You guys are the cutest! Really, we had such a blast on the beach with you and your sweet babies! It was so nice to have met all of you and spend the morning running around getting our feet wet. Thanks so much for being such a great family!!! Enjoy...
Cutest Family Ever!!!
xoxoxo Kristen
Anne and Claire, you two are a perfect match! I was so thrilled to see you interact together during your ceremony and while we played on the beach afterward; you are perfect for eachother and the cutest love birds I've seen! I'm so happy for you that you found eachother and share such a wonderful love. Congratulations! Just awesome....
I'm so happy for you both! Thanks you so much for including me in such a great day in your lives!!!
xoxo Kristen
Love, Love, Love! These two love birds, aside from being gorgeous, were a perfect fit. it's so nice to see a couple as natural as Carrie and Jake are with eachother. Just a great couple! Carrie and Jake, you two are so laid back and sweet, you were such a pleasure to photograph and it was awesome to be back in the family for another day. I wish you good luck in all of your ventures. Check out these lovely love birds...
Thank you so much for choosing me to be a part of such an awesome day in your lives!
xoxo Kristen
It's not very often I get asked to photograph a moment in a couples life where they are ever more solidifying their commitments to each other. Judy and Stan came to the Vineyard for their vow-renewals after 20 years of marriage, 20 years, that's amazing. I am truly inspired to see such love and commitment. Judy and Stan congratulations on your love and your marriage. Marriage after all is not a given, it is a bond that each partner must work on and nourish every day. You two have any pointers for our newlyweds? Check out these tried and true love birds, and did I mention they have four adorable beasts as well...
I love this shot; let me introduce the whole gang from left to right; Drum roll please...
Chelsea, Judy, Bailey, Murphy, Sophie and Stan, quite the awesome gang!
Thank you both so much for being such a great couple! I'm so inspired by your lasting love!!!
xoxox Kristen
To the most patient women I know... Congratulations!!! I was so delighted to be a part of such a special day in your lives, and what a wonderful day it was! The weather was so beautiful and turned into such an exciting storm just as we were heading off the beach. We captured spectacular moments between these two love birds in front of such an amazing back drop. Thank you so much for choosing us to photograph your wedding. To 10's of 10's more years to come...
Love
Kristen
Love, love, looooove birds! Just when you thought you've seen all Menemsha has to offer from my blog there's more! I am dying over these photos and this backdrop and these love birds! Ravelle and Myles; you two were awesome subjects and beautiful people in general! Enjoy...
xoxo Kristen
And now... for the long overdue teaser of Allie & Matt's simply wonderful wedding in Edgartown. As we overlooked the Edgartown outer harbor and light house these two Love birds said "I do". Surrounded by only their closest loved ones and family it was an intimate, fun, and simply perfect wedding. Congratulations Allie and Matt; you were such a pleasure to work with and so in love with eachother! Thank you for letting me be a part of such a special day in your lives! 
xoxo Kristen
The elegant and intimate wedding of Allie & Matt
The lovely and fun wedding of Jessy & Melissa
The picturesque engagement portrait of Ravelle + Miles
The 20 year wedding anniversary and vow renewal of Judy & Stan
Phew! See you soon.
xoxoxo
Kristen
Love, love, loooooove birds galore! Morning light is so amazing, The way the sun glows and fills in every space is so peaceful and calming. I love early morning shoots and Megan and Nick humored me and met me for an "early love bird shoot" last Saturday. These two are the sweetest thing! Check it out...
Megan & Nick; thanks for being so fun to work with! I hope to see you both soon!
♡ Kristen ♡
Menemsha is so spectacular at sunset! Dana and Seth were also just spectacular to work with, so cute together and relaxed and in loooove! When it all works out perfectly; the perfect weather and surroundings, the perfect pair of love birds, the perfect amount of love and fun... this is what happens....
Dana and Seth, thanks for being such an awesome pair of love birds!!!
♥ Kristen♥
♥ Kristen ♥
The Barone Family and I had a blast early last wednesday morning running around by the Edgartown lLghthouse and beach! Sand between our toes the cool water on our legs, early morning sun warming our shoulders; what could be better? I couldn't ask for cuter subjects than Sophia and Jules, and Mom and dad are pretty cute too!Check out this sweet family of four...
Mom and Sophia with their toes in the sand...
There's no messin' with the Barone girls! They are some tough cookies...
Thank you Sue, Jason, Sophie and Jules, you are an awesome family!!!
♥ Kristen ♥
It's amazing to me how many people decide to dedicate their time and energy to helping others live happier and healthier lives. I believe within us all their is this ember burning to do such selfless things. When we feed that ember, and stoke the fire within us, our lives, as well as the lives of those close to us, become richer and transcendental. We all have opportunities in our lives to step forward and act on what we know to be right and what we feel to connect us further with our communities and our world. Some of us will lead efforts and some of us will support those leaders. In my life thus far I try as best I can to be a supporter. Eventually I hope to be a leader of a great cause but for now I will offer my profession to help other leaders succeed.
