Corey Ann Photography | Northeast Ohio Photographer

♥ This is my final wedding for 2009 – unless I get a surprise one before the end of the year!

♥ Heather ironically found me via a comment I left on a photo of her reception location on Flickr. It always surprises me how people find me!

♥ I have to say that I loved this wedding a lot. The cutest church. The coolest get-away car. A couple that is willing to climb a tree for pictures. It was such a great way to end another amazing year of business.

♥ I wasn’t able to take pictures during the ceremony which was a first for me. It was nice though to enjoy the ceremony without worrying about capturing it.

♥ My husband, Chris, was my second shooter and he did a great job!

♥ This wedding spawned two new obsessions. I am obsessed with her maid of honor’s dress and if anyone can find me a link to this dress, you win a free portrait session from me. No joke. I also became obsessed with the perfume that the maid of honor let Heather borrow for the day of her wedding, Pacifica Waikiki Pikake. I came home and ordered it that night. I have it and LOVE LOVE LOVE it and want all of the scents now because of how awesome this one is.

♥ Please COMMENT – I will be donating one can of food to the Akron Canton Regional Foodbank for each comment received through December 15th! More info here.

Vendors:
B&B: Mirabelle Bed & Breakfast
Band: Jimi Vincent Band
Cake & Catering: Vicki Ickes
Ceremony: Bethel United Methodist Church
Dinner & Cocktail Music: Michael Kelsey
Florist: Buehler’s
Reception: Tracy Barn at Quailcrest Farm
Rentals: All Events Rentals
Salon: Cutters Hair Studio

Brides I’m going to warn you of this right now, days of weddings rarely go as planned – especially when time lines are concerned. When I arrived at the B&B where Heather was getting ready, she was still at the salon and her hair had just been started and they were about an hour behind. Since I had the location of the salon in her questionnaire, I headed off to the salon and surprised Heather by showing up there. I didn’t feel right just hanging about while she wasn’t too far away getting beautified! I’m glad that I went because I love documenting the entire transformation of the bride from everyday beautiful to wedding day stunning!

This window just SCREAMED “shoe shot” to me.

Chris got this neat shot of the awesome getaway car through the church door.

I loovveeee this dress.

Another shot that Chris captured that I loved of Heather moments before she walked down the aisle.

I’m glad I was able to capture this moment before I had to stop taking pictures.

While the first kiss is always important, I typically love the embrace that happens after it just a bit more.

Another fun image from Chris of me shooting an entire group shot of Heather & Brian and their guests in front of the church.

Heather giving a heartfelt hug to her brother… she started crying as soon as she saw him. I love moments like these (especially when I’m in the right place at the right time!).

By far the coolest getaway car of the year! This is the groom’s uncle’s car.

They had to pull over part way down the road to put the top up so Heather’s hair didn’t get messed up and I was lucky enough to be behind them so I raced up and got a shot of them kissing before they put the top up!

The comment I left on flickr was on a picture at this exact spot of the farm so it’s only appropriate that I took a shot there!

Even though the gardens were dead, this was still such a great location to shoot at!

Heather and Brian sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!

I love that Heather planned ahead and brought boots to take pictures in!! Aren’t they CUTE?!? And you had NO clue until now she was rockin’ these instead of heels!

The light in the field behind the reception barn was magical. I love this shot SO much.

The bridal party. I love that they had one person on each side – so did we! Sidenote that the Best Man could be a brother of my Father in Law. It was almost scary how much they looked alike and acted alike.

I loved the color of this bush and luckily there was a bench right in front of it!

Brian’s daughter was teased by Michael Kelsey so afterwards Brian gave her a sweet kiss for being a good sport.

First Dance!

Groom and daughter dance… so sweet!

Rings in flowers…

… and rings on the guestbook pen!

♥ I’m behind on my blogging but I am finishing and catching up on all that was my crazy 2009 season. Lots of Proof Books and Albums are off to the printers though! WHEW!

♥ Ohio being Ohio, the weather changed just prior to their wedding date and up until the day before the weather people were calling for a chance of SNOW the day of their wedding. Luckily there was no snow but it was chilly.

♥ I absolutely ADORED the fall theme that Cathy created for their wedding. They even had my favorite, pumpkin pie, for dessert!!!

