Melissa Koehler Photography Blog

Jessie and Eric-married!

July 3, 2008 – 11:08 am

First off, I need to apologize for not posting for a while! Last weekend was so busy for me. It took a good couple days to re-cooperate :) This past Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Jessie and Eric’s wedding. They got ready at the Dana Inn and had their ceremony and reception at Marina Village. What a gorgeous day and couple! Jessie and Eric are so easy going and laid back. It was obvious the love that they shared with each other. Here are a few shots from their wedding day.-Love the color of her eye makeup

When we came into the room, the bridesmaids dresses were all hung up on the shutters with the wedding dress. I loved it!
I absolutely love the emotion here when Jessie saw Eric at the alter!
Eric and his groomsmen rode in on these little motorcycles. They were so cool
What a gorgeous bride! I loved both of these shots
The handsome groom. His eyes are really that blue!
The happy couple
I was having fun playing around here
What a beautiful cake!
The rings!
The first dance. Love their interaction!

My favorite shot. I was also playing around here too. What do you think?
Also, a special thank you to Jasmine and Ann for coming along with me. They were both so awesome! Jasmine is getting married on Saturday! Of course, thank you to Jessie and Eric! You both were so amazing to work with. I hope you had a great time on your honeymoon. Big hugs!!!xoxo

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Donovin-Old Poway Park

June 28, 2008 – 9:42 am

Do you remember this little cutie? I have been photographing him since he was a few weeks old. He is such a doll and so funny. We decided to start early before the heat got really bad. He did so great!
-He was so funny. I was chasing him while he was crawling around. He thought it was hilarious.

-Love the light here! I was also playing with textures

-So adorable!

-Love this angle!
—Thanks for having a great time with me Donovin and Jen! It’s always so wonderful spending time with you!!! xoxo

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Susan and Greg-engaged!

June 26, 2008 – 11:13 am

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Susan and Greg’s engagement session in Coronado. We had a great time. They braved the heat, and the crowds at the beach. What troopers! These two are so genuine and fun. They laughed almost the whole time. -look at how cute they are
-I loved this one with the shadow.
-Could they be any cuter?
-Yes, they could I love the smiles here!
-So adorable!
-Greg was working his GQ moves
-I loved all of these images, I had to put them together in a series. Look at how happy they are together. I love seeing that!
Wow! Gorgeous. I love this shot. It looks like it belongs on a canvas in their house!
**I was playing around with a few of these. I love how they turned out.
Susan and Greg, I had such a great time with you two! Thanks for entrusting me to take your photos. I can’t wait for your wedding in September! Big hugsxoxo

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Dawn and Jeff-married!!!

June 23, 2008 – 7:16 pm

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Dawn and Jeff. They were married at Shelter Island and the Island Palms resort. What a gorgeous day! It was such an honor to be part of their special day.

-Jeff is a firefighter

**Special thanks to Masen for being my second shooter and to my wonderful husband Mark for coming along to help too.Congratulations Dawn and Jeff, lots of love to you both!!!-xoxo

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Kids+90 degrees=Saturday morning

June 21, 2008 – 5:53 pm

This morning I had the pleasure of photographing these little cuties. They really were very good considering the blazing temperature this morning. I got a bunch of cute shots, here are a few.

-Thanks for everything this morning you guys! Your gallery will be ready soon! :)hugs!

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Pink Peonies

June 18, 2008 – 8:50 pm

I love peonies. Martha Stewart had an issue of just peonies a few months ago and I loved it. I know, I am a nerd. Next to Dahlia’s they are probably one of my favorite flowers. Yesterday my sister in law and I went to the Wholesale flower shop and I got some Peonies. They weren’t cheap, but they are so pretty! I found out that peonies only have a short bloom period of 3 weeks and this is the last week. I am bummed, but I am so happy I am getting to enjoy my beautiful flowers right now. When I brought them home they were really tight little balls. After I cut their stems and put them in some water they really opened up. These pictures were taken this morning and they are already even more open. So, here are these beautiful flowers for you all to enjoy. -I am not usually a texture person but I have been playing around with my new Totally Rad Actions 2.
-Love the new Sparta action from TRA2.

So pretty!!

I said that I was going to be posting more pictures using the NEW Totally Rad Actions. They really are so awesome!
**Enjoy the beautiful Peonies!** Hugs!

