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Perhaps I should have just cam­ped out in Pres­cott Park that week — I was shoo­ting there nearly every other day — but I loved every minute of it! My last of that week was the inti­mate wed­ding of Ali & Andrew a cou­ple I had enjo­yed emai­ling with and was exci­ted to meet! I arri­ved at the beau­ti­ful She­ra­ton Har­bor­side Ports­mouth and found Ali in her room making a few last minute phone calls & han­ding out gifts.

Then it was off to the Player’s Ring buil­ding via tro­lley for their out­door sea­side ceremony.

Ali & her mom wal­ked right off the tro­lley and down the aisle to meet a very hand­some Andrew. I think he looks a lot a lot like Peter Krause (six feet under & parenthood) and very hand­so­mely awaits his bride to be.

Such and emo­tio­nal time for the moms! Each was pre­sen­ted with a white rose and a hug in the middle of the cere­mony. I really like that com­po­nent.

With this ring I thee wed you may kiss the bride!

And they lived hap­pily ever after!

Group shot!

Another beau­ti­ful after­noon in Portsmouth.

The only word to desc­ribe this kind of light is Yummy. P.S. if you’ve not been over to Mombo yet (the old Straw­bery Banke gift shop and owner of this door frame) you MUST go. Another one of my cou­ples bar tend there and the food is phe­no­me­nal. Cozy and romantic!

Two of my most favo­rite pho­tos, made infi­ni­tely bet­ter by the gor­geous bou­quet crea­ted by Betsy @ the Flo­wer Kiosk. Her work is uni­que and stun­ning every time. She was the flo­rist for my wed­ding and as both a bride and ven­dor, she’s a treat to work with .

Ali you’re stun­ning, the dress is so spec­ta­cu­larly tai­lo­red to you and Andrey, your suit was the per­fect com­ple­ment to your duo. (photo on the right by Rob)

The Ports­mouth Tro­lley was a great touch and really help­ful in pro­vi­ding trans­por­ta­tion for the guests. They even put up a “just married” pla­que for the two!

You may have caught a glimpse of the (Photo by Rob) cap­tion in this post. I very infre­quently have a second shoo­ter or assis­tant but it seems that having a day off from Pres­cott Park was not a good plan — in a freak acci­dent I step­ped back­wards off a curb and pulled a baji­llion ten­dons in the top of my foot. The show must go on! But in the off chance I’d fallen and couldn’t get up and I asked Rob to come along and assist me with my bag & balance & since he was taking a pho­to­graphy class I tos­sed him a camera and sent him run­ning for the long shots too. He was a tre­men­dous help (though I didn’t fall down once!) and cap­tu­red some of my inju­red ninja skills!

They were lovely enough to leave me a wed­ding wire review:

If you are thin­king of asking Melissa to take your wed­ding pho­tos, do so imme­dia­tely! You will not find a more talen­ted and artis­tic pho­to­grapher to illu­mi­nate your day. You will get so much more than pic­tu­res because this is not just a job to her, it is her pas­sion. The pho­to­graphs are works of art, and you get to be in them.

Not only is Melissa an ama­zing artist, but she is excee­dingly pro­fes­sio­nal. She corres­ponds with you often to make sure she cap­tu­res exactly what you envi­sion. Melissa is just won­der­ful to work with and you will feel so happy and lucky to get her. –Ali and Andrew 7÷2÷2010

Ali & Andrew, I wish you the best of luck in all you do! Thank you for the ama­zing review and for asking me to be your wed­ding photographer!

~melis­sa­ko­ren