Rachel + Jon — Hawthorne Hotel Wedding – xo, CoCo

I’m so excited to interrupt the schedule of better-late-than-never posts to bring you the lovely Rachel and Jon, my FIRST wedding as an Associate for Krista Photography! Wahoo!

Rachel and Jon are good friends of Krista’s so I was simultaneously super nervous and truly honored and excited to document their love! These two are complete sweethearts, fun-loving, gracious and all together wonderful. They were married on an otherwise gloomy January day at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA. Rachel and Jon and their entire bridal party were such troopers! They braved the cold for their First Look and for some portraits and I was SO grateful, even though it was seriously GRAY out there! Thanks a lot New England :)

OK, here’s Rachel, isn’t she so cute?!

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Rachel’s gorgeous dress! It was perfect for her!

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Allana Taranto joined Krista and I, and hung out with me long enough to shoot some AWESOME ring shots for me :)

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Amanda, one of Rachel’s bridesmaids, isn’t she killer?!

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Love these two from Krista as Rachel got into her dress.

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Everyone needs adoring bridesmaids like this :)

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Allana ran and met up with Jon as he got ready as well.

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Krista followed behind Rachel on her way to her First Look with her groom!

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Allana stayed back to grab this.

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Cuties!

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Champions!

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Watching the flower girls… LOVE!

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

The next few are form Allana, she circled around while I stayed in the aisle.

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Here’s my view.

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

SO glad we had these two hang out by this cool wall! This is Krista’s.

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And mine.

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Making it “official!”

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This is seriously my favorite… haha!

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Allana’s…

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Krista stayed back a bit during the toasts, I love seeing the Christmas lights outside!

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Allana got this nice moment…

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Aaaaannnnd seconds later I got this! YES.

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

Time to get DOWN! (Allana’s as well).

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

This girl was so amazing!

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Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

And one last portrait I snuck in before we were done for the night…I mean COME ON.

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Rachel and Jon, and all your wonderful friends and family. I’m sure we’ll be seeing each other at PLENTY of other weddings :)

Location and Catering: Hawthorne Hotel

Photography: CoCo Boardman for Krista Photography

Second Shooters: Krista Guenin and Allana Taranto