♥ iPhones are great things to carry on you the day of weddings. They help you get the “first dance” song when the DJ’s file is corrupted! Yay for technology and ♥ my iphone!

♥ The flower girl and ring bearer were so.precious!

♥ Did I mention they played in leaves? I was in photographer heaven.

♥ Thank you Cathy & Brandon for hiring me!!!!

Vendors:
Ceremony: East Canton Church of God
Reception/Catering: Foltz Community Center

I love when I get the chance to get the bride getting her makeup on, always makes for some of my favorite images of the day.

The other favorite image is the groom seeing the bride come down the aisle. Always such a lovely moment!

I really love bubble exits but this is the first time I have had a groom get a bubble in the eye! YOW!

All the ladies… don’t their dresses look lovely under the tree?

The gentleman!

Leaf Fight!

Love the shoe shot!

Ring Bling!

The First Dance courtesy of my iPhone + iTunes!

This flower girl LOVED the dollar dance (no shots for this one!) and kept going from one to the other line over and over again.

I LOVE it when my grooms dance!!!!

I like bullets so I’m going to roll with that until I get bored with them.

♥ Jennifer and Todd booked me quite a while ago so it seems as if I’ve been waiting for this wedding for eons.

♥ They had a bagpiper whom was pretty spectacular. I love bagpipes!

♥ Most of the details of their wedding were DIY but you would have NEVER guessed it by looking at it all, quite well done!!

♥ My favorite DIY element was the photographs of their dog, Chloe, that Todd took and they used for table numbers. A D O R A B L E!!!!!

♥ Jennifer took everything in stride the day of the wedding and never let any bumps – like an impromtu fair at her photo location – throw her.

♥ They continued the “unusual” cake trend I seemed to have been having by having cupcakes in lieu of a traditional cake. The best part of the night was watching all the kids staring down the cupcakes. They were DELICIOUS.

♥ Their band, Twist, was also amazing!

♥ Bubble Three Olives Vodka. Try it.

Vendors
Band: Twist
Bridal Gown: Crystal Couture purchased at The Perfect Bride
Bridesmaids Gowns: J Crew
Catering: Ahern Catering
Ceremony/Reception: St. Clarence
Ceremony Music: The Bald Piper
Cupcakes: A Cookie and a Cupcake
Day of Coordinator: Elissa from Heidzillas
Hair and Makeup: Spa West
Photo Location: Olmsted Falls, Harding Covered Bridge
Videographer: Just Perfect Video

A collage of just a few of the details that Jennifer and Todd had at their wedding.

As soon as Jennifer and her father saw each other they started crying, it was so precious!

LOVE this… could be due to my obsession with covered bridges.

I adore that they brought their dog out for some pictures!

I teared up editing this.

My stomach just growled looking at this, the cupcakes were THAT good.

After Darlene and Carl’s engagement shoot, I knew that I was going to have some great images after their wedding and I was right! The whole day was a joy to shoot, perfect weather, wonderful setting and two perfect lovebirds! I adored all of the personal touches they had for their wedding – from the decorations they did themselves to the amazing and awesome ICE CREAM CAKE from Dairy Queen! Everything was picture perfect!

Thank you so much for allowing me to be a special part of your day!

Vendors
Ceremony: Lake Anna Gazebo
Reception: Lake Anna Hall
Cake: Dairy Queen

I loved the hurricane glasses lining the aisle

Darlene’s grandparents have been married for over 70 YEARS!!! Her grandfather is also 100 and is the cutest thing ever.

Some cuteness from the flower girls!

Cheers for the new Mr & Mrs!!!

I don’t care how cliche’ it is, I kind of love shots of the groomsman jumping!

Darlene was a beautiful bride!!! Check out her amazing eyes!

Darlene made this bouquet with some help from her friends!

Can’t leave out the groom!

Ring shot

I seriously was giddy when I saw the Dairy Queen cakes rolling in, one of my favorite things EVER. Cake cutting wasn’t easy but so so good.

The first dance.

We went back outside for a few more pictures before we lost the yummy golden light from the sunset.

This is my first exit from the reception at night! They chose to use bubbles which I thought was fun! They even set up a bubble machine!!!

Final shot of the night!