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l.o.v.e times three 01.23.11 | Portsmouth, NH Photographer

So here’s a sec­ret — I love shoo­ting love. Ok, so maybe that’s not a sec­ret. But, did you know, that if you and a group of friends wan­ted to get together and photo party– you could? Some­ti­mes, split­ting it up into “mini ses­sions” can be help­ful in making things (er, me) a little more bud­get friendly! And so was the idea for Vanessa & her friends!

Rich & Amanda, Vanessa & Jeff, and Steve & Amy — who were recently enga­ged and hoping for some enga­ge­ment pho­tos before Steve deployed.

So we hea­ded out on what was THE COLDEST DAY thus far last win­ter. But we hand­led it like troopers.

I love Amy’s blue scarf! Color is your friend!

“Rich, why are you still trying to look at me while you’re kis­sing Amanda!?” HI-​Larious I tell you.

We were troo­pers, until just about.…. here. At which point I said — um, how about we go to a nice hotel lobby I know of!?

Ah, a nice roa­ring fire — that’s much better!

I love this pic­ture six­teen ways to Sun­day, and then onto Mon­day too. It reminds me of a Nor­man Rock­well Painting.

Con­gra­tu­la­tions to Steve & Amy on their enga­ge­ment and to all of you for being AWESOME!

(and thanks again to the Hamp­ton Inn, in Exe­ter, NH)

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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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Kimberly & Jeff 02.14.2009

I’ve had this nag­ging fee­ling I’ve been for­get­ting something. All of a sud­den, it daw­ned on me — I’ve pos­ted so many things ABOUT Kim & Jeff’s fabu­lous wed­ding and the great wee­kend we had there, I never pos­ted their actual wedding!!

So with out further ado — -

The beau­ti­ful Kim­berly, get­ting ready
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Her dress was made of the most gor­geously detai­led lace.
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Her something Blue!
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And spea­king of blue — her mother’s dress was such an ama­zing color.
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I love this moment. The moment when everything beco­mes just a little more real.
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The com­plete, per­fect pac­kage!
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Meanwhile, the guys were down in the bar .. cal­ming their ner­ves ..
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Jeff & Kim­berly deci­ded to see each other before the cere­mony. This was the first time I’d done this “formally” — it was SO exci­ting — I love Jeff’s face as he waits for his bride to be to knock on the door.
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Here she comes.….
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I’d say they approve!
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Then off to the cere­mony. The fire­place was such a great back­drop!
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Everything about the Moun­tain View Grand is ama­zing.
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And the view is most cer­tainly Grand!
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AYKM!?!? GORGEOUS!!
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This is my favo­rite shot. In the stair­well to the wine cellar. I love everything about it. The fee­ling, the tex­ture, the colors — amazing.
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A toast to a job well done!
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They had some very cute nie­ces & nephews! I just love babies in bow­ties!
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Advice & con­gra­tu­la­tions from family.
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Then on to the cup­ca­kes! I love the ‘don’t you dare’ finger.
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Dance with dad
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And with mom
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And then they all let loose and dan­ced into the night! Here you’ll note the gent­le­man on the floor. The song was foot­loose, and he put his ALL into it! I love the reac­tions on every ones faces!
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A job well done Kim­berly & Jeff, it was a won­der­ful wedding!

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

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MVG Animal Barn!

Part of our mor­ning adven­ture when we went to the Moun­tain View Grand was to go down to the barn, on sug­ges­tion from our wai­tress at break­fast (oh, the break­fast! I still have dreams about that buffet!!)

It didn’t occur to us to drive down, since we could see it from our room, but by the time we got there we rea­li­zed it was pro­bably only 10 degrees out and WINDY! We sur­vi­ved, and the ani­mals were totally worth the trip.

These two were so cute!
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Those eyes!!
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Even the ani­mals were c.c.c.c.cold! This poor llama was making ‘smoke’ with his breath!
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These are the rare curly sheep — so much wool! The wai­tress said ‘kind of like your hair!’ but she meant it in the nicest way pos­si­ble :) mountain view grand barn
We were much more fas­ci­na­ted in them than they were in us!
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I LOVE the cons­truc­tion of barns — this roof was just ama­zing, I was mes­me­ri­zed!
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As we were about to leave we found the hot cocoa sta­tion. It made our walk back to the hotel much war­mer!
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I’m nearly finished with Kim­berly & Jeff’s wed­ding, I keep fin­ding favo­ri­tes and I can’t wait to make a full post!!

~Melissa Koren

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Sneak Peek:: Kimberly & Jeff 02.14.09

Did we ever have an AMAZING time with Kim­berly & Jeff at their beau­ti­ful wed­ding on February 14th! I’ve got a million (give or take) ima­ges to go through but I thought I’d share a few that caught my eye before I dive in.
AYKM!?!?!?!? Kim­berly — you are GORGEOUS! And good job pic­king a hotel that matched your flo­wers ;)
I love this detail shot — Kimberly’s mother did all the wed­ding flo­wers, they were so perfect!
Kim & Jeff saw each other before the wed­ding, it was so anti­ci­pa­tory! I loved it!!
I won’t lie, it was cold. And windy (we almost lost the veil but I would never let that hap­pen!) But we had a great time using the beau­ti­ful moun­tains as a backdrop.
I can’t wait to post some more from this won­der­ful wedding!


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Winter Wonderland!

I know we’re all a little fed up with cold, and win­ter, and snow, but the Moun­tain View Grand is SO beau­ti­ful, I found a new appre­cia­tion for it! You know, at least for a day or two ;)
I’m here for the wed­ding of the fabu­lous Kim & Jeff — as I arri­ved last night, the sun was star­ting to set. I drop­ped my lug­gage, grab­bed the camera and ran outside.
They have a ska­ting rink and nightly bon­fi­res, sugar on snow & all the win­ter sports acti­vi­ties you can think of.
I love this, shot with my new 5D.
The brea­fast buf­fet this mor­ning was DIVINE! I can’t wait to eat again tomo­rrow. But first, I think I’ll go out to the barn and visit the ani­mals inc­lu­ding some rare wooly sheep and then — it’s wed­ding time!

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Life’s a Beach.

Last wee­kend we deci­ded to take the came­ras on a little outing. Unfor­tu­na­tely, the weather deci­ded to get cold, and fast. So we only shot a few chilly pho­tos and then pac­ked it in. 
Nichole had a great time with our new 18 – 200 lens.
The­ses icic­les are han­ging off our apart­ment — they’re coming from every where!

Keep Warm!
~Melis­sa­Ko­ren

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