Today I have fallen in love with an amazing program called Rising Tide.
Rising Tide is a Therapeutic Equestrian Center here on the Vineyard. There goal is to help children and adults with physical, emotional and learning disabilities to improve the quality of their lives through their interactions with horses. If you have a moment please watch their amazing video "Arising".
Arising from Adrianne Ryan on Vimeo.
Tonight Rising Tide is having a fundraising event at the Cagney Estate in Chilmark.
Their hope is that during this fun cocktail party and silent auction they will raise money to put towards a winter facility. At the moment Rising Tide can only operate in the warmer summer months. They need a dedicated facility to continue their great work through-out the year. As we all know, such selfless work is even more needed in the winter months.
For more information on tonights event or on how you can help such a glorious cause please visit the Rising Tide site by clicking their logo below.
As always thank you for your time and love!
xoxoxo
♥ Kristen ♥
Love is an amazing energy; it can be wondrous and amazing, devastating and enlightening. Love is it's own and everything all at once. I was lucky enough to photograph a wedding Saturday that embodied so much more of love than weddings usually can. Lindsay and David have an amazing kind of love; one that's been tried and stood true. I'm so glad that I was able to witness the joining together of these two people and their great love for each other and their families. Lindsay and David; it was such a pleasure to be a part of such an amazing day. Thank you.
May the joy of living for one another continue to trip a smile from your lips and a twinkle from your eyes.
♥ Kristen ♥
Last Saturday we had quite the stormy weather here on the Island. Up in Menemsha the skies threatened thunder and lightning while Nicki prepared to walk the aisle and marry her true love Chris. The clouds rumbled in as the guests sat and the wedding party gathered. Warm light held the skies up while these two love birds whispered their vows and embraced in their first married kiss. Just as Nicki and Chris walked down the aisle, as husband and wife, the first droplets began to fall. Mother nature gave us just enough windows to get the wonderous photos below. And believe me I mean just enough, for the rest of the evening the skies opened and it poured down rain for hours!
I always tell brides that even in the rain we get spectacular photos; that as long as you are willing to play in the rain we will work around mother nature and find our windows of time. Here is the proof...
Nicki and Chris, thank you for being such an amazing couple and playing with me in the rain! Congratulations!!!
♥ Kristen ♥
We got a little Love from Beantown Bride today! This makes me very happy because I grew up hanging out in Bean town! Mari & Paul from almost a year ago; which reminds me... Happy Anniversary you two sweet Love birds!!!! As I was saying; Mari & Paul from last July 3rd are looking hot on the BeanTown Blog! Congrats Mari & Paul! THANK YOU BEANTOWN BRIDE!
xoxoxo
♡ Kristen ♡
Last summer I had the pleasure of photographing Kate and Chris's wedding out in Katama. Their wedding was glorious and very unique. This spring I had the pleasure of photographing them again, back in their wedding attire, with an additional member of the family. We had a blast running up and down Lambert's Cove Beach first thing in the morning. Although, some of us were a little afraid of the water, hehehe.
Kate and Chris, thank you for coming back for another shoot. You guys are awesome. it's wonderful to see you are still giddy in Love!
xoxoxoxo
♡ Kristen ♡
It was great meeting these two love birds last week in Edgartown for a fun engagement shoot. Engagements are my favorite type of portrait shoot because they capture you; how you are everyday. Plus it gives us a chance to really get to know each other, and feel comfortable together, before "The Big Day". Speaking of Big Days... I can't wait to photograph Diana and Sean on their's!
Thanks for being an awesome couple and letting me boss you around for an hour! 
Love, Love, Love!
♡ Kristen ♡
One of my favorite places on the Island is the Allen Farm. In the spring you can drive over the crest of the hill and all of the Lambs in the pasture near the road will run along with your car. Jessica and Geoff were lucky enough to have their wedding in this magical Island paradise. On this quiet Spring Day fog swept over the rolling landscape blanketing the two love birds in hopeless romance. Jessica and Geoff; you two are an inspiration of happiness and love, congratulations on your magical wedding...
Thank you for making me smile all day long! You are an amazing couple!
♥ Kristen ♥
What an amazing couple, what a gorgeous day... We kicked off the season in style here on the Vineyard! Heather and Paul, you too are so nice and such love birds, I was honored to be a part of such a terrific celebration!
Just stunning....
A wonderful flower girl helped me to capture this photo...
Penny Lane...
Erik, my fabulous second caught this awesome shot below of Heather and Paul's church exit...
My first time in the water this year, and so worth it! P.S. there were no bridal guests harmed in the making of this photograph.
I LOOOOOVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH!!!
Love Love Love,
Thank you so much, we had an amazing day capturing your Love and those surrounding you!
Congratulations Heather and Paul, we wish you only the best!
♥ Kristen ♥
Kristen Leigh Conklin Photography