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Lights, Camera, Actions!

June 17, 2008 – 12:09 pm

I often get asked what kind of actions I use on my photos. Well, here they are! They are AWESOME!!!!The people at Totally Rad Actions just came out with a new action set. OH MY GOODNESS!!! AMAZING!! Seriously, I am addicted already!I will have more samples coming soon, they are so awesome!!! Here is a shot of Ally that I did using TRA Pro Retouch and Oh Snap, from the first set. Click the banner below to purchase these awesome actions! They are SOOOO worth it!

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Frustrating morning

June 13, 2008 – 12:55 pm

This morning Aiden and I headed out to Target. I had him in the cart and a container in the back of the cart. I went there for some large storage containers. So, I had to drag the containers behind me while pushing the cart. I had about 10 employees look at me. I even stopped one of them to ask where the toilet paper was, while out of breath. Not ONE person asked if I needed help. No ONE!!! Of course I can do it by myself, but it would have been nice if someone would have asked me if they could help me. People just don’t seem to be as nice these days as they used to.Anyway, that’s my rant today….. Here’s another cute picture of Aiden in his tux. He liked this caterpillar.

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Two more

June 10, 2008 – 10:13 pm

The real reason we were in New Jersey was because Mark’s younger brother, Shaun got married. It was a beautiful wedding. Since I was a guest at the wedding and Mark and Aiden were in the bridal party, I didn’t really have a chance to take many pictures. It was a nice change to actually attend a wedding as a guest and not a photographer. Here are a few shots I snagged. -This first shot was taken at the rehearsal. This is my niece Athena. She loved Aiden. They played so great together. In this shot, she is grabbing him falling backwards and they both look so happy. I love it!!
-Here are all the kids with Uncle Shaun. They all look so wonderful, but I think Aiden is the most handsome little boy ever!! He looks so adorablein his tuxedo!! ***Hugs to you all!***

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New York -Long Post and lots of pictures!!

June 9, 2008 – 1:30 pm

**I feel like I need to put a disclaimer here: I don’t know why I think everyone really cares about where we were, I just want to share my photos. Yes, there are TON in this post!! Sorry for the photo overload!!
We flew out for New Jersey late Tuesday night. Aiden decided that he didn’t want to sleep on the plane, oh joy! We got into Philly at 6am, got the rental car and drove to Tom’s River, NJ. We arrived in NJ at about 8:30am and we were off on the road again to New York at 9:30am. Thanks to my mother in law for watching Aiden! Mark was volunteered to drive to NY. For us West Coasters, seeing a toll road every few miles was crazy!!! The closer we got to the city the more expensive the toll. Yikes! We followed Mapquest’s directions on how to get to the city. We were cruising along great until, STOP, traffic!! Oh yeah, New York has crazy traffic. Mistake #1-NEVER drive into New York city!! NEVER!

We made it through the Lincoln tunnel. Which felt like forever to a claustrophobic person!
Tony thought we would be able to find handicap parking near Central Park, on the street. Ha Ha, Tony! After driving around for about an hour we caved into paying for parking. We pull into the parking garage and for 2 hours it was $55.00!!!! WHAT!!!?
So, due to our outrageously priced parking, we had to see everything we could in 2 hours. What an adventure!
A lot of my pictures were taken from the car window due to the parking craziness.

So, here a BUNCH of pictures from New York. We had a BLAST!
-The view from Hoboken NJ.

-Famous NY pretzels. We had one and personally I didn’t like them.
-They were doing construction on Tiffany’s. Love this place!
-Times Square

-One of the many churches in the city

-We were on our way out and I saw B&H!! If you are a photographer, you know what I am talking about-Stacie and Tony-The cuteness that is my husband, in front of Rockefeller Center
-A slice of New York
-Mmmm, Hershey’s. Had to take this for my sweet tooth hubby
-Like I said, NEVER drive into the city!!

-I like this shot a lot!

-The fake designer purses. They were all over the place
-Gray’s Papaya hot dogs. I have only heard about how good these are

-Yeah baby!!
-The inside of one of the churches. They were doing a mass

-I almost got hit by this guy. **If you have made it this far you ROCK!! Thanks for letting me share our adventure with you!! xoxo