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Sec­ret & Shawn were married at the gor­geous Alvirne Cha­pel in Hudon, NH.

After han­ging out with the boys for a little bit Sec­ret and the girls arri­ved. She had one major request — that I take a photo of her pin­ning the bou­ton­nière on her ado­ra­ble son, Bai­ley. check and mark!

Then Bai­ley wal­ked his mother down the aisle to give her away.

And was recei­ved by Shawn with open arms at the end. *cue tears!*

These three were so ready to make their family ‘offi­cial’! It was very obvious throughout the day how impor­tant it was for them to be a unit.

After the cere­mony we hea­ded over to Greely Park in Nashua, NH for some won­der­ful bri­dal party shots:)

After that we hea­ded to The Loft at The Bre­wery Exchange and Sec­ret sha­red some spe­cial moments with her two spe­cial guys.

The loft is such a cool place, I love the ligh­ting and the dance floor!

One of many toasts loving these two — I love wed­dings where you can really feel the love (oh Elton John, please get out of my head, yes, I can, I can feel the love tonight!)

Ever­yone was emo­tio­nal when they star­ted tal­king about how much Shawn loves Bai­ley <3

And of course how much they love each other.

More family time in the Photo Booth!

let them eat cake!

dan­cing and love from their parents

And then they dan­ced the night away!

I loved how they took time to dance with each other’s parents too. So sweet!

And a dance with their sibling

Have I men­tio­ned how much I loved the lights?!

As the night wore on it was time for me to go. I have no doubt this bunch par­tied ALL night long but it was time for me to take my leave. Thank you Sec­ret & Shawn for invi­ting me to your family affair!

~melis­sa­ko­ren

Melissa Shot our wed­ding In Sep­tem­ber of 2010. She was the first pho­to­grapher we inter­vie­wed and after spea­king with her, we can­ce­led all our other appoint­ments. Her artis­tic flare was evi­dent from her web­site, but mee­ting with her in per­son to view her port­fo­lios was an expe­rience in and of itself. Each pho­to­graph my hus­band and I saw see­med to be alive with the atmosphere of the wed­ding. What impres­sed us the most was that no two pic­tu­res were alike – and no two wed­ding collec­tions were the same. Melissa see­med to cap­ture each couple’s indi­vi­dua­lity and allo­wed her pic­tu­res to tell their story. My hus­band and I were ins­tantly impres­sed by this. Melissa her­self spoke about her pas­sion for her work and the joy of pho­to­graphing wed­dings.
Ever­yone who has seen our pho­tos is so impres­sed – each of them say that mine and Shawn’s per­so­na­lity jump off the page. If you never knew us, or how much we loved each other these pic­tu­res show that . Three months later, after loo­king at them millions of times, I still get emo­tio­nal; and to me that is the mark of a great pho­to­graph – you never tire of it, and loo­king at it brings up so many memo­ries. Melissa did this with each pho­to­graph, with each proof.
Being pho­to­graphed by Melissa was a terri­fic expe­rience. Not only was she fun to work with, but she was so exci­ted to work with us. Again, this set her apart for me. I have been to so many wed­dings where the pho­to­grapher treats it as a job – get in, take the pic­ture, get out – but for Melissa, there is nothing mono­to­nous or rigid about shoo­ting a wed­ding. She walks into each “job” as a new and exci­ting expe­rience. She lea­ves all expec­ta­tions at the door and tries her best to cap­ture the essence of the cou­ple and their love for each other.
Her genuine love for her work, her pas­sion, sense of adven­ture, and her easy going per­so­na­lity have made Melissa a true plea­sure to work with. I would recom­mend Melissa Koren Pho­to­graphy to anyone and look for­ward to doing our family por­traits with her for the years to come. ~ Shawn & Secret