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Corey’s Senior Photos 08.30.09

How to make me feel old -

1) Make a really good friend fresh­man year in high school and become close with her and attend her family func­tions and get to know her tiny cousins.

2) Tell me one of those tiny cou­sins is about to BE A SENIOR in High School. 

That’s about it. At least for this lesson.

Corey was a great sport and super pho­to­ge­nic (if you ask his mom he got it from her..;))

We met up at one of my favo­rite pla­ces, Great Island Com­mon in New Castle, NH on what star­ted out as a gor­geous afternoon. 

Then as we wal­ked out on the jetty this ama­zingly thick and fierce fog came rolling in! Yeah, rolling, like a bow­ling ball towards the pins. Ten pin not cand­le­pin. Because that’s how I was raised!

Whoosh — there goes the horizon! 

I think it sca­red the birds away. Yeah, that’s it. And no mat­ter what anyone says I was not at all con­cer­ned that that sea­gull was going to dive­bomb Corey and then come after me. Not one bit. 

It’s coming on shore now — see it eating the tree in the right hand photo? It was crazy!

We retrea­ted even further inland towards the cars and I asked Corey if he wan­ted to swing — he didn’t even hesi­tate and jum­ped right on!

Gra­dua­tion is just around the cor­ner and Corey will be off to monu­men­tal things I’m sure! Thanks for let­ting me cap­ture this moment in his life!

You did an AWESOME job. Thank you so much. ~Sherry

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Andrea & Toto Part I 08.08.09

After their awe­some enga­ge­ment ses­sion, I was more than a little exci­ted for their wed­ding cere­mo­nies. Part I hap­pe­ned on the most beau­ti­ful of August mor­nings. I arri­ved at their house and was gree­ted by sweet­ness everywhere I loo­ked. Andrea was giving and recei­ving finishing touches, meanwhile her youn­gest daugther Eva was all ready to go!

In the other room the bri­des­maids were hel­ping each other tie their sashes on. I love the blue/​cream combo.

After her hair was done she went up stairs and put on her *stun­ning* gown. 

We all drove over to Great Island Com­mon in New Castle, NH for the cere­mony. The guys had got­ten up very early in the mor­ning to get to the gates and reserve a prime spot, they were 5th in line and could not have had a bet­ter location!

There was no real pri­vacy though so wal­king from the car to the site the girls were trying to hide Andrea — a bys­tan­der offe­red up their pic­nic quilt and it made things much easier (and more amu­sing) :)

I love these — Eva was being kept com­pany by one of the bri­des­maids daugthers — they were ado­ra­ble. Deja was chec­king on her mom, trying to help calm her nerves. 

Andrea was wai­ting in the tent they’d cons­truc­ted for her. I grab­bed this quick shot of Toto and his girls and I LOVE it! 

A few more shots while we wai­ted for the last of the guests to arrive.

There was a lot of last minute cram­ming of their vows in the last moments before the ceremony.

Then it was time to begin! 

Toto had a lot of to smile about. The girls, his bride, and his father-​in-​law follo­wing clo­sely behind carr­ying the little one.

Did I men­tion that Toto found the BEST spot? I may have unders­ta­ted. It was lite­really pic­ture perfect.

That’s the wha­le­back lighthouse so nicely deco­ra­ting the backdrop.

And the kiss! They’re married! For these high school sweethearts it had been a long time coming! They were ecstatic.

We took some group shots — and we had fun with it.

Then we wan­de­red around the park to take some newly-​wedded pho­tos! There are so many great loca­tions on that island!

As we were wal­king back from our shoot another family stop­ped us and wan­ted to have their pho­tos taken with bride and groom. It was super sweet and Andrea & Toto hap­pily obliged.

The mor­ning was pretty much over at that point — Eva had chan­ged into her tra­di­tio­nal thai out­fit, prac­ti­cing for Part II — and they had this yummy cup­cake tower out with their home made bufett.

Just before I was set to leave they remem­be­red they wan­ted to toast! Well Toto got a little over zea­lous with the sha­king and neither Andrea nor I were expec­ting it when it “went off!” Unex­pec­ted but fully delighted!

 

I can’t wait to share Part II with you — a tra­di­tio­nal Thai cere­mony and then a roc­king recep­tion for nearly 400 people! 

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

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Sukey & Bob 07.24.09

Just last week I sha­red with you Sukey & Bob’s enga­ge­ment pho­tos. The weather this sum­mer was just mean. A rainy rainy June and July only got slightly bet­ter. Howe­ver, these two eeked the most out of their day!

I arri­ved at the Went­worth while they were finishing up Sukey’s finishing touches. She was Stun­ning. This was not a sur­prise as she’s an ama­zing and gor­geous per­son, but it still took your breath away.

The beau­ti­ful flo­wers by Ambro­sia Gar­dens in Ports­mouth, NH. So dainty and I love the splash of blue.

Shortly there after some of the girls piled into the car to head over to the cere­mony site.

The rain was a little too threa­te­ning so they had to make the deci­sion to move the cere­mony in the tent, which pro­ved to be a good idea as it did rain for a bit during their nuptuals.

It made ZERO impact on the hap­pi­ness though. This family is glowing!

I love that they both wal­ked her down the aisle. And that they both got to kiss her cheek to help set her at ease.

