Cornish Maine Wedding Photographer // Mallory & Ted// Kennebunkport, Maine

Mallory & Ted met the good ole fashion way… on Tinder! Their first date was at a brewery on open mic night. Mallory had never felt more like herself when she was with Ted. Their first date was Thursday, their second was on Saturday and the third date was the following Monday. And they have been inseparable ever since! Truth is, they had so much fun on their first date they try to recreate it often!

When Ted was ready to propose, he came to Maine to meet Mallory’s family at the first opportunity (Covid prolonged this a bit!). He had been waiting for this trip to be able to speak with Mallory’s parents and siblings about his intentions and it was important to him to do this in person. Mallory’s family had to keep this secret until Ted proposed just a few months later.

On the morning of his proposal, Ted let Mallory sleep in and made her favorite breakfast. She had suspected that something was up because she had spied a bottle of champagne in the fridge the night before! After they ate, Ted said some lovely words about the beautiful life they had constructed so far and how excited he was to build it further as husband and wife. Then he popped the question and Mallory, of course, said yes!

Fast forward to my initial conversation with Mallory and Ted. They described to me the quaint and intimate wedding that they had dreamed of. Sixteen of their closest family members were to gather at the Waldo Emerson Inn in Kennebunkport, where Mallory and Ted would say their I do’s in the garden. Mallory also described to me at that time that she would not be wearing a typical wedding dress. She described her style as unique and vintage. Let me just say that I love little, unique weddings and nothing could make me happier!

Mallory and Ted hadn’t planned on coming from Canada to Kennebunk until the week of their wedding, so we decided on doing a quick little engagement session just a few days prior to their big day. We meet right at the Inn to go over a few last minute details and then we were off (along with their adorable Boston Terrier, Tux) to the main drag of Kennebunkport for photos.

Mallory did not disappoint in her amazing custom made pink engagement dress. She promised that her wedding dress was even more stunning and unique than her engagment dress! We walked by all the quaint shops snapping pictures as we went along. Tux was so well behaved. I loved having him a part of their pictures!

We walked to all of the areas that were important to Mallory and Ted. She grew up in Kennebunkport and she loved the idea of integrating this into their shoot.

The sun had started to set. The best place to view this was the parking lot. I know that it shooting portraits in a parking lot doesn’t sound like the best idea, but there was a small inlet right by where the sun was setting. The sky started to turn the same shade of pink as Mallory’s dress and it all looked so magical. We finished up and said our good byes.