment pic­tu­res and talk about their wed­ding in August. The time FLEW by and before I knew it, I was at an ama­zing ‘back yard’ wed­ding. The guys cons­truc­ted a red car­pet for Monica & her girls to walk down to the plat­form they cons­truc­ted under the huge old willow tree. It was glo­rious! They also had the lar­gest tent I’ve ever seen! Not to men­tion the amount of fun. 

I arri­ved at the groom’s family’s house as all the boys were get­ting ready. I grab­bed a few shots of them and then went two streets over to the bride’s family’s house to get them in action!

Monica hel­ped ever­yone out with the final touches on their makeup after she art­fully did her own. Such GORGEOUS girls!

Monica’s plan had been to be promptly ‘fashio­nably late’ to the cere­mony, she wan­ted to make sure that ever­yone had the chance to show up! 

Well, mother nature thought she do one bet­ter — just as we were get­ting the dress to climb in the limo and head to the cere­mony site, the skies ope­ned up. Sheeeeeeeeeeets of rain — SHEETS! But it pas­sed and clea­red and the guys set about clea­ring up cere­mony site to pro­ceed as plan­ned, if only a little later. 

The limo pulled right up to the end of the ‘red car­pet’ and let the ever­yone off — it was SOO Cool.

The guys had been rib­bing Rob about shed­ding tears, but we were all more than moved when we saw Rob see Monica for the first time - 

After for­mals it was time to party! I love the black & red — its SHARP!

Ok, Ok, I know — this is a whole mon­tage dedi­ca­ted to the cake — but it was SUCH a cake. A moose, a raft, a fishing bride — I could have taken more pic­tu­res than this I tell you!

This was my first true smashing wed­ding — I love the reac­tions of the cou­ple in the background.

Did they ever dance the night away! But at one point there see­med to be a lull on the dance floor.. I went out to inves­ti­gate, and what did I find, but a keg toss in action! I relize the pic­ture of the bride isn’t the cris­pest, but the form, the poise, the style! (and the last of my flash bat­te­ries and sta­ying far away from the inco­ming keg)


OMG I abso­lu­tely love all the pic­tu­res! You did an awe­some job!!! Thanks again for everything, I couldnt have asked for bet­ter!! PS: One of the girls that was in the wed­ding party wants to have you as her pho­to­grapher for her wed­ding when she gets married!! ~Monica

This is Monica’s Dad. Wow you did a fan­tas­tic job on the wed­ding photo’s, thanks for everything Melissa, job well done ~Joe

Thanks to you all for your warmth and hos­pi­ta­lity — I had such a great time!

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Kate & Marcus 07.12.2008

Kate & Mar­cus have the most bri­lliant smi­les and kin­dest hearts ever. So in love the two of them are! We had a beau­ti­ful time at their enga­ge­ment shoot last Octo­ber and I was so exci­ted when they sho­wed me the Thank You Cards, Save the Date mag­net & then the wed­ding favor stic­kers they made with their pho­tos from that shoot! The other thing I was sur­pri­sed to see was how they’d lost so much weight! I heard a guest say that together they’d lost 80lbs before the wed­ding — that just put the amount of gor­geous the two of them are OTT!

I arri­ved at Kate’s mom’s house just as hair and makeup were lea­ving — her girls were a great help in get­ting her ready to go!

The cere­mony was at St. Pius in Manches­ter — a beau­ti­ful church!

Kate’s dad has kind eyes — Kate also, and here they’re brim­med with tears as she looks at Marcus.

Their recep­tion was held at the GORGEOUS Manches­ter Country Club — we snuck out for a few more for­mals at sunset.

I loved all of their details, espe­cially the wed­ding pho­tos of their parents!

The roses for Kate, Mar­cus & the church are called “Big Fun” — by the end of the night Mar­cus’ had ope­ned lar­ger and more per­fectly than any rose I’d ever seen before!

The DJ was great — if you wan­ted the Bride & Groom to kiss you had to get all of your table stan­ding, clink your glas­ses, and then sere­nade the cou­ple with a song that inc­lu­ded the word ‘love’ — 99.9% of the time the DJ would play that song right after till the next table was ready to go. The crowd loved it — it was so much fun to watch!

Kate & Mar­cus — thank you so much for making me a part of your lives! It was honor to be at such a beau­ti­ful event!

Melissa, they look AWESOME!!! We’re so happy with how they came out. Thanks again! I LOVE THEM!!!

Kate & Marcus

What ama­zing pic­tu­res! Melissa did such a great job, and it was so much fun!!!!!
Hope all is well with ever­yone… Take care, Jen (a bri­des­maid) & Hammy (a groomsman) !!

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