The swee­test bri­des­maids, they were all so cap­ti­va­ted by the cere­mony, but how could you not be with this gorgeousness!

The tent was great — it was very visually appea­ling, I love the lines.

They had a great sand cere­mony — I bet it makes a great addi­tion to their home!

Future pho­to­graphers of Ame­rica! I love it!

I love these two — this photo of Bob was actually when I arri­ved at the tent before the cere­mony and let him know that Sukey was here and we’d be star­ting in just a bit. He was BEAMING!

Sukey did something very uni­que — she has a lot of very spe­cial won­der­ful women in her life and so she asked them all to pick dres­ses of their choo­sing in a spe­ci­fic color and hono­red them each with a sin­gle rose. In addi­tion to the young bri­des­maids — it was a fabu­lous crew!

The men weren’t too shabby themselves!

The won­der­ful staff at the Went­worth Country Club took us golf car­ting to their beau­ti­ful bridge -

And back again to the ocean side -

Then it was time to get down and enjoy the recep­tion! The sun sho­wed up and sta­yed around and it was perfect!

Their soft blue stri­ped theme was per­fect for this July sea­side wedding!

As with everything else that day, and I’m sure in Sukey’s life, her parents sha­red in their speech together. I love the way her dad looks at her mom.

Each of Bob’s grooms­men took a stab at a speech. They were ban­ned from saying one par­ti­cu­lar word. But uh, I can’t remem­ber what that word was. It made it a lot more fun though! 

They all had a dif­fe­rent approach — from stan­dard paper -

To notes on the back of their room key. HA!

Time to cut the (tasty tasty!) cake.

And a dance with dad.

While mom watched every second.

Then it was time to toss the bou­quet — I love the look of con­cen­tra­tion on Sukey’s face!

This lucky lady caught the bou­quet but the little girls were MUCH more inte­res­ted in having a turn with it.

I can’t express how much I enjo­yed wor­king with Sukey & Bob on their wed­ding and mee­ting their family and friends. They cer­tainly have a foun­da­tion of, and are surroun­ded by, so much love and sup­port I’m sure they will be together for as long as they can imagine.

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

These pho­tos are SO ama­zing!! Wow! I chec­ked your web site last night and we found the gallery that way and spent the eve­ning remi­nis­cing. I can’t get over how many of these 900+ pho­tos are abso­lu­tely outs­tan­ding! I’m a little overwhel­med with work at the moment to make this as elo­quent a tes­ti­mo­nial as I would like to but — wow — am I SO glad we had you cap­tu­ring the day! You got so many moments that I mis­sed, and pic­ked up so many little details.

Here’s a telling remark which is attests to your abi­lity to be all seeing, all kno­wing. We were loo­king at some of the pho­tos you got of the guests and Bob com­men­ted “Oh, she must have taken these while we were doing pho­tos outside” He quickly rea­li­zed the error of his logic since you would have had to have been outside with us taking the photos, but it kind of speaks to how well you multi-​task and how unin­tru­sive you are too.

I think someone with 2 assis­tants would have been hard pres­sed to get the same cove­rage. I will write more later because I have so many thoughts on how great you are for about 1,000 reasons!

Again, you did such an ama­zing job with the pho­tos. I’m so, so glad we went with you as our pho­to­grapher. If I can ever be a refe­rence or help pro­mote you in any way, please let me know! ~Sukey

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Sukey & Bob — Engaged! 07.05.09

Sukey & Bob were refe­rred to me by the lovely Kim & Brian and they pro­ved to be equally as lovely! They plan­ned their wed­ding for the end of July so we met up on the holi­day wee­kend and took a few enga­ge­ment pho­tos around the Went­worth grounds & Country Club where they would be having their cere­mony & reception.

We star­ted on the porch at the Went­worth — I loved the greens on the couch in con­trast to Sukey’s stun­ning blue dress!

These two are so genuine and so in love — it was such a plea­sure to witness.

They were never for­ced and just so at ease with each other. p.s. Sukey is GORGEOUS. But that’s just me sta­ting the obvious again…

I think this is my favo­rite shot. They are a per­fect fit.

I left the shoot so exci­ted for their wed­ding! And so exci­ted to know them!

I wish I’d blog­ged these as they hap­pe­ned! I’d have so much more to say! Although — this glimpse of sum­mer in the middle of win­ter is a plea­sant remin­der that its not cold & dreary all the time!

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Rachel & Michael’s Engagement Photos

Last Sep­tem­ber, Michael sur­pri­sed Rachel by pro­po­sing to her at the beau­ti­ful Went­worth By the Sea in New Castle, NH. The two are plan­ning a wed­ding this Sep­tem­ber in Ken­ne­bunk­port, ME and I couldn’t be more exci­ted to be wor­king with them. They wan­ted some enga­ge­ment pic­tu­res for their save the date mag­nets and so we revi­si­ted the scene of the ‘crime’ and made our­sel­ves at home.

Hi Melissa, I love the pic­tu­res and the new “save the date”. Michael and I this wee­kend will look over the pic­tu­res and get back to you next week!
~Rachel

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Groleau Family Portraits 11.11.07

It seems I’ve come full circle — Last year, this family was my first “real shoot” and it seems I did well enough to be called upon again. We had a much nicer day this year and were able to make it to the loca­tion we had to give up on last year.

















Last Years Shoot














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