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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’s Bridal Shower 07.19.2008

Rachel is gra­ced with ama­zing friends and family — when I first met with her and her mom, her mom asked if I would take pic­tu­res at the sho­wer also, and I was happy to. Little did I know what a gor­geous affair it would turn out to be! Every detail was stun­ning, inc­lu­ding the favors. Her sis­ter, a bar­ten­der in Vegas::Baby:: made a bar menu using pho­tos of Rachel & Michael (some from their enga­ge­ment shoot) and spe­cial drinks like “Love Potion #9″. They were an abso­lute hit and ever­yone raved about the books & the drinks!

I got a bit out of con­trol with my fas­ci­na­tion with the Mar­tini glas­ses — I’ve always always loved these in the sto­res and to see them all lined up like this, well, I got a little carried away!

Kim (Rachel’s mum) has the most ama­zing gar­den — I couldn’t help but snap some flo­wer shots! The sky was intense also — and the air thick with humi­dity — which ulti­ma­tely lent itself to a heck of a thun­ders­torm, but we were all safe and dry in the tent!

The food spread was AMAZING. Kim told me it was part of my job to eat, so I made sure to load up a plate (ok, twice) and enjoy!

Two of Rachel’s bri­des­maids are preg­nant! All of them are Gorgeous.

Pre­sent time! (And also when the rain star­ted to come down)

Great food, Great des­serts, Great drinks, Great times! Then all the girls went out to the mini house that was built for Rachel when she was a little girl for a group shot :)

“Melissa your pho­tos are ama­zing, I can’t tell you how plea­sed we are!! I have given out your web­site to all the other teachers and ever­yone is raving about your work. I will be calling you soon to fina­lize an order. Thank you so much!!” ~ Kim

Rachel & Kim — thank you for ope­ning your home to me and inc­lu­ding me in such won­der­ful fes­ti­vi­ties! I can’t wait for the wed­ding in September!

Kim sent me a note in the mail too — “Your work has allo­wed the family to have memo­ries that will never fade. Thank you, Kim” 

I’m cer­tain it doesn’t get much bet­ter than that. 
Rachel also wan­ted a few shots done for her memo­ries — of the Went­worth where they got enga­ged, and where we did the enga­ge­ment shoot — and also of the Colony where the recep­tion will be. She also loved the idea of having their names writ­ten in the sand on the coast, so I gathe­red up my things and hea­ded off on an adven­ture.


Rachel ended up orde­ring 4 of the beach shots as mat­ted 12x18’s they loo­ked SO AMAZING all mat­ted and ready for ship­ping — I hope they look as good fra­med in their new house!

Hi Melissa, I recei­ved the pic­tu­res today they are beau­ti­ful!!!!” ~Rachel

